Abstract: Firearm weights and firearm rails having one or more weights that hug the interior surface of the firearm rail and/or orient a firearm sling loop in an appropriate position on the firearm.

Abstract: This invention provides for the ability to holster articles and includes a front panel, a rear panel and a pivot and cavity defined by the front panel and rear panel. A resilient member can extending through opening in the front panel and rear panel operatively associated with the front panel and rear panel rear panel so that when an article is inserted into the cavity, tension is placed on the article securing it into the cavity. Multiple cavities can be included so that multiple articles can be carried. The invention can be attached by a mounting assembly.

Abstract: A concealed carry holster belt for attachment to a concealed carry holster having attachment clips associated therewith, the belt including a belt member having a length, a height, an outer surface and an inner surface, and a plurality of loops, sleeves or pockets located on the inner surface of the belt member for receiving the attachment clips associated with the concealed carry holster, each of the loops, sleeves or pockets being configured such that when the attachment clips are received by at least some of the loops, sleeves or pockets, the attachment clips are substantially hidden behind the outer surface of the belt member.

Abstract: A concealed carry anchor and holster system secures a holster to a user in order to conceal a firearm from perception. The concealed carry anchor and holster system includes: a holster, to support the firearm; a garment portion, which is a portion of a garment the user wears in order to support and/or conceal the holster and subsequently a firearm; at least one anchor magnet and a holster magnet to secure the holster onto the garment portion. The holster magnet is integrated into the holster, while the at least one anchor is positioned adjacent to the garment portion. The garment portion is positioned between the at least one anchor magnet and the holster magnet. The at least one anchor magnet is magnetically engaged with the holster magnet in order to secure the holster to the garment portion. Therefore, a supported firearm is anchored to the user's body for efficient access.

Abstract: A firearm includes an integrated rail and sight system that slidably mounts to the top of the firearm and is also retractable and detachable from the firearm. The rail may slide on and off the top of the firearm and may include integrated front and rear flip down sights. Both sights are pinned to the rail and can fold down to the rail such that they are flush with or seat below the top portion of the rail. This permits accessories to be mounted to the rail without the sights interfering with the mounting of the accessories or without the sights interfering with the operation of the accessories. The firearm further includes an ambidextrous charging handle mounted through the integrated rail and sight system.

Abstract: A rail mountable device may be provided that is configured to be secured firmly to a rail, such as a rail on a firearm, and released easily from the rail. In one example, the rail mountable device may include a rail clamp that includes first and second rail-engaging surfaces of corresponding first and second ramp members and a cross member that, in response to rotation of a screw, move toward or away from the longitudinal faces of the rail of the firearm to secure or release the rail mountable device to or from the rail. Additional embodiments and related methods are provided.

Abstract: A light mountable on a handgun may comprise: a light module including one or more light sources, a cavity for a source of electrical power, a switch, a circuit for energizing the light sources; and an outer housing having complementary parts configured to enclose the light module and a part of the handgun. The outer light housing may include an access cover that is openable when the light is mounted on a handgun, for placing and removing the source of electrical power. Light sources may include an illumination source and an aiming source. A lighting circuit includes a controllable electronic device in series with a power terminal of a controller, wherein operation of the switch causes the controller to maintain the electronic device conductive, whereby the controller then remains powered; and wherein the controller responds to a subsequent operation of the switch to render the electronic device nonconductive, whereby the controller is then unpowered even when electrical power is received.

Abstract: A laser aiming and illumination device comprising an illumination module, an illumination mode selector, a power module, an activation switch and a connection module. The illumination module including at least one of an illumination source and a laser source configured to be activated in a selected operating by actuation of the activation switch. The illumination mode selector configured to select said operating mode. The connection module releasably electrically connecting the power module and the illumination module.

Abstract: Laser systems are provided. In one aspect a laser system has a battery unit and a transistor having a source and a drain in series with the laser and the battery unit with the laser with the transistor having a source, and a gate that allows sufficient current to flow to the laser to allow the laser to emit light when a voltage at the gate is at a higher level and that does not allow sufficient current to flow to allow the laser to emit light when a voltage at the gate is at a lower level. A microcontroller is operable in an active mode and a reduced power mode having an activation input connected to a switch, a reduced power input connected in parallel with the capacitor and an output connected to the gate.

Abstract: A handgun mounted accessory such as a laser sight is combined with a trigger-guard mounted flush profile switch to provide high reliability of operation. The switch is designed and located to provide passive user switching in use without separate movement or applied force of the user's hand or fingers.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a firearm support, comprising a main body assembly, at least two legs operably attached to the main body assembly, a mounting assembly comprising an attachment mechanism configured to enable attachment of a firearm to the mounting assembly and a swivel mechanism configured to control an angular rotation about a swivel axis; and a cant mechanism configured to control an angular rotation about a cant axis by rotating the mounting assembly along an opening in the main body assembly, whereby cant angle may be locked and remain constant as an attached firearm swivels.

Abstract: A method and system for monitoring shots fired by at least one shooter, the system comprising: at least one monitoring device associated with a respective at least one shooter, the at least one monitoring device configured to detect exit blasts of all shots fired by the respective shooter from a respective ballistic weapon, at least one impact recorder on at least one respective target, configured to detect impacts of shots on the target, a receiver configured to wirelessly receive detected exit blasts data and impacts data from the at least one monitoring device and the at least one impact recorder, respectively, the receiver including a timer configured to time the exit blasts and impacts of the shots and to produce data records thereof, and a processor configured to receive information from the receiver and to produce data about the shots and the at least one shooter.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are reusable adapters for sighting devices for rocket launchers and other large weapons, particularly mounting adapters for reusable sighting devices that allow retrofitting of existing weapons inventory. Some embodiments include an adapter that includes a laser sighting device mount coupled to a mounting bracket, wherein the mounting bracket is configured to register to and align with one or more housing features of the rocket launcher. In various embodiments, the adapter also includes a strap member configured to secure and immobilize the adapter in position on the rocket launcher. In various embodiments, the laser sighting device mount may be factory calibrated with respect to the adapter, and therefore once the adapter has been mounted on the rocket launcher, no field calibrations of the laser sighting device are necessary.

Abstract: An improved mounting device for enabling a user to quickly and securely attach and detach an accessory (e.g., a scope, light, bayonet, etc.) to a Magpul MLOK rail of a firearm. In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the device comprises an upper portion, a lower portion, and at least one locking mechanism to enable a user to quickly removably attach the improved mounting device to an MLOK rail on a firearm. In a further preferred embodiment of the present invention, the device also comprises a side wedge and side wedge spring.

Abstract: Implementations of a modular scope mount assembly are provided. In some implementations, the modular scope mount assembly may be used to secure a telescopic sight to a firearm (e.g., a rifle and/or a carbine). In some implementations, the modular scope mount assembly may be used to co-mount a telescopic sight and a reflex sight to a firearm. In some implementations, the modular scope mount assembly may be configured to place a reflex sight on the right side and/or left side of a co-mounted telescopic sight. In some implementations, the modular scope mount assembly may be configured to allow a user to change (increase or decrease) the eye relief between the user and the co-mounted reflex sight(s).

Abstract: A pattern for camouflage and a method for making the pattern. The method includes taking photographic images from the perspective of the selected animal or bird. In one embodiment, the photographic image can be taken from above so as to create a finite background within the selected environment. In another embodiment, the pattern is adapted to be seamlessly repeatable across a surface. The method includes placing desired harvested abstracts into the photographic scene to obtain the overall desired effect of the camouflage pattern including color, composition, depth and repeat. The method also includes taking multiple photographs of the same scene from the same exact spot focusing on different parts of the photographic scene to add clarity to certain portions of the images, enhance depth, and reach desired color palate. The method includes adjusting the color of objects, including water within the photographic scene, to reflect true color of objects absent outside conditions.

Abstract: According to various embodiments of this disclosure, an armor system includes a front wall and a back wall spaced apart from one another. The armor system also includes a first plurality of internal walls spaced apart from one another and fixed on one end of each internal wall to the front wall and on the other end of each internal wall to the back wall. The internal walls are slanted (i.e., fixed at angles other than ninety degrees) with respect to the front wall and the back wall. In this manner, a projectile passing directly through the front wall will strike at least one of the slanted internal walls before striking the back wall. Thus, the armor system prevents penetration of an underlying structure (e.g., armored vehicle, housing structure, or other enclosure) that is protected by the armor system.

Abstract: An article includes a first level of fabric, a second level of fabric, and a third level of fabric. The second level of fabric is disposed in between the first level of fabric and the third level of fabric, and at least one of the levels of fabric includes a plurality of layers. The plurality of layers are arranged such that fibers of one layer extend along a first direction and fibers of another layer extend along a second direction that is substantially diagonal to the first direction.

Abstract: A tethermast and frag wall includes a fabric device having a fill volume fillable with a fill material on a flexible or compliant mast system. The fill volume may be a chambered curtain. The tethermast and frag wall is self supporting, easily deployed, and may be used in connection with a structure or may be deployed stand-alone. A tether system for an air beam structure utilizing a flexible tethermast, an external frag wall or frag curtain, soft couplings, air beam slings, or combinations thereof to reduce the effects of pressure waves, such as blast waves, onto and into an air beam structure and any inhabitants.

Abstract: A blind system comprising a plurality of slats or a sheet having a ballistic resistant material; a control system operably configured to cause a change in state of the blind from an open state to a protective closed state; and a sensing system operably configured to detect a threatening event, wherein the sensing system upon sensing the threatening event triggers the control system to transition from the open state to the protective state such that in the protective state, the blinds are adapted to be resistant to penetration by high-speed ballistic objects such as bullets.

Abstract: A high caliber target includes a target plate and a stand. The target plate may be mounted on and removed from the stand. In accordance with one embodiment, the target plate can be mounted and removed without tools. In accordance with one embodiment, the target plate is presented to the shooter without joints or edges which could promote ricochets back toward the shooter. In accordance with another embodiment, the target plate can pivot on impact relative to the stand.

Abstract: A method and system are provided for accurately determining the point of impact of a bullet on a shooting disc or target plane and optionally the position of the shooter, wherein a number of light curtains are used for registering time instants of the passage of the bullet projectile through predetermined light planes by detecting the shadow cast by the bullet. Differences between the measured times and/or the measured times themselves are then used for calculating the velocity of the bullet and the points at which the trajectory of the bullet intersects the light planes and the target plane, which may be arranged or located behind or in front of the target disc/target disc arrangement of the system having the particular pattern of light curtains, allowing for the calculation of the centre impact point of the bullet on the shooting disc or target plane in 3D.

Abstract: A target system includes a blocking plate with one or more openings through which bullets are fired and one or more targets for being struck by the bullets disposed behind the blocking plate and generally in line with the one or more openings. The target system includes a slotted bracket which limits the range of movement of the target after it has been struck by a projectile. The slotted bracket also provides for tool-less attachment and removal of the targets from the blocking plate.

Abstract: A remote control target and method of using same is provided. A remote control target is used outdoors or at an indoor shooting range and guided over terrain by a remote control. An interchangeable target is mounted on a wheeled carriage assembly comprising a motor wherein the remote control controls movement of the target-bearing carriage over terrain. The remote control target may include a gimbal mounted between the target and the carriage, wherein the gimbal rotates the target with respect to the carriage. In some embodiments, the target comprises an explosive charge, wherein the target explodes when struck in a defined area by a fired projectile, creating a striking visual and auditory display to confirm a “kill.

Abstract: A non-centerfire mechanical firing device designed to operate with a non-centerfire cartridge, wherein a conventional centerfire or rimfire cartridge is not able to be fired from the non-centerfire firing device.

Abstract: A liner assembly for an explosively formed projectile device may include a reactive material liner and a primary liner configured to form into a projectile responsive to initiation of an explosive material. The reactive material liner may be configured and formulated to increase the velocity of the projectile after formation thereof. An ordnance device for generating an explosively formed projectile may include a case, an explosive material, and a reactive material liner and a primary liner configured, in combination, to form into a projectile. An explosively formed projectile may include a deformed primary liner and a deformed reactive material liner having an ignited portion increasing the velocity of the projectile. Methods of explosively forming a projectile may include explosively expelling a primary liner and a secondary liner and increasing the velocity of the projectile by combusting at least a portion of the secondary liner.

Abstract: A projectile includes a component that is highly reflective and configured to reveal the projectile's trajectory when the projectile is fired from a gun and electromagnetic radiation is directed toward the projectile. With the reflective component, one can more easily limit the visibility of the projectile to areas from where the projectile was fired because the reflective component is passive, not active. As the projectile moves down range, the areas behind the projectile are typically where a shooter and/or spotter for the shooter are located, not where an enemy combatant is located. Thus, the trajectory of the projectile is revealed to the people who can use the information to adjust their fire, and remains hidden from the people who could use the information to locate the shooter.

Abstract: The invention relates to an illumination munition, particularly an illumination payload ejection device housed within a common carrier payload delivery shell, with a frangible safety link. There is provided an illumination munition comprising a shearable tail unit, a main body which comprises a payload cavity for receiving an illumination payload apparatus, a fuze, an ogive element located between said main body and the fuze, and an explosive train operably connected to said fuze, wherein the illumination payload apparatus comprises an illumination composition, a drogue parachute and a main parachute, wherein the main parachute is tethered by a payload tether to the payload apparatus, such that after deployment of said main parachute said payload apparatus descends under the control of said main parachute.

Abstract: The invention relates to a common carrier munition ammunition device, more particularly to common carrier payload delivery shell with a frangible ogive element. There is provided a common carrier munition comprising a tail unit, a main body which comprises a payload cavity for receiving a payload, a fuze, and located between said main body and the fuze an frangible ogive element, wherein the tail unit and main body comprise cooperatively engaging male and female threaded portions, wherein at least one of the threads is a shearable thread.

Abstract: The invention relates to a common carrier munition ammunition device, more particularly to common carrier payload delivery shell. There is provided a common carrier munition comprising a tail unit, a main body which comprises a payload cavity for receiving a payload, a fuze, and located between said main body and the fuze an ogive element, wherein the tail unit and main body comprise cooperatively engaging male and female threaded portions, wherein at least one of the threads is a shearable thread.

Abstract: A jacketed bullet has a core of a dense metal or metal alloy, an inner jacket at least partially surrounding and bonded to the core; and an outer jacket at least partially surrounding the inner jacket and core.

Abstract: A hand deprimer for removing a spent primer from an ammunition case. The deprimer is universal in that it is readily adjustable to remove spent primers from a wide variety of sizes and types of cases. The deprimer is configured for securing cases of various sizes and types in operative alignment with features that eject the primer from the base of the case.

Abstract: An inductively coupled transmission line with distributed electromotive force source and an alternative coupling model based on empirical data and theory were developed to initiate bridge wire melt for a detonator with an open and a short circuit detonator load. In the latter technique, the model was developed to exploit incomplete knowledge of the open circuited detonator using tendencies common to all of the open circuit loads examined. Military, commercial, and improvised detonators were examined and modeled. Nichrome, copper, platinum, and tungsten are the detonator specific bridge wire materials studied. The improvised detonators were made typically made with tungsten wire and copper (˜40 AWG wire strands) wire.

Abstract: An apparatus for use with a detonator system which includes a user-wearable augmented display, a sensor system for sensing parameters related to the detonator system, a processor and a user-responsive interface, wherein the sensor system or the user-responsive interface outputs a sensor signal or a user signal, respectively, in response to which the processor generates an augmented image which is discernible to the user.

Abstract: A stemming plug (10) for stemming a blast hole in a mine, the plug (10) comprising an active wedge-shaped member (12) having a sloping face received in sliding relationship with a matching face of a passive wedge-shaped member (14). In use, the active wedge-shaped member (12) is positioned nearest to an explosive material in the blast hole and the passive wedge-shaped member (14) is positioned further from the explosive material in the blast hole. The active wedge-shaped member (12) has a friction reducing material provided on at least part of its surface to reduce the sliding resistance of the active wedge-shaped member (12) relative to the passive wedge-shaped member (14); whereby, in use, when a shockwave from initiation of the explosive material in the blast hole encounters the active wedge-shaped member (12) it acts as a piston, sliding on the passive wedge-shaped member (14) so that both wedge-shaped members exert diametrically opposed forces against a wall of the blast hole and are locked in place.

Abstract: A tape measure includes a housing having a wall defining an internal cavity and a tape port, a coilable measuring tape disposed within the internal housing and having a first end extendable out of the housing, and an end hook member including an attachment portion and a hook portion. The attachment portion is arranged to engage the first end of the tape to attach the end hook member to the tape. The hook portion extends in a direction normal to the attachment portion and includes a first face and a second face arranged to engage the workpiece. A finger guard extends from the housing, and is configured to engage the hook member, and a finger space is defined between the tape port and the finger guard and is arranged to receive a user's finger during operation of the tape measure such that the user's finger engages the measuring tape.

Abstract: An apparatus for setting a lock assembly to accommodate a thickness of a door. The apparatus may include a housing that is sized for placement in an opening in the door and an adjustment member that is structured for at least selective axial displacement about the housing. At least a portion of the adjustment member may be structured for placement adjacent to an outside portion of the door. The apparatus may include an indicator assembly having an indicator gauge that is biased against the adjustment member by a biasing element. The indicator portion is structured for axial displacement about the housing via the axial displacement of the adjustment member. The indicator assembly may also include a cover having an opening that provides a visual access point for an indicium of the indicator gauge.

Abstract: A UNCD nanowire comprises a first end electrically coupled to a first contact pad which is disposed on a substrate. A second end is electrically coupled to a second contact pad also disposed on the substrate. The UNCD nanowire is doped with a dopant and disposed over the substrate. The UNCD nanowire is movable between a first configuration in which no force is exerted on the UNCD nanowire and a second configuration in which the UNCD nanowire bends about the first end and the second end in response to a force. The UNCD nanowire has a first resistance in the first configuration and a second resistance in the second configuration which is different from the first resistance. The UNCD nanowire is structured to have a gauge factor of at least about 70, for example, in the range of about 70 to about 1,800.

Abstract: A distance measurement device includes a transceiving unit that, in a distance measurement process between the distance measurement device and nodes, transmits a command to the nodes, and receives a response as a response to the command; and a distance measurement control unit that instructs the transceiving unit to transmit the command when the distance measurement process starts, measures a period of time until the response is received after the command is transmitted, and calculates a distances between the distance measurement device and the nodes on the basis of the measured period of time. The distance measurement control unit determines the number of repetitions for the distance measurement process until the distance is calculated after the command is transmitted on the basis of the calculated distance.

Abstract: Improved line-field imaging systems incorporating planar waveguides are presented. In one embodiment the optics of the system are configured such that a line of light on the light scattering object is imaged to the planar waveguide in at least one dimension. Embodiments where the waveguide incorporates a beamsplitter of an interferometer, where the beam divider and waveguide are referenced to one or more common surfaces, and wherein the source and waveguide are optically coupled, are also considered. In another embodiment, the planar waveguide is in contact or close proximity to the light scattering object.

Abstract: A method for determining if a wire guide roller having a plurality of V-shaped grooves, each having a copper line thereon, arranged column-by-column on a periphery direction thereof is failed after slicing a plurality of wafers is disclosed. Based on the disclosed technical means, the efficacy may be achieved that a damage situation may be automatically examined and notified to maintain a yield in the slicing process in an online high speed environment.

Abstract: A positioning system, in particular, six-dimensions positioning system of a shadow sensor with respect to a constellation of light sources is provided. The sensor can be a shadow sensor and has a mask and a 2D imager. By recording the shadow of the mask cast by each light source on the imager, and by properly multiplexing the light sources, the system can compute the 6D position of the shadow sensor with respect to the constellation of light sources. This computation is based, in part, on treating the shadow of the mask cast on the imager as the equivalent of the projection of light in a pinhole or projective camera. In one embodiment, the system is applied in a surgical domain. In another embodiment, the system is rapidly deployed.

Abstract: A method for quality testing a tube bundle is provided. The tube bundle includes a plurality of tubes. The method includes providing a collimated light source and a receiving screen at a first end and a second end of the tube bundle respectively. The second end of the tube bundle is distal from the first end of the tube bundle. The method further includes directing a light beam through the tube bundle, wherein the light beam enters the tube bundle at an incident light intensity. The method includes passing the light beam through each of the plurality of tubes. The method also includes measuring, on the receiving screen, a received light intensity of the light beam exiting each of the plurality of tubes. The method further includes comparing the received light intensity with the incident light intensity, and determining a quality of the tube bundle based on the comparison.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of analyzing a laminated object and to a system for analyzing a laminated object. Illustrative embodiments herein relate to optical interferometry techniques for non-destructively analyzing laminated objects with large surface utilized to obtain data relating to the topography of an object under examination and to further process the obtained topographical data so as to identify type and/or severity and/or position of surface defects.

Abstract: A board-warping measuring method is configured to measure a device under test. The device under test is disposed on a measuring carrier. The board-warping measuring method includes: projecting a pattern onto the device under test, wherein the pattern includes plural reference points; capturing a measurement image by an image-capturing module when the pattern is projected onto the device under test, wherein the measurement image includes plural measurement points respectively corresponding to the reference points; calculating a position of each of the measurement points in the measurement image by utilizing a transfer function corresponding to each of the reference points to obtain position heights of the device under test corresponding to the measurement points; and compensating for board warping of the device under test based on the position heights of the device under test corresponding to the measurement points.

Abstract: In order to inspect a board, first, a board prior to mounting an element on the board by a mounter is transferred to a work stage. Then, warpage of the board is inspected. Thereafter, in case that the board is judged good as a result of the inspection, the board is transferred to the mounter, and in case that the board is judged no good as the result of the inspection, the board is finally determined no good without transferring the board to the mounter. Thus, unnecessary works and defective products may be prevented beforehand, and productivity and efficiency of inspection may be increased.

Abstract: An optical fiber sensing spring of the present invention includes a longer cylindrical tension coil spring, a shorter cylindrical compression coil spring and a longer cylindrical tension coil spring that are connected in series to form a spring having the same inner and outer diameters. A single-mode optical fiber manufactured with a long section of fiber grating is placed in the manufactured spring. This section of the fiber grating is tensed to two ends of the cylindrical compression coil spring having a predetermined gauge length, and the force applied is released. A pre-tensing method for providing a maximum tolerable compression strain and manufacturing technology for this sensing element are then achieved. Thus, the self-tensed optical fiber sensing spring structure satisfies a standard 0.9 mm outer diameter, is fully spring jacketed by the full spring jacketing and protection layer, and forms a linear stress-strain relationship in an elasticity stretched elastic region.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a laser device for supporting work on a construction site and a laser beam detector for detecting light of a laser beam rotating around a rotation axis of a laser device. There is a need that the detector is able to identify the laser device which emitted the light that the detector detects. This can be achieved by a laser device comprising a laser unit configured to emit a laser beam; an optical element arranged to rotate the laser beam around a rotation axis; and a transmitter configured to transmit a communication signal over an interface to a receiver of a laser beam detector, wherein the communication signal provides information about a rotation pattern of the rotating laser beam.

Abstract: A go kart set up tool for checking a longitudinal chassis alignment of a go kart and for gauging a steering mechanism of the go kart having a first front stub axle and a second front stub axle on opposing sides of the go kart and having a rear axle, includes a tool body, a level disposed in the tool body for vertically aligning the tool body in at least one dimension, a laser emitter disposed within the tool body and adapted to emit a laser beam in a laser emission direction, with the laser emitter being aimable at a first target for checking the longitudinal chassis alignment of the go kart and being aimable at a second target for gauging the steering mechanism, and an axle engagement structure.

Abstract: A vehicle system and method that can determine object sensor misalignment while a host vehicle is being driven, and can do so within a single sensor cycle through the use of stationary and moving target objects and does not require multiple sensors with overlapping fields of view. In an exemplary embodiment where the host vehicle is traveling in a generally straight line, one or more object misalignment angle(s) ?o between an object axis and a sensor axis are calculated and used to determine the actual sensor misalignment angle ?.