Self-loading pistol with detachable shoulder rest and carriage receiving device

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing pistols lack stability during shooting, leading to potential misses and injuries due to vibration and recoil, and their design often results in material fatigue of sighting devices from high acceleration forces.

Innovation Solution

A pistol design featuring a receiving device that encloses the carriage in its rear end position, a shoulder rest that can be connected via a holding device to stabilize the pistol, and a locking mechanism to secure the shoulder rest, reducing recoil-induced injuries and improving accuracy.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Device complexity

If the pistol is held freehand for shooting, then the pistol structure remains simple, but the stability during shooting deteriorates leading to potential misses and injuries

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvepistol structureVSAvoidshooting stability
Core Design Contradiction:
Device complexityVSStability of the object's composition

Solution Approach 1:

The pistol system is divided into two independent parts: the pistol itself and the shoulder rest. The shoulder rest can be attached when stability is needed and removed when not needed, allowing the pistol structure to remain simple while providing stability on demand.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The shoulder rest is designed to be dynamically attachable and detachable via a retention device. This dynamic configuration allows the system to adapt between simple handheld operation and stable shoulder-supported shooting based on the situation.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

2Productivity

If the slide is allowed to recoil freely during reloading, then the reloading process is simple and quick, but the risk of injury to the user increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvereloading speedVSAvoidinjury risk
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSObject-affected harmful factors

Solution Approach 1:

The receiving device is designed in advance to counteract the harmful recoil motion of the slide. By providing a pre-configured enclosure that guides and limits slide movement, the system prevents injury before it can occur during the reloading process.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #9Preliminary anti-action

Solution Approach 2:

The harmful recoil energy of the slide is converted into a beneficial guiding motion within the receiving device. The slide's backward movement is channeled through the receiving device's structure, transforming the potentially injurious force into a controlled mechanism that ensures safe ejection and reloading.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #22Blessing in disguise (Convert harm into benefit)

3Ease of manufacture

If the optical sight is mounted on the moving slide, then the sight positioning is simple, but material fatigue occurs due to high acceleration forces

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvesight mountingVSAvoidsight durability
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of manufactureVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The optical sight is extracted from the moving slide and relocated to the stationary frame. This separation removes the sight from the high-acceleration environment of the sliding mechanism, eliminating the cause of material fatigue while keeping the mounting process straightforward.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #2Taking out (Extraction)

4Measurement precision

If the pistol is held close to the face for optimal aiming, then the aiming precision is improved, but the risk of face injury from recoil increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveaiming precisionVSAvoidface injury risk
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSObject-affected harmful factors

Solution Approach 1:

The shooter's positioning is changed from a direct frontal approach to a lateral positioning where the shoulder rest contacts the shoulder. This dimensional change in body-pistol orientation allows the face to be positioned away from the recoil path while maintaining optimal aiming alignment through the sight.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #17Another dimension (Dimensionality change)

Data Source

PatentEP3449201B1Self-loading pistol
Publication Date: 2020.04.15 B&T
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AI summary

The invention relates to a self-loading pistol (1), comprising a frame (2), which has on the upper side a carriage guide (5) extending in the longitudinal direction, wherein the carriage guide (5) is suitable to at least partially receive and/or guide a carriage (8) and a tube (9) having a cartridge chamber, the tube (9) is accommodated in the carriage (8) so as to be at least partly located inside, the carriage (8) can be moved in the carriage guide (5) between a front end position (11) and a rear end position (12), the carriage (8) closes the tube (9) in the front end position (11) in the carriage guide (5), the carriage (8) opens the tube (9) in at least the rear end position (12) in the carriage guide (5), and the frame (2) has a carriage catch lever (4) for locking the carriage (8), a trigger device (3), which can be moved relative to the frame (2), and a handle piece (6) having a magazine shaft (10). The frame (2) has a receiving device (13), which receives the carriage (8) at least partly in the rear end position (12). Furthermore, the pistol (1) has a shoulder support (15), which can be connected to the receiving device (13) via a holding device (14).