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Universal mount
Assignee: Northrop Grumman Corp
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Filing: 1989-08-09
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Granted: 1990-06-19
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Expires: 2009-08-09
Abstract
Abstract An improved universal mount system for receiving a sensing device positionable in a plurality of locations and orientations comprising in combination a base having a plurality of threaded leveling lugs extending therethrough for independent adjustment of the corners of the base, the base also having upwardly extending plates with apertures therethrough; a table having a pair of downwardly depending plates each with an arcuate slot and a thumb bolt extending therethrough into the aperture of an adjacent upwardly extending plate for tilting of the table with respect to the base; and a platform having an instrument mounting bolt extending through an elongated slot for mounting of an instrument to the platform, the platform also including a linkage for coupling parallel upper and lower plates for elevational adjustment purposes.
Inventors
- 👤 James S. Edwards
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-07 14:51
CPC Classifications
F; F16; F16M; F16M11/00; F16M11/20; F16M11/2085; F16M11/02; F16M11/04; F16M11/043; F16M11/046; F16M11/2007; F16M11/2021; F16M11/42; F16M2200/00; F16M2200/02; F16M2200/021; F16M2200/022; F16M2200/06; F16M2200/061
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 7
Claim 1
Independent Claim
279 words
A universal mount system with ten degrees of freedom for receiving and supporting an optical sensing device comprising in combination: a base having a threaded aperture in each corner and a threaded leveling lug extending through each aperture, each leveling lug being capable of adjustment independent of the remaining leveling lugs, the frame further having a pair of upwardly extending plates each with an aperture therethrough; a table having a pair of downwardly depending plates, the downwardly depending plates each having an arcuate slot with thumb bolts extending through the slots into the aperture of the upwardly extending plates of the base for adjustable tilting of the table in a lockable position; an instrument receiving platform having an upper and lower plate and with a slot and mounting bolt extending through the upper plate, the mounting bolt having a threaded shaft upwardly extending through the slot for mounting of the camera to the upper plate, and a four bar linkage adjustably coupling the lower plate and the upper plate, the four bar linkage having a first transverse bar and a second transverse bar, the first and second transverse bars having aligned threaded apertures for receiving a screw jack, the screw jack having a rotatable handle for effecting upward or downward movement of the upper plate; and a plurality of downward depending wheels depending from the lower plate for positioning in a plurality of laterally extending slots on the upper surface of the table for effecting linear motion of the platform from side to side of the table, the lower plate also having a threaded aperture for receiving a locking lug for precluding motion of the platform on the table.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
279 words
A universal mount system with ten degrees of freedom for receiving and supporting an optical sensing device comprising in combination: a base having a threaded aperture in each corner and a threaded leveling lug extending through each aperture, each leveling lug being capable of adjustment independent of the remaining leveling lugs, the frame further having a pair of upwardly extending plates each with an aperture therethrough; a table having a pair of downwardly depending plates, the downwardly depending plates each having an arcuate slot with thumb bolts extending through the slots into the aperture of the upwardly extending plates of the base for adjustable tilting of the table in a lockable position; an instrument receiving platform having an upper and lower plate and with a slot and mounting bolt extending through the upper plate, the mounting bolt having a threaded shaft upwardly extending through the slot for mounting of the camera to the upper plate, and a four bar linkage adjustably coupling the lower plate and the upper plate, the four bar linkage having a first transverse bar and a second transverse bar, the first and second transverse bars having aligned threaded apertures for receiving a screw jack, the screw jack having a rotatable handle for effecting upward or downward movement of the upper plate; and a plurality of downward depending wheels depending from the lower plate for positioning in a plurality of laterally extending slots on the upper surface of the table for effecting linear motion of the platform from side to side of the table, the lower plate also having a threaded aperture for receiving a locking lug for precluding motion of the platform on the table.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
127 words
A universal mount system for receiving a sensing device positionable in a plurality of locations and orientations comprising in combination: a base having a plurality of threaded leveling lugs extending therethrough for independent adjustment of the corners of the base, the base also having upwardly extending plates with apertures therethrough; a table having a pair of downwardly depending plates each with an arcuate slot and a thumb bolt extending therethrough into the aperture of an adjacent upwardly extending plate for tilting of the table with respect to the base; and a platform having an instrument mounting bolt extending through an elongated slot for mounting of an instrument to the platform, the platform also including a linkage for coupling parallel upper and lower plates for elevational adjustment purposes.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
127 words
A universal mount system for receiving a sensing device positionable in a plurality of locations and orientations comprising in combination: a base having a plurality of threaded leveling lugs extending therethrough for independent adjustment of the corners of the base, the base also having upwardly extending plates with apertures therethrough; a table having a pair of downwardly depending plates each with an arcuate slot and a thumb bolt extending therethrough into the aperture of an adjacent upwardly extending plate for tilting of the table with respect to the base; and a platform having an instrument mounting bolt extending through an elongated slot for mounting of an instrument to the platform, the platform also including a linkage for coupling parallel upper and lower plates for elevational adjustment purposes.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
49 words
The system as set forth in claim 2 wherein the linkage includes a pair of four bar arrangements, one on each side of the platform, coupled at their upper ends to rails depending from the upper plate and at their lower ends to rails upstanding from the lower plate.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
22 words
The system as set forth in claim 3 and further including slots in the rails for receiving pins from their adjacent bars.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
24 words
The system as set forth in claim 4 and further including thumb bolts associated with the slots at diametrically opposed bars for locking purposes.
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