Patent ID: 8374369

Claim:
An assembly device for fastening a component through an opening and into an interior of a housing of a hearing apparatus, the assembly device comprising: a first arm configured to retain the component; a second arm configured to be removably inserted through the opening in the housing into a fastening element located below a roof of the housing within the interior of the housing to provide a removable connection between the assembly device and the housing of the hearing apparatus, wherein the second arm comprises a hook parallel with the second arm and arranged to be slidably inserted into or removed from the fastening element in respective directions downward away from or upward toward the roof of the housing, wherein the fastening element comprises a slide rail on the housing, wherein an end section of the hook is arranged to provide a downward travel limit stop relative to the slide rail; and a hinge that pivotally connects and rotates the first and the second aims between an installation position with the first and second aims pivoted apart and an assembly position with the first and second arms pivoted together, wherein with the hinge in the installation position, engagement of the hook and the fastening element can be observed through the opening from outside the housing; and wherein with hook and fastening element engaged and the hinge in the assembly position, the first and the second arms are configured to be snapped onto one another in the assembly position such that the first arm restricts observation of the hook and fastening element from outside the housing, wherein the assembly device, when connected to the housing and in the assembly position, is located in an interior space defined by the housing of the hearing apparatus.