DIGITALLY CONTROLLED VARIABLE STIFFNESS SPORTING EQUIPMENT

    公开(公告)号:US20220002852A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-01-06

    申请号:US17374150

    申请日:2021-07-13

    IPC分类号: C22F1/00 C22F1/10 A01K87/00

    摘要: A system, method, and apparatus for an athlete to variably control the flexibility and stiffness parameters of a piece of athletic equipment to select a desired performance characteristic of the equipment based on the stiffness parameter. According to certain embodiments discussed herein, an item of sporting equipment may be embedded, impregnated, lined, or encased using nitinol components, wherein the nitinol components may themselves be treated using a specific method in order to achieve the desired transformation results, as described below.