Modular Gun Housing Assembly with Interchangeable Components
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing paintball guns lack modularity, limiting users' ability to customize and interchange components such as handles, frames, and barrel bodies, which restricts versatility and adaptability.
Innovation Solution
A modular gun housing assembly comprising a barrel body, frame, and handle, where different sizes and shapes of these components can be connected and secured using fasteners and mating members, allowing for customizable configurations, including interchangeable handles and frames.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If paintball guns are designed with fixed, non-modular housing components, then manufacturing and assembly are simplified, but user customization and component interchangeability are limited
Solution Approach 1:
The housing is divided into multiple separable components including barrel body, frame, and handle assembly, each with standardized interfaces that allow independent replacement and customization while maintaining structural integrity through fastener systems
Solution Approach 2:
Standardized mounting interfaces and fastener systems are implemented across all housing components, enabling universal compatibility and interchangeability of different component configurations to suit various user needs and applications
2Ease of operation
If housing components are made modular and interchangeable, then user customization is enhanced, but assembly complexity and fastener requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The housing is divided into multiple separable components including barrel body, frame, and handle assembly, each with standardized interfaces that allow independent replacement and customization while maintaining structural integrity through fastener systems
Solution Approach 2:
The standardized fastener systems and interfaces are designed to enable users to easily assemble, disassemble, and customize components without requiring specialized tools or technical expertise, making the system self-servicing
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AI summary
A modular gun housing assembly is provided having a barrel body, a frame and a handle. The barrel body houses a firing bolt, a bolt spring and an air chamber. The frame has a cutaway to receive the barrel body and align the frame with the barrel body. The frame also has a bottom wall with a plurality of tabs extending therefrom to align the handle thereto. The frame is removably secured to the barrel body with a plurality of fasteners, and the handle is removably secured to the frame with a plurality of fasteners. The handle also has a plurality of mating receivers to engage and mate with the plurality of tabs extending from the frame. The handle also has a grip portion with a cavity to receive at least one of a projectile and a propellant container.