Quick-Release Clamp Mount for Firearm Accessories
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing firearm accessory mounts lack the ability to efficiently accommodate accessories of varying sizes, particularly cylindrical shapes like flashlights, without requiring tools for adjustment and quick release.
Innovation Solution
A size-adjustable and quick-release clamp mount system that includes a structural member with a first and second mounting component, a threaded adjustment mechanism, and a quick-release latch, allowing for easy installation and removal of accessories by adjusting the separation between clamping components without tools.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If a fixed-size clamp mount is used, then the mounting structure is simple, but it cannot accommodate accessories of different sizes
Solution Approach 1:
The clamp mount incorporates a pivotable second clamping component that can rotate about a pivot axis, allowing the opening between clamping components to be dynamically adjusted. This dynamic mechanism enables the same clamp to accommodate accessories of varying diameters while maintaining a relatively simple overall structure.
Solution Approach 2:
The invention changes the geometric parameter of the clamp opening by allowing the second clamping component to pivot, thereby altering the separation distance between the first and second clamping components. This parameter change enables adaptation to different accessory sizes without redesigning the entire clamp structure.
2Ease of operation
If tools are used for adjustment, then precise size adjustment is possible, but the operation becomes complex and time-consuming
Solution Approach 1:
The clamp mount enables self-service adjustment through manual pivoting of the second clamping component. The operator can directly adjust the opening size by hand without requiring external tools, achieving both ease of operation and sufficient precision for practical applications.
3Ease of operation
If a secure clamp is used, then the accessory is firmly held, but quick release becomes difficult
Solution Approach 1:
The clamping mechanism is segmented into a securement function (holding the accessory firmly when closed) and a release function (quick opening through pivoting). This segmentation allows the clamp to provide both reliable securement and quick release capability through the same pivotable structure.
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
Enables secure mounting and quick release of accessories of different diameters on firearms, accommodating various cylindrical shapes without the need for tools, ensuring a secure fit and easy interchangeability.
Implementation Method 1
a threaded shaft extending from one of the second clamping component and the structural member; and a threaded bore in the other of the second clamping component and the structural member, the threaded shaft threadedly engaging the threaded bore for permitting the second clamping component to be threadedly and unthreadedly rotated
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AI summary
Accessory mounting apparatus for a gun, the apparatus including a size-adjustable and quick-release clamp for holding an accessory.