US 12,452,618 B2
Electronic module for a hearing instrument to be worn in the ear canal and hearing instrument to be worn in the ear canal
Thilo Von Mansberg, Erlangen (DE); Marco Steffen, Löhne (DE); and Alexander Menke, Löhne (DE)
Assigned to Sivantos Pte. Ltd., Singapore (SG)
Filed by Sivantos Pte. Ltd., Singapore (SG)
Filed on Jun. 22, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/339,416.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2022 206 737.1 (DE), filed on Jun. 30, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0007806 A1, Jan. 4, 2024
Int. Cl. H04R 25/00 (2006.01)
CPC H04R 25/609 (2019.05) [H04R 25/602 (2013.01); H04R 2225/025 (2013.01); H04R 2225/31 (2013.01); H04R 2225/57 (2019.05)] 8 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electronic module for a hearing instrument to be worn in the ear canal, the electronic module comprising:
a rechargeable battery;
a circuit carrier; and
a chipset arranged on said circuit carrier, said chipset forming an audio processor and power management electronics;
and wherein:
in an intended assembly state, said circuit carrier is wrapped, in sections and bent, around said rechargeable battery, and said rechargeable battery is at least partially arranged between said audio processor and said power management electronics;
said circuit carrier is a strip with a first end region in which said audio processor is arranged, a center region delimited from said first end region in a longitudinal direction of said strip, and a second end region adjoining said center region and opposite said first end region;
said circuit carrier being formed without substantial tapering between said first end region and said center region and between said center region and said second end region;
said power management electronics is arranged in a section of said center region that faces said second end region; and
said power management electronics comprises at least one chip that is shaded by said battery with respect to said audio processor.