Patents Assigned to SD Instruments
  • Optical instrument mount
    Patent number: 6590723
    Abstract: An adjustable mounting structure comprising a first mounting plate, a second mounting plate adjustably fixed to a first mounting plate and in facing engagement with the first mounting plate, a pivot ball having a hole formed therethrough, the first and second mounting plates pivotable about the pivot ball, and a spring fixed to the first mounting plate at a first end and fixed to the second mounting plate at a second end, the spring passing through the hole formed through the pivot ball.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2003
    Assignee: SD Instruments
    Inventor: Robert B. Hodge