| US 7,532,733 B2 | ||
| Feedback reducing receiver mount and assembly | ||
| Oleg Saltykov, Fair Lawn, N.J. (US) | ||
| Assigned to Siemens Hearing Instruments, Inc., Piscataway, N.J. (US) | ||
| Filed on Sep. 21, 2004, as Appl. No. 10/945,704. | ||
| Application 10/945704 is a continuation in part of application No. 10/610449, filed on Jun. 30, 2003. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2005/0074138 A1, Apr. 07, 2005 | ||
| Int. Cl. H04R 25/00 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 381—324 [381/322] | 17 Claims |
| 16. A method for fabricating a hearing instrument, the hearing instrument comprising
a hearing instrument housing comprising a pair of receptacles and a passage for a receiver tube;
a receiver assembly;
a receiver tube connected to the receiver assembly and attached to the hearing instrument housing; and
a receiver mounting assembly affixed to the receiver assembly for mounting the receiver assembly in the hearing instrument
housing, where
the receiver mounting assembly comprises a pair of mounting elements affixed to opposite sides of the receiver assembly;
the hearing instrument housing receptacles have a shape complementary to the shape of the mounting elements; and
the receiver mounting assembly mates with the hearing instrument housing receptacles; the method comprising:
obtaining a three-dimensional representation of the volume for a hearing instrument housing;
obtaining three-dimensional representations of the components for the hearing instrument;
positioning the components within the hearing instrument housing, the step of positioning comprising positioning the components
in a fashion that minimizes the internal volume of the hearing instrument housing;
locating a passage for the receiver tube in the hearing instrument housing; and
locating the hearing instrument housing receptacles in the hearing instrument housing.
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