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US 2017/0001080 A1Published application
Golf ball with built-in ic chip
AssigneeBridgestone Sports Co., Ltd.
InventorAtsushi KOMATSU
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Abstract
A golf ball of the present invention includes a small-size IC tag including an IC chip and a first antenna directly connected to the IC chip and having a size of 5 mm or less; and a conductive second antenna of which a part is disposed near the IC tag. The IC tag and the second antenna do not need to be in physical contact with each other. The distance between the part of the second antenna and the IC tag may be at most 1 mm. The second antenna may be arranged over at least a half of the circumference of the golf ball.
Claims8
A golf ball with a built-in integrated circuit (IC) chip, comprising:
- a core located in a center of the golf ball;
- a cover surrounding an outside of the core;
- an IC tag arranged between the core and the cover, the IC tag comprising an IC chip and a first antenna directly connected to the IC chip;
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- a second antenna of which a part is disposed near the IC tag.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.