Hybrid Fire Control Sight for Handguns
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing fire control sights for handguns are either too heavy and large for practical use or lack redundancy in case of electronic failure, making them inefficient for quick and precise elevation control and requiring additional mechanical sights for backup.
Innovation Solution
A hybrid fire control sight integrating electro-optical displays into a classic ladder sight, using sensors and a control computer to calculate and display optimal aiming points, allowing for precise alignment without additional weight or mechanical backup sights.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Measurement precision
If electronic sighting devices with sensors and control computers are used, then measurement precision and automation are improved, but weight and device complexity increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines electronic sensing components (inertial sensors, magnetic field sensors) and electro-optical display elements directly into the mechanical ladder sight structure. This integration allows the electronic fire control system to utilize the existing mechanical sight housing and optical path, eliminating the need for separate electronic sighting devices and reducing overall weight.
Solution Approach 2:
The ladder sight structure serves dual functions: as a traditional mechanical sighting device and as an integrated platform for electronic sensors and displays. The same structural components support both mechanical rear sights and electro-optical elevation indicators, maximizing functional density and minimizing weight.
2Extent of automation
If electronic sighting devices are used, then automation and measurement precision are improved, but reliability decreases due to lack of redundancy
Solution Approach 1:
The fire control sight incorporates backup mechanical rear sights that remain functional even when electronic systems fail. The mechanical ladder sight structure is designed to operate independently of electronic components, providing a predetermined fallback option that ensures continued weapon functionality without requiring additional separate backup devices.
3Device complexity
If faded markings are used in the optical beam path, then device complexity is reduced, but the opening angle must cover maximum elevation angles exceeding usual sight opening angles
Solution Approach 1:
The patent transitions from two-dimensional faded markings on the optical path to three-dimensional electro-optical display elements positioned within the ladder sight structure. The display device uses illuminated segments or LEDs arranged vertically along the ladder sight bars, providing elevation indicators that extend beyond the limitations of flat optical path markings and accommodate larger elevation angles without requiring excessive opening angles.
4Area of moving object
If motor-driven mirrors or prisms are used to tilt the beam path, then the contradiction between large viewing angles and sufficient magnification is solved, but inertia of the sighting system increases and field of view is restricted
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces motor-driven mechanical mirror systems with a static electro-optical display system integrated into the ladder sight. Instead of physically tilting beam paths through moving components, the invention uses electronically controlled light-emitting or light-modulating elements that provide elevation indicators without mechanical movement, thereby eliminating inertia and maintaining a wide field of view.
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
Enables quick and precise elevation control with redundancy, allowing shooters to use either electronic or mechanical sighting methods, enhancing usability and reliability.
Implementation Method 1
a distance measuring device 2, 20
Implementation Method 2
at least one inertial sensor 3
Implementation Method 3
a magnetic field sensor 6 or another direction-preserving sensor unit
Implementation Method 4
at least one row of electro-optical elevation signal elements extending along at least one section of a sighting ladder strut
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AI summary
A fire control sight for a handgun (W), in particular for a grenade pistol, comprising a sight housing (10), a sight front sight (12), a sight ladder (14) which has two sight ladder arms (15, 16) with a plurality of sight rear sights (17a, 17b, 17c, 17d, 17e) forming sight bars (18a, 18a', 18b, 18b', 18c, 18c', 18d, 18d', 18e, 18e'), is characterized by a distance measuring device (2), at least one inertial sensor (3) and/or a magnetic field sensor (6), a control computer (4), and a display device (5) for displaying an optimal alignment of the barrel axis (X) of the handgun (W) determined by the control computer (4).