Removable Magazine Well Latch for Tool-Free Magazine Swaps
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing magazine well adapters for firearms are difficult to assemble and disassemble, especially when accommodating different magazine sizes and magazine catch interface geometries, requiring tools and being time-consuming.
Innovation Solution
A magazine well assembly with a housing and latch system, featuring female dovetail connectors and a spring-loaded lever latch, allowing easy removability and definitive positional control, enabling quick attachment and detachment of magazines without tools.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If traditional magazine well adapters are used to accommodate different magazine sizes and geometries, then magazine compatibility is improved, but assembly and disassembly become difficult and time-consuming requiring tools
Solution Approach 1:
The magazine well assembly is divided into separate modular components: a receiver interface portion that attaches to the firearm and a magazine interface portion that interfaces with different magazine types. This segmentation allows the adapter to accommodate various magazine geometries while maintaining easy tool-free attachment and detachment through simple engagement features on each module.
Solution Approach 2:
The adapter incorporates movable engagement features including spring-loaded catch mechanisms and pivoting latch elements that transition between engaged and disengaged states. These dynamic components enable tool-free assembly by automatically latching when components are brought together, and allow easy disassembly through actuation of release mechanisms, resolving the contradiction between secure attachment and ease of operation.
2Adaptability or versatility
If traditional magazine well adapters are used to accommodate different magazine sizes and geometries, then magazine compatibility is improved, but assembly and disassembly require tools and are time-consuming
Solution Approach 1:
The adapter features pre-configured engagement geometries and pre-loaded spring mechanisms that are prepared in advance for quick engagement. The spring-loaded catches are pre-compressed to provide immediate engagement force, and the interface features are pre-aligned to guide rapid assembly, eliminating the need for time-consuming tool operations while maintaining compatibility with various magazine types.
Solution Approach 2:
The dynamic latch and catch mechanisms enable rapid transition between attached and detached states through simple user actuation. The spring-loaded elements store and release energy quickly, allowing the adapter to be secured or removed in seconds without tools, directly reducing the time loss associated with magazine changes while accommodating different magazine geometries.
3Ease of operation
If a removable magazine well assembly is used to facilitate easy interchangeability, then ease of operation is improved, but connection security may be compromised
Solution Approach 1:
The adapter employs spring-loaded catch mechanisms where the spring force acts as a counterbalancing force to maintain secure engagement. The pre-compressed springs exert continuous engagement force on the latch elements, counteracting any forces that might cause disengagement during magazine insertion or removal, thus maintaining connection security while allowing easy tool-free operation.
Solution Approach 2:
The dynamic engagement system uses spring-loaded latches and movable catches that automatically transition to a locked position upon assembly. These dynamic features maintain constant engagement force through spring pressure, ensuring reliable connection during use, while still allowing quick release when actuated by the user, thus resolving the contradiction between ease of operation and connection security.
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
Facilitates easy and tool-free interchangeability of magazines with different sizes and geometries, ensuring secure and controlled attachment to the firearm's lower receiver.
Implementation Method 1
The spring is pre-loaded to bias the second end of the lever away from the housing to pivot the latch to the first position
Data Source
AI summary
A magazine well assembly for connecting a magazine to a firearm. The magazine well assembly has a housing defining a magazine receiving space. The magazine receiving space is adapted to receive the magazine. At least one first connector is configured to removably couple the housing to a lower receiver of the firearm.