Adjustable flex rod connection for ball bats and other sports implements

    公开(公告)号:US11731017B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-08-22

    申请号:US17308760

    申请日:2021-05-05

    IPC分类号: A63B59/51 A63B59/52 A63B60/00

    摘要: A ball bat includes a barrel portion, a handle portion, and a joint connecting the handle portion to the barrel portion. In some embodiments, the joint includes a releasable connector configured to releasably connect the barrel portion to the handle portion. In some embodiments, the joint includes two releasable connectors to releasably connect the barrel portion to the handle portion. The ball bat may include a flexible rod element positioned between the two releasable connectors. The rod element may include an elastomeric material. In some embodiments, the ball bat may further include a safety connector between the barrel portion and the handle portion or a releasable connector may include a threaded connection to resist release of the releasable connector. In some embodiments, the joint may include a rotatable element for adjusting flex.

    VARIABLE WALL BAT
    4.
    发明申请
    VARIABLE WALL BAT 审中-公开

    公开(公告)号:US20180021646A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-01-25

    申请号:US15487649

    申请日:2017-04-14

    IPC分类号: A63B59/58 A63B59/51

    摘要: A barrel for a ball bat having a first inside surface and an outside surface, and a first thickness represented by the distance between the first inside surface and the outside surfaces. The first thickness of the barrel is generally uniform except at one or more locations within the ball impact area of the bat. However, the barrel may include one or more than one thick section relative to the uniform thickness of the rest of the barrel of the bat. In addition, the barrel may include one or more than one thin section relative to the uniform thickness of the rest of the barrel of the bat. The shoulders between the thick and/or thin section(s) and the uniform thickness of the remainder of the bat may be relatively abrupt.

    BALL BAT INCLUDING A STIFFENING ELEMENT IN THE BARREL
    6.
    发明申请
    BALL BAT INCLUDING A STIFFENING ELEMENT IN THE BARREL 有权
    BALL BAT中包括一个强壮的元素在酒吧

    公开(公告)号:US20150290510A1

    公开(公告)日:2015-10-15

    申请号:US14251181

    申请日:2014-04-11

    IPC分类号: A63B59/06

    摘要: A ball bat includes a barrel in which one or more stiffening elements are located. The stiffening element may be positioned at a variety of locations, and may have a variety of configurations, for selectively limiting the barrel's performance without appreciably increasing the bat's moment of inertia. In one configuration, the stiffening element includes two radially outer flanges, a radially inner flange, and two web members connecting the outer flanges to the inner flange. The radially outer surfaces of the radially outer flanges contact, and may be affixed to, the inner surface of the barrel wall.

    摘要翻译: 一个球槌包括其中一个或多个加强元件位于其中的筒体。 加强元件可以定位在各种位置,并且可以具有各种构造,用于选择性地限制枪管的性能,而不会明显地增加蝙蝠的惯性矩。 在一种构造中,加强元件包括两个径向外部凸缘,径向内部凸缘和将外部凸缘连接到内部凸缘的两个腹板构件。 径向外凸缘的径向外表面与筒壁的内表面相接触并固定。

    Ball bat including a barrel portion having separate proximal and distal members
    9.
    发明授权
    Ball bat including a barrel portion having separate proximal and distal members 有权
    球棒包括具有单独的近端和远端构件的筒部

    公开(公告)号:US08512175B2

    公开(公告)日:2013-08-20

    申请号:US12980654

    申请日:2010-12-29

    IPC分类号: A63B59/06

    摘要: A ball bat extending about a longitudinal axis. The bat includes a handle and a barrel portion having an outer surface and including a proximal member and a distal member. The proximal member has first and second end regions and the distal member has third and fourth end regions. The first end region is coupled to the handle portion, the second end region of the proximal member is coupled to the third end region of the distal member, and the fourth end region of the distal member is coupled to an end cap. The proximal and distal members are formed of first and second materials, respectively. The second material is a fiber composite material, the second fiber composite material of the distal member is co-molded to the outer surface of the second end region of the proximal member.

    摘要翻译: 围绕纵轴延伸的球棒。 蝙蝠包括手柄和具有外表面并且包括近端构件和远端构件的筒部分。 近端构件具有第一和第二端部区域,并且远端构件具有第三和第四端部区域。 第一端部区域联接到手柄部分,近端构件的第二端部区域联接到远端构件的第三端部区域,并且远端构件的第四端部区域联接到端盖。 近端和远端构件分别由第一和第二材料形成。 第二材料是纤维复合材料,远端构件的第二纤维复合材料共模塑到近端构件的第二端区域的外表面。