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US 2025/0153019 A1Published application
Golf club having impact sensor
OwnerTodd Beachinventor
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Abstract
A golf club includes a golf club head, a shaft coupled to the golf club head, a grip attached to the shaft, and an actuator configured to generate a sound. The golf club also includes an impact sensor configured to detect an impact of the golf club head with a golf ball, and an electronic controller configured to command the actuator to generate the sound in response to the impact sensor detecting the impact of the golf club head with the golf ball.
Claims21
A golf club comprising:
- a golf club head;
- a shaft coupled to the golf club head;
- a grip attached to the shaft;
- an actuator configured to generate a sound;
- an impact sensor configured to detect an impact of the golf club head with a golf ball;
- and
- an electronic controller configured to command the actuator to generate the sound in response to the impact sensor detecting the impact of the golf club head with the golf ball.
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A method of selectively adjusting an acoustic sound of a golf club head, the method comprising steps of:
- detecting an impact of a golf ball with a strike face of a golf club head during a golf swing;
- and
- based on the detected impact with a golf ball, generating an artificial sound that, when combined with a natural impact sound resulting from the impact of the golf ball with the strike face, achieves a target sound.
A system comprising:
- a golf club comprising:
- a golf club head;
- a shaft coupled to the golf club head;
- a grip attached to the shaft;
- an actuator configured to generate a sound;
- an impact sensor configured to detect an impact of the golf club with a golf ball;
- and
- an electronic controller configured to command the actuator to generate the sound in response to the impact sensor detecting the impact of the golf club with the golf ball;
- and
- an external computing device external to the golf club and configured to communicate with the electronic controller, wherein the sound commanded by the electronic controller is based on input received from the external computing device.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.