US 12,470,861 B2
Microphone unit arranged on top of receiver unit nozzle
Friso Van Noort, Hoofddorp (NL); and Raymond Mogelin, Hoofddorp (NL)
Assigned to Sonion Nederland B.V., Hoofddorp (NL)
Appl. No. 18/042,271
Filed by Sonion Nederland B.V., Hoofddorp (NL)
PCT Filed Jul. 20, 2021, PCT No. PCT/EP2021/070285
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Feb. 20, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/042951, PCT Pub. Date Mar. 3, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. PA 2020 70553 (DK), filed on Aug. 26, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0300514 A1, Sep. 21, 2023
Int. Cl. H04R 1/10 (2006.01); H04R 1/34 (2006.01); H04R 25/00 (2006.01)
CPC H04R 1/1075 (2013.01) [H04R 1/1016 (2013.01); H04R 1/342 (2013.01); H04R 25/604 (2013.01); H04R 25/654 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An acoustical assembly adapted to be inserted into an ear canal, said acoustical assembly comprising:
a receiver unit adapted to generate sound pressure waves,
a microphone unit adapted to detect sound pressure waves inside the ear canal when the acoustical assembly is inserted in the ear canal, and
a nozzle including a receiver unit mount adapted to house at least part of the receiver unit, wherein the nozzle includes at least one sound channel adapted to guide generated sound pressure waves from a receiver unit outlet opening to at least one sound outlet opening of the nozzle,
wherein the nozzle further includes a microphone unit mount adapted to house at least part of the microphone unit, and in that the microphone unit is arranged in the microphone unit mount in such a way that a sound inlet opening of the microphone unit is not oriented towards an ear drum when the acoustical assembly is inserted in the ear canal.