Patent ID: 7255499

Claim:
Cardanic suspension device ( 3 ) for a camera balance device ( 1 ), comprising two intersecting joint axes (G 1 , G 2 ) with one of said axes (G 2 ) extending vertically (in a perpendicular manner) during operation and the other (G 1 ) extending horizontally and with an axis of rotation (D) extending through the vertical joint axis (G 2 ) and lying perpendicular to the horizontal joint axis (G 1 ), with a joint output fixing element ( 27 ) that may be rotated about the vertical joint axis (G 2 ) to fix the cardanic suspension device ( 3 ) to the camera balance device ( 1 ), with said joint output fixing element ( 27 ) in the form of a straight tube being formed so that it may be fixed to a tube ( 5 ) in the camera balance device and with a joint input fixing element ( 25 ) that can be rotated about the axis of rotation (D) to fix the cardanic suspension ( 3 ) to a support, whereby a centering device ( 37 ) is provided in the area of the vertical joint axis (G 2 ) and the horizontal joint axis (G 1 ) enables the relative position between the output fixing element ( 27 ) and the camera balance device ( 1 ) to be established without slip in said region, characterized in that the fixing of the output fixing element ( 27 ) to the camera balance device ( 1 ) is achieved by means of a clamping device ( 29 ) which is arranged in such a way that the clamp device ( 29 ) and the centering device ( 37 ) are located at a distance from each other, preferably at opposite ends, on the joint output fixing element ( 27 ); and the fixing of the output fixing element ( 27 ) to a tube ( 5 ) in the camera balance device ( 1 ) is achieved by means of said clamp device ( 29 ).