Patent ID: 6311945
Filing Date: 2001-11-06
Classification: F16F

Abstract:
A passive vibration isolation device, comprising:(a) a support frame adapted to rest on a support surface and including(i) a pair of opposite end members each having a pair of opposite lower vertical portions and an upper horizontal portion extending between and rigidly connected with upper ends of said lower vertical portions so as to provide each of said opposite end members with an inverted generally U-shaped configuration, said lower vertical portions of each of said opposite end members at lower ends being adapted to rest on the support surface such that said upper horizontal portions of said opposite end members are spaced above the support surface, and(ii) a pair of opposite side members each extending between and rigidly connected at opposite ends to said lower ends of corresponding ones of said lower vertical portions of said opposite end members, said opposite side members being adapted to rest on the support surface adjacent to said lower ends of said lower vertical portions of said opposite end members;(b) an instrument support platform adapted to support an instrument thereon; and(c) a plurality of vibration isolators spaced apart from one another and disposed between and interconnecting said support frame and said instrument support platform such that said instrument support platform is suspended by said vibration isolators in a position spaced from said support frame and above the support surface.