Golf club
    1.
    发明授权
    Golf club 失效
    高尔夫俱乐部

    公开(公告)号:US06196935B1

    公开(公告)日:2001-03-06

    申请号:US09057972

    申请日:1998-04-09

    IPC分类号: A63B5300

    摘要: A golf club includes an electroactive assembly attached to the club and electrically tuned to capture energy from one or more vibrational modes with high efficiency. More generally, a sports implement includes an electroactive element, such as a piezoceramic sheet attached to the implement, and a circuit attached to the electroactive element. The circuit may be a shunt, or may include processing such as amplification and phase control to apply a driving signal which may compensate for strain sensed in the implement, or may simply alter the stiffness to affect performance. The electroactive element is located in a region of high strain to apply damping, and may include plural subassemblies mounted to capture energy in different planes, or to capture an asymmetric strain distribution while maintaining structural symmetry. In a ski the element captures between about one and five percent of the strain energy of the ski. The region of high strain may be found by modeling mechanics of the sports implement, or may be located by empirically mapping the strain distribution which occurs during use of the implement. In other embodiments, the electroactive elements may remove resonances, adapt performance to different situations, or enhance handling or comfort of the implement. Other embodiments include striking implements intended to hit a ball or object in play, such as mallets, bats and tennis racquets, wherein the strain elements may alter the performance, feel or comfort of the implement. The electroactive elements may be configured in sets to capture energy in different modes, and/or energy distributed along different directions.

    摘要翻译: 高尔夫球杆包括附接到球杆的电动组件,并且被电调谐以从高效率的一个或多个振动模式捕获能量。 更一般地,运动器具包括电活性元件,例如附接到器具的压电陶瓷片和连接到电活性元件的电路。 该电路可以是分流器,或者可以包括诸如放大和相位控制的处理以施加可以补偿在工具中感测到的应变的驱动信号,或者可以简单地改变刚度以影响性能。 电活性元件位于高应变区域以施加阻尼,并且可以包括安装成在不同平面中捕获能量的多个子组件,或者捕获不对称应变分布同时保持结构对称性。 在滑雪板中,元素捕获滑雪板的约百分之一至百分之五的应变能量。 高应变区域可以通过运动器具的建模力学来发现,或者可以通过经验地绘制在使用中发生的应变分布来定位。 在其它实施例中,电活性元件可以去除谐振,适应不同情况的性能,或增强器具的处理或舒适度。 其他实施例包括旨在击打球或游戏中的对象的打击工具,例如槌,蝙蝠和网球拍,其中应变元件可改变工具的性能,感觉或舒适性。 电活性元件可以被配置成以不同模式捕获能量和/或沿着不同方向分布的能量。

    Baseball hat
    2.
    发明授权
    Baseball hat 失效
    棒球棒

    公开(公告)号:US6086490A

    公开(公告)日:2000-07-11

    申请号:US54940

    申请日:1998-04-03

    摘要: A baseball bat includes an electroactive assembly attached near the handle and electrically tuned to capture energy from several modes with high efficiency. More generally, a sports implement includes an electroactive element, such as a piezoceramic sheet attached to the implement, and a circuit attached to the electroactive element. The circuit may be a shunt, or may include processing such as amplification and phase control to apply a driving signal which may compensate for strain sensed in the implement, or may simply alter the stiffness to affect performance. In a ski, the electroactive element is located near to the root in a region of high strain to apply damping, and the element captures between about one and five percent of the strain energy of the ski. The region of high strain may be found by modeling mechanics of the sports implement, or may be located by empirically mapping the strain distribution which occurs during use of the implement. In other embodiments, the electroactive elements may remove resonances, adapt performance to different situations, or enhance handling or comfort of the implement. Other embodiments include striking implements intended to hit a ball or object in play, such as mallets, golf clubs and tennis racquets, wherein the strain elements may alter the performance, feel or comfort of the implement. The electroactive elements may be configured in sets to capture energy in different modes, and/or along different directions.

    摘要翻译: 棒球棒包括附接在手柄附近的电活性组件,并被电调谐以从高效率的几种模式捕获能量。 更一般地,运动器具包括电活性元件,例如附接到器具的压电陶瓷片和连接到电活性元件的电路。 该电路可以是分流器,或者可以包括诸如放大和相位控制的处理以施加可以补偿在工具中感测到的应变的驱动信号,或者可以简单地改变刚度以影响性能。 在滑雪板中,电活性元件位于高应变区域的根部附近以施加阻尼,并且该元件捕获滑雪板的约百分之一至百分之五的应变能量。 高应变区域可以通过运动器具的建模力学来发现,或者可以通过经验地绘制在使用中发生的应变分布来定位。 在其它实施例中,电活性元件可以去除谐振,适应不同情况的性能,或增强器具的处理或舒适度。 其他实施例包括旨在击打游戏中的球或物体的打击工具,例如槌,高尔夫球杆和网球,其中应变元件可改变工具的性能,感觉或舒适性。 电活性元件可以被配置成以不同模式和/或沿不同方向捕获能量。

    Sports implement
    6.
    发明授权
    Sports implement 失效
    运动器具

    公开(公告)号:US06485380B2

    公开(公告)日:2002-11-26

    申请号:US09759855

    申请日:2001-01-12

    IPC分类号: A63B4902

    摘要: A golf club includes an electroactive assembly attached to the club and electrically tuned to capture energy from one or more vibrational modes with high efficiency. More generally, a sports implement includes an electroactive element, such as a piezoceramic sheet attached to the implement, and a circuit attached to the electroactive element. The circuit may be a shunt, or may include processing such as amplification and phase control to apply a driving signal which may compensate for strain sensed in the implement, or may simply alter the stiffness to affect performance. The electroactive element is located in a region of high strain to apply damping, and may include plural subassemblies mounted to capture energy in different planes, or to capture an asymmetric strain distribution while maintaining structural symmetry. In a ski the element captures between about one and five percent of the strain energy of the ski. The region of high strain may be found by modeling mechanics of the sports implement, or may be located by empirically mapping the strain distribution which occurs during use of the implement. In other embodiments, the electroactive elements may remove resonances, adapt performance to different situations, or enhance handling or comfort of the implement. Other embodiments include striking implements intended to hit a ball or object in play, such as mallets, bats and tennis racquets, wherein the strain elements may alter the performance, feel or comfort of the implement. The electroactive elements may be configured in sets to capture energy in different modes, and/or energy distributed along different directions.

    摘要翻译: 高尔夫球杆包括附接到球杆的电动组件,并且被电调谐以从高效率的一个或多个振动模式捕获能量。 更一般地,运动器具包括电活性元件,例如附接到器具的压电陶瓷片和连接到电活性元件的电路。 该电路可以是分流器,或者可以包括诸如放大和相位控制的处理以施加可以补偿在工具中感测到的应变的驱动信号,或者可以简单地改变刚度以影响性能。 电活性元件位于高应变区域以施加阻尼,并且可以包括安装成在不同平面中捕获能量的多个子组件,或者捕获不对称应变分布同时保持结构对称性。 在滑雪板中,元素捕获滑雪板的约百分之一至百分之五的应变能量。 高应变区域可以通过运动器具的建模力学来发现,或者可以通过经验地绘制在使用中发生的应变分布来定位。 在其它实施例中,电活性元件可以去除谐振,适应不同情况的性能,或增强器具的处理或舒适度。 其他实施例包括旨在击打球或游戏中的对象的打击工具,例如槌,蝙蝠和网球拍,其中应变元件可改变工具的性能,感觉或舒适性。 电活性元件可以被配置成以不同模式捕获能量和/或沿着不同方向分布的能量。

    Adaptive sports implement with tuned damping
    8.
    发明授权
    Adaptive sports implement with tuned damping 失效
    自适应运动器具调谐阻尼

    公开(公告)号:US6102426A

    公开(公告)日:2000-08-15

    申请号:US797004

    申请日:1997-02-07

    IPC分类号: A63B59/00 A63C5/075 A63C5/07

    CPC分类号: A63C5/075 A63B60/54

    摘要: A sports implement includes an electroactive element such as a piezoceramic sheet attached to the implement and a shunt circuit attached to the electroactive element to counteract strain or alter stiffness of the implement to affect its performance. In a ski, one shunt circuit is neither a linear nor a highly tuned shunt, but is a low Q resonant inductive shunt tuned to a performance band of the ski to enhance dissipation of energy from of the electroactive element. The performance band includes at least one structural mode of the ski and a neighborhood of that mode. The neighborhood may include variations in the frequency of a first or higher free structural resonance which arise from production variations or size variations of the ski or its components. The neighborhood may also be selected to cover the range of frequencies that mode takes when driven by actual disturbances in use, such as the vibrations excited when skiing at a particular range of speeds, or with a particular set of conditions or combination of conditions of temperature, speed, snow and terrain. In other embodiments, the tuned band shunt control may be switched to remove a resonance, adapt performance to different situations, or enhance handling or comfort of the implement. Other embodiments include striking implements intended to hit a ball or object in play, such as golf clubs and tennis racquets, wherein the strain elements may alter the performance, feel or comfort of the implement.

    摘要翻译: 运动器具包括电活性元件,例如附接到器具的压电陶瓷片,以及附接到电活性元件的分流电路,以抵消器具的应变或改变器件的刚度以影响其性能。 在滑雪板中,一个分流电路既不是线性的,也不是高度调谐的分流器,而是一个低Q谐振感应分流器,调谐到滑雪板的性能带,以增强电活性元件的能量耗散。 表演乐队包括滑雪板的至少一种结构模式和该模式的邻域。 该邻域可以包括由滑雪板或其部件的生产变化或尺寸变化引起的第一或更高自由结构共振频率的变化。 也可以选择该邻域来覆盖由使用中的实际扰动驱动的模式所采用的频率范围,例如在特定速度范围内滑雪时激发的振动,或者特定的一组条件或温度条件的组合 ,速度,雪地和地形。 在其他实施例中,可以切换调谐带分流控制以去除谐振,适应不同情况的性能,或增强器具的处理或舒适度。 其他实施例包括旨在击中游戏中的球或物体的打击工具,例如高尔夫球杆和网球拍,其中应变元件可改变工具的性能,感觉或舒适性。