M1911 Handgun Frame With Double-Stack Magazine Well
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Solution Overview
Problem
The M1911 handgun manufacturing process is expensive and time-consuming due to its complex design, which has seen little change since its inception, necessitating improvements for cost-effectiveness and efficiency.
Innovation Solution
The improved M1911 handgun design features a modified frame with a double-stacked magazine well, a repositioned plunger tube, an ambidextrous thumb safety assembly, and a simplified barrel lock-up surface, along with modular components like interchangeable trigger pads and side grips, to enhance manufacturing efficiency and user customization.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If the traditional M1911 design is maintained, then reliability and proven performance are preserved, but manufacturing cost and time increase significantly
Solution Approach 1:
The handgun is divided into modular components including interchangeable trigger pads, side grips, and a plunger tube assembly that can be independently manufactured and assembled. This segmentation allows each component to be optimized for manufacturing while maintaining overall system reliability
Solution Approach 2:
The frame is designed with universal features such as a magazine well configured to receive different magazine types (double-stacked or traditional), and a plunger tube assembly that can accommodate various safety mechanisms, allowing a single base design to serve multiple configuration needs
2Productivity
If the traditional M1911 design is maintained, then classic functionality is preserved, but production time and cost increase
Solution Approach 1:
Components such as the trigger pad and side grip are pre-assembled into sub-assemblies that can be manufactured separately and quickly attached to the frame. The magazine well is pre-configured with receiver features that accommodate multiple magazine types without requiring additional manufacturing steps
Solution Approach 2:
The design incorporates interchangeable components that allow for rapid configuration changes. Users can swap trigger pads, side grips, and magazine types without requiring complex disassembly or specialized tools, enabling quick adaptation to different operational requirements
Data Source
AI summary
An improved M1911 handgun is disclosed. The improved M1911 handgun contains a handle containing a lower end, and a magazine well formed in the handle and adapted to receive and hold a double stacked magazine, wherein the inner cross-sectional profile of the magazine well is same from the lower end of the handle to a top of a frame of the improved M1911 handgun.