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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Patent No.:

US 10076685 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Sep. 18, 2018

Filed:

Jul. 01, 2013

Operations with instrumented game ball

Applicant:

Infomotion Sports Technologies, Inc., Attleboro, MA (US);

Inventors:

Kevin William King, Columbus, OH (US);

Mathew Anthony Tyson, Columbus, OH (US);

Mark Joseph Davisson, Rensselaer, IN (US);

John Joseph Knittle, Westerville, OH (US);

Assignee:

Russell Brands, LLC, Bowling Green, KY (US);

Attorneys:

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings, LLP

Jacob W Neu

Nathan W Johnson

Primary Examiner:

Edward Tso

Assistant Examiner:

Aaron Piggush

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J 7/00 (2006.01); A63B 43/00 (2006.01); H02J 50/90 (2016.01); H02J 50/10 (2016.01); H02J 50/60 (2016.01); H02J 50/40 (2016.01); A63B 69/00 (2006.01); A63B 15/02 (2006.01); A63B 41/00 (2006.01); A63B 45/00 (2006.01); A63B 24/00 (2006.01); H01Q 1/22 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A63B 43/004 (2013.01); A63B 15/02 (2013.01); A63B 24/0021 (2013.01); A63B 41/00 (2013.01); A63B 45/00 (2013.01); A63B 69/0071 (2013.01); H02J 50/10 (2016.02); H02J 50/40 (2016.02); H02J 50/60 (2016.02); H02J 50/90 (2016.02); A63B 2024/0034 (2013.01); A63B 2220/10 (2013.01); A63B 2220/30 (2013.01); A63B 2220/34 (2013.01); A63B 2220/35 (2013.01); A63B 2220/40 (2013.01); A63B 2220/80 (2013.01); A63B 2225/20 (2013.01); A63B 2225/50 (2013.01); A63B 2243/0025 (2013.01); A63B 2243/0037 (2013.01); H01Q 1/2225 (2013.01);
Abstract

This document provides a computer-implemented method that includes placing an athletic ball containing a battery on an inductive charging device; generating an electric or magnetic field, or both with the inductive charging device; receiving energy from the field or fields via a receptor located inside the athletic ball; and charging a battery inside the athletic ball using the received energy. This document also provides devices and methods for detecting events with an instrumented player-controllable game device, such as an event of a basketball or soccer ball passing through a goal.

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