US 4,898,389 AGranted

Impact indicating golf training device

OwnerDaniel J. Pluttinventor

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Abstract

A self contained gold training device designed to be integral with, or attached to and detached from the head of any golf club, gives a golfer an exact indication of the point of impact of the face of a golf club with a golf ball. The training device includes a housing which supports one or more impact sensitive transducers which generates an electric signal upon impact, an electronic circuit for determining if a transducer has received an impact, a display system responsive to the electronic circuit for signaling if a transducer has received an impact, a source of electrical power; and, in detachable systems, means for connecting and disconnecting the device to a golf club head. When attached to the head of a club, with the array of transducers on the face of the club, and swung into contact with a golf ball, the transducers generate a plurality of electrical signals which are transmitted to the electronic processor, and then to the display system which indicates the point of contact of the club face with the ball. In preferred embodiments there is an array of transducers, which, when they strike a golf ball, each generates a voltage which is proportional to the force exerted on that transducer by its impact with the ball. These voltages are in turn analyzed by an electronic circuit which then causes the display system to indicate the point of impact.

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Dependent claims

A self contained device for indicating the area of impact of the face of the head of a golf club with a ball, said face of said club having a predetermined impact center, the device comprising:

one or more impact sensitive transducer element which generates an electrical signal in response to an impact;
means responsive to an electrical signal generated by said one or more transducer elements, said responsive means linked to said one or more transducer elements, and;
means to signaling the area of impact of the face of the club with a ball, said signaling means being linked to and responsive to said means responsive to an electrical signal generated by said one or more transducer elements;
a single carrying unit, said impact sensitive transducer elements, said electrical signal responsive means, and said signaling means being carried by said single carrying unit;
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means for attachably and detachably locating said carrying unit carrying said one or more impact sensitive transducer elements, said signalling means, and said electrical signal responsive means on a golf club so that said one or more impact sensitive transducer elements, overlies the face of the club in a predetermined relationship to the impact center of the face of the club;
whereby, when the face of the head of a golf club impacts with a golf ball, an electrical signal is generated by said one or more impact sensitive transducer element to cause said electric signal responsive means to signal the area of impact of the face of the club with a ball.

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