US 11,937,051 B2
Socket connector for a hearing device
Laurids Egedal Kirchhoff, Copenhagen (DK)
Assigned to GN HEARING A/S, Ballerup (DK)
Filed by GN Hearing A/S, Ballerup (DK)
Filed on Mar. 13, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/120,922.
Application 18/120,922 is a continuation of application No. 17/377,301, filed on Jul. 15, 2021, granted, now 11,653,161.
Claims priority of application No. PA 2020 70538 (DK), filed on Aug. 18, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0224650 A1, Jul. 13, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04R 25/00 (2006.01); H01R 13/52 (2006.01); H01R 13/627 (2006.01)
CPC H04R 25/65 (2013.01) [H01R 13/5219 (2013.01); H01R 13/6271 (2013.01); H04R 2225/021 (2013.01)] 22 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A receiver-in-the-ear (RIE) unit for coupling with a behind-the-ear (BTE) unit, comprising:
an earpiece;
a plug connector, wherein at least a part of the plug connector is configured for placement in a hole of a socket connector; and
a tube coupled between the earpiece and the plug connector;
wherein the plug connector comprises a first end and a second end opposite from the first end, wherein the tube has a tube end that is closer to the second end than to the first end of the plug connector; and
wherein the plug connector further comprises a locking element with an anchor located closer to the second end than to the first end of the plug connector, wherein the anchor is moveable relative to the second end of the plug connector.