US 11,863,935 B2
Solenoid actuator in a hearing device
Thomas Burns, St. Louis Park, MN (US)
Assigned to Starkey Laboratories, Inc., Eden Prairie, MN (US)
Appl. No. 17/612,817
Filed by Starkey Laboratories, Inc., Eden Prairie, MN (US)
PCT Filed May 20, 2020, PCT No. PCT/US2020/033767
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Nov. 19, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/236911, PCT Pub. Date Nov. 26, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/850,805, filed on May 21, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0225034 A1, Jul. 14, 2022
Int. Cl. H04R 25/00 (2006.01)
CPC H04R 25/456 (2013.01) [H04R 25/652 (2013.01); H04R 2225/41 (2013.01); H04R 2460/11 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A hearing device comprising:
an earpiece comprising an earpiece passageway;
an ear-tip suspension element disposed in the earpiece, the ear-tip suspension element comprising an ear-tip passageway connected to the earpiece passageway to form a vent through the earpiece;
a solenoid actuator comprising a solenoid and a core, the core movable within the solenoid between an open position and a closed position to open and close the vent; and
a controller comprising one or more processors and operably coupled to the solenoid actuator to control movement of the core between the open and closed position, the controller configured to move the core using the solenoid based on at least a listening environment of the hearing device.