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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:
Mar. 21, 2000
Filed:
Jul. 09, 1997
Dennis Ray Kirchhoefer, Plainfield, IL (US);
Thomas Edward Miller, Arlington Heights, IL (US);
Paris Tsangaris, Naperville, IL (US);
Knowles Electronics, Inc., Itasca, IL (US);
Abstract
The present invention relates to a hearing aid receiver (10) having a coil (12) with a tunnel (14) therethrough, a magnetic structure (16) having a central magnetic gap (18), an armature (20), and a fluid (30, 32) with a viscosity greater than air to provide shock protection to the receiver (10). The tunnel (14) and the magnetic gap (18) collectively form an armature aperture (28). The armature (20) extends through the armature aperture (28). The fluid (30, 32) lies within the armature aperture (28).
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