Flash Suppressor With Helical Tines and Grooves
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing flash suppressors for firearms often create undesirable ringing sounds due to tine resonance and have length variations that complicate attachment of other components and increase the risk of debris entanglement and uneven impact absorption.
Innovation Solution
A flash suppressor with helically oriented tines of equal mass, varying cut lengths and widths to prevent ringing, and grooves on the outer surface to reduce weight, ensuring balanced and easy attachment of other firearm components.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Object-affected harmful factors
If tines are used to disperse propellant gases and reduce muzzle flash, then muzzle flash is suppressed, but the high-pressure gases cause the tines to resonate and create an undesirable ringing sound
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies local quality by varying the dimensions of individual tines to achieve uniform mass distribution. Each tine has different length and width dimensions, but these variations are specifically designed so that all tines have substantially equal mass. This prevents resonant ringing while maintaining effective flash suppression, as the equal mass tines respond uniformly to gas pressure without creating harmful resonance frequencies.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent changes physical parameters of the tines by varying their length and width dimensions. Instead of using uniform tines, the invention specifies that tines should have different dimensions but equal mass. This parameter variation approach eliminates the ringing problem caused by resonance while preserving the flash suppression function.
2Object-affected harmful factors
If tines of varying length are used in flash hiders, then muzzle flash suppression is achieved, but it creates difficulties in attaching other firearm components and increases the risk of debris entanglement
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies local quality by allowing individual tines to have different length and width dimensions while maintaining equal mass. This localized variation in dimensions optimizes flash suppression performance while the equal mass characteristic ensures uniform response to gas pressure, preventing resonance and simplifying the attachment of other firearm components.
3Object-affected harmful factors
If longer tines are used to improve flash suppression, then muzzle flash is better reduced, but the longer tine catches on debris and absorbs the majority of impact if the firearm is dropped
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies local quality by varying the dimensions of individual tines to achieve uniform mass distribution. Each tine has different length and width, but these variations are specifically designed so that all tines have substantially equal mass. This prevents any single tine from being excessively long and catching on debris, while the equal mass distribution ensures uniform impact absorption across all tines.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent changes the physical parameters of the tines by varying length and width dimensions while maintaining equal mass. This parameter optimization prevents excessive length that would cause debris entanglement, while ensuring all tines have equal mass to distribute impact forces uniformly, improving reliability.
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
Effectively suppresses muzzle flash and eliminates ringing while facilitating easy attachment and balanced performance in field environments.
Implementation Method 1
a flash suppressor that includes a body portion and a plurality of tines extending from the body portion in a helical manner... the high-pressure gases exiting the firearm can cause the tines to resonate
Implementation Method 2
the cuts used to form the tines vary in length and/or width in order to prevent an audible ringing or other undesirable effects
Implementation Method 3
each tine contains a groove in its outer surface where each groove can be varied in length, width and/or depth in order to reduce the weight of the tine
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AI summary
Novel flash suppressors comprised of tines formed by cuts of varied lengths and widths to better reduce muzzle flash and eliminate any unwanted ringing caused by resonance of the tines.