Oval ball, especially rugby ball or football
AssigneeFraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.
InventorsThomas Von Der Gruen, Norbert Franke, Reiner Retkowski
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Abstract
An oval ball, in particular rugby ball or football with a casing and with at least one electronic component or module with a transmitter unit, which is arranged in the casing and is held in a defined position, wherein the at least one electronic module is fastened on or in a shape part with a positive and/or material fit, in the region of the tips or in the region of a valve of the casing. In a further embodiment, the module is suspended on nets which are connected to the tip region of the casing in a large-surfaced manner.
Claims10
An oval ball, in particular rugby ball or football, comprising a casing and at least one electronic module which is arranged within the casing and is flexibly held at a predefined position, said electronic module comprising at least one transmitter,
- wherein the electronic module is flexibly fastened in a freely suspended manner in the middle region of the ball on at least two separate nets or at least two parts of a single net which are provided with meshes and wherein a significant portion of each net or part of the net is attached to the casing, in each case in the regions of the tips of the ball;
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- at least one of electrical leads, at least one charging loop for a battery or at least one antenna element is integrated into the at least two nets or at least two parts of the net.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.