Quick-Connect Archery Stabilizer via Expanding Collar Lock
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing archery bow stabilizers are cumbersome for storage and transportation, often getting snagged and requiring time-consuming tool-based installation and removal.
Innovation Solution
A quick-disconnect stabilizer assembly featuring a cup-shaped mounting base with an expanding collar locking mechanism that allows for tool-free connection and disconnection from the bow, facilitating easy installation and removal.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If a traditional threaded stabilizer is used, then the stabilizer provides vibration dampening functionality, but it requires time-consuming tool-based installation and removal
Solution Approach 1:
The stabilizer system is divided into separate components: a mounting base that attaches to the bow, a stabilizer body, and a locking member. This segmentation allows the stabilizer to be quickly connected and disconnected without tools by simply assembling and disassembling the modular components.
Solution Approach 2:
The locking member features an expanding collar that can dynamically change its internal diameter. When the locking member is rotated, the collar expands to lock the stabilizer body to the mounting base, and contracts to allow easy removal, enabling tool-free operation.
2Reliability
If a long stabilizer shaft is used, then the stabilizer effectively dampens vibration, but it becomes unwieldy during storage and transportation
Solution Approach 1:
By dividing the stabilizer into a mounting base, stabilizer body, and locking member, the system allows the stabilizer to be detached and stored separately from the bow, making both items more manageable during storage and transportation while preserving the full-length stabilizer for optimal vibration dampening during use.
Solution Approach 2:
The locking member's expanding collar design allows components to nest within each other when disassembled, with the stabilizer body fitting into the mounting base cavity, creating a compact storage configuration that reduces overall size.
3Strength
If a threaded stabilizer installation method is used, then the stabilizer can be securely attached, but it requires hand tools that must be transported by the user
Solution Approach 1:
The locking member incorporates an expanding collar that dynamically adjusts its size to create a secure friction fit and mechanical interlock between components. This dynamic expansion mechanism provides strong attachment security without requiring external hand tools, as the locking action is achieved through the rotational expansion of the collar itself.
Solution Approach 2:
The expanding collar locking mechanism is self-contained and self-actuating. The locking member itself performs the function of both the fastening tool and the locking mechanism, eliminating the need for separate hand tools. The user simply rotates the locking member to expand the collar and secure the attachment.
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
Enables rapid and tool-free attachment and detachment of the stabilizer, reducing storage and transportation issues while maintaining vibration dampening functionality.
Implementation Method 1
The locking member includes an expanding collar that is adapted to be received into the internal space. The stabilizer body has a connecting section. The connecting section is insertable into the expanding collar to thereby cause the collar to expand and releasably connect the stabilizer body to the mounting base.
Implementation Method 2
a stabilizer body having a vibration dampening section and a connecting section
Data Source
AI summary
A stabilizer assembly adapted for quick connection to and disconnection from an archery bow includes a mounting base adapted for connection to the archery bow, a locking member and a stabilizer body. The mounting base is generally cup-shaped and includes a rear wall that is adapted for connection to the archery bow and a continuous side wall that extends from the rear wall to form an internal space. The locking member includes an expanding collar that is adapted to be received into the internal space. The stabilizer body has a vibration dampening section and a connecting section. The connecting section is insertable into the expanding collar to thereby cause the collar to expand and releasably connect the stabilizer body to the mounting base.