Co-aligned CQB Sight Assembly with Flange Mounting
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current close quarters battlefield (CQB) sights require independent bore-sight alignment and adjustments when used with multiple optical paths, making them cumbersome and time-consuming to align, especially in situations where quick targeting between near and distant targets is necessary.
Innovation Solution
A co-aligned sight assembly with fixed-in-place components that can be mounted and remounted to an externally zeroed telescopic sight without requiring bore-sighting, utilizing a first and second optical instrument with co-aligned optical pathways that can be easily assembled and adjusted using a method involving flanges and mounting surfaces to maintain alignment.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If independent bore-sight alignment is used for CQB sights with multiple optical paths, then each optical path can be adjusted independently, but the alignment process becomes time-consuming and cumbersome
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges multiple optical paths (CQB sight and telescopic sight) into a common housing structure with a shared bore-sight adjustment mechanism. This allows both optical paths to be aligned simultaneously through a single adjustment process, eliminating the need for separate independent adjustments and significantly reducing alignment time.
Solution Approach 2:
The common housing structure serves multiple functions: it houses both the CQB sight and telescopic sight optical assemblies, provides a shared mounting interface for bore-sight alignment, and enables co-alignment of multiple optical paths through universal adjustment mechanisms that work for all paths simultaneously.
2Adaptability or versatility
If a common housing is used to integrate multiple optical assemblies, then the system becomes more integrated, but the assembly cannot be easily disassembled and requires individual adjustment
Solution Approach 1:
The common housing is designed with separable components including removable CQB sight and telescopic sight optical assemblies. Each optical assembly can be independently removed and reinstalled while maintaining the co-alignment through the shared mounting interface and bore-sight adjustment mechanism, enabling easy disassembly and reassembly without losing alignment.
3Measurement precision
If independent adjustments are required for bore-sight correction in multi-path systems, then each optical path can be corrected individually, but the complexity of the adjustment system increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple adjustment mechanisms into a unified bore-sight adjustment system within the common housing. The shared adjustment mechanism simultaneously corrects the optical alignment for both CQB and telescopic sight paths, achieving precise bore-sight correction while reducing the number of independent adjustment components and simplifying the overall system.
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AI summary
A close quarters battlefield (CQB) sight is provided. The CQB sight includes an optical sighting element and a base plate to which the optical sighting element is integrally coupled. The base plate includes a flange and a mounting surface formed to complement a mounting surface of another optical sighting element. The flange is configured to be fastened to the another optical sighting element such that the mounting surfaces abut and the optical sighting elements become co-aligned.