Patent ID: 8565457
Filing Date: 2013-10-22
Classification: H04R,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A hearing assistance device, comprising: a housing, wherein the housing has a long axis; a power source; a radio circuit within the housing and electrically connected to the power source, wherein the radio circuit includes a transmitter/receiver, a processor and storage; an antenna having an aperture with at least one loop, the antenna configured to provide a three-dimensional aperture within the loop, wherein the radio circuit is at least substantially within the aperture; and a transmission line to electrically connect the antenna to the radio circuit, wherein the antenna is a flex circuit antenna and, as assembled, the flex circuit antenna forms a loop in a plane substantially perpendicular to the long axis of the housing, and the aperture has an axis substantially parallel to the long axis, and the flex circuit antenna includes a first portion, a second portion and a third portion, the first and second portions form a first aperture, the first and third portions form a second aperture, and the second and third portions are electrically connected in parallel wherein the housing includes an outer shell with an inside surface and an outside surface, and at least a portion of the antenna conforms to a portion of the inside surface of the outer shell.