Patent ID: 9746207
Date: 2017-08-29
CPC Classifications: F24S,Y02E

Claim:
1. A kit for supporting and providing a controlled range of motion to a device including a tracker module and the device, the tracker module comprising: a frame structure including at least a mast; a tip/tilt mechanism supported by the frame structure and comprising a housing for operatively supporting a tip shaft that is rotational along a tip axis and a tilt shaft that is rotational along a tilt axis that is oriented at an angle to the tip axis; a first mounting feature on the tip/tilt mechanism that is rotational with one of the tip shaft and the tilt shaft, that is mounted at an end of such one shaft with a spring bias to connect the tip/tilt mechanism to the device, and that is shaped to engage and disengage with a complementary feature of the device to be supported by the tracker module by flexing of at least a portion of the first mounting feature; and a second mounting feature on the tip/tilt mechanism that is also rotational with the same one shaft as the first mounting feature, that is mounted at an opposite end of said same one shaft with a spring bias configured to connect the tip/tilt mechanism to the device, and that is also shaped to engage and disengage with a complementary feature of the device to be supported by the tracker module, and wherein the second mounting feature is cantilevered from the tip/tilt mechanism and flexes to pass a cam surface on the device, providing a deflection of the second mounting feature when the device is installed on the tip/tilt mechanism, and wherein the second mounting feature snaps into the complementary feature after passing the cam surface to provide a biased connection between the tip/tilt mechanism and the device; wherein a spacing between the first and second mounting features as axially positioned along the one of the tip shaft and the tilt shaft causes a bias force to be created between the flexing first mounting feature and second mounting feature when the device is assembled to the tracker module.