Electronic tag for an animal comprising a protection cap

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10959405-B2
Application number	US-201916690937-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 21, 2019
Priority date	Jan 14, 2019
Publication date	Mar 30, 2021
Grant date	Mar 30, 2021

Abstract

An electronic tag configured to be attached to a body part of an animal. According to a first aspect, the disclosure relates to an electronic tag configured to be attached to a body part of an animal. The electronic tag includes a circuit board, a battery holder, a protection cap and a casing. The battery holder is designed to hold a battery, wherein the battery holder is arranged on the circuit board. The protection cap provides a cavity, wherein the protection cap is arranged on top of the circuit board to accommodate the battery holder in the cavity. The casing includes an upper casing half and lower casing half arranged to encapsulate the circuit board and the protection cap in an interior space defined by the casing halves.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An electronic tag configured to be attached to a body part of an animal, the electronic tag comprising:
a circuit board,
a battery holder designed to hold a battery, wherein the battery holder is arranged on the circuit board,
a protection cap providing a cavity, wherein the protection cap is arranged on top of the circuit board to accommodate the battery holder in the cavity and
a casing comprising an upper casing half and lower casing half arranged to encapsulate the circuit board and the protection cap in an interior space defined by the casing halves; and
wherein the protection cap fills a space delimited by the circuit board and the upper casing half at least to a predefined limit; and
wherein the remaining empty space between the protection cap and the battery holder is less than a pre-defined limit.

2. The electronic tag according to claim 1 , wherein the cavity has a shape corresponding to the exterior of the battery holder.

3. The electronic tag according to claim 2 , wherein the protection cap is made from a material of hardness 40-90 shore A or 50-70 shore A.

4. An electronic tag configured to be attached to a body part of an animal, the electronic tag comprising:
a circuit board,
a battery holder designed to hold a battery, wherein the battery holder is arranged on the circuit board,
a protection cap providing a cavity, wherein the protection cap is arranged on top of the circuit board to accommodate the battery holder in the cavity and
a casing comprising an upper casing half and lower casing half arranged to encapsulate the circuit board and the protection cap in an interior space defined by the casing halves; and
wherein the protection cap is fluted.

5. The electronic tag according to claim 4 , wherein the protection cap is made from a material of hardness 40-90 shore A or 50-70 shore A.

6. An electronic tag configured to be attached to a body part of an animal, the electronic tag comprising:
a circuit board,
a battery holder designed to hold a battery, wherein the battery holder is arranged on the circuit board,
a protection cap providing a cavity, wherein the protection cap is arranged on top of the circuit board to accommodate the battery holder in the cavity and
a casing comprising an upper casing half and lower casing half arranged to encapsulate the circuit board and the protection cap in an interior space defined by the casing halves; and
wherein the protection cap comprises vertical channels extending through the protection cap from an upper side to a lower side.

7. The electronic tag according to claim 1 , wherein the protection cap is made using 3D-printing or injection molding.

8. An electronic tag configured to be attached to a body part of an animal, the electronic tag comprising:
a circuit board,
a battery holder designed to hold a battery, wherein the battery holder is arranged on the circuit board,
a protection cap providing a cavity, wherein the protection cap is arranged on top of the circuit board to accommodate the battery holder in the cavity and
a casing comprising an upper casing half and lower casing half arranged to encapsulate the circuit board and the protection cap in an interior space defined by the casing halves; and
wherein the protection cap is removably attached to the circuit board to facilitate changing of the battery.

9. The electronic tag according to claim 1 , wherein the protection cap comprises attachment means for attaching the tag to a body part of an animal.

10. The electronic tag according to claim 9 , wherein the attachment means comprises a ring gasket, arranged between the casing halves, which ring gasket has an outwardly projecting flange.

11. The electronic tag according to claim 10 , wherein a through hole is provided in the outwardly projecting flange.

12. The electronic tag according to claim 11 , wherein the attachment means comprises a piercing element mounted in the through hole.

13. The electronic tag according to claim 1 , wherein the protection cap is clamped in a gap between the upper casing half and the lower casing half to provide a tight seal there-between.

14. The electronic tag according to claim 13 , wherein the protection cap is made from a material of hardness 40-90 shore A or 50-70 shore A.

15. The electronic tag according to claim 11 , wherein an upper side of the protection cap is arched.

16. The electronic tag according to claim 11 , wherein the protection cap is bowl-shaped to protect the battery holder from shocks during use.

Assignees

• Sony Corp

Inventors

• Tryding Sven
• Hellström Stefan

Classifications

• A01K11/004

  with electronic identification means, e.g. transponders · CPC title

• A01K11/006 Primary

  Automatic identification systems for animals, e.g. electronic devices, transponders for animals (identification systems for access to feeding pens A01K1/0209; ear tags with electronic identification means A01K11/004) · CPC title