Battlefield illumination module, handgun with a battlefield illumination module and holster for a handgun with battlefield illumination module

• US 10,337,829 B2
• Filed: 08/04/2015
• Issued: 07/02/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 08/28/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Peter Spielberger
• Original Assignee: Peter Spielberger
• Inventors: Spielberger, Peter
• Primary Examiner(s): Semick, Joshua T
• Application Number:
  US15/507,124
• Publication Number:
  US 20170284769A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,428 Days
• CPC Class Codes: F41C 33/0254 with accommodation for auxiliary devices mounted on the small arm, e.g. telescopic sights, flashlights or laser-devices
• CPC Class Codes: F41C 33/029 combined with electronic devices, e.g. GPS
• CPC Class Codes: F41G 1/35 for illuminating the target , e.g. flash lights

Abstract

A battlefield illumination module having a light source for a handgun, a handgun with an appropriate battlefield illumination module and a holster for accommodating an appropriate handgun, wherein the light source includes a primary light source which is designed to be extendable from a rest position to a working position.

Claims

1. A battlefield illumination module for mechanically linking to a handgun, the battlefield illumination module comprising:

a fixing system for fixing the battlefield illumination module to the handgun,

a light source, the light source having a front surface being designed for illuminating a battlefield,

wherein the light source includes a primary light source which is designed to be moveable from a rest position such that, when the battlefield illumination module is fixed to the handgun, the front surface is substantially parallel to a longitudinal axis of a barrel of the handgun to a working position such that the front surface is offset from the longitudinal axis of the barrel where the primary light source illuminates an area ahead of the barrel.

2. The battlefield illumination module according to claim 1, wherein the light source has an energy supply and the light source is only connected to the energy supply in the working position.

3. The battlefield illumination module according to claim 1, wherein the light source further comprises a secondary light source and the secondary light source is formed by at least one laser.

4. The battlefield illumination module according to claim 3, wherein the secondary light source is formed by a plurality of lasers of different wavelengths and a first switching element for selecting at least one laser of said plurality of lasers is provided on the battlefield illumination module.

5. The battlefield illumination module according to claim 3, wherein a symbol-imaging ancillary lens is positioned in front of the at least one laser.

6. The battlefield illumination module according to claim 5, wherein various symbol-imaging ancillary lenses are positioned in front of the at least one laser.

7. The battlefield illumination module according to claim 4, wherein a second switching element for the primary light source and/or the secondary light source is provided on the battlefield illumination module.

8. The battlefield illumination module according to claim 7, wherein a third switching element, by means of which the primary light source can be put into a non-light-emitting state as required, is provided on the battlefield illumination module.

9. The battlefield illumination module according to claim 8, wherein the third switching element is formed by a brightness sensor.

10. The battlefield illumination module according to claim 7, wherein the second switching element is formed by a sensor arrangement.

11. A handgun having a trigger and the battlefield illumination module according to claim 1, wherein a sensor arrangement detects an immediate area of the trigger.

12. The battlefield illumination module according to claim 2, wherein the light source further comprises a secondary light source and the secondary light source is formed by at least one laser.

13. The battlefield illumination module according to claim 4, wherein a symbol-imaging ancillary lens is positioned in front of the at least one laser of said plurality of lasers.

14. The battlefield illumination module according to claim 6, wherein the various symbol-imaging ancillary lenses are replaceable.

15. The battlefield illumination module according to claim 1, wherein the primary light source is adapted to pivot from the rest position to the working position in relation to the battlefield illumination module.

16. A battlefield illumination module for mechanically linking to a handgun, the handgun having a barrel and a trigger, the battlefield illumination module comprising:

a fixing system for fixing the battlefield illumination module to the handgun,

a light source having a front surface for illuminating a battlefield;

wherein the light source includes a primary light source that is extendable from a rest position such that, when the battlefield illumination module is fixed to the handgun, the front surface is substantially parallel to the barrel, in which no light is emitted, and moveable to a working position such that the front surface is offset from the barrel where the primary light source illuminates an area ahead of an end of the barrel.

17. The battlefield illumination module according to claim 16, wherein the primary light source is affixed in an area below the barrel of the handgun.

18. The battlefield illumination module according to claim 16, wherein the primary light source is mounted to a fixing facility below the barrel of the handgun.

19. The battlefield illumination module according to claim 16, wherein the light source has an energy supply and the light source is only connected to the energy supply in the working position.

20. The battlefield illumination module according to claim 16, further comprising:

a holster for accommodating the handgun;

wherein said holster has an electrical holster contact for charging an energy source of the battlefield illumination module.

21. The battlefield illumination module according to claim 16, wherein the primary light source is extendable from the rest position, substantially parallel to the barrel, to the working position, substantially perpendicular to the barrel.

22. A battlefield illumination module for mechanically linking to a handgun, the handgun having a barrel and a trigger, the battlefield illumination module comprising:

a fixing system for fixing the battlefield illumination module to the handgun,

a light source having a front surface for illuminating a battlefield;

wherein the light source includes a primary light source that is rotatable about a joint from a rest position such that, when the battlefield illumination module is fixed to the handgun, the front surface is substantially parallel to the barrel, to a working position such that the front surface is substantially perpendicular to the barrel, the primary light source facing a same direction as an end of the barrel when in the working position.