Patent ID: 7322227

Claim:
A tank container with an electronic monitoring device, comprising: a tank barrel and a container frame for supporting said tank barrel, said tank barrel being further provided with a valve assembly and a valve assembly protection box for enclosing and protecting said valve assembly, wherein said electronic monitoring device is installed inside said valve assembly protection box and further includes: a sensor for detecting a leakage condition of substances contained in said tank container and transmitting an information data related to the leakage condition; a data processing module connected with said sensor for processing the data related to the leakage condition and including: a signal acquisition and processing module connected with said sensor for acquiring and processing the data from the sensor related to said leakage; and a data storage and signal transmission module connected with said signal acquisition and processing module for storing and recording the data on said leakage processed by said signal acquisition and processing module, and transmitting the data on said leakage to a remote data terminal; and a stroke switch with a probe connected with said signal acquisition and processing module through a cable, wherein said probe can be pressed against or separated by a certain safe distance from a lid of said valve assembly protection box, to place the stroke switch in a normal or non-normal operating status, correspondingly.