Global Patent Index - EP 2433431 B1

EP 2433431 B1 20180912 - ACOUSTIC DEVICE

Title (en)

ACOUSTIC DEVICE

Title (de)

AKUSTISCHE VORRICHTUNG

Title (fr)

DISPOSITIF ACOUSTIQUE

Publication

EP 2433431 B1 20180912 (FR)

Application

EP 10728788 A 20100519

Priority

  • FR 2010050969 W 20100519
  • FR 0953398 A 20090520

Abstract (en)

[origin: WO2010133807A1] The invention relates to an acoustic device (2) including a contact acoustic microphone (4), and an arch (10) for maintaining the microphone (4) against a side flange of the skull, said microphone (4) including a housing (16) and a transducer for mechanically energizing bone and arranged in the housing (16), said transducer being capable of receiving a sound signal from the vocal cords by bone conduction, and said housing (16) including a wall (20) bearing on an area of the cheek. The acoustic device (2) is characterized in that the wall (20) is in the form of a skin in contact with the transducer of the microphone (4), and in that the wall (20) has a Shore A hardness of between 45 and 85 and a thickness of between 0.4 and 0.6 mm.

IPC 8 full level

H04R 1/08 (2006.01); H04R 1/10 (2006.01); H04R 1/22 (2006.01); H04R 1/28 (2006.01); H04R 5/033 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP)

H04R 1/083 (2013.01); H04R 1/222 (2013.01); H04R 5/033 (2013.01); H04R 2460/13 (2013.01)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO SE SI SK SM TR

DOCDB simple family (publication)

WO 2010133807 A1 20101125; EP 2433431 A1 20120328; EP 2433431 B1 20180912; ES 2704450 T3 20190318; FR 2945905 A1 20101126; FR 2945905 B1 20110729

DOCDB simple family (application)

FR 2010050969 W 20100519; EP 10728788 A 20100519; ES 10728788 T 20100519; FR 0953398 A 20090520