Patent ID: 9714806
Date: 2017-07-25
CPC Classifications: F41A

Claim:
1. A mounting apparatus comprising: a housing configured to couple the mounting apparatus to a weapon mount and to secure one or more gas springs, the one or more gas springs configured to provide one or more forces, wherein the weapon mount is configured to enable vertical rotation of a weapon in the weapon mount, and wherein the housing is configured to maintain the one or more gas springs in a fixed position relative to the weapon mount and independent of the vertical rotation of the weapon; one or more wire ropes associated with the one or more gas springs, each wire rope fixed at a first end to the weapon mount and having a hook at a second end; one or more guides within the housing, the one or more guides configured to guide the one or more wire ropes; and one or more bearings configured to facilitate movement of the one or more wire ropes; wherein the one or more wire ropes are routed through the one or more guides using the one or more bearings, the hook at the second end of each wire rope attached to a front portion of the weapon mount or the weapon in the weapon mount; and wherein the one or more wire ropes are configured to couple movement of the one or more gas springs to a tensile force on the front portion of the weapon mount or the weapon so as to counter-balance a weight of the weapon in the weapon mount.