Patent ID: 8397418
Filing Date: 2013-03-19
Classification: F41C,F41G

Abstract:
1. A Weapon Accessory Power Distribution System for providing a supply of electrical power for use by at least one power-consuming accessory operatively associated with a weapon, said weapon power distribution system comprising: a handguard, which extends along a length of a barrel of a weapon and which mechanically supports one or more power-consuming accessories; a receiver extension attached at a distal end of a receiver of a weapon and containing a mechanical feature formed along a length thereof; a power source mounted on said receiver extension by the interconnection of a mechanical feature on the power source with the mechanical feature of the receiver extension, comprising: an adjustable buttstock containing an aperture formed along a length thereof which aperture encloses the receiver extension and the attached power source and which provides a slideable attachment of said adjustable buttstock to said receiver extension for positioning said adjustable buttstock at one of a plurality of predetermined positions on said receiver extension; a powered rail, incorporated in said handguard and extending along at least a portion of a length of a barrel of said weapon and connected to said power source, for providing a source of electrical power to a one or more power-consuming accessories which are mechanically and electrically attached to the powered rail; and a power distribution system for electrically interconnecting said power source and said powered rail.