US Patent No: 6,920,197

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Vehicle-carried mobile container inspection apparatus

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Abstract

A vehicle-carried mobile container inspection apparatus characterized in that the mobile container inspection apparatus comprises a first box-shaped cabin arranged in the front portion of the chassis and provided with a workroom accommodating a scan control module, an image acquisition module and an operation/inspection module; and a second box-shaped cabin and a third box-shaped cabin both arranged on the rear portion of the rotatable platform, in which the second box-shaped cabin is arranged on the top of the third box-shaped cabin, the control unit of the radiation source is accommodated in the second box-shaped cabin, the third box-shaped cabin is arranged under the rotatable platform, the radiation source is arranged in the third box-shaped cabin, the level of the radiation source from which the X-ray beam emit is arranged below the level of the chassis, the scanning vehicle is provided with a driving means to smoothly move the scanning vehicle the rotatable platform is provided with a rotatably driving means, when inspecting a container, the rotatable platform is driven to turn 90 degrees, and the second arm turns into its vertical gesture, so that a portal-shaped frame is formed by means of the parallelogrammical bracket, the first arm and the second arm. The mobile inspection container apparatus is capable of inspecting as broad area as to reach the vehicle chassis. The apparatus comprises two vehicles, in which usually the both vehicles are used, while only one vehicle is used for fulfilling the inspection work in emergency.

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Patent Owner(s)

Patent OwnerAddressTotal Patents
NUCTECH COMPANY LIMITEDBEIJING117
TSINGHUA UNIVERSITYBEIJING687

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Inventor(s)

Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Cao, Shuxiong Beijing, CN 1 28
Gao, Wenhuan Beijing, CN 6 92
Kang, Kejun Beijing, CN 70 156
Li, Jianmin Lexington, MA 102 589
Li, Junli Beijing, CN 23 117
Li, Yuanjing Beijing, CN 154 192
Liu, Yinong Beijing, CN 128 182
Peng, Hua Beijing, CN 85 93
Song, Liwei San Jose, CA 9 38
Song, Quanwei Beijing, CN 25 49
Tang, Chuanxiang Beijing, CN 25 129

Cited Art

Patent Info (Count) # Cites Year
 
HEIMANN SYSTEMS GMBH (1)
5,692,028 X-ray examining apparatus for large-volume goods 106 1996
 
SHOOK MOBILE TECHNOLOGY, LP (1)
6,763,635 Boom with mast assembly 20 1999
 
OTHER [CHECK PATENT PROFILE FOR ASSIGNMENT INFORMATION] (1)
6,058,158 X-ray device for checking the contents of closed cargo carriers 62 1998

Patent Citation Ranking

Forward Cites

Patent Info (Count) # Cites Year
 
RAPISCAN SYSTEMS, INC. (13)
7,483,510 Relocatable X-ray imaging system and method for inspecting commercial vehicles and cargo containers 8 2005
7,963,695 Rotatable boom cargo scanning system 0 2008
7,769,133 Relocatable X-ray imaging system and method for inspecting commercial vehicles and cargo containers 1 2008
8,433,036 Scanning systems 0 2009
7,876,880 Single boom cargo scanning system 2 2009
8,389,942 Photomultiplier and detection systems 0 2009
8,138,770 Methods and systems for the rapid detection of concealed objects 0 2009
8,213,570 X-ray security inspection machine 0 2010
8,275,091 Compact mobile cargo scanning system 0 2010
7,991,113 Relocatable x-ray imaging system and method for inspecting commercial vehicles and cargo containers 1 2010
8,059,781 Cargo scanning system 0 2010
8,389,941 Composite gamma-neutron detection system 0 2010
8,356,937 Rotatable boom cargo scanning system 0 2011
 
TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY (6)
7,215,737 Double-radiant-source framework for container detecting system 3 2004
7,352,843 Combined mobile container inspection system with low target 9 2004
7,660,386 Vehicle-carried radiation inspection system and lifting device used therein 5 2007
7,663,109 Mobile cantilever door-type container inspection system 1 2008
7,984,940 Arm folding mechanism for use in a vehicle-mounted radiation imaging system 0 2008
8,104,815 Arm folding mechanism for use in a vehicle-mounted radiation imaging system 0 2011
 
SPECTRUM SAN DIEGO, INC. (3)
7,742,568 Automobile scanning system 5 2008
7,957,506 Automobile scanning system 1 2010
8,116,431 Automobile scanning system 0 2011
 
SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION (2)
8,314,394 System and method for three-dimensional imaging using scattering from annihilation coincidence photons 0 2010
8,426,822 System and method for three-dimensional imaging using scattering from annihilation coincidence photons 0 2012
 
AMERICAN SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING, INC. (1)
8,345,819 Top-down X-ray inspection trailer 0 2010
 
RAPISCAN SYSTEMS LIMITED (1)
7,702,069 X-ray security inspection machine 0 2006
 
SCANTECH IDENTIFICATION BEAM SYSTEMS, LLC (1)
7,491,958 Radiographic inspection system for inspecting the contents of a container having dual injector and dual accelerating section 2 2004
 
TANITA CORPORATION (1)
7,684,057 Linear measurement apparatus 2 2007

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