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US 8,617,006 B2Granted
Adaptive golf ball
OwnerJay VanDeldeninventor
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a smart golf ball comprised of one or more mantle layers juxtaposed between an inner core and outer cover, where the core, the mantle layer(s), and/or the cover are further comprised of a ferrofluid, a magnetorheological fluid, an inverse magnetorheological fluid, and/or a magnetorheological elastomer, in any of its construction. These nano-engineered materials make possible a golf ball with heretofore-unprecedented levels of adaptive play.
Claims12
A method of utilizing a golf ball comprising:
- a) providing a golf ball comprising a magnetic fluid;
- b) providing a golf club;
- c) moving a portion of the golf club into contact with the golf ball;
- and
- d) effecting a magnetic interaction between the golf ball and a magnet external to the golf ball,
- wherein the golf ball comprises:
- an inner core;
- and
- one or more mantle layers surrounding the inner core;
- and an outer cover surrounding the mantle layer(s), wherein the inner core is further comprised of a permanent magnet immersed in a ferrofluid, and the ferrofluid is further comprised of a colloidal suspension of nanometer-sized, single-domain, magnetic particles immersed in a carrier liquid.
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A method of utilizing a golf ball comprising:
- providing a golf ball comprising a magnetic fluid disposed therein;
- providing a magnetic medium external to the golf ball;
- striking the golf ball with a golf club head while the golf ball is magnetically interacting with the magnetic medium external to the golf ball,
- wherein the golf ball comprises:
- an inner core;
- one or more mantle layers surrounding the inner core;
- and
- an outer cover surrounding the mantle layer(s),
- wherein the inner core is further comprised of a permanent magnet immersed in a ferrofluid, and the ferrofluid is further comprised of a colloidal suspension of nanometer-sized, single-domain, magnetic particles immersed in a carrier liquid.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.