US 11,818,550 B2
Hearing instruments with receiver posterior to battery
Andrew Joseph Johnson, Edina, MN (US)
Assigned to Starkey Laboratories, Inc., Eden Prairie, MN (US)
Filed by Starkey Laboratories, Inc., Eden Prairie, MN (US)
Filed on Feb. 16, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/672,840.
Application 17/672,840 is a continuation of application No. PCT/US2020/048452, filed on Aug. 28, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/894,025, filed on Aug. 30, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0174434 A1, Jun. 2, 2022
Int. Cl. H04R 25/00 (2006.01); H04R 31/00 (2006.01)
CPC H04R 25/602 (2013.01) [H04R 25/609 (2019.05); H04R 31/00 (2013.01); H04R 2225/021 (2013.01); H04R 2225/31 (2013.01)] 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A Behind-The-Ear (BTE) hearing instrument comprising:
processing circuitry;
a battery that stores energy for use by the processing circuitry; and
a housing that contains a receiver configured to output sound, wherein the receiver is positioned within the hearing instrument posterior to the processing circuitry and the battery from a perspective consistent with direction on the body of a user wearing the hearing instrument.