1. An opening and closing assembly for an associated storage compartment provided on an associated vehicle comprising:
a first housing;
a push button movably supported on the first housing, the push button including a first slider having a first inclined face at a rear end thereof;
a second housing mounted adjacent the first housing;
a second slider movably supported on the second housing, the second slider including at least one clip on one end for connecting the second slider to the second housing and a second inclined face on the other end, a longitudinal axis of the second slider being substantially perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the first slider such that the second inclined face faces the first inclined face of the first slider, the at least one clip of the second slider being movable toward a striker to unlock the associated storage compartment when the second inclined face is pressed by the first inclined face.
2. The assembly of claim 1, including at least one biasing member provided in the first housing for biasing the push button outwardly relative to the first housing.
3. The assembly of claim 2, wherein the at least one biasing member includes a first compression spring and a second compression spring, each compression spring has one end portion connected to a projection provided on the push button and extending toward the first inclined face and the other end portion connected to a projection provided on an inner surface of the first housing, the projections of the push button being separated by the first slider.
4. The assembly of claim 1, wherein the push button includes a generally box-shaped base member, at least one clip for connecting the push button to the first housing and the first slider extending outwardly from a bottom surface of the base member.
5. The assembly of claim 4, wherein a top surface of the base member including at least one opening, and further including a button, the button having at least one clip configured to be securely received in the at least one opening provided in the top surface of the base member, the top surface of the base member further including at least one rib for controlling the location of the button on the top surface.
6. The assembly of claim 4, wherein the base member includes an overstroke ledge provided on a side wall thereof, the overstroke ledge preventing the push button from being overstroked past a predetermined length.
7. The assembly of claim 6, wherein the first housing includes an overstroke ledge which is selectively engaged by the overstroke ledge provided on the base member of the push button, and further including at least one tuning rib provided on an inner surface of the first housing for preventing the push button from rotating or moving up and down during stroke of the push button within the first housing.
8. The assembly of claim 1, including at least one biasing member for biasing the second slider toward the first slider.
9. The assembly of claim 8, wherein the at least one biasing member includes a first compression spring and a second compression spring, each compression spring has one end portion connected to a projection provided on the second slider and extending away from the second inclined face and the other end portion connected to a projection provided on an outer surface of the second housing.
10. The assembly of claim 1, wherein the second housing includes a guide rib located on an inner surface thereof, the guide rib engaging the second slider and providing a track for the second slider to travel.
11. The assembly of claim 10, wherein the second slider includes an elongated channel dimensioned to slidably receive the guide rib of the second housing.
12. The assembly of claim 1, wherein both the first housing and the associated storage compartment include a guide hole through which the striker of the associated storage compartment is locked or unlocked, the guide holes, the striker, and the second slider being co-axially aligned, one end portion of the striker being wedge shaped.
13. An opening and closing assembly for an associated storage compartment provided on an associated structure of a vehicle comprising:
a first housing for mounting on the associated vehicle structure;
a push button movably supported on the first housing, the push button including an overstroke member for preventing the push button from being overstroked past a predetermined length and a first slider having a first inclined face at a rear end thereof;
a second housing mounted to one of the first housing and the associated vehicle structure, the second housing including a guide member; and
a second slider supported on the second housing and movable on the guide member, the second slider having a second inclined face on one end corresponding to the first inclined face of the first slider, the second slider being movable in a transverse direction relative to the first slider to unlock the associated storage compartment when the second inclined face is biased transversely by the first inclined face.
14. The assembly of claim 13, wherein the push button includes a base member, the first slider extending outwardly from a bottom surface of the base member, and further including a button connected to a top surface of the base.
15. The assembly of claim 14, wherein the base member includes the overstroke member provided on a side wall thereof, and the first housing includes an overstroke ledge which is selectively engaged by the overstroke member.
16. The assembly of claim 13, wherein the first housing includes at least one tuning rib provided on an inner surface of the first housing, the at least one tuning rib selectively engaging the push button to prevent the push button from rotating or moving up and down during stroke of the push button within the first housing.
17. The assembly of claim 13, wherein the second slider includes an elongated channel dimensioned to slidably receive the guide member of the second housing.
18. The assembly of claim 13, wherein the second slider includes a clip for connecting the second slider to the second housing, the clip being positioned on the other end of the second slider, the clip engaging a striker of the glovebox to unlock the glovebox.
19. The assembly of claim 13, further including at least one biasing member associated with the first housing for biasing the first slider away from the second slider, and at least one biasing member associated with the second housing for biasing the second slider toward the first slider.
20. An opening and closing assembly for a glovebox provided on a dashboard of a vehicle comprising:
a first housing for mounting on one of the glovebox and the dashboard;
a push button movably supported within the first housing, the push button including a first slider having a first inclined face at a rear end thereof, the first inclined face projecting outwardly from a rear end of the first housing;
a second housing mounted to a flange extending outwardly from the first housing, the second housing including a guide member provided on an inner surface thereof;
a second slider supported on and extending through the second housing, the second slider having an elongated channel dimensioned to slidably receive the guide member and a second inclined face corresponding to the first inclined face of the first slider, the second slider being movable in a transverse direction relative to the first slider to unlock the glovebox when the second inclined face is biased transversely by the first inclined face;
at least one biasing member associated with the first housing for biasing the first slider away from the second slider; and
at least one biasing member associated with the second housing for biasing the second slider toward the first slider.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
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22. A hearing aid, comprising:
a hearing aid housing having a first housing wall portion and a second housing wall portion;
said first housing wall portion having a first flexibility and said second housing wall portion having a second flexibility; and
said first flexibility being different than said second flexibility.
23. The hearing aid according to claim 22, wherein the hearing aid is an in-the-ear hearing aid.
24. The hearing aid according to claim 22, wherein the hearing aid is a behind-the-ear hearing aid.
25. The hearing aid according to claim 22, wherein at least one of said housing wall portions is formed of plastic material.
26. The hearing aid according to claim 25, wherein said plastic material is selected from a group of plastic materials consisting of: Tango Plus, Eshell, RII, YO, Accura 10, Accura 40, FotoTec and Vero White with a shore hardness of from 1 to 100 and a shore hardness difference between the materials of from 1 to 99.
27. The hearing aid according to claim 22, wherein at least one of said housing wall portions is formed of bio-compatible material.
28. The hearing aid according to claim 22, wherein said first flexibility is less than said second flexibility.
29. The hearing aid according to claim 22, wherein:
said first housing wall portion is formed of a first material;
said second housing wall portion is formed of a second material; and
said first material is different than said second material.
30. The hearing aid according to claim 29, wherein said first material is a plastic material and said second material is a rubber material.
31. The hearing aid according to claim 29, wherein said first material is a plastic material and said second material is a curable material.
32. The hearing aid according to claim 22, wherein:
said first housing wall portion includes a first wall structure;
said second housing wall portion includes a second wall structure; and
said first wall structure is different than said second wall structure and provides said different flexibilities.
33. The hearing aid according to claim 32, wherein:
said second wall structure is a wall structure selected from a group of wall structures consisting of:
a grid structure;
a pore structure; and
a meander structure.
34. The hearing aid according to claim 22, wherein said second housing wall portion includes a plurality of layers.
35. The hearing aid according to claim 34, wherein:
said plurality of layers includes at least one layer having a wall structure selected from a group of wall structures consisting of:
a grid structure;
a pore structure; and
a meander structure.
36. The hearing aid according to claim 22, wherein said first housing wall portion has a different physical thickness than said second housing wall portion.
37. The hearing aid according to claim 22, wherein said second housing wall portion has a housing surface with a contacting portion configured to provide a physical contact with the skin of a user when worn by the user.
38. The hearing aid according to claim 37, wherein:
said contacting portion is selected from a group of contacting portions consisting of:
a contacting portion configured to provide a physical contact with a front portion of an ear conch of the user when worn by the user;
a contacting portion configured to provide a physical contact with an ear canal of the user when worn by the user; and
a contacting portion configured to provide a physical contact with a back portion of an ear conch of the user when worn by the user.
39. The hearing aid according to claim 22, wherein said second wall portion is provided by a coating material configured to cover a hole in said first housing wall portion and at least a portion of said first wall portion.
40. The hearing aid according to claim 39, wherein said coating material is a flexible coating material.
41. The hearing aid according to claim 39, wherein said coating material is a flexible membrane.
42. An in-the-ear device, comprising:
a housing having a first housing wall portion and a second housing wall portion;
said first housing wall portion having a first flexibility and said second housing wall portion having a second flexibility; and
said first flexibility being different than said second flexibility.