# US 2014/0192179 A1 · Remote inspection device > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2014/0192179 A1 - Document ID: US20140192179A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 14/151,146 - Filed: 2014-01-09 - Published: 2014-07-10 - Earliest claimed: 2013-01-09 - Assignees: Inspectron, Inc. - Applicants: Inspectron, Inc. - Inventors: Brent F. Lyons; Tye L. Newman; Shepherd H. Whitcomb - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20140192179A1 ## CPC - G02B 23/2484: {Arrangements in relation to a camera or imaging device (processing or control of video signals generated by an endoscope H04N23/60, H04N23/70)} - G02B 23/2476: {Non-optical details, e.g. housings, mountings, supports} - H04N 7/183: {for receiving images from a single remote source} - H04N 23/51: Housings - H04N 7/185: {from a mobile camera, e.g. for remote control} - H04N 23/555: {for picking-up images in sites, inaccessible due to their dimensions or hazardous conditions, e.g. endoscopes or borescopes} - G02B: OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS - H04N: PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION ## Abstract A portable inspection unit is provided. The portable inspection unit may include a unit body, a flexible cable, and an imager housing, The flexible cable may extend from the unit body and the imager housing may be disposed at a distal end of the flexible cable. The portable inspection unit may be configured to receive an actuating accessory. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A portable inspection unit comprising: a unit body; a flexible cable having a proximal end portion and a distal end portion, the proximal end portion extending from the unit body; an imager housing disposed at the distal end of the flexible cable; a port disposed in a top surface portion of the unit body; and a grasper extending from a distal end portion of the imager housing. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The portable inspection unit of claim 1, wherein the grasper comprises a plurality of tines. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The portable inspection unit of claim 2, further comprising a barb disposed proximate to a distal end of each of the tines. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The portable inspection unit of claim 3, wherein the barbs comprise a plurality of raised ridges. ### Claim 5 (depends on 2) The portable inspection unit of claim 2, wherein the tines are evenly spaced radially about a longitudinal axis of the imager housing. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The portable inspection unit of claim 1, wherein the each of the tines diverges outward radially in relation to a longitudinal axis of the imager housing from a proximal end portion to a distal end portion. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The portable inspection unit of claim 6, wherein each of the tines diverges outward in a smooth curved path. ### Claim 8 (canceled) ### Claim 9 (canceled) ### Claim 10 A portable inspection unit comprising: a unit body; a flexible cable having a proximal end portion and a distal end portion, the proximal end portion extending from the unit body; an imager housing disposed at the distal end of the flexible cable; a port disposed in a top surface portion of the unit body; and a trigger mechanism configured to extend and retract, wherein the trigger mechanism is configured to releasably attach an actuating accessory. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The portable inspection unit of claim 10, wherein the actuating accessory is a grasper. ### Claim 12 (depends on 10) The portable inspection unit of claim 10, wherein the drive unit comprises an actuating unit having a constraint groove configured to releasably attach the actuating accessory. ### Claim 13 (depends on 10) The portable inspection unit of claim 10, wherein the constraint groove is configured to releasably attach to a crimped feature. ### Claim 14 (depends on 10) The portable inspection unit of claim 10, wherein the trigger mechanism comprises an actuating unit having a proximal end portion and a distal end portion, and a sloped channel extending outward from a top surface. ### Claim 15 (canceled) ### Claim 16 (canceled) ### Claim 17 A portable inspection unit comprising: a unit body; a flexible cable having a proximal end portion and a distal end portion, the proximal end portion extending from the unit body; an imager housing disposed at the distal end of the flexible cable; a port disposed in a top surface portion of the unit body; and a translational motion assembly comprising a drive unit and an actuating unit, the scaling device being configured to cause greater output motion in the actuating unit than input to the driving unit. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The portable inspection unit of claim 17, wherein the ratio of the translational scaling device is greater than 1.5:1. ### Claim 19 (depends on 17) The portable inspection unit of claim 17, wherein the drive unit comprises a drive rack, the actuating unit comprises an actuating rack, and further comprising a plurality of gears configured to engage the driving rack and the actuating rack. ### Claim 20 (depends on 19) The portable inspection unit of claim 19, wherein the translational scaling device is configured to cause translation in the actuating rack in the same direction as the driving rack. ### Claim 21 (depends on 19) The portable inspection unit of claim 19, wherein the plurality of gears comprises dual spur gears. ### Claim 22 (depends on 17) The portable inspection unit of claim 17, further comprising a spring extending from the unit body to the drive unit, configured to extend the drive unit away from the unit body in a resting state. ### Claim 23 A portable inspection unit comprising: a unit body; a flexible cable having a proximal end portion and a distal end portion, the proximal end portion extending from the unit body; an imager housing disposed at the distal end of the flexible cable; and a port disposed in a top surface portion of the unit body configured to receive a fluid dispersion tube through an internal passageway extending through the portable the unit body. ### Claim 24 (canceled) ### Claim 25 (depends on 23) The portable inspection unit of claim 23, wherein an internal passage extends through the port, into the unit body, through the flexible cable and imager housing, and outward proximate to a distal end portion of the imager housing ### Claim 26 (canceled) ### Claim 27 (depends on 23) The portable inspection unit of claim 23, wherein the internal passageway is also configured to receive an actuating device.