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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 16, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 25, 2016
Applicant:
Golftek, Llc, Boston, MA (US);
Inventors:
John Donahue, Venice, FL (US);
Matthew S. Kressy, Wellesley, MA (US);
Paul Sabin, Needham, MA (US);
Emily Batt, Merrimack, NH (US);
Jeffrey Tyler, Superior, CO (US);
Joseph E. Jalbert, Winchester, MA (US);
Assignee:
Golftek, LLC, Boston, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 3/08 (2006.01); A63B 47/00 (2006.01); A63B 37/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 3/08 (2013.01); A63B 47/008 (2013.01); A63B 37/0003 (2013.01);
Abstract
A hand-held compression-tester for golf balls applies a biasing force to the golf-ball, loads it, and then releases the load so that only the biasing force remains. Based on the evolution of a loading curve during these intervals, the compression-tester estimates a compression value.