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US 8,771,110 B2Granted
Ball
Assigneeadidas International Marketing B.V.
InventorVolker Peter Steidle
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Abstract
A valve for a ball includes a casing and a core. The core is arranged at least partially inside the casing. The core comprises a first sealing area with a plurality of sections which have alternating concave and convex curvatures.
Claims15
A ball comprising:
- a valve comprising a valve casing and a valve core at least partially disposed inside the valve casing;
- an electromagnetic coil disposed about an inner end of the valve casing;
- an energy storage configured to be inductively charged by the electromagnetic coil;
- and
- an electronic device coupled to the energy storage.
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A ball comprising:
- a bladder;
- a valve coupled to the bladder and comprising a valve casing and a valve core at least partially disposed inside the valve casing;
- an electromagnetic coil disposed within a tunnel of the bladder;
- an energy storage configured to be inductively charged by the electromagnetic coil;
- and
- an electronic device coupled to the energy storage,
- wherein the electromagnetic coil is disposed on the bladder in a circular arrangement around the valve.
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A ball comprising:
- a bladder;
- a valve coupled to the bladder;
- an electromagnetic coil coupled to the bladder;
- an energy storage configured to be inductively charged by the electromagnetic coil;
- and
- an electronic device coupled to the energy storage and disposed at an opposite side of the bladder from the electromagnetic coil,
- wherein the electromagnetic coil is disposed on the bladder in a circular arrangement around the valve.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.