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US 12,648,545 B2Granted
Animal ear tag
AssigneeDeLaval Holding AB
InventorMagnus Olsson
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Abstract
The disclosure relates to an animal ear tag with a housing, a battery, and an electronic circuit powered by the battery. A coupling of the housing includes an opening configured to receive a head portion of a male tag portion. The housing may be formed in one piece and with a cavity in which the battery and the electronic circuit are arranged in a potting. The electronic circuit extends in a circuit plane and the housing portion extends on both sides of the circuit plane.
Claims21
An animal ear tag comprising:
- a housing comprising a first material,
- a battery, and
- an electronic circuit powered by the battery,
- wherein the housing comprises an opening configured to receive therein a head portion of a male tag portion, the opening configured to engage with the head portion,
- wherein the housing comprises a first housing portion formed in one piece and comprising a main portion of an outer surface of the housing,
- wherein the first housing portion forms a cavity in which the battery and the electronic circuit are arranged,
- wherein the battery and the electronic circuit are potted in the cavity in a potting material comprising a second material that fills an entirety of the cavity around the battery and the electronic circuit, the second material being different than the first material of the housing,
- wherein the electronic circuit extends in a circuit plane, and
- wherein the first housing portion extends over both main surfaces of the circuit plane.
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An animal ear tag comprising:
- a housing,
- a battery, and
- an electronic circuit powered by the battery,
- wherein the housing comprises an opening configured to receive therein a head portion of a male tag portion, the opening configured to engage with the head portion,
- wherein the housing comprises a first housing portion formed in one piece and comprising a main portion of an outer surface of the housing,
- wherein the first housing portion forms a cavity in which the battery and the electronic circuit are arranged,
- wherein the electronic circuit extends in a circuit plane,
- wherein the first housing portion extends over both main surfaces of the circuit plane,
- wherein the first housing portion comprises a protruding member, and wherein the protruding member comprises the opening,
- wherein the protruding member and the opening are formed in one piece with the first housing portion,
- wherein the animal ear tag comprises a socket, wherein the socket comprises the opening, and wherein the socket is at least partially embedded in the protruding member,
- wherein the socket comprises a cylindrical portion having a centre axis,
- wherein the opening is a through opening,
- wherein the through opening extends through the cylindrical portion,
- wherein the socket comprises an outer flange extending substantially perpendicularly to the centre axis and is arranged towards one end portion of the cylindrical portion, and
- wherein the outer flange is embedded in the protruding member.
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An animal ear tag comprising:
- a housing,
- a battery, and
- an electronic circuit powered by the battery,
- wherein the housing comprises an opening configured to receive therein a head portion of a male tag portion, the opening configured to engage with the head portion,
- wherein the housing comprises a first housing portion formed in one piece and comprising a main portion of an outer surface of the housing,
- wherein the first housing portion forms a cavity in which the battery and the electronic circuit are arranged,
- wherein the electronic circuit extends in a circuit plane,
- wherein the first housing portion extends over both main surfaces of the circuit plane,
- wherein the battery has a generally cylindrical or prism shape and extends along a battery axis, the battery axis extending substantially in parallel with the circuit plane,
- wherein the battery is arranged in a battery portion of the housing and the electronic circuit is arranged at least partially in an electronic circuit portion of the housing,
- wherein the electronic circuit portion extends tangentially from the battery portion in a first direction,
- wherein the first housing portion comprises a protruding member, and wherein the protruding member comprises the opening, and
- wherein the protruding member extends tangentially from the battery portion in a second direction in parallel with and opposite to the first direction from a diametrically opposite side of the battery portion to the electronic circuit portion.
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An animal ear tag comprising:
- a housing,
- a battery, and
- an electronic circuit powered by the battery,
- wherein the housing comprises an opening configured to receive therein a head portion of a male tag portion, the opening configured to engage with the head portion,
- wherein the housing comprises a first housing portion formed in one piece and comprising a main portion of an outer surface of the housing,
- wherein the first housing portion forms a cavity in which the battery and the electronic circuit are arranged,
- wherein the battery and the electronic circuit are potted in the cavity in a potting material that fills an entirety of the cavity around the battery and the electronic circuit,
- wherein the electronic circuit extends in a circuit plane,
- wherein the first housing portion extends over both main surfaces of the circuit plane,
- wherein the cavity encloses the battery and the electronic circuit on five sides with only one side of the cavity open for insertion of the battery and the electronic circuit thereinto, and
- wherein the first housing portion is provided with an aperture adjoining the cavity, and wherein the potting material fills the entirety of the cavity around the battery and the electronic circuit and the aperture.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.