Patent ID: 6893111

Claim:
An imaging apparatus, comprising: a carrier housing having an attachment feature; a carrier belt to transmit a translation to said carrier housing in a bi-directional scanning direction; and an interface device interposed between and coupled to both said carrier housing and said carrier belt, said interface device including a body having a wing and a base, said wing being defined by a span and by a chord length, wherein at least one of said wing and said base is mounted via said attachment feature to said carrier housing, and wherein said span extends in said bi-directional scanning direction, and said chord length is substantially perpendicular to said span, wherein said chord length varies in magnitude along said span of said wing, wherein said interface device is configured using a material, wherein said material, said chord length and said span are selected to filter at least one predetermined frequency of vibration while maintaining a sufficient stiffness to provide control of said carrier housing in said bi-directional scanning direction, said base having a base mounting feature in engagement with said attachment feature when said interface device is mounted to said carrier housing, said base mounting feature including an extension of said base configured to engage said attachment feature, said extension having a ramped keeper head, said ramped keener head having a keeper face, said attachment feature including an aperture, a slot extending radially outward from said aperture, and a retention face adjacent to said aperture and said slot, wherein a translation of said interface device in a first translational direction results in said extension of said base being slidably received into said aperture and said slot under the aid of said ramped keeper head, said keeper face of said ramped keeper head engaging said retention face to resist a removal of said interface device from engagement with said carrier housing.