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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 05, 2010
Filed:
Oct. 08, 2008
Richard M. Weiss, Tequesta, FL (US);
Joseph H. Butler, Knoxville, TN (US);
Brian E. Townsend, Knoxville, TN (US);
David B. Nichols, Knoxville, TN (US);
Richard M. Weiss, Tequesta, FL (US);
Joseph H. Butler, Knoxville, TN (US);
Brian E. Townsend, Knoxville, TN (US);
David B. Nichols, Knoxville, TN (US);
The Richard M. Weiss Revocable Trust, Tequesta, FL (US);
Abstract
A computer-controlled system automatically measures and records various physical characteristics of an elongated shaft or tube, such as a golf club shaft or other structural member. The characteristics measured include the principal planar oscillation plane, oscillation frequency, stiffness asymmetry, relative stiffness, torsional stiffness, shaft length, shaft straightness and tip angle.