Modular Firearm Handgrip Assembly with Laser Gunsight System
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing firearm handgrip assemblies with integrated laser sights require battery replacement, which necessitates detaching the laser unit, causing inconvenience and potential loss of aiming accuracy, and lack ergonomic features for secure grip and comfort.
Innovation Solution
A modular firearm handgrip assembly with interconnected modules, including a flexible web element and electronic components, allowing battery replacement without detaching the laser unit and incorporating ergonomic features like ridges and a secure grip circumference.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If the laser unit is integrated into the handgrip assembly, then the aiming accuracy is maintained, but the battery replacement becomes complex requiring detachment of the laser unit
Solution Approach 1:
The handgrip assembly is divided into separate modules: the laser unit is housed in a first module while the battery is housed in a second module. This segmentation allows the battery to be replaced independently without detaching the laser unit from the firearm, while the laser unit remains integrated with the handgrip to maintain aiming accuracy.
2Device complexity
If standard factory-supplied hard grips are used, then the structure is simple, but the grip security and comfort are insufficient
Solution Approach 1:
The handgrip assembly uses a composite structure combining a rigid insert (first module) with an elastomeric material (second module). The rigid insert provides structural support and houses the laser unit, while the elastomeric material provides enhanced grip security, comfort, and recoil absorption, creating a multi-functional composite grip system.
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AI summary
A firearm handgrip assembly with laser gunsight system has a first module, a second module, a flexible web element interconnected between the first module and the second module, each of the first and second modules including at least one electronic component selected from the group of a battery contact, a processor, a beam projector, and a switch, the web element including an electrical conductor connecting between an electronic component on the first module to an electronic component on the second module, a first grip panel defining a first module recess adapted to receive the first module while the first grip panel contacts the frame, a second grip panel defining a second module recess adapted to receive the second module while the second grip panel contacts the frame.