Weapon Scope Illumination System for Low-Light Adjustment
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Solution Overview
Problem
In low-light conditions, users of weapon sighting apparatuses, such as aiming scopes, face difficulties in reading elevation and windage adjustment markings and determining if the weapon is being held level, which is crucial for accurate projectile trajectory adjustments.
Innovation Solution
An illumination system for weapon optics that includes a clamp with a light source and channels to direct light onto adjustment interfaces, such as elevation and windage turrets, and a level device, allowing users to read markings and ensure the weapon is aligned properly, even in low-light environments.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Illumination intensity
If a light source is added to illuminate adjustment markings, then readability in low-light conditions is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The illumination system merges the light source, mounting clamp, and level device into a single integrated unit that attaches to the scope. This combination reduces overall device complexity while providing illumination functionality, as the clamp serves both as a mounting mechanism and as part of the illumination system housing.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces an intermediary illumination system that bridges the gap between the existing scope and the user's need for low-light readability. The clamp-mounted illuminator acts as a mediator that adds functionality without requiring modification of the scope itself, thereby limiting complexity increase to the add-on component only.
2Ease of operation
If multiple adjustment markings are illuminated simultaneously, then ease of operation is improved, but use of energy increases
Solution Approach 1:
The illumination system provides full illumination of all adjustment markings and level indicators simultaneously when activated, accepting higher energy consumption in exchange for maximum ease of operation. The design prioritizes operational speed and accuracy over energy conservation, allowing users to quickly make adjustments without concern for gradual battery depletion during the adjustment process.
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
Enables users to quickly and accurately adjust scopes in low-light conditions, ensuring accurate projectile trajectory adjustments without startling targets, and providing a reliable solution for various applications including hunting and tactical operations.
Implementation Method 1
The clamp includes a light source and one or more channels configured to direct light from the light source onto one or more of: an elevation turret of the scope of the scoped weapon, or a windage adjustment turret of the scope of the scoped weapon
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AI summary
An illumination system for weapon optics includes a light source and one or more channels that direct light from the light source onto adjustment interfaces of a weapon optical device, such as windage and elevation turrets of a scope. An illumination system for weapon optics may also include an illuminated level device for positioning the weapon level in relation to the surface of the earth. An illumination system for weapon optics illuminates the level device and/or adjustment interfaces of a weapon optical device such that the level device and/or markings on the adjustment interfaces can be read in low-light and no-light conditions.