Patent ID: 6547205
Filing Date: 2003-04-15
Classification: B60R,F16F,F16M

Abstract:
An assembly mounted on a vehicle for supporting one or more instruments or sensors used to acquire data both while the vehicle is parked, and while it is moving, the assembly comprising:a bracket attached to an exterior surface of the vehicle; a platform on which instruments and sensors comprising a payload thereof are mounted, the platform comprising a multi-sided plate and the bracket including a plurality of bracket members separately attached to the exterior surface of the vehicle, there being one bracket member for each side of the plate; isolation means by which the platform is attached to the bracket, the isolation means attenuating shocks and vibrations transmitted through the vehicle and which would otherwise damage the instrument and sensor payload, the isolation means thereby providing a stable mounting platform for the payload enabling use of the instruments and sensors for information acquisition regardless of whether the vehicle is stationary or in motion; and, an integrally formed outwardly extending projection intermediate the length of each side of the plate for use in attaching the plate to the isolation means, each projection having an outer wall sloping diagonally inwardly from a top surface of the plate to a bottom surface thereof and slots are formed in the plate adjacent each end of each projection with an upper end of each slot opening into the top surface of the plate and with the other end of the slot opening into the outer wall of the respective projection, the slots accommodating fasteners for attaching the plate to the isolation means.