Continuous Articulating Archery Stabilizer with Lockable Joint
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing archery bow stabilizers lack the ability to provide customizable weight distribution and balance, limiting their effectiveness in reducing external asymmetric forces that induce torque and instability during shooting.
Innovation Solution
A stabilizer system with a continuous bar featuring a first and second segment joined by an articulating, lockable joint, allowing for adjustable orientation and mass distribution, enabling precise tuning of the bow's balance and shooting characteristics.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If a fixed stabilizer configuration is used, then the structure is simple, but the weight distribution and balance cannot be customized
Solution Approach 1:
The stabilizer bar is divided into multiple segments (first segment, second segment, third segment) that can be independently positioned and angled relative to each other. This segmentation allows the weight distribution to be customized by adjusting the relative positions of segments while maintaining a manageable structure through modular design.
Solution Approach 2:
The stabilizer incorporates adjustable and movable components including articulating joints with locking mechanisms that allow the segments to be repositioned to different angles and positions. This dynamic capability enables weight distribution customization while the locking mechanism maintains structural stability during use.
2Stability of the object's composition
If weight is positioned forward of the riser, then pitch stability is improved, but the ability to counter yaw and roll is limited
Solution Approach 1:
The stabilizer allows asymmetric positioning of weight segments relative to the bow riser. Segments can be angled at different orientations (vertical, horizontal, diagonal) and positioned at different distances from the riser, enabling customized weight distribution patterns that can specifically target pitch, yaw, and roll stability needs.
Solution Approach 2:
The stabilizer extends the weight distribution capability into multiple spatial dimensions by allowing segments to be positioned not only forward of the riser but also at various angles and orientations. This multi-dimensional positioning enables the creation of counterbalancing configurations that address all three rotational movements (pitch, yaw, roll) simultaneously.
3Ease of operation
If a single-piece stabilizer bar is used, then manufacturing is simple, but fine-tuning of balance and shooting characteristics is limited
Solution Approach 1:
The stabilizer bar is segmented into multiple sections connected by articulating joints with locking mechanisms. This segmentation enables fine-tuning of balance and shooting characteristics by adjusting the relative positions and angles of segments, while each segment can be manufactured using standard processes.
Solution Approach 2:
The stabilizer allows adjustment of multiple parameters including segment angles, segment positions relative to the riser, and overall stabilizer orientation. These parameter changes enable precise tuning of balance and shooting characteristics without requiring custom manufacturing for each configuration.
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AI summary
A stabilizer for an archery bow is provided, the stabilizer including a continuous stabilizer bar having a first segment, a second segment and an articulating, lockable joint joining the first segment and the second segment. The joint enables the first segment and second segment to be selectively positionable at any one of multiple preselected bar angles relative to one another, so that a user can fine tune the orientation, mass distribution, balance and shooting characteristics of a bow to which the stabilizer is joined.