Supports – Machinery support – Movable machine
Patent
1998-06-29
2000-05-16
Berger, Derek J.
Supports
Machinery support
Movable machine
248605, 248596, 248591, F16M 100, F16M 1300, E04H 1218
Patent
active
060625279
ABSTRACT:
An improved support boom is disclosed for supporting instrumentation on extraterrestrial vehicles. The support boom includes first and second support legs which are each pivotably mountable at corresponding first ends to a support structure and which are interconnected at second ends to define a support boom structure. In one embodiment, flexure members are interposed in each of the support legs so as to pivot the support boom structure from a stowed position to a deployed, cantilevered position. The flexure members may be elongated with an arcuate cross-sectional configuration when straight (e.g., of carpenter's tape construction). Preferably, three support legs are included to define a tripod support arrangement, wherein each of the support legs includes at least one flexure member. In this regard, one of the support legs may be advantageously disposed for pivotal movement coincident with that of the longitudinal center axis of the support boom, wherein such support leg may include two oppositely oriented flexure members.
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Berger Derek J.
Lockheed Martin Corporation
Nornberg Michael
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