Translucent Lens Housing for Unimpeded Peripheral Vision
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing laser sight devices for firearms do not facilitate unimpeded peripheral vision for shooters, as they typically have transparent rather than translucent lens housings, limiting the shooter's ability to maintain a comprehensive view while aiming.
Innovation Solution
A red dot sight device with a lens housing made of translucent materials such as polycarbonate, glass, or epoxy resin, allowing light to pass through and enabling shooters to maintain peripheral vision while aiming through the sight.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If a traditional transparent lens housing is used, then the shooter can see through the sight, but peripheral vision is blocked and situational awareness is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The lens housing is made translucent rather than fully transparent, changing the optical property to allow peripheral light transmission while maintaining structural integrity and sight function
Solution Approach 2:
The transparency parameter of the lens housing material is changed from fully transparent to translucent, fundamentally altering how light passes through the structure to enable peripheral vision
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
Enables shooters to have unimpeded peripheral vision while aiming, enhancing safety and situational awareness during firearm use by allowing light to pass through the lens housing, thus providing a more comprehensive view of the shooting range.
Implementation Method 1
The lens housing is comprised of a translucent material thereby facilitating light to pass through the lens housing
Data Source
AI summary
A laser dot sight device includes a red dot sight that is mountable to a firearm to facilitate a shooter to aim the firearm with the red dot sight. The red dot sight includes an emitter housing, a lens housing extending upwardly from the emitter housing and a lens that is integrated into the lens housing. The lens housing is comprised of a translucent material thereby facilitating light to pass through the lens housing. In this way the lens housing can facilitate the shooter to have unimpeded peripheral vision while looking through the red dot sight.