Patent ID: 7114689

Claim:
A gimbal mounting bracket apparatus for aligning an actuator with a receptacle, said mounting bracket apparatus comprising: a mounting ring having an inner surface and an outer surface, said mounting ring capable of rotation around a first axis located through a diameter of said mounting ring; a first pair of gudgeons, mounted on collinear with said first axis on said outer surface of said mounting ring; an outer pivot ring having an inner surface and an outer surface, said outer pivot ring being concentric to said mounting ring with said inner surface of said outer pivot ring attached to said first pair of gudgeons, said outer pivot ring capable of rotation around a second axis, said second axis being at a right angle to said first axis; a first pair of trunnions, mounted on collinear with said second axis on said outer surface of said outer pivot ring; at least one pivot bracket that is rotatably attached to said first pair of trunnions; and an actuator mounted within said mounting ring; wherein said actuator can be angularly adjusted relative to a receptacle to produce a collinear relationship, but is free of any translational movement relative to said receptacle, so as to minimize stresses exerted on said actuator.