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Optomechanical leveling device

US7861426B2 · kind B2 · utility

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9Claims

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Assignee

Hilti Aktiengesellschaft · LI

Inventors

Detlef Juesten · Sennwald, CH
Roman Steffen · Rebstein, CH
Peter Bruggmueller · Bludesch, AT
Petra Eyrich · Rebstein, CH

Key dates

Filing date	Dec 9, 2008
Grant date	Jan 4, 2011
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Apr 21, 2029

Classification

Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
CPC primaryF16F2228/08
WIPO fieldMeasurement
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An optomechanical leveling device (1) has an external housing (2) with a bottom surface (4), a carrier frame (6) located inside the external housing (2) and fastened in an elastically damped manner by means of damping elements (5) elastically preloaded along respective tensioning axes (S) and an optics carrier (7) suspended at the carrier frame (6) such that it can be oriented by the gravitational field (G).

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