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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 23, 2014
Filed:
Dec. 29, 2010
Victor Manuel Perez Zarate, Halfmoon, NY (US);
Michael Anthony Rumsey, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Andrea Marie Schmitz, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Jeffrey Wayne Eberhard, Albany, NY (US);
Scott Dana Tilton, Alexandria, VA (US);
Tobias George Harvey, Lorton, VA (US);
Victor Manuel Perez Zarate, Halfmoon, NY (US);
Michael Anthony Rumsey, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Andrea Marie Schmitz, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Jeffrey Wayne Eberhard, Albany, NY (US);
Scott Dana Tilton, Alexandria, VA (US);
Tobias George Harvey, Lorton, VA (US);
General Electric Company, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Abstract
A flexible, lightweight, easily maneuverable positioner for an imaging system. The positioning system in one example has a cart section with a base frame coupled to one or more wheels. There is a mast extending from the cart section and a linkage assembly coupled to a second end of the mast, wherein the mast is configured to swing about a vertical plane. There is a positioning arm coupled to the linkage assembly, wherein the positioning arm is configured to swing about at least one of a horizontal plane and the vertical plane. An imaging bracket is used to couple to the positioning arm and configured to receive an imaging unit. In one example, the positioner is coupled together by fasteners, wherein the positioner can be assembled and dis-assembled via the fasteners without tools.