US 12,238,485 B2
Charging contact assembly, hearing device and hearing device system
Uwe Flaig, Erlangen (DE)
Assigned to Sivantos Pte. Ltd., Singapore (SG)
Filed by Sivantos Pte. Ltd., Singapore (SG)
Filed on Dec. 6, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/075,587.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2021 213 958.2 (DE), filed on Dec. 8, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0179931 A1, Jun. 8, 2023
Int. Cl. H04R 25/00 (2006.01)
CPC H04R 25/556 (2013.01) [H04R 25/60 (2013.01); H04R 2225/021 (2013.01); H04R 2225/31 (2013.01); H04R 2225/61 (2013.01)] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A charging contact assembly for a hearing device system, comprising:
a first charging contact accessible on an outer side for contacting with a first mating contact of a mating contact assembly;
a second charging contact accessible on an outer side for contacting with a second mating contact of the mating contact assembly;
a control contact being galvanically isolated on an outer side from said first and second charging contacts, wherein said first charging contact and said control contact are disposed on a circular line around said second charging contact; and
a charging controller configured to cause a deactivation of a hearing device associated with said first and said second charging contact when said control contact is bridged to said first charging contact.