Modular Interchangeable Sight Assembly for Elevation and Windage Adjustment
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing firearm sights are cumbersome to adjust and replace, requiring complex mechanisms that are costly and time-consuming, especially when compensating for vertical and horizontal deviations in projectile trajectory.
Innovation Solution
An adjustable and interchangeable sight assembly with a modular configuration, featuring a base, interchangeable sight insert, and an interface that allows for elevation and windage adjustments through screws, enabling quick and cost-effective replacement of sight inserts.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Measurement precision
If traditional firearm sights use complex adjustment mechanisms to compensate for vertical and horizontal deviations, then adjustment precision is improved, but device complexity and cost increase
Solution Approach 1:
The sight assembly is divided into separate modular components: a base plate attached to the firearm, interchangeable sight inserts with different aperture configurations, and adjustment mechanisms. This segmentation allows precise adjustment functions to be isolated in specific components while keeping the overall system simpler and more cost-effective.
Solution Approach 2:
The base plate serves multiple functions: it attaches to the firearm, provides mounting for the sight insert, and incorporates adjustment mechanisms for both elevation and windage. This multi-functionality reduces the need for separate complex components while maintaining adjustment precision.
2Ease of manufacture
If traditional firearm sights use fixed sight assemblies, then manufacturing cost is reduced, but adaptability to different shooting conditions deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The sight system transitions from a fixed assembly to a dynamic, interchangeable configuration where the sight insert can be changed based on shooting conditions. The adjustment mechanisms allow dynamic modification of the sight's optical characteristics while maintaining a simple, cost-effective base plate design.
Solution Approach 2:
Different sight inserts with varying aperture sizes, shapes, and positions can be used to change the optical parameters of the sight system. This allows adaptation to different shooting conditions (e.g., distance, lighting, target type) without requiring multiple complex sight assemblies, maintaining manufacturing simplicity.
3Device complexity
If traditional firearm sights require replacement of the entire sight assembly for adjustments, then structural simplicity is maintained, but time consumption and operational complexity increase
Solution Approach 1:
By separating the sight insert from the base plate, the system allows quick replacement of only the insert component rather than the entire assembly. This segmentation enables rapid adjustment and replacement operations while maintaining the structural simplicity of the base plate design.
Solution Approach 2:
The adjustable and replaceable sight insert is extracted as a separate component from the fixed base plate. This extraction allows users to quickly remove and replace inserts for different conditions or adjustments without affecting the base plate, significantly reducing time consumption while keeping the overall structure simple.
4Ease of operation
If traditional firearm sights use integrated adjustment mechanisms, then ease of operation is improved, but device complexity and cost increase
Solution Approach 1:
The adjustment mechanisms for elevation and windage are merged into the base plate component, providing easy operation through a unified interface. This merging simplifies the user experience while keeping the overall mechanism complexity manageable by integrating functions rather than multiplying separate complex subsystems.
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
Facilitates rapid and economical adjustment and interchangeability of sight inserts, improving accuracy and convenience in firearm aiming by allowing for precise elevation and windage adjustments without replacing the entire sight assembly.
Implementation Method 1
Elevation adjustment may be accomplished through a screw threaded through the interface to the base and coupled to a notch in the sight insert
Data Source
AI summary
The techniques described herein relate to methods and apparatuses for adjustment of an interchangeable sight assembly. Elevation and windage of a sight insert may be adjusted. Further, the elevation adjustment mechanism may be used to uncouple a sight insert from the sight assembly and couple another sight insert.