Adjustable Tactical Light Clamping Structure for Firearm Rails
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional tactical lights have low adaptability due to the inability to adjust clamping devices effectively with respect to firearm rails, making it time-consuming to find a suitable tactical light for specific weapons, especially when multiple weapons are involved.
Innovation Solution
A clamping structure with a sliding groove and positioning areas, a sliding block with extendable positioning portions, and a locking device with an adjusting screw and screw nut, allowing for adjustable positioning of the tactical light on firearm rails, enhancing adaptability.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If conventional tactical lights use fixed clamping devices, then the structure is simple, but the adaptability to different firearm rails is poor
Solution Approach 1:
The clamping device incorporates a sliding block that can move along the rail within a sliding groove, transforming a fixed structure into a dynamic one. This allows the tactical light to be positioned at different locations on the rail while maintaining a relatively simple overall structure.
Solution Approach 2:
The clamping device is divided into multiple functional components: a base, a sliding block, positioning portions, and a locking device. This segmentation allows each component to perform its specific function independently, enabling adaptability without significantly increasing overall structural complexity.
2Adaptability or versatility
If multiple types of tactical lights are needed for different weapons, then each weapon has a suitable light, but it is time-consuming to find and switch between them
Solution Approach 1:
The clamping device is designed with universal compatibility for different firearm rails through the sliding mechanism. A single tactical light with this clamping device can be adapted to various weapons by adjusting the sliding block position, eliminating the need to carry multiple specialized lights and reducing the time to find suitable equipment.
3Ease of operation
If the sliding block can be freely adjusted, then the positioning flexibility is high, but the fixation stability is insufficient
Solution Approach 1:
The positioning portions provide tactile feedback when they engage with the rail at specific positions. This feedback mechanism allows the user to easily identify and adjust to stable positioning points, maintaining positioning flexibility while ensuring fixation stability through detectable engagement points.
Solution Approach 2:
The positioning portions are pre-configured at specific locations along the sliding block to engage with corresponding features on the rail. This preliminary arrangement of positioning elements ensures that when the sliding block is adjusted, it will naturally settle into predetermined stable positions, combining flexibility with reliability.
4Measurement precision
If positioning portions extend from the sliding block, then the positioning precision is improved, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
Positioning portions are added only at specific locations on the sliding block where positioning is needed, rather than throughout the entire structure. This localized addition of positioning features improves precision while minimizing the increase in overall device complexity.
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AI summary
A clamping structure and a tactical light, wherein a sliding groove is provided on a bottom part of a clamping space; a plurality of first positioning areas are provided inside the sliding groove along its length direction; a sliding block is slidably provided inside the sliding groove; a plurality of first positioning portions are provided on a side of the sliding block facing the first positioning areas; an abutting component is fixed on the sliding block; when the sliding block slides inside the sliding groove, the abutting component slides along with the sliding block inside the clamping space to adjust the position of the sliding block relative to the clamping device, also, each first positioning portion moves from one first positioning area to another one, thereby fixing the sidling block inside the sliding groove, and realizing adjustment of the position of the clamping device relative to the sliding block.