Composite charging handle

Abstract

A composite charging handle assembly.

1 . A composite charging handle assembly, comprising:
 a primary component wherein:
 a head portion of the primary component comprises a substantially planar stamped portion, a first pivot hole formed in a first rounded protuberance of the head portion, a second pivot hole formed in a second rounded protuberance of the head portion, and a plurality of plastic connecting holes, wherein a perimeter of the head portion of the primary component is scalloped, and wherein the head portion of the primary component is at a first end; 
 a body of the primary component is an integrated structure made from a first material and extends from the head portion of the primary component in a first axial direction from the first end to a second end; 
 a first lateral side of the primary component and a second lateral side of the primary component extend from the head portion of the primary component in the first axial direction, wherein the first lateral side of the primary component and the second lateral side of the primary component are distally coined to distally extend a distance between the first lateral side of the primary component and the second lateral side of the primary component; and 
 a member of the primary component extends from the second end; and 
   a secondary component that substantially covers the head portion of the primary component and the body of the primary component, wherein:
 the secondary component is made from a second material and is a skin over the primary component, 
 a portion of the secondary component covering the head portion of the primary component comprises a bilateral receiving slot that is below a primary plane formed by a top side of the primary component, 
 a mating cup of the secondary component extends continuously above the primary plane formed by the top side of the primary component, 
 a first rib of the secondary component is fixed to a distal side of the first lateral side of the primary component, and 
 a second rib of the secondary component is fixed to a distal side of the second lateral side of the primary component.