Patents by Inventor Wanquan Shen

Wanquan Shen has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 7845286
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a trailer system, and particularly to a self-driving trailer system for a radiation imaging inspection system and a method for inspecting a vehicle by radiation imaging of a vehicle through the trailer system. The self-driving trailer system comprises two trailers symmetrical in structure. Each of the trailers comprises a driving device, running wheels, a trailer body, a carrying device, a lift cylinder, a balance wheel, and two pairs of guide wheels. The driving device, the running wheels, and the balance wheel are coupled with the trailer body. The carrying device is coupled with the trailer body through the lift cylinder. A front carrying arm and a rear carrying arm can clamp front wheels of a vehicle under inspection, and move upwards and downwards by the lift cylinder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2010
    Assignees: Nuctech Company Limited, Tsinghua University
    Inventors: Bin Hu, Wanquan Shen, Zhizhong Liang, Hua Peng, Shangmin Sun, Nan Jiang, Quanwei Song, Weirong Huang, Zhenbin Guo, Sheng Tang, Guang Yang
  • Patent number: 7475866
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a pulling device for a container inspection system including a pulling vehicle (1) arranged inside an inspection passage, a winch (5) and wire tension mechanisms (6,6?). Front and rear ends of the pulling vehicle are connected to a wire rope so as to drive the pulling vehicle to move back and forth inside the inspection passage. The wire rope connected to front and rear ends of the pulling vehicle is wound around a wire tension mechanism arranged at front and rear ends of the inspection passage and is turned around by a swerving pulley (2) which is positioned at the same horizontal plane as that of the wire rope, the pulling vehicle, and the wire tension mechanisms, then the wire rope passes through the vertical pulley block, and finally it is connected to a single winding drum (4) of the winch (5) and wound around the single winding drum (4) respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2009
    Assignees: Nuctech Company Limited, Tsinghua University
    Inventors: Bin Hu, Shangmin Sun, Guang Yang, Yucheng Wu, Zhongrong Yang, Nan Jiang, Wanquan Shen, Jianjun Su
  • Publication number: 20080159840
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a trailer system, and particularly to a self-driving trailer system for a radiation imaging inspection system and a method for inspecting a vehicle by radiation imaging of a vehicle through the trailer system. The self-driving trailer system comprises two trailers symmetrical in structure. Each of the trailers comprises a driving device, running wheels, a trailer body, a carrying device, a lift cylinder, a balance wheel, and two pairs of guide wheels. The driving device, the running wheels, and the balance wheel are coupled with the trailer body. The carrying device is coupled with the trailer body through the lift cylinder. A front carrying arm and a rear carrying arm can clamp front wheels of a vehicle under inspection, and move upwards and downwards by the lift cylinder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2007
    Publication date: July 3, 2008
    Inventors: Bin Hu, Wanquan Shen, Zhizhong Liang, Hua Peng, Shangmin Sun, Nan Jiang, Quanwei Song, Weirong Huang, Zhenbin Guo, Sheng Tang, Guang Yang
  • Patent number: 7386092
    Abstract: A containers/vehicles inspection system with adjustable radiation X-ray angle relates to the technical field of radiation inspection. The present invention comprises a detector arm rack equipped with detectors, a second collimator, a pulling device, and an accelerator rack with the accelerator. X-ray produced by the accelerator is right opposite to the calibrator, the first collimator and the second collimator all of which are arranged in order, wherein, said accelerator rack is further composed of a horizontal regulation mechanism for moving the base forward and afterward horizontally, a vertical regulation mechanism for moving the bending framework up and down vertically, a rotary regulation mechanism for rotating the cantilever, a pitching regulation mechanism for driving the accelerator to make pinching movement, as well as a framework formed by a base, a vertical arm, a bending framework and a cantilever.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2008
    Assignees: Tsinghua University, Nuctech Company Limited
    Inventors: Kejun Kang, Jianmin Li, Zhiqiang Chen, Shangmin Sun, Yucheng Wu, Wanquan Shen, Hongliang Yang, Jianxin Wang
  • Patent number: 7367764
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a reversible plate positioning device for a stationary radiation imaging trailer system, comprising a left platform (7-1) and a right platform (7-2) that can be connected with a trailing part (4) of a trailer frame and ground locking part (12), the left platform (7-1) and right platform (7-2) provided with slopes (1) for the uploading of a vehicle to be detected respectively at the front ends and with positioning recesses (9) at the middle of an upper surface, each positioning recess (9) being provided with a wheel-locking device (2), wherein, each wheel-locking device (2) comprises of a pivotable crank plate (10) that is hinged to the positioning recess (9) and can rotates about the pivot axis thereof, a chain (15) connected with the crank plate (10), a pull-rod (14) connected with the chain (15), and a fixing sleeve (6) corresponding to the pull-rod (14), in which a spring (13) is provided in the fixing sleeve (6), and when the vehicle to be detected is located in the positio
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2008
    Assignees: Nuctech Company Limited, Tsinghua University
    Inventors: Ning Li, Kejun Kang, Haifeng Hu, Wanquan Shen, Jianjun Su, Zhongrong Yang, Qitian Miao, Jianmin Li
  • Patent number: 7352843
    Abstract: A combined mobile container inspection system, comprising: a radiation source; a chassis; a rotatable deck provided at an end of the upper surface of said chassis and rotatable with respect to said chassis, provided with a parallelogram bracket formed by a hingedly-connected four-bar linkage mechanism, wherein the cross link of the parallelogram bracket extends to form a horizontal cross arm with detectors, the other end of said horizontal cross arm is connected with a vertical upright arm, which is vertical or parallel to said horizontal cross arm; and a sliding deck provided at the rear end of the rotatable deck and movable upwardly and downwardly, said sliding deck is provided, in turn, with the radiation source, the X-ray therefrom is always right in the face of the detectors provided in the horizontal cross arm and vertical upright arm, calibrator and collimator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2008
    Assignees: Nuctech Company Limited, Tsinghua University
    Inventors: Haifeng Hu, Yucheng Wu, Shangmin Sun, Zhiqiang Chen, Guang Yang, Zhengyu Bai, Rongxuan Liu, Hongliang Yang, Jianjun Su, Jiantao Wang, Yanjun Han, Bin Hu, Quanwei Song, Nan Jiang, Hua Peng, Jianmin Li, Wanquan Shen, Zhizhong Liang
  • Patent number: 7302035
    Abstract: A train inspection system by imaging through radiation, having a scanning arm positioned away from the track and supported on a construction base, and vibration damping elements positioned between the scanning arm and the construction base. The system includes a detector bracket with detector arrays mounted thereon, a radiation source, a calibration device, a front collimator, and a rear collimator. The sector-shaped x-rays emitted from the radiation source penetrate through the calibration device, the front collimator, the rear collimator and the train to be inspected sequentially so as to be received by the detector arrays provided on the detector bracket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2007
    Assignee: Nuctech Company Limited
    Inventors: Bin Hu, Shangmin Sun, Yucheng Wu, Nan Jiang, Zhizhong Liang, Wanquan Shen, Ning Li
  • Publication number: 20070126189
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a reversible plate positioning device for a stationary radiation imaging trailer system, comprising a left platform (7-1) and a right platform (7-2) that can be connected with a trailing part (4) of a trailer frame and ground locking part (12), the left platform (7-1) and right platform (7-2) provided with slopes (1) for the uploading of a vehicle to be detected respectively at the front ends and with positioning recesses (9) at the middle of an upper surface, each positioning recess (9) being provided with a wheel-locking device (2), wherein, each wheel-locking device (2) comprises of a pivotable crank plate (10) that is hinged to the positioning recess (9) and can rotates about the pivot axis thereof, a chain (15) connected with the crank plate (10), a pull-rod (14) connected with the chain (15), and a fixing sleeve (6) corresponding to the pull-rod (14), in which a spring (13) is provided in the fixing sleeve (6), and when the vehicle to be detected is located in the positio
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2006
    Publication date: June 7, 2007
    Inventors: Ning Li, Kejun Kang, Haifeng Hu, Wanquan Shen, Jianjun Su, Zhongrong Yang, Qitian Miao, Jianmin Li
  • Publication number: 20070110215
    Abstract: A combined mobile container inspection system, comprising: a radiation source; a chassis; a rotatable deck provided at an end of the upper surface of said chassis and rotatable with respect to said chassis, provided with a parallelogram bracket formed by a hingedly-connected four-bar linkage mechanism, wherein the cross link of the parallelogram bracket extends to form a horizontal cross arm with detectors, the other end of said horizontal cross arm is connected with a vertical upright arm, which is vertical or parallel to said horizontal cross arm; and a sliding deck provided at the rear end of the rotatable deck and movable upwardly and downwardly, said sliding deck is provided, in turn, with the radiation source, the X-ray therefrom is always right in the face of the detectors provided in the horizontal cross arm and vertical upright arm, calibrator and collimator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2004
    Publication date: May 17, 2007
    Applicants: Nuctech Company Limited, Tsinghua University
    Inventors: Haifeng Hu, Yucheng Wu, Shangmin Sun, Zhiqiang Chen, Guang Yang, Zhengyu Bai, Rongxuan Liu, Hongliang Yang, Jianjun Su, Jiantao Wang, Yanjun Han, Bin Hu, Quanwei Song, Nan Jiang, Hua Peng, Jianmin Li, Wanquan Shen, Zhizhong Liang
  • Publication number: 20060203962
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a scanning arm and a train inspection system by imaging through radiation having the scanning arm. The train inspection system by imaging through radiation comprises a scanning arm, a detector bracket with detector arrays mounted thereon, a radiation source, a calibration device, a front collimator and a rear collimator. The scanning arm includes a rigid middle inclining section; an upper horizontal section and a lower horizontal section which are located at upper and lower ends of the rigid middle inclining section respectively and supported on a construction base; and vibration damping elements arranged between the upper horizontal section and the construction base, and between the lower horizontal section and the construction base. The detector bracket is fixedly connected with said upper horizontal section. The radiation source is suspended from the lower horizontal section by a supporting abutment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2005
    Publication date: September 14, 2006
    Inventors: Bin Hu, Shangmin Sun, Yucheng Wu, Nan Jiang, Zhizhong Liang, Wanquan Shen, Ning Li
  • Patent number: 7059814
    Abstract: A trailer system for radiation imaging, comprising a trailer including a frame, a plurality of guide wheels and connecting hooks, and anchoring devices, the frame comprises an intermediate section in the form of a H-shaped frame beam, a left frame bed and a right frame bed are connected to hinge shafts provided on four corner portions of the H-shaped frame beam, a positioning recess is provided centrally in an upper surface of each left and right frame beds, a wheel-catching means is provided at a rear end of each positioning recess, an upslope and a downslope daises are provided on a front end and a rear end of each of the left and the right frame beds, a support plate is provided at an outside end of each of the left and right frame beds, and a striking block is provided centrally at an outside of each support plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2006
    Assignees: Nuctech Company Limited, Tsinghua University
    Inventors: Jianjun Su, Jianmin Li, Wanquan Shen, Shangmin Sun, Jianxin Wang
  • Publication number: 20060113163
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a pulling device for a container inspection system including a pulling vehicle (1) arranged inside an inspection passage, a winch (5) and wire tension mechanisms (6,6?). Front and rear ends of the pulling vehicle are connected to a wire rope so as to drive the pulling vehicle to move back and forth inside the inspection passage. The wire rope connected to front and rear ends of the pulling vehicle is wound around a wire tension mechanism arranged at front and rear ends of the inspection passage and is turned around by a swerving pulley (2) which is positioned at the same horizontal plane as that of the wire rope, the pulling vehicle, and the wire tension mechanisms, then the wire rope passes through the vertical pulley block, and finally it is connected to a single winding drum (4) of the winch (5) and wound around the single winding drum (4) respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2005
    Publication date: June 1, 2006
    Applicants: Nuctech Company Limited, Tsinghua University
    Inventors: Bin Hu, Shangmin Sun, Guang Yang, Yucheng Wu, Zhongrong Yang, Nan Jiang, Wanquan Shen, Jianjun Su
  • Publication number: 20050084357
    Abstract: A trailer system for radiation imaging, comprising a trailer including a frame, a plurality of guide wheels and connecting hooks, and anchoring devices, the frame comprises an intermediate section in the form of a H-shaped frame beam, a left frame bed and a right frame bed are connected to hinge shafts provided on four corner portions of the H-shaped frame beam, a positioning recess is provided centrally in an upper surface of each left and right frame beds, a wheel-catching means is provided at a rear end of each positioning recess, an upslope and a downslope daises are provided on a front end and a rear end of each of the left and the right frame beds, a support plate is provided at an outside end of each of the left and right frame beds, and a striking block is provided centrally at an outside of each support plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2004
    Publication date: April 21, 2005
    Inventors: Jianjun Su, Jianmin Li, Wanquan Shen, Shangmin Sun, Jianxin Wang
  • Patent number: 6837657
    Abstract: A trailer of an automatically scanning-type radiation inspecting system used for large-sized object, comprising a trailer body provided with a bevel portion at a tail end of a top surface thereof and positioning recesses adaptive to lower portions of front wheels of a vehicle carrying objects to be inspected respectively, a plurality of pairs of guide wheels mounted to a bottom surface of the trailer body and can be supported and run on rails, connection rods provided at front and rear ends of the bottom surface of the trailer body and used for connecting to wire ropes of winches respectively, anchoring hooks provided at front and rear ends of the bottom surface of the trailer body and used for engaging with wedges arranged on the ground, and holding means provided at front and back sides of the positioning recesses and used for holding the front wheels of the vehicle in the positioning recesses during movement of the trailer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2005
    Assignees: Nuctech Company Limited, Tsinghua University
    Inventors: Jianmin Li, Wenhuan Gao, Yinong Liu, Jianjun Su, Ning Li, Wanquan Shen, Rongxuan Liu
  • Publication number: 20040146371
    Abstract: A trailer of an automatically scanning-type radiation inspecting system used for large-sized object, comprising a trailer body provided with a bevel portion at a tail end of a top surface thereof and positioning recesses adaptive to lower portions of front wheels of a vehicle carrying objects to be inspected respectively, a plurality of pairs of guide wheels mounted to a bottom surface of the trailer body and can be supported and run on rails, connection rods provided at front and rear ends of the bottom surface of the trailer body and used for connecting to wire ropes of winches respectively, anchoring hooks provided at front and rear ends of the bottom surface of the trailer body and used for engaging with wedges arranged on the ground, and holding means provided at front and back sides of the positioning recesses and used for holding the front wheels of the vehicle in the positioning recesses during movement of the trailer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2003
    Publication date: July 29, 2004
    Inventors: Jianmin Li, Wenhuan Gao, Yinong Liu, Jianjun Su, Ning Li, Wanquan Shen, Rongxuan Liu