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Patent No.:

US 12728331 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Sep. 08, 2026

Filed:

Aug. 09, 2023

Hit position estimation device and hit position estimation method

Applicant:

Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Kyoto, JP;

Inventors:

Tomoshige Furuhi, Kyoto, JP;

Nobuyuki Nozawa, Kyoto, JP;

Koji Kawano, Kyoto, JP;

Takehiko Iizuka, Kyoto, JP;

Jun Makino, Kyoto, JP;

Takashi Watanabe, Kyoto, JP;

Kenta Ago, Kyoto, JP;

Assignee:

Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Kyoto, JP;

Attorney:

McDonald Hopkins LLC

Primary Examiner:

Nini F Legesse

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A63B 60/46 (2015.01); A63B 69/36 (2006.01); A63B 102/32 (2015.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A63B 60/46 (2015.10); A63B 69/362 (2020.08); A63B 2102/32 (2015.10); A63B 2220/16 (2013.01); A63B 2220/62 (2013.01); A63B 2220/833 (2013.01);
Abstract

A hit position estimation device includes a sensor and a calculation unit. The sensor is attached to a shaft of a golf club and outputs a sensor signal including twisting of the shaft. The calculation unit estimates a position at which a ball hits a head from a twist component when the ball hits the head of the golf club, by using the sensor signal.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Furuhi, Tomoshige. (2026). Hit position estimation device and hit position estimation method (U.S. Patent No. 12728331). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/12728331

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