Firearm Optical Sight Adapter With Recoil Buffer And Registration Pin
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Solution Overview
Problem
Traditional firearm optical sight adapters for handguns are limited by their design, which often requires permanent modifications to the slide and lacks robustness due to thin adapter plates, making it difficult to accommodate different electronic sight footprints and prone to failure under recoil.
Innovation Solution
A firearm optical sight adapter with a robust design featuring a registration pin, recoil buffer, and a mounting post system that includes a flange and shaft with a threaded passage, providing enhanced stability and compatibility with various electronic sight footprints through a socket and aperture configuration that resists rotation and recoil.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Device complexity
If traditional thin adapter plates are used, then the device complexity is reduced, but the strength and reliability of the mounting coupling deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The patent transitions from a two-dimensional thin plate structure to a three-dimensional structure by adding depth through the recess and extending the threaded aperture through the entire thickness of the adapter plate. This dimensional change allows for deeper thread engagement and more robust mounting without significantly increasing overall device complexity.
2Adaptability or versatility
If permanent modifications are made to the handgun slide, then the adaptability to specific sight footprints is improved, but the ease of operation and ability to change sights deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The adapter plate serves as an intermediary component between the handgun slide and the electronic sight. It provides a standardized mounting interface that can accommodate different sight footprints through the removable mounting post system, eliminating the need for permanent slide modifications while maintaining adaptability to various sight configurations.
Solution Approach 2:
The mounting post system is designed to be removable and replaceable, allowing the adapter to dynamically adapt to different electronic sight footprints. This dynamic configuration enables easy interchangeability of sights without permanent modifications to the handgun slide.
3Manufacturing precision
If threaded apertures extend only through the thickness of thin adapter plates, then the manufacturing precision requirements are reduced, but the strength of the threaded engagement deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The threaded aperture is designed to extend through the entire thickness of the adapter plate, utilizing the full available depth. This maximizes the threaded engagement length and strength while maintaining manufacturability, as the threads are formed within the complete thickness of the adapter rather than being limited to a shallow depth.
Data Source
AI summary
A firearm optical sight adapter is disclosed. The optical sight adapter can include an adapter plate with first and second opposing mounting surfaces, and a registration pin integral with the mounting plate and extending orthogonally from the first mounting surface. The optical sight adapter may further include a socket having a recess extending from the second mounting surface to a bottom wall intermediate between the first and mounting surfaces and an aperture extending from the bottom wall of the recess through the first mounting surface along a first longitudinal axis, and wherein a periphery of the recess is not circularly symmetric relative to the first longitudinal axis. The optical sight adapter may still further include a recoil buffer extending upright from the first surface a distance at least 0.3 times a length of the adapter plate, the recoil buffer defining an opening therethrough.