Self-Loading Pistol With Enclosed Locking Device for Reliable Cycling
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing self-loading pistols have locking devices that are externally accessible, leading to impaired shooting behavior, limited mounting options, increased weight, and difficulty in handling due to external object interference, which results in malfunction and hindered target detection.
Innovation Solution
A self-loading pistol design featuring a housing with a receiving region that encloses the locking device, allowing it to move within the housing, reducing external contact and enabling secure mounting of external objects without increasing mass.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If the locking device is externally accessible and forms the complete upper portion of the self-loading pistol, then the user can easily grip and operate the pistol, but the shooting behavior is impaired and the weight increases due to the exposed locking device
Solution Approach 1:
The locking device is nested inside the housing, with only a small gripping portion extending through an opening. This allows the locking device to be protected and integrated into the housing structure while still providing external accessibility for operation, thereby reducing overall pistol weight without compromising ease of grip.
2Ease of operation
If the locking device is fully accessible from the outside, then the user can operate the pistol freely, but external objects can contact the locking device and brake its movement causing malfunction
Solution Approach 1:
The locking device is received inside the housing with only a gripping portion extending through an opening. This nested arrangement protects the majority of the locking device from external contact while maintaining operational freedom through the accessible gripping portion, thereby preventing unintended braking and ensuring reliable shooting.
Solution Approach 2:
Only the essential gripping portion of the locking device is extracted through the housing opening, while the rest remains protected inside. This selective extraction maintains operational capability while minimizing exposure to external interference that could cause malfunction.
3Productivity
If the locking device is moved during firing, then the pistol can be operated and reloaded, but mounting options for external objects are greatly limited
Solution Approach 1:
The locking device is nested inside the housing, allowing it to move freely for reloading operations while the housing provides a stable external structure. This enables mounting of external objects like optics and thumb rests on the stationary housing rather than the moving locking device, maintaining both reload capability and mounting versatility.
4Difficulty of detecting and measuring
If optics devices are mounted on the locking device, then the pistol can be aimed, but the moving mass of the locking device increases making reshooting more difficult
Solution Approach 1:
The locking device is nested inside the housing, allowing optics to be mounted on the stationary housing rather than the moving locking device. This separates the aiming function (on stationary housing) from the firing function (on moving locking device), improving target detection stability while reducing the moving mass of the locking device for easier reshooting.
Data Source
AI summary
A self-loading pistol includes a housing which, in particular by means of two wall portions that are located opposite one another in the transverse direction, and a cover portion, defines a receiving region for a locking device of the self-loading pistol. In a closed state of the self-loading pistol, the locking device is received, at least in portions, inside the receiving region of the housing and is movable inside the receiving region of the housing, in particular along the longitudinal axis of the receiving region.