Patent ID: 8245434

Claim:
A system for achieving multi-axis angular adjustment of devices, the system comprising: four threaded actuating screws; and a monolithic mount including: first, second, and third generally tubular sections sequentially arranged along a longitudinal axis and surrounding a bore that passes through all three sections, the bore through the first section defining the longitudinal axis of the monolithic mount; a first set of two flexures flexibly connecting the first and second sections, the two flexures in the first set positioned on opposing sides of the bore and constraining the second section to rotate with respect to the first section in a first rotational degree of freedom transverse to the bore; a second set of two flexures flexibly connecting the second and third sections, the two flexures in the second set positioned on opposing sides of the bore and constraining the third section to rotate with respect to the second section in a second rotational degree of freedom transverse to the bore, the first and second rotational degrees of freedom being different; four threaded holes in the first section for receiving the four threaded actuating screws for rotating the second and third sections with respect to the first section, the four threaded holes being parallel to the longitudinal axis of the mount; and four bearing surfaces on an end face of the third section, each bearing surface configured to receive an end of one of the four threaded actuating screws; and four passages in the second section for enabling the four actuating screws to reach the third section without engaging the second section.