US 12,072,296 B2
Portable visual inspection apparatus and method for inspecting article
Lei (Alex) Zhou, Shanghai (CN); Qing (Carrie) Zhou, Shanghai (CN); Yun (Shanghai) Liu, Shanghai (CN); Huabin Du, Shanghai (CN); Mark Andrew Ondo, Middletown, PA (US); Sonny O Osunkwo, Middletown, PA (US); Lvhai (Samuel) Hu, Shanghai (CN); Dandan (Emily) Zhang, Shanghai (CN); and Roberto Francisco-Yi Lu, Bellevue, WA (US)
Assigned to Tyco Electronics (Shanghai) Co., Ltd., Shanghai (CN); and TE Connectivity Solutions GmbH, Schaffhausen (CH)
Filed by Tyco Electronics (Shanghai) Co., Ltd., Shanghai (CN); and TE Connectivity Services GmbH, Schaffhausen (CH)
Filed on Apr. 25, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/727,958.
Claims priority of application No. 202110452742.8 (CN), filed on Apr. 25, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0341852 A1, Oct. 27, 2022
Int. Cl. G01N 21/88 (2006.01)
CPC G01N 21/8803 (2013.01) [G01N 2021/8854 (2013.01); G01N 2021/8887 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A portable visual inspection apparatus, comprising:
a box comprising a lower box, and an upper box connected to the lower box and defining a first accommodation space, the upper and lower boxes are movably connected to one another between and open and closed position;
a visual inspection device installed in the first accommodation space and switchable between an expanded configuration in which the visual inspection device is at least partially expanded for photographing an image of an article and a folded configuration in which the visual inspection device is at least partially folded for storage in the first accommodation space; and
a support platform arranged in the lower box and defining an inspection area located below the visual inspection device in the expanded configuration, the portable visual inspection apparatus switchable between a use configuration and a transportation configuration, in the use configuration the upper box is opened to expose the support platform and the visual inspection device is placed in the expanded configuration, in the transportation configuration the visual inspection device is placed in the folded configuration and the upper box is closed to form a complete box together with the lower box to close the visual inspection device and the support platform in a space defined by the upper box and the lower box.