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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 09, 1977
Filed:
Oct. 16, 1975
Applicant:
Inventor:
Johannes Matheus Kaanders, Eindhoven, NL;
Assignee:
U.S. Philips Corporation, New York, NY (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R / ; H04R / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
1791 / ;
Abstract
A hearing aid to be worn behind the ear and including a pressure-gradient microphone is designed so as to give a defined directional effect. The rear surface of the microphone communicates with the ambient atmosphere by way of an acoustic resistor comprising a block of sintered material. The overall transmission area of this block is less than one half of the effective area of the microphone diaphragm. The block preferably is detachably accommodated in a rubber mount and may comprise sintered bronze pellets or sintered silicon carbide.