Muzzle Adapter Tapered Wedge Collar Alignment
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Solution Overview
Problem
Muzzle brakes require precise rotational alignment, leading to increased complexity, cost, and difficulty in switching between different mounting mechanisms, which complicates the attachment and removal process.
Innovation Solution
A muzzle adapter with a tapered exterior surface and internally threaded adapter element, combined with a rotatable collar element, ensures correct alignment and secure mounting of muzzle devices without the need for professional alignment, using left-handed threads to facilitate easy installation and removal.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If muzzle brakes are designed with precise rotational alignment requirements, then proper operation is achieved, but device complexity and cost increase
Solution Approach 1:
The adapter element is pre-configured with timing marks and alignment features that guide the muzzle device into the correct rotational position during installation. The collar element is also pre-marked with timing indicators that align with reference marks on the adapter, ensuring proper orientation before the device is fully secured.
Solution Approach 2:
The adapter element serves as an intermediary component between the firearm barrel and the muzzle device. It incorporates alignment features and timing marks that facilitate correct rotational positioning without requiring complex alignment procedures on the muzzle device itself, thereby simplifying the overall system while maintaining proper operation.
2Manufacturing precision
If professional alignment is required for muzzle device installation, then correct timing is achieved, but ease of operation deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The adapter and collar elements incorporate self-aligning features including timing marks, reference indicators, and tapered surfaces that automatically guide the muzzle device into the correct rotational position during installation. The user simply needs to align the marked features and tighten the collar, eliminating the need for professional gunsmithing skills or complex alignment procedures.
3Reliability
If specialized mounting mechanisms are used for muzzle brakes, then proper timing is achieved, but adaptability deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The adapter element is designed as a universal mounting interface that can accommodate different types of muzzle devices including brakes, compensators, and suppressors. The standardized threaded interface and alignment features on both the adapter and collar elements allow users to switch between different device types without requiring specialized mounting mechanisms, maintaining both timing accuracy and versatility.
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
Enables correct timing and secure mounting of muzzle devices, reducing complexity and cost, and allowing for easy switching between different types of muzzle devices like brakes and suppressors, while maintaining accuracy and reliability.
Implementation Method 1
rotation of the collar draws the muzzle device onto the adapter element and wedges the tapered portion of the adapter element into the tapered internal bore portion of the muzzle device to prevent unwanted rotation of the muzzle device with respect to the adapter element
Implementation Method 2
a collar element internally threaded to mate with the externally threaded portion of the adapter element
Data Source
AI summary
A muzzle adapter for a firearm has an adapter element defining an adapter bore centered on an adapter bore axis, a portion of the adapter bore being internally threaded to removably mate with the threaded muzzle, the adapter element having a tapered exterior surface portion, the adapter element having an externally threaded portion, a muzzle device defining a device bore and having a tapered internal bore portion adapted to be closely received on the tapered exterior surface portion of the adapter element, a collar element internally threaded to mate with the externally threaded portion of the adapter element, and the collar element being axially engaged to the muzzle device and rotatably independent of the muzzle device, such that rotation of the collar draws the muzzle device onto the adapter element and wedges the tapered portion of the adapter element into the tapered internal bore portion of the muzzle device.