Detachable Mount with Integrated Control for Electronic Weapon Accessories
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing electronic weapon accessories lack customizable mounting and control configurations, limiting user flexibility and safety, particularly for devices like flashlights and lasers mounted on firearms.
Innovation Solution
A detachable mount system with integrated control apparatus that can be reversed or replaced, allowing for various mounting orientations and control interfaces, including concentric contact pads and a dovetail rail clamp with a thumb screw, enabling adaptable mounting on different rail systems.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Stability of the object's composition
If electronic accessories are mounted on fixed positions on weapon rails, then mounting stability is improved, but user flexibility and accessibility are worsened
Solution Approach 1:
The control apparatus is segmented from the accessory body into a separate detachable mount component. This allows the accessory to be mounted in fixed positions for stability while the control mount can be independently positioned at different locations on the weapon rail system, providing user flexibility and thumb accessibility without compromising mounting stability.
Solution Approach 2:
A detachable control mount serves as an intermediary component between the accessory and the weapon rail system. This intermediary allows the accessory to remain securely mounted while providing a separate, ergonomically positioned control interface that can be easily accessed by the user's thumb during operation.
2Device complexity
If controls are integrated into the accessory body, then device simplicity is improved, but user accessibility and ergonomics are worsened
Solution Approach 1:
The control apparatus is extracted from the accessory body and placed in a separate detachable mount. This extraction allows the controls to be positioned in ergonomically optimal locations that are easily accessible to the user's thumb, while the accessory body remains simple and compact for mounting on the weapon rail system.
3Adaptability or versatility
If customizable mounting configurations are provided, then user adaptability is improved, but device complexity and number of components are worsened
Solution Approach 1:
The detachable control mount is designed with universal compatibility to interface with standard weapon rail systems (such as Picatinny rails). This universal design provides multiple mounting configurations and positions without requiring multiple specialized components, achieving user adaptability while minimizing the number of parts needed.
Data Source
AI summary
An electronic weapon accessory system includes an electronic weapon accessory, such as a light, and a detachable mount with an integrated control switch. The electronic weapon accessory includes an electronic component, such as an LED, and a power source disposed within a housing. The electronic component and the battery are electrically connected with a circuit having electrical contacts exposed on an outer surface of the housing. The mount has a body with a clamp structure, a dome switch disposed on an outer surface of the mount body and a circuit having electrical contacts exposed on the outer surface of the mount body. Fasteners removably secure the mount body and accessory housing in assembled relation. When the electronic weapon accessory and mount are assembled, the accessory electrical contacts physically and electrically engaging the mount electrical contacts to complete an electronic control circuit and provide integrated control and operation of the electronic accessory.