Patent ID: 7316381

Claim:
An integrally formed, one-piece bearing support ( 10 , 20 , 30 ; 110 , 120 , 130 ; 230 ; 310 ; 410 , 420 , 430 ; 510 , 520 , 530 ), for supporting a laser resonator, having a support platform with a horizontal surface, said bearing support having multiple pairs of adjacent bearing support sections ( 11 a , 11 b ; 21 a , 21 b , 21 c ; 31 a , 31 b , 31 c ; 111 a , 111 b ; 121 a , 121 b , 121 c ; 131 a , 131 b , 131 c ; 231 a , 231 b , 231 c ; 311 a , 311 b ; 411 a , 411 b ; 421 a , 421 b , 421 c ; 431 a , 431 b , 431 c ; 511 a , 511 b , 521 a , 521 b , 521 c ; 531 a , 531 b , 531 c ) with an articulated deflectable joint provided between the adjacent support sections permitting tilting of one section relative to the other section of the pair ( 12 ; 22 , 23 ; 32 , 33 ; 112 ; 122 , 123 ; 132 , 133 ; 232 , 233 ; 312 ; 412 ; 422 , 423 ; 432 , 433 ; 512 ; 522 , 523 ; 532 , 533 ), characterized in that the adjacent bearing support sections ( 11 a , 11 b ; 21 a , 21 b , 21 c ; 31 a , 31 b , 31 c ; 111 a , 111 b ; 121 a , 121 b , 121 c ; 131 a , 131 b , 131 c ; 231 a , 231 b , 231 c ; 311 a , 311 b ; 411 a , 411 b ; 421 a , 421 b , 421 c ; 431 a , 431 b , 431 c ; 511 a , 511 b ; 521 a , 521 b , 521 c ; 531 a , 531 b , 531 c ) are each directly connected together undetachably by said articulated deflectable joints ( 12 ; 22 , 23 ; 32 , 33 ; 112 ; 122 , 123 ; 132 , 133 ; 232 , 233 ; 312 ; 412 ; 422 , 423 ; 432 , 433 ; 512 ; 522 , 523 ; 532 , 533 ), at least one pair of support sections having an articulated deflectable joint with at least two non-parallel tilt axes displaced from and extending angularly to each other to provide a universally resiliently deflectable joint between the pair of sections ( 13 , 14 ; 24 , 25 ; 34 , 35 ; 36 , 37 ; 113 , 114 ; 124 , 125 ; 134 , 135 ; 136 , 137 ; 234 , 235 ; 236 , 237 , 313 , 314 ; 414 , 415 , 425 , said bearing support ( 20 ; 120 ; 420 ) having an additional articulated deflectable joint ( 23 ; 123 ; 423 ;) able to tilt on two sides and providing a deflectable joint with at least one deflectable element ( 27 , 127 , 427 ;) defining the joint axis ( 26 ; 126 , 426 ), said joint axis ( 26 , 126 , 426 ) of said additional articulated deflectable joint being parallel to a joint axis of said first mentioned articulated deflectable joint, said bearing support thus providing two rotational degrees of freedom and allowing the support platform to be displaced in a horizontal direction.