Sonion Nederland B.v.

Koen Van Gilst

Rasmus Voss

Laurens De Ruijter

Andreas Tiefenau

Nicolaas Maria Jozef Stoffels

Mike Geskus

Wouter Bruins

Wouter Herman Broeze

Frederik Cornelis Blom

Camiel Eugène Groffen

Viktor Klymko

Jelle Heuveling

Haico Van Oosten

Augustinus Josephus Helena Maria Rijnders

An armature having a U-shaped element having a first leg portion and a second leg portion and an attachment portion. The attachment portion has a first leg and a second leg and a central portion connected to the legs, such as an E-shaped portion, where the first leg portion is connected to the central portion. A transducer can include such armature.

Armature and a transducer comprising the armature

The present invention relates to a miniature speaker comprising a plurality of sound generating elements, wherein each sound generating element comprises a sound cavity and a moveable element associated therewith, wherein the moveable element comprises one or more cantilever beams configured to move said moveable element and thus generate sound pressure waves in response to an applied drive signal. The present invention further relates to a receiver assembly comprising the miniature speaker, and a hearing device comprising the receiver assembly.

Miniature speaker with multiple sound cavities

The present invention relates to a miniature speaker comprising front and a rear volume, and one or more moveable diaphragms each comprising one or more cantilever beams, and associated one or more air gaps, arranged between the front and rear volumes, wherein the one or more cantilever beams are configured to bend or deflect in response to an applied drive signal, and wherein the one or more air gaps between the front and rear volumes remain essentially unaffected during bending or deflection of the one or more cantilever beams thus maintaining the acoustical leakage between the front and rear volumes at a minimum. The present invention further relates to a receiver assembly comprising such a miniature speaker, and to a hearing device, such as a receiver-in-canal hearing device, comprising such a receiver assembly.

Miniature speaker with essentially no acoustical leakage

An assembly of a transformer and an electrostatic sound generator is especially efficient if the resonance frequency of the diaphragm is in the frequency range in which the generator is operated, such as in the interval of 1-20 kHz. Then, a smaller transformer with a winding ratio of 5000 or less may be used for feeding the sound generator, making the assembly suitable for hearing aid purposes or in-ear products such as for pro audio use.

Assembly comprising an electrostatic sound generator and a transformer

An E-shaped armature including a central, flat, elongate element for extending through the coil and magnet assembly of a transducer. The armature has two flaring sheets at one end for attachment to the transducer housing outside of a plane of the flat element and for facilitating the bending of the armature. A transducer may include the armature.

The present invention relates to a receiver unit comprising a plurality of moveable membranes, a motor assembly being adapted to drive a first moveable membrane and one or more successive moveable membranes in accordance with an incoming electrical drive signal, wherein the first and at least one of the successive moveable membranes have different frequency responses in order to enhance the frequency response of the receiver unit. The present invention further relates to a hearing aid instrument comprising the receiver unit.

Receiver unit with enhanced frequency response

The present invention relates to an acoustical assembly extending in the x, y, and z directions, the acoustical assembly comprising first and second receiver units being spatially shifted relative to each other in the x direction thereby creating regions with free and available space, and one or more microphone units being positioned in the regions with free and available space. The present invention further relates to a hearing device comprising such an acoustical assembly.

Vibration compensated vibro acoustical assembly

An acoustical module including a receiver unit for generating audio sound, microphone units for receiving acoustical pressure signals, and acoustical pressure pick-up points. Each of the acoustical pressure pick-up points is acoustically connected to a microphone unit. The module further includes an acoustical filter for attenuating acoustical pressure signals from a first acoustical pressure pick-up point relative to a second acoustical pressure pick-up point. The invention further relates to a hearing device comprising an acoustical module.

Growing community of inventors

Hoofddorp, Netherlands

Koen Van Gilst