Patent ID: 9077139
Filing Date: 2015-07-07
Classification: F41G,H01S

Abstract:
1. A pointing support device for high shock environments, comprising: a housing configured to be removably attached on an exterior surface of an object, the housing having a base, a front wall stationary with respect to the base, a rear wall stationary with respect to the base and a c-shaped portion between the front wall and the rear wall; a center deflecting beam with free ends adjacent to the rear wall and the front wall, the center deflecting beam including a middle portion and a rear conical portion with a wide part of the rear conical portion adjacent to the middle portion and a front conical portion with a wide part of the front conical portion adjacent to the middle portion, the narrow rear end of the rear conical portion supported within a recess in the rear stationary wall and the narrow end of the front conical portion supported within a recess in the front stationary wall to allow the narrow ends of the rear conical portion and front conical portion to move; a pointing payload attached to a narrow end of the front conical portion of the center deflecting beam, wherein the beam provides accurate linear and angular positioning of the payload and maintains initial precise pointing of the payload during and after exposure of the housing mounted in environments subject to shock and vibration; and an externally accessible vertical and lateral adjustment mechanism coupled to the c-shaped portion of the housing and consisting of only one single vertical adjustment component and only one single lateral adjustment component, the adjustment mechanism directly coupled to the pointing payload for adjusting vertical and lateral position of the payload.