Power supply for firearm accessories
First Claim
1. A power supply for providing power to accessories carried by a firearm having a barrel and a hollow handgrip frame with a cartridge magazine having upper and lower ends, the upper end of said magazine being designed for insertion into said hollow handgrip frame, said power supply including in combination:
- a housing located within the lower end of said cartridge magazine and having a hollow battery compartment therein for receiving a battery;
first and second contact members in said housing compartment for mating corresponding contacts on said battery placed in said battery compartment;
an electrical connection between said first contact member and said cartridge magazine;
an electrical connector through said housing, and insulated from said cartridge magazine, to said second contact member; and
an electrical conductor carried by said handgrip frame and terminating in a handgrip contact and wherein said electrical connector is spring-loaded for extending a predetermined distance out of said housing for contacting said handgrip contact with said cartridge magazine inserted into said hollow handgrip frame.
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Abstract
A firearm employing a cartridge magazine includes a laser sighting device or other electrical accessories attached to the firearm. A power supply is located in a housing in the lower end of the cartridge magazine. The housing has a hollow battery compartment in it with a pair of battery contacts in it. One contact is electrically connected with the cartridge magazine. The other contact is a spring-loaded contact coupled with a conductive lead to the laser sighting device or accessory. An on/off switch, preferably in the form of a push-button switch, is engaged by the user when the firearm is in use.
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18 Claims
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1. A power supply for providing power to accessories carried by a firearm having a barrel and a hollow handgrip frame with a cartridge magazine having upper and lower ends, the upper end of said magazine being designed for insertion into said hollow handgrip frame, said power supply including in combination:
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a housing located within the lower end of said cartridge magazine and having a hollow battery compartment therein for receiving a battery; first and second contact members in said housing compartment for mating corresponding contacts on said battery placed in said battery compartment; an electrical connection between said first contact member and said cartridge magazine; an electrical connector through said housing, and insulated from said cartridge magazine, to said second contact member; and an electrical conductor carried by said handgrip frame and terminating in a handgrip contact and wherein said electrical connector is spring-loaded for extending a predetermined distance out of said housing for contacting said handgrip contact with said cartridge magazine inserted into said hollow handgrip frame. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A power supply system for a laser sighting device in a handgun having a barrel and an electrically conductive hollow handgrip frame, with upper and lower ends, for receiving an electrically conductive cartridge magazine having upper and lower ends, the upper end thereof designed for insertion into said handgrip frame with said laser sighting device mounted adjacent the barrel of said handgun, said power supply system including in combination:
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said laser sighting device including first and second electrical terminals thereon, with the first terminal thereof electrically connected with said handgrip frame and the second terminal thereof electrically connected with an insulated conductor terminating in a contact at the lower end of said handgrip frame and insulated therefrom; a housing made of electrically insulating material located within the lower end of said cartridge magazine and having a hollow battery compartment therein for receiving a battery; first and second contact members in said housing for mating with corresponding contacts on said battery placed in said compartment; a first electrical connector between said first contact member in said housing and said cartridge magazine; a second electrical connector extended through said housing and connected to said second contact member, said second electrical connector located for contacting said contact at the lower end of said handgrip frame. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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