US 12,439,215 B2
Curved acoustic path for hearing instruments
Ganesh Borra, Plymouth, MN (US); Babak Talebanpour, Plymouth, MN (US); Ryan Owens, Hopkins, MN (US); and Gregory John Haubrich, Champlin, MN (US)
Assigned to Starkey Laboratories, Inc., Eden Prairie, MN (US)
Filed by Starkey Laboratories, Inc., Eden Prairie, MN (US)
Filed on Apr. 24, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/305,822.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/363,549, filed on Apr. 25, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0345191 A1, Oct. 26, 2023
Int. Cl. H04R 25/00 (2006.01); H01Q 7/00 (2006.01); H02J 50/10 (2016.01); H04R 1/10 (2006.01)
CPC H04R 25/656 (2013.01) [H01Q 7/00 (2013.01); H02J 50/10 (2016.02); H04R 1/1016 (2013.01); H04R 25/554 (2013.01); H04R 2225/023 (2013.01); H04R 2225/31 (2013.01); H04R 2225/51 (2013.01)] 8 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A hearing instrument comprising:
a microphone;
a housing that defines an opening that leads to the microphone;
a button disposed on the housing; and
a ring member configured to be disposed within a recess defined in the housing and to define a perimeter around the button, wherein:
the ring member defines an acoustic path that has a non-straight segment,
the acoustic path has an external port and an internal port,
the acoustic path is configured to conduct sound from the external port to the internal port, and
the internal port is configured to be aligned with the opening that leads to the microphone.