Patent ID: 6354559
Filing Date: 2002-03-12
Classification: F41G

Abstract:
A passive suspension system for supporting an instrument relative to a rigid support structure, the system comprising:a support structure; an instrument platform, the instrument being secured to said platform; first and second vibration isolators, each said isolator comprising a first end and a second end, said first isolator defining a first isolator axis, said second isolator defining a second isolator axis, wherein said first and second isolator axes are collinear and form an isolator elastic center, said first ends attached to said support structure, said second ends attached to said instrument platform, said first and second isolators comprising means for resisting motion and for providing shock and vibration isolation; first, second and third stabilizing struts extending parallel to each other and of equal length, each of said struts having a first strut end and a second strut end; first means for coupling said first strut ends to said support structure; second means for coupling said second strut ends to said instrument platform; wherein the instrument platform and instrument are suspended from said support structure and comprise a suspended mass, and wherein the suspended mass is characterized by a center of gravity (CG) which coincides with the elastic center.