US 12,149,894 B2
Hearing device plug connector and hearing device
Erich Dittli, Reichenburg (CH); Katja Dietrich, Jona (CH); and Jonas Meyer, Stäfa (CH)
Assigned to Sonova AG, Staefa (CH)
Filed by SONOVA AG, Staefa (CH)
Filed on Sep. 12, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/942,751.
Claims priority of application No. 21199131 (EP), filed on Sep. 27, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0098589 A1, Mar. 30, 2023
Int. Cl. H01R 13/639 (2006.01); H04R 1/10 (2006.01); H04R 25/00 (2006.01)
CPC H04R 25/609 (2019.05) [H01R 13/639 (2013.01); H04R 1/1025 (2013.01); H04R 25/65 (2013.01); H04R 2225/31 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A hearing device plug connector comprising:
a first connector component and a second connector component which are detachably connectable, wherein
the hearing device plug connector includes a latching mechanism for securing the first connector component and the second connector component against unintended disconnection, wherein
the latching mechanism includes a catch and a complementary latch component which are in latching engagement when the first connector component and the second connector component are connected, wherein
the catch is moveable against a spring force from a latching position into a release position when connecting or disconnecting the first connector component and the second connector component, wherein
in the latching position the catch can engage with the complementary latch component and in the release position the catch can disengage from the complementary latch component,
the hearing device plug connector comprising a sealing element for providing a seal between the first connector component and the second connector component for protection against contamination of the hearing device plug connector,
characterized in that the sealing element includes a resilient material in direct operative connection with the catch and said resilient material provides said catch with said spring force when the catch is moved from the latching position toward the release position such that the catch pushes against the sealing element, wherein the first connector component and the second connector component are connectable in a single linear motion along a plug-in direction of the hearing device plug connector, wherein, when the catch is moved from the latching position toward the release position, the catch moves laterally away from the plug-in direction such that the spring force of the sealing element acts transversally with respect to the plug-in direction.
 
12. A hearing device comprising a hearing device plug connector according to claim 1.