US 11,864,528 B2
Control module, and a control arrangement for a milking plant
Emil Karbing, Tumba (SE); Anders Kvist, Tumba (SE); and Ingvar Sjökvist, Tumba (SE)
Assigned to DeLaval Holding AB, Tumba (SE)
Appl. No. 17/292,364
Filed by DELAVAL HOLDING AB, Tumba (SE)
PCT Filed Nov. 8, 2019, PCT No. PCT/SE2019/051127
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date May 7, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/096517, PCT Pub. Date May 14, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 1800215-4 (SE), filed on Nov. 8, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2022/0000064 A1, Jan. 6, 2022
Int. Cl. H05K 5/00 (2006.01); A01J 5/007 (2006.01); H05K 5/02 (2006.01)
CPC A01J 5/007 (2013.01) [H05K 5/0017 (2013.01); H05K 5/0026 (2013.01); H05K 5/0247 (2013.01)] 21 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A control module for controlling and supervising various functions of a milking position for milking a dairy animal, the control module comprising:
a printed circuit board that incorporates at least a part of a controller configured to control and supervise at least some of the various functions, the printed circuit board comprising
input and output connections connecting the printed circuit board to devices performing at least some of the functions by electric lines,
a front side on which at least one communication area is provided, the at least one communication area communicating with said part of the controller, and
a rear side; and
a casing forming an inner space enclosing the printed circuit board, the casing comprising an inner front plate,
wherein the front side of the printed circuit board is attached to a rear side of the inner front plate by a transparent adhering substance so that at least a part of the printed circuit board projects from the rear side of the inner front plate, the communication area being accessible through the inner front plate, said part of the printed circuit board being embedded in a block of plastic material.