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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 24, 2013
Filed:
Feb. 08, 2011
Gregory Hopkins, Logan, UT (US);
Blake Crowther, Preston, ID (US);
Kendall Johnson, Richmond, UT (US);
Vaughn A. Griffiths, North Logan, UT (US);
Gregory Hopkins, Logan, UT (US);
Blake Crowther, Preston, ID (US);
Kendall Johnson, Richmond, UT (US);
Vaughn A. Griffiths, North Logan, UT (US);
Utah State University Research Foundation, North Logan, UT (US);
Abstract
A two-axis, optical mount provides two sets of flexural elements monolithically and homogeneously formed of a single material with, and interconnecting, three rigid segments. Between each pair of rigid segments, beginning with the first and second, a set of extensions is formed to have a cross section that permits simple, easy, independent adjustment therebetween. Likewise, a flexural set exists between the second and third rigid elements. Meanwhile, the rigid elements have section moduli sufficiently great as to be orders of magnitude larger than the flexural stiffness or section modulus of the flexures, thus providing flexures that operate in the elastic mode and introduce no joint type accuracy errors in adjustment.