Patent ID: 8205853

Claim:
A precision instrument flexure mount comprising: a. a base; b. an actuator having a fixed relationship to the base; c. a frame mounted on the base comprising: i. two base monolithic springs and two carriage monolithic springs, each spring having a cross piece and two vertical pieces with bottom ends; ii. a plurality of transverse members, each transverse member is fastened to a top frame portion with at least a portion of one spring cross piece held therebetween; and iii. the bottom end of each vertical piece of the carriage springs fastened between a connection member and a carriage member; iv. the bottom end of each vertical piece of the base springs fastened between a connection member and the base; and d. a translation arm attached adjacent a first end to the actuator and adjacent a second end to a precision instrument element, a central portion of the translation arm extending through the frame and attached to the carriage member, the actuator imparting a force on the arm, whereby translation of the arm through the frame is constrained to one orthogonal axis.