Patent ID: 8826582

Claim:
A pointing 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 stationary wall and a rear stationary wall, the front stationary wall with an opening; a one piece conically shaped cantilevered beam having a single wide end and a single narrow end opposite the wide end and narrower than the wide end, the wide end is directly and rigidely mounted to the rear stationary wall, the opposite narrow end aligned with and adjacent to the opening in the front wall; a pointing payload rigidly attached to the narrow end of the conically shaped cantilevered beam, wherein the conically shaped cantilevered beam provides accurate linear and angular positioning of the payload and maintains initial precise pointing of the payload relative to the surface the pointing device is attached to during and after exposure of the housing to shock and vibration; and an externally accessible vertical and lateral adjustment mechanism 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.