Firearm Silencer Quick-Connect System with Conical Clamping
Solution Overview
Problem
Existing quick connection systems for silencers on firearms provide limited connection strength, leading to a loose fit and potential detachment of the silencer from the barrel.
Innovation Solution
A quick connection system featuring a silencer adapter with a segmented internal thread and a barrel adapter with a segmented external thread, including conical and cylindrical contact surfaces, ensuring centering and enhanced clamping, thereby increasing the connection strength between the silencer and the firearm.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Strength
If conventional contact surfaces are used in quick-connect systems, then the device complexity is low, but the connection strength between silencer and firearm is limited
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies conical contact surfaces instead of conventional flat or cylindrical surfaces. The barrel adapter features an outer conical contact surface, and the silencer adapter features an inner conical contact surface. This conical geometry provides mechanical interlocking through taper engagement, significantly increasing connection strength while maintaining a relatively simple adapter structure.
2Reliability
If conventional threaded connections are used, then the ease of manufacture is high, but the silencer sits loosely on the barrel and may detach
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges multiple functions into the adapter structure: the threaded connection for attachment/detachment, the conical contact surfaces for centering and clamping, and the segmented thread design for controlled engagement. This combination of features in a single adapter component achieves reliable attachment security without significantly complicating the manufacturing process.
3Stability of the object's composition
If segmented threads with alternating threaded and unthreaded sections are used, then the centering and clamping action is improved, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent divides the continuous thread into segmented sections with alternating threaded and unthreaded portions along the axial direction. This segmentation allows specific sections to engage while others remain free, providing controlled centering and clamping action. The segmented design improves stability and centering accuracy while keeping the thread structure relatively simple to manufacture.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
The system achieves a tighter fit and greater connection strength between the silencer and the firearm, ensuring a secure attachment and improved performance.
Implementation Method 1
the conical contact surfaces are in contact with each other... ensure centering as well as improved clamping and braking action
Implementation Method 2
the conical contact surfaces are in contact with each other... resulting in greater connection strength
Implementation Method 3
the silencer adapter has a segmented internal thread... and the barrel adapter has a segmented external thread designed to interact with the internal thread
Data Source
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AI summary
The invention relates to a quick-connect system for attaching and removing a silencer from the barrel (42) of a firearm, comprising a silencer adapter designed for attachment to the silencer, and a barrel adapter (43) that can be inserted at least partially into the silencer adapter and is designed for attachment to the barrel, wherein the silencer adapter has a segmented internal thread with a number of alternating threaded sections and unthreaded sections, and wherein the barrel adapter has a segmented external thread designed for interaction with the internal thread, with the same number of alternating threaded sections and unthreaded sections.wherein the barrel adapter, viewed on its outer circumference in a firing direction, has a conical contact surface (48) downstream of the external thread and the silencer adapter, viewed on its inner circumference in the firing direction, has a conical contact surface such that when the barrel adapter is inserted into the silencer adapter, the conical contact surfaces are in contact with each other.