US 12,313,905 B1
Monolithic two-axis flexure with center hole feature
Scott Balaban, Broomfield, CO (US); and Miroslaw A Ostaszewski, Louisville, CO (US)
Assigned to BAE Systems Space & Mission Systems Inc., Broomfield, CO (US)
Filed by BAE Systems Space & Mission Systems Inc., Broomfield, CO (US)
Filed on Apr. 18, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/723,142.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/319,850, filed on Mar. 15, 2022.
Int. Cl. F16M 11/00 (2006.01); F16C 11/12 (2006.01); G02B 7/182 (2021.01); G02B 26/10 (2006.01)
CPC G02B 7/1828 (2013.01) [F16C 11/12 (2013.01); G02B 26/105 (2013.01); Y10T 403/45 (2015.01); Y10T 403/54 (2015.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A structure for supporting an object, comprising:
a first base mount having a first base mounting interface;
a second base mount having a second base mounting interface;
a first object mount having a first supported object mounting interface;
a second object mount having a second supported object mounting interface;
a generally annular interconnect structure, wherein the generally annular interconnect structure defines an aperture;
a first flexure unit, wherein the first flexure unit joins the first base mount to the generally annular interconnect structure;
a second flexure unit, wherein the second flexure unit joins the second base mount to the generally annular interconnect structure;
a third flexure unit, wherein the third flexure unit joins the first object mount to the generally annular interconnect structure; and
a fourth flexure unit, wherein the fourth flexure unit joins the second object mount to the generally annular interconnect structure,
wherein the first and second flexure units are centered on a first axis,
wherein the third and fourth flexure units are centered on a second axis,
wherein the first and second base mounting interfaces are on a first side of a plane parallel to the first and second axes,
and
wherein the first and second supported object mounting interfaces are on a second side of the plane parallel to the first and second axes.