US 12,272,880 B2
Hearing device with beam-steerable antenna arrangement
Søren Helstrup Kvist, Værløse (DK); and Alexandre Da Luz Pinto, Copenhagen (DK)
Assigned to GN Hearing A/S, Ballerup (DK)
Filed by GN Hearing A/S, Ballerup (DK)
Filed on Sep. 9, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/941,991.
Claims priority of application No. PA 2021 70462 (DK), filed on Sep. 22, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0099549 A1, Mar. 30, 2023
Int. Cl. H04R 25/00 (2006.01); H01Q 1/27 (2006.01); H01Q 3/28 (2006.01); H01Q 3/36 (2006.01)
CPC H01Q 3/36 (2013.01) [H01Q 1/273 (2013.01); H01Q 3/28 (2013.01); H04R 25/554 (2013.01); H04R 25/604 (2013.01); H04R 25/609 (2019.05); H04R 2225/025 (2013.01); H04R 2225/51 (2013.01); H04R 2225/61 (2013.01)] 27 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A hearing device for placement in an ear of a user, the hearing device comprising:
at least one input transducer;
an output transducer;
a wireless communication unit and an antenna arrangement configured to provide a wireless link; and
a reference axis, the reference axis being parallel to an ear-to-ear axis of the user when the hearing device is placed in an operable position;
wherein the antenna arrangement comprises:
a first antenna configured for EM-radiation transmission and EM-radiation reception at a first frequency, the first antenna comprising a first electrically conducting segment extending in a first direction;
a second antenna configured for EM-radiation transmission and EM-radiation reception at the first frequency, the second antenna comprising a second electrically conducting segment extending in a second direction, the second direction being different from the first direction;
a first feed coupling the first antenna to the wireless communication unit, and
a second feed coupling the second antenna to the wireless communication unit;
wherein the first direction is at an angle relative to a vertical axis when the hearing device is placed in the operable position, the angle being 45° +/−20°.