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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 07, 2021
Filed:
May. 19, 2020
Applicant:
Kinetek Sports, San Diego, CA (US);
Inventors:
Thomas H. Lupfer, San Diego, CA (US);
Patrick M. Steusloff, Del Mar, CA (US);
Michael A. Kurtz, San Diego, CA (US);
Assignee:
KINETEK SPORTS, San Diego, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A63B 69/36 (2006.01); A63B 60/46 (2015.01); A63B 24/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A63B 69/3614 (2013.01); A63B 24/0006 (2013.01); A63B 60/46 (2015.10); A63B 2220/53 (2013.01);
Abstract
A sport apparatus comprising a shaft, wherein the shaft comprises a notch fitting and a sensor housing. The sensor housing comprises an alignment rib fitting, printed circuit board, rechargeable battery, one or more motion sensors, a transceiver, an inductive charging coil, among other necessary elements for the sport apparatus as described herein. A portion of the sensor housing resides within the shaft, wherein the alignment rib of the sensor housing mates with a notch or other locking mechanism of the shaft.