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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 03, 2019
Filed:
May. 01, 2017
Wilson Sporting Goods Co., Chicago, IL (US);
Robert T Thurman, Plainfield, IL (US);
Kevin L Krysiak, Palatine, IL (US);
Daniel E. Hare, Park Ridge, IL (US);
Frank Garrett, Jr., Barrington, IL (US);
David Betzold, Evanston, IL (US);
Mark W Fisher, Findlay, OH (US);
David J Proeber, Milwaukee, WI (US);
Wilson Sporting Goods Co., Chicago, IL (US);
Abstract
A football sensing system may include an American-style football extending along a longitudinal axis and having a maximum transverse dimension defining a transverse axis and at least one accelerometer. The football has a bladder and a cover about the bladder. The accelerometer is carried by the football between the bladder and the cover to sense acceleration along at least a first axis. The accelerometer is sized to sense a predetermined maximum value of acceleration in the first axis. The accelerometer is positioned within the football in a first position with the first axis of the accelerometer angled with respect to the longitudinal axis of the football. The accelerometer in the first position is capable of measuring acceleration values in a direction in line with or parallel to the longitudinal axis of the football that are greater than the predetermined maximum value of acceleration in the first axis.