Patent ID: 7861426
Filing Date: 2011-01-04
Classification: F16F,G01C

Abstract:
1. An optomechanical leveling device ( 1 ), comprising an external housing ( 2 ) having a bottom surface ( 4 ); a carrier frame ( 6 ) located in the external housing ( 2 ); damping elements ( 5 ) for elastically supporting the carrier frame ( 6 ) and elastically preloaded along respective tensioning axes (S); and an optics carrier ( 7 ) suspended on the carrier frame ( 6 ) so that it can be oriented by a gravitational field (G), wherein all of the tensioning axes (S) extend relative to the bottom surface ( 4 ) of the external housing ( 2 ) at an angle (φ) greater than 30° and less than 60°.