Firearm Mount With Offset Spring Clamping Mechanism
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing firearm mount adapters with spring-loaded clamping mechanisms often protrude excessively, leading to undesirable snagging on environmental items due to the need for a knob to accommodate a compressed spring.
Innovation Solution
A firearm mount design featuring a body with offset coil springs positioned laterally to the pushrod, allowing for clamping without protruding knobs, utilizing a push system with jaws and clamps to engage the rail edges, and using guide pins to ensure proper alignment and movement.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Force
If a spring-loaded clamping mechanism with a knob is used to hold the accessory on the rail, then the clamping force is improved, but the knob protrudes excessively causing undesirable snagging on environmental items
Solution Approach 1:
The spring is nested within the space between the clamps rather than requiring external accommodation. The spring-loaded mechanism is integrated into the body structure, with the spring positioned laterally between the first and second clamps, allowing the knob to remain flush with the main body while still providing sufficient clamping force through the nested spring mechanism
Solution Approach 2:
The spring is repositioned from a longitudinal arrangement (requiring external knob protrusion) to a lateral arrangement between the clamps. By changing the spatial dimension of spring placement from external to internal/lateral, the design achieves effective clamping force without increasing knob protrusion, as the spring operates in the dimensional space between the clamps rather than extending outward
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
The design minimizes snagging by reducing knob protrusion while maintaining effective clamping force, allowing for easy attachment and detachment of accessories without compromising security.
Implementation Method 1
a spring received around the push rod. The spring applies a biasing force along the longitudinal axis of the push rod
Implementation Method 2
a coil spring having a spring axis offset from a pushrod axis defined by the pushrod
Data Source
AI summary
A mount for a firearm has a body having a first clamp configured to engage a first edge of the rail, a jaw movably connected to the body and having a second clamp opposed to the first clamp and operable with the respective clamps to engage respective opposed lateral edges of the rail, a spring biasing the jaw toward the body, and at least a portion of the spring being between the clamps. There may be a pushrod connected to a first one of the body and the jaw and slidably received by the other of the body and the jaw. The spring may be laterally positioned to one side of the pushrod. The spring may be a coil spring having a spring axis offset from a pushrod axis defined by the pushrod.