Sports implement
    1.
    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
    2.
    发明授权
    Adaptive sports implement 失效
    自适应运动器具

    公开(公告)号:US5857694A

    公开(公告)日:1999-01-12

    申请号:US536067

    申请日:1995-09-29

    摘要: A sports implement including 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 golf clubs and tennis racquets, wherein the strain elements may alter the performance, feel or comfort of the implement.

    摘要翻译: 一种运动器具,其包括电活性元件,例如附接到所述器具的压电陶瓷片和附接到所述电活性元件的电路。 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。

    Recreational snowboard
    3.
    发明授权
    Recreational snowboard 失效
    休闲滑雪板

    公开(公告)号:US06345834B1

    公开(公告)日:2002-02-12

    申请号:US08957839

    申请日:1997-10-27

    IPC分类号: A63C5075

    摘要: A recreational board such as a snowboard incorporates strain transducers to damp a plate resonance of the board. The strain transducers are preferably located around a peripheral region to capture strain energy affecting control edges, for example steering control edges at the front and/or rear of the board. Electrical energy from the transducers is shunted to damp a targeted resonance. In a preferred embodiment the strain transducers cover a region of the snowboard adjacent one surface and extending along the forward periphery, preferably at both inside and outside edges, and are shunted with a resonant shunt tuned to a torsional or torsion-like mode of the board that is excited during steering maneuvers. The transducers may be fabricated as preassembled sheets or may be formed in the snowboard during the assembly process using sheets of piezoceramic material, or using piezo fiber or other composite constructions. The strain material may be positioned to preferentially shift or damp one resonance mode, and/or it may be arranged to exert a directional effect or anisotropic control authority. A passively operated embodiment employs a simple resistive shunt to enhance control of strain energy at the frequency of a resonant mode of the snowboard. Damping of that mode reduces chatter of the steering edges in use. The strain elements may be used in conjunction with viscoelastic or other damping mechanisms to tailor the overall level of mechanical control and limit the allowed excitations of the board.

    摘要翻译: 诸如滑雪板的娱乐板包括应变传感器以阻止板的共振。 应变传感器优选地围绕周边区域定位以捕获影响控制边缘的应变能,例如在板的前部和/或后部的转向控制边缘。 来自换能器的电能被分流以阻尼目标共振。 在优选实施例中,应变传感器覆盖邻近一个表面的滑雪板的区域,并且沿着前部周边延伸,优选地在内部和外部边缘处延伸,并且利用调谐到板的扭转或扭转模式的谐振分流器分流 在转向机动时激动。 传感器可以制造为预组装的片材,或者可以在组装过程中使用压片陶瓷材料片材,或使用压电纤维或其它复合结构形成在滑雪板中。 应变材料可以被定位成优先移位或抑制一个共振模式,和/或其可以被布置成施加方向效应或各向异性控制权限。 被动操作的实施例采用简单的电阻分路来增强在滑雪板的谐振模式的频率处的应变能的控制。 该模式的阻尼减少了使用中转向边缘的颤动。 应变元件可以与粘弹性或其他阻尼机构结合使用,以适应机械控制的总体水平并限制板的允许激励。

    Golf club
    4.
    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
    5.
    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。