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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 28, 2015
Filed:
Apr. 12, 2013
Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Matthew Neber, Miami, FL (US);
Hohyun Lee, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Laughlin Barker, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Criselle G. Olaes, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Darcy Marumoto, Pearl City, HI (US);
Joseph Valdez, Folsom, CA (US);
Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
A motion controlled tracking mount is provided that includes a lateral rail perpendicular to a longitudinal rail, a first translation element slides on the lateral rail and a second translation element slides on the longitudinal rail and slides onto the lateral rail, a first rotatable connector attached to the first translation element and a second rotatable connector attached to the second translation element that rotate about axes perpendicular to the lateral and longitudinal rails, an apparatus mount with a distal region pivotably connected to the second rotatable connector, where the pivotable connection axis is parallel to a lateral dimension of the mount, and a linkage with a proximal end pivotable connected to the first rotatable connector and a distal end is pivotably connected to a proximal region of the mount, where an axis of the pivotable connection at the distal end is parallel to the lateral dimension of the mount.