Insight Technology, Inc.

Bae Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration Inc.

Wallace E Woodman, Iii

Kenneth S Solinsky

Timothy R Loring

Vadim Plotsker

Earle R Box, Jr

Matt S Magoun

Richard H Cartier

William D Leary, Jr

Apparatus and method are disclosed for engaging a guide pin for installation or removal. The tool has a housing with a plunger positioned within the housing. A support tube has at least two extensions that protrude from the housing when an engagement mechanism is depressed and grips the guide pin when the engagement mechanism is released.

Apparatus for engaging a guide pin

A clamping mechanism is provided for attaching an auxiliary apparatus to a weapon having a frame. The clamping mechanism has projections which are biased by a flexible member toward corresponding recessed portions formed in the frame of the weapon. A retaining member is also provided which may be moved between an open and a closed position. In the closed position, the flexibility of the flexible member is minimized, such that the projections of the clamping mechanism are locked against the corresponding recessed portions of the weapon. In the open position, the flexible member may bend away from the weapon thereby disengaging the projections of the clamping mechanism from the recessed portions of the weapon. A battery housing is also provided for receiving a battery casing which holds one or more batteries. The batteries are provided for energizing the auxiliary apparatus. The battery housing has a cavity formed therein. A recessed portion is provided in the surface of the cavity for receiving a projection formed in the battery casing. A spring member is provided for biasing the projection of the battery casing toward the recessed portion of the cavity to maintain the battery housing in a closed position.

Aiming assistance device for a weapon

A novel aiming light assembly and mounting bracket therefor is disclosed. The bracket has a first portion which clamps to the barrel of a weapon, a second portion including a cut-out which fits over and abuts against the front sight post of the weapon, and a third portion on which the aiming light assembly is mounted. A novel switching assembly and the combination of integral and remote switching is provided. An improved steering mechanism is provided to facilitate boresighting of the aiming light assembly once mounted on weapon.

Aiming light and mounting assembly therefor

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Merrimack, NH, United States of America

Wallace E Woodman, Iii