System for providing electrical power to accessories mounted on the powered rail of a weapon

A Weapon Accessory Power Distribution System for providing a supply of electrical power for use by one or more power-consuming accessories operatively associated with a weapon, 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 said weapon, the receiver extension including a mechanical feature formed along a length thereof;
• an adjustable buttstock containing an aperture formed along a length thereof which aperture 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;
• at least one battery compartment, that holds at least one removable battery, mounted on said receiver extension, the at least one battery compartment mounted on said receiver extension by the interconnection of a mechanical feature on the at least one battery compartment with the mechanical feature of the receiver extension and the aperture of the adjustable buttstock enclosing the receiver extension and the at least one battery compartment mounted on said receiver extension;
• a powered rail, extending along at least a portion of a length of said barrel, for providing a source of electrical power to said one or more power-consuming accessories;
• and
• a power distribution system for electrically interconnecting said power source and said powered rail.

A Weapon Accessory Power Distribution System for providing a supply of electrical power for use by one or more power-consuming accessories operatively associated with a weapon, 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 said weapon;
• an adjustable buttstock containing an aperture formed along a length thereof which aperture 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;
• at least one battery compartment, that holds at least one removable battery, mounted on said receiver extension wherein said at least one battery compartment mounts on said receiver extension independent of the adjustable buttstock which telescopes along the receiver extension;
• a powered rail, extending along at least a portion of a length of said barrel, for providing a source of electrical power to said one or more power-consuming accessories;
• and
• a power distribution system for electrically interconnecting said power source and said powered rail.

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, the weapon having a barrel, said Weapon Accessory Power Distribution System comprising:

• a receiver extension attached at a distal end of a weapon having a barrel;
• an adjustable buttstock containing an aperture formed along a length thereof which aperture 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, the adjustable buttstock including at least one battery compartment, that holds at least one removable battery;
• a powered rail, extending along at least a portion of a length of said barrel, for providing a source of electrical power to one or more power-consuming accessories operatively associated with the weapon;
• and
• a power distribution system for electrically interconnecting said at least one battery and said powered rail,
• wherein the at least one removable battery telescopes along the weapon.