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US20230143306A1
US20230143306A1 US17/877,608 US202217877608A US2023143306A1 US 20230143306 A1 US20230143306 A1 US 20230143306A1 US 202217877608 A US202217877608 A US 202217877608A US 2023143306 A1 US2023143306 A1 US 2023143306A1
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F41—WEAPONS
    • F41C—SMALLARMS, e.g. PISTOLS, RIFLES; ACCESSORIES THEREFOR
    • F41C27/00—Accessories; Details or attachments not otherwise provided for
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F41—WEAPONS
    • F41C—SMALLARMS, e.g. PISTOLS, RIFLES; ACCESSORIES THEREFOR
    • F41C23/00—Butts; Butt plates; Stocks
    • F41C23/16—Forestocks; Handgrips; Hand guards
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F41—WEAPONS
    • F41G—WEAPON SIGHTS; AIMING
    • F41G11/00—Details of sighting or aiming apparatus; Accessories
    • F41G11/001—Means for mounting tubular or beam shaped sighting or aiming devices on firearms
    • F41G11/003—Mountings with a dove tail element, e.g. "Picatinny rail systems"

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  • the present invention is related to weapons systems.
  • the present invention is directed to accessory attachment systems for rifles and small arms weapons that enable attached accessory devices to draw power from a central power source and communicate with the user and/or other devices.
  • the current rifles and small arm weaponry in use by US armed forces can be equipped with numerous combat optics, laser designators/sights, and flashlights; all comes with different power requirements and battery supplies.
  • the result is a heavy weapon and a heavier field load of batteries to accommodate the various accessories, which ultimately impacts the soldiers' effectiveness, particularly on longer missions.
  • One of the US Army focus areas is improving the performance of their soldiers' combat equipment while reducing the load that each soldier has to carry.
  • One of these efforts is concentrated on providing advanced technologies to demonstrate the feasibility of an innovative communications rail and power transfer system.
  • the resulting system will be backwards compatible with current mission support devices and accessories that mount to small arms weapons during operational procedures and it will reduce the overall weight penalties of the current system.
  • a firearm accessory mounting rail for attachment of a firearm accessory to the barrel of a firearm.
  • the accessory rail may provide a connection for the firearm accessory.
  • the present invention embodies firearm systems comprising at least one mounting rail comprising at least one power connection, at least one power source, at least one rail accessory comprising a rail grabber or mount, wherein the at least one rail accessory receives electrical power from the power source.
  • Another embodiment of the present invention provides an accessory attachment system for rifles and small arms weapons that enables attached accessory devices to draw power from a central power source and communicate with the user or other devices without exposed wires.
  • FIG. 1 shows typical accessories that are presently used or could be used on a weapon.
  • FIG. 2 shows a thermal scope with battery adapter.
  • FIG. 3 shows a schematic block diagram of a battery adapter.
  • FIG. 4 shows two rail grabbers in accordance with the present invention.
  • FIG. 5 shows a powered rail accessory mounting assembly, a typical embodiment of the invention.
  • FIG. 6 shows a flashlight accessory mounted to a powered rail using the accessory mounting assembly.
  • a variety of accessories can be mounted to different locations on a weapon.
  • the U.S. Army supplied PPI with a list of typical accessories that are presently used or could be used on the weapon, however the invention is applicable to ANY powered accessory which attaches to the weapon via an accessory rail system. (See Table 1)
  • a primary goal is to reduce the quantity and variety of batteries that power accessories mounted to a weapon. Having a variety of batteries increases the weight that needs to be carried during a mission and increases the complexity of the supply chain.
  • FIG. 2 shows a thermal scope [ 201 ] with battery adapter [ 202 ] installed, and the battery adapter [ 202 ] respectively.
  • the battery adapter [ 202 ] contains a DC/DC converter circuit and control electronics, as well as selector switches for identification.
  • the current strategy for addressing components will employ a pair of selector switches on each battery adapter [ 202 ].
  • One switch will assign a user control button ID that corresponds to momentary power for the accessory, and a second switch will assign a user control button identity that corresponds to on/off action.
  • a user control button ID that corresponds to momentary power for the accessory
  • a second switch will assign a user control button identity that corresponds to on/off action.
  • the user wanted to momentarily power a target illuminator, they would hold down button 1 , which would power the accessory as long as the button was depressed. If they wanted to maintain power to the illuminator, they would press and release button 2 . To turn off the accessory, they would press the button again.
  • one button per accessory could be assigned, in either momentary or on/off configuration. This approach maximizes flexibility and allows the accessories to be field selected
  • the galvanic contact styles can share a common design for a rail grabber, which includes retract/insert mechanism that extends the contact when the grabber is mounted and closed around the Picatinny rail.
  • Another style of rail grabber like the tactical flashlight can have an integrated rail grabber with stationary contacts extending through to make contact with the bus bars.
  • FIG. 4 below shows two embodiments of the rail grabbers that can be used in conjunction with the powered Picatinny rails, one with stationary contacts and the other with retractable contacts.
  • a typical embodiment of the invention includes the use of a powered rail accessory mounting assembly as shown in FIG. 5 .
  • the mounting assembly attaches the typical accessory to the powered accessory rail and consists of: the rail grabber [ 501 ], the spring contacts [ 502 ], the spring plungers [ 503 ] and the face seals [ 504 ].
  • the spring plungers [ 503 ] depress the snap-dome switches on the powered rail
  • the spring contacts [ 502 ] provide electrical contact with the fixed electrical bus contacts on the powered rail PCB assembly
  • the face seals [ 504 ] provide environmental protection.
  • FIG. 6 shows the flashlight accessory mounted to the powered Picatinny rail, using the type of rail grabber assembly demonstrated in FIG. 5 .

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Abstract

The present invention is related to weapons systems. In particular, the present invention is directed to accessory attachment systems for rifles and small arms weapons that enable attached accessory devices to draw power from a central power source and communicate with the user and/or other devices. The present invention embodies firearm systems comprising at least one mounting rail comprising at least one power connection, at least one power source, at least one rail accessory comprising a rail grabber or mount, wherein the at least one rail accessory receives electrical power from the power source.

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    CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION(S)
  • This application is a continuation of U.S. application Ser. No. 17/110,981, filed on Dec. 3, 2020, which is a continuation of U.S. application Ser. No. 16/269,949, filed on Feb. 7, 2019, which is a continuation of U.S. application Ser. No. 12/689,436, filed on Jan. 19, 2010, which claims benefit of U.S. Application No. 61/145,216 filed on Jan. 16, 2009, the disclosures of which are hereby incorporated by reference in their entireties. To the extent appropriate, a claim of priority is made to each of the above-disclosed applications.
    • GOVERNMENT RIGHTS
  • This invention was made with government support under contracts W15QKN-08-C-0072 and W15QKN-09-C-0045 awarded by the United States Army. The government has certain rights in the invention.
    • BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
  • The present invention is related to weapons systems. In particular, the present invention is directed to accessory attachment systems for rifles and small arms weapons that enable attached accessory devices to draw power from a central power source and communicate with the user and/or other devices.
  • The current rifles and small arm weaponry in use by US armed forces can be equipped with numerous combat optics, laser designators/sights, and flashlights; all comes with different power requirements and battery supplies. The result is a heavy weapon and a heavier field load of batteries to accommodate the various accessories, which ultimately impacts the soldiers' effectiveness, particularly on longer missions. One of the US Army focus areas is improving the performance of their soldiers' combat equipment while reducing the load that each soldier has to carry. One of these efforts is concentrated on providing advanced technologies to demonstrate the feasibility of an innovative communications rail and power transfer system. The resulting system will be backwards compatible with current mission support devices and accessories that mount to small arms weapons during operational procedures and it will reduce the overall weight penalties of the current system.
    • SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
  • It is an object of the present invention to obviate or mitigate at least one disadvantage of previous firearm accessory rails.
  • In a first embodiment of the present invention, there is provided a firearm accessory mounting rail for attachment of a firearm accessory to the barrel of a firearm. The accessory rail may provide a connection for the firearm accessory.
  • The present invention embodies firearm systems comprising at least one mounting rail comprising at least one power connection, at least one power source, at least one rail accessory comprising a rail grabber or mount, wherein the at least one rail accessory receives electrical power from the power source.
  • Another embodiment of the present invention provides an accessory attachment system for rifles and small arms weapons that enables attached accessory devices to draw power from a central power source and communicate with the user or other devices without exposed wires.
  • Other aspects and features of the present invention will become apparent to those ordinarily skilled in the art upon review of the following description of specific embodiments of the invention in conjunction with the accompanying figures.
    • BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE FIGURES
  • FIG. 1 shows typical accessories that are presently used or could be used on a weapon.
  • FIG. 2 shows a thermal scope with battery adapter.
  • FIG. 3 shows a schematic block diagram of a battery adapter.
  • FIG. 4 shows two rail grabbers in accordance with the present invention.
  • FIG. 5 shows a powered rail accessory mounting assembly, a typical embodiment of the invention.
  • FIG. 6 shows a flashlight accessory mounted to a powered rail using the accessory mounting assembly.
    •  DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
  • For simplicity and illustrative purposes, the principles of the present invention are described by referring to various exemplary embodiments thereof. Although the preferred embodiments of the invention are particularly disclosed herein, one of ordinary skill in the art will readily recognize that the same principles are equally applicable to, and can be implicated in other compositions and methods, and that any such variation would be within such modifications that do not part from the scope of the present invention. Before explaining the disclosed embodiments of the present invention in detail, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited in its application to the details of any particular embodiment shown, since of course the invention is capable of other embodiments. The terminology used herein is for the purpose of description and not of limitation. Further, although certain methods are described with reference to certain steps that are presented herein in certain order, in many instances, these steps may be performed in any order as may be appreciated by one skilled in the art, and the methods are not limited to the particular arrangement of steps disclosed herein.
  • A variety of accessories can be mounted to different locations on a weapon. The U.S. Army supplied PPI with a list of typical accessories that are presently used or could be used on the weapon, however the invention is applicable to ANY powered accessory which attaches to the weapon via an accessory rail system. (See Table 1)
  • TABLE 1
    M4 Accessories
    Accessory National Stock Number
    No Power Required
    Advanced Combat Optical Gunsight NSN 1240-01-412-6608
    Low Power Required
    M68 Close Combat Optics NSN 1240-01-411-1265
    M145 Machine Gun Optics NSN 1240-01-411-6350
    AN/PEQ-2A Target Illuminator NSN 5885-01-447-8992
    AN/PVS-4 Night Vision Sight NSN 5855-00-629-5334
    AN/PVS-14, Monocular Night Vision Device NSN 5855-01-432-0524
    AN/PAQ-4C, Infrared Aiming Light NSN 5855-01-398-4315
    High Power Required
    AN/PAS-13B(V)1, Light Weight Thermal NSN 5855-01-383-6558
    System
  • A primary goal is to reduce the quantity and variety of batteries that power accessories mounted to a weapon. Having a variety of batteries increases the weight that needs to be carried during a mission and increases the complexity of the supply chain.
  • PPI proposed several solutions for the power and communications from the Picatinny Rail to the accessories. All four were based on a Rail Grabber/Accessory Mount that would clamp to the standard MIL-STD-1913 profile and transfer power and communication signals. One of the designs utilized inductive coupling, and three of the designs used galvanic contacts. Internal battery adapters will be created for the accessories that mount to the rifle. This approach replaces the existing batteries with a DC-DC converter packaged as a drop-in replacement into the existing battery compartment. PPI is initially testing on the Thermal Night Vision Scope and a tactical flashlight. FIG. 2 shows a thermal scope [201] with battery adapter [202] installed, and the battery adapter [202] respectively.
  • The battery adapter [202] contains a DC/DC converter circuit and control electronics, as well as selector switches for identification. The current strategy for addressing components will employ a pair of selector switches on each battery adapter [202]. One switch will assign a user control button ID that corresponds to momentary power for the accessory, and a second switch will assign a user control button identity that corresponds to on/off action. As an example, if the user wanted to momentarily power a target illuminator, they would hold down button 1, which would power the accessory as long as the button was depressed. If they wanted to maintain power to the illuminator, they would press and release button 2. To turn off the accessory, they would press the button again. Alternatively, one button per accessory could be assigned, in either momentary or on/off configuration. This approach maximizes flexibility and allows the accessories to be field selected depending on mission. A schematic block diagram is shown in FIG. 3 .
  • The galvanic contact styles can share a common design for a rail grabber, which includes retract/insert mechanism that extends the contact when the grabber is mounted and closed around the Picatinny rail. Another style of rail grabber like the tactical flashlight can have an integrated rail grabber with stationary contacts extending through to make contact with the bus bars. FIG. 4 below shows two embodiments of the rail grabbers that can be used in conjunction with the powered Picatinny rails, one with stationary contacts and the other with retractable contacts. A typical embodiment of the invention includes the use of a powered rail accessory mounting assembly as shown in FIG. 5 . The mounting assembly attaches the typical accessory to the powered accessory rail and consists of: the rail grabber [501], the spring contacts [502], the spring plungers [503] and the face seals [504]. The spring plungers [503] depress the snap-dome switches on the powered rail, the spring contacts [502] provide electrical contact with the fixed electrical bus contacts on the powered rail PCB assembly, and the face seals [504] provide environmental protection.
  • FIG. 6 shows the flashlight accessory mounted to the powered Picatinny rail, using the type of rail grabber assembly demonstrated in FIG. 5 .
  • These and other embodiments will be apparent to those of skill in the art, all within the scope of the present invention, which is defined solely by the claims appended hereto.

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16. An electrical delivery adapter for an accessory to a firearm, the firearm having: an electrical source for providing a predetermined voltage; at least one mounting rail including at least one electrical connection, the at least one mounting rail being electrically connected to the electrical source, and the at least one electrical connection being configured to present the predetermined voltage; and at least one depressible switch; the electrical delivery adapter comprising:
at least one plunger configured to depress the at least one depressible switch to activate the at least one electrical connection; and
at least one electrical contact that is separated away from the at least one plunger, and that is configured to electrically connect with the at least one electrical connection.
17. The electrical delivery adapter of claim 16, wherein the electrical delivery adapter is configured to electrically connect the accessory with the at least one electrical connection.
18. The electrical delivery adapter of claim 16, wherein the electrical delivery adapter attaches the accessory to the at least one mounting rail.
19. An interface for delivering electricity to an accessory for a firearm, the interface comprising:
a plunger configured to depress a switch on an electrical rail of the firearm; and
an electrical contact configured to provide an electrical connection to the electrical rail, the electrical contact being separated away from the plunger.
20. The interface of claim 19, wherein the interface is configured to electrically connect the accessory as to provide the electrical connection between the accessory and the electrical rail.
21. The interface of claim 19, wherein the interface is attached to the accessory.
22. The interface of claim 19, wherein the interface is arranged between the accessory and the electrical rail when the accessory is mounted to the electrical rail of the firearm.
23. The interface of claim 19, wherein the interface includes a seal arranged around the electrical contact.
24. A firearm system for providing electricity to an accessory attached to a firearm, the firearm system comprising:
an electrical rail attached to the firearm and connected to a power source, the electrical rail including at least one depressible switch; and
the accessory, the accessory including an electrical contact configured to provide an electrical connection between the accessory and the electrical rail when the at least one depressible switch is depressed.
25. The firearm system of claim 24, wherein the electrical contact does not provide the electrical connection between the accessory and the electrical rail when the at least one depressible switch is not depressed.
26. The firearm system of claim 24, wherein the accessory further includes a plunger configured to depress the at least one depressible switch.
27. The firearm system of claim 24, wherein the electrical contact is a spring contact.
28. The firearm system of claim 24, further comprising a seal arranged around the electrical contact.
29. The firearm system of claim 24, wherein the at least one depressible switch is a snap dome switch.
30. An electrical rail for a firearm, the electrical rail being attached to the firearm and connected to a power source, the electrical rail comprising:
at least one depressible switch configured to provide an electrical connection between an accessory for the firearm and the electrical rail when the at least one depressible switch is depressed.
31. The electrical rail of claim 30, further comprising at least one electrical bus contact arranged on the electrical rail.
32. The electrical rail of claim 31, wherein the at least one depressible switch is configured to provide the provide the electrical connection through the at least one electrical bus contact when the at least one depressible switch is depressed.
33. The electrical rail of claim 31, wherein the electrical rail is configured to provide the electrical connection to the accessory through at least one electrical contact arranged on the accessory.
34. The electrical rail of claim 31, wherein the at least one electrical bus contact is separate from the at least one depressible switch.
35. The electrical rail of claim 31, wherein the at least one depressible switch is a snap dome switch.
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