ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,616,159, issued on May 5, was assigned to DeLaval Holding AB (Tumba, Sweden).
"Milking system" was invented by Gunnar Brostedt (Tumba, Sweden) and Andreas Edmark (Tumba, Sweden).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A milking system, including: a vacuum pump, a receiver, a milk line, and a plurality of milking units. Each milking unit is connected to the milk line via a respective milk conduit. Each milking unit is also associated with a respective valve arrangement, arranged in the milk conduit, wherein the valve arrangement includes an adjustable passage for adjustment of the fluid pressure. The system also includes a pressure sensor, arranged t...