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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 17, 2020
Filed:
Oct. 20, 2016
Applicant:
American Science and Engineering, Inc., Billerica, MA (US);
Inventor:
Jason Toppan, Burlington, MA (US);
Assignee:
American Science and Engineering, Inc., Billerica, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01V 5/00 (2006.01); G01N 23/02 (2006.01); G01N 23/083 (2018.01); G01N 23/222 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01V 5/0066 (2013.01); G01N 23/02 (2013.01); G01N 23/083 (2013.01); G01N 23/222 (2013.01); G01V 5/0008 (2013.01);
Abstract
A conveyance and methods for x-ray inspection of an object. The conveyance has a bed with attached wheels and detector elements disposed along a pontine structure coupled to the conveyance. A source of penetrating radiation is coupled to the conveyance and disposed so as to irradiate each of the detector elements from a single position. An automated manual transmission couples power from an engine to a set of the wheels of the conveyance, both for road travel and for x-ray inspection.