Wireless Golf Ball Method of Manufacture
AssigneeGraff Golf LLC
InventorEric Goodchild
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Abstract
A device and method for assembling an electronic golf ball are described. The device may include a printed circuit board, a wire wrapped around a ring-shaped bobbin, where the ring-shaped bobbin includes four legs, two on each side of the ring-shaped bobbin, with the printed circuit board inserted into the ring-shaped bobbin. This assembly, an electronic apparatus, is placed in a mold, with at least one of the four legs in contact with walls of the mold, the legs centering the electronic apparatus in a center of the mold. An inner layer material is inserted in the mold creating an inner core assembly. The inner layer assembly is removed from the mold and covered with a stiff spherical core and an outer golf ball cover layer, to form the golf ball.
Claims20
A method for manufacturing a golf ball comprising:
- assembling a printed circuit board;
- wrapping wire around a ring-shaped bobbin, where the ring-shaped bobbin includes four legs, two on each side of the ring-shaped bobbin;
- inserting the printed circuit board into the ring-shaped bobbin, creating an electronic apparatus;
- placing the electronic apparatus in a mold, with at least one of the four legs in contact with walls of the mold, the legs centering the electronic apparatus in a center of the mold;
- inserting an inner layer material in the mold creating an inner core assembly;
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- removing the inner core assembly from the mold.
A golf ball apparatus comprising:
- a ring-shaped bobbin with four legs, two on each side of the ring-shaped bobbin, the ring-shaped bobbin having a trough on an outer side, the trough including wire wrapped around the ring-shaped bobbin;
- a printed circuit board, inserted in a middle of the ring-shaped bobbin, the printed circuit board including electronic components electrically connected to the wire;
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- a spherical-shaped inner layer of material surrounding the ring-shaped bobbin and the printed circuit board, a curved surface of the spherical-shaped inner layer including an outer surface of each leg.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.