Patent ID: 11904543
Assignee: LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL SECURITY, LLC
Field: Other special machines (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 15:
16. An adjustable mount apparatus, comprising:
a material support having a plurality of equidistantly circumferentially arranged, depending support legs, each one of said support legs having a distal portion;
a base assembly having a plurality of laterally extending support leg portions extending outwardly away from one another, each said laterally extending support leg portion including an elongated support well for supporting a portion of an associated one of the plurality of laterally extending support leg portions therein;
a plurality of capture subassemblies slidably disposed within the laterally extending support leg portions for releasably coupling to the distal portions of the plurality of laterally extending support leg portions to hold the material support in a stable manner relative to the base assembly;
a plurality of threaded lead screws, each one of the plurality of threaded lead screws being rotationally moveable and being independently associated with one of the capture subassemblies for causing linear movement of a respective one of the capture subassemblies;
a plurality of gears, each one of said plurality of gears being fixedly secured to one end of an associated one of each of the plurality of threaded lead screws;
a gear box disposed at an axial center of the base assembly and including a centrally disposed ring gear for interfacing with the gear associated with each said threaded lead screw, to enable corresponding rotational movement of all of the threaded lead screws when any one of the threaded lead screws is rotated, to thus enable corresponding simultaneous linear movement of all of the capture subassemblies when any one of the threaded lead screws is rotated; and
each said capture subassembly configured to slidably engage with the distal portion of a respective one of the laterally extending support leg portions to exert a clamping force, in response to movement of its associated said movable element, to cause each said capture subassembly to capture the distal portion of one of the laterally extending support leg portions, and to exert a clamping force on each one of said laterally extending support leg portions, to affix the support securely to the base assembly.