Magnetic Handgun Accessory Mount With Recoil-Locking Alignment
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing mounting devices for attaching accessories to handguns are expensive, require individual weapon adaptation, and lack simplicity in positioning, fixing, and securing, especially for weapons without suitable base plates or different interfaces.
Innovation Solution
A mounting device utilizing a ferromagnetic base plate with magnetic elements and a locking mechanism that allows easy attachment and secure locking to handguns, featuring a magnetic device for initial positioning and a locking mechanism for reliable fixation, ensuring repeatable attachment and removal.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If a mounting device is designed to be universally applicable to various handguns, then adaptability is improved, but manufacturing complexity and cost increase
Solution Approach 1:
The mounting device incorporates a magnetic base plate that can attach to the ferromagnetic slide of various handgun models, creating a universal interface. The base plate serves multiple functions: providing a mounting surface for accessories, absorbing recoil forces through magnetic attraction, and enabling quick attachment/detachment without model-specific adaptations.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces complex mechanical locking systems with a magnetic attachment mechanism. The magnetic base plate uses magnetic fields to hold the accessory in place, eliminating the need for traditional screw mounts, pivot pins, or model-specific mechanical interfaces that would increase complexity.
2Measurement precision
If a single mounting point is used for accessories, then positioning precision is improved, but device complexity increases due to alignment requirements
Solution Approach 1:
The magnetic base plate automatically positions itself on the ferromagnetic slide through magnetic attraction, eliminating the need for manual alignment procedures. The accessory is drawn into its correct position by the magnetic field, and the system self-adjusts to ensure proper alignment without requiring complex alignment mechanisms.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent changes the attachment mechanism from mechanical (requiring precise alignment of pins and holes) to magnetic (where position is determined by magnetic field strength). This parameter change allows the mounting point to be less critical, as the magnetic force naturally pulls the accessory into the correct position regardless of initial placement.
3Ease of operation
If a magnetic attachment mechanism is used, then ease of attachment is improved, but holding strength may be insufficient for recoil forces
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines two attachment functions into one integrated magnetic base plate: the magnetic attachment mechanism provides both the ease of attachment (through magnetic attraction) and the strength to resist recoil (through the same magnetic force). The base plate merges the roles of the mounting mechanism and the recoil absorption system.
Solution Approach 2:
The mounting device uses ferromagnetic materials in both the base plate and the handgun slide to create a strong magnetic attachment. This composite magnetic system provides sufficient holding strength to counteract recoil forces while maintaining the simplicity of magnetic attachment, combining structural integrity with ease of operation.
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
Enables simple, quick, and secure attachment of accessories to handguns, maintaining aiming precision by using magnetic and locking mechanisms that absorb recoil forces and allow easy replacement, while being adaptable to various handguns.
Implementation Method 1
a base plate has at least one magnetic device arranged directly or indirectly in the base plate, which comprises at least one magnet
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AI summary
The invention relates to a mounting device (01) for attaching an accessory, in particular a sighting device (03), to a handgun (02) which has at least one ferromagnetic part, in particular a ferromagnetic slide (15), wherein the mounting device (01) comprises a base plate (05) on which the accessory can be attached, and wherein the base plate (05) can be attached to the handgun (02) by means of at least one magnet (09) of a magnetic device (20), wherein a locking device (30) is included which is adjustable, preferably without tools, between a release position and a locking position, and wherein at least one detent element (06, 07) of the locking device (30) in the locking position interacts with an interface (04) of the handgun (02) to lock the base plate (05) to the handgun (02). The invention further relates to a mounting system and a handgun (02) with a mounting device (01).