US 11,729,558 B2
Hearing device
Muhammad Shahid Bin Shith, Singapore (SG); Thai Wee Ang, Singapore (SG); Lit Song Glen Ding, Singapore (SG); and Holger Kral, Fuerth (DE)
Assigned to Sivantos Pte. Ltd., Singapore (SG)
Filed by Sivantos Pte. Ltd., Singapore (SG)
Filed on Apr. 29, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/243,846.
Claims priority of application No. 102020205439.8 (DE), filed on Apr. 29, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0345049 A1, Nov. 4, 2021
Int. Cl. H04R 25/00 (2006.01); H01R 13/631 (2006.01); H01R 13/52 (2006.01)
CPC H04R 25/556 (2013.01) [H01R 13/5219 (2013.01); H01R 13/631 (2013.01)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A hearing device, comprising:
a housing elongated along a longitudinal axis, said housing having an oval cross section, said housing configured to house electrical components of the hearing device, and said housing having a front side, a rear side, a lower side and a surface oriented toward said lower side in an intended wearing state of the hearing device;
a loudspeaker disposed outside said housing in the intended wearing state, said loudspeaker configured to be interconnected with at least a part of the electrical components;
a plug connector connected to said loudspeaker, said plug connector carrying at least six contact elements for interconnecting said loudspeaker with corresponding electrical components;
a plug connector receptacle for receiving said plug connector and respectively interconnecting said contact elements, said plug connector receptacle disposed in said surface of said housing oriented toward said lower side; and
said plug connector and said plug connector receptacle defining a plug-in direction extending from said front side to said rear side in the intended wearing state.