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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 15, 2018
Filed:
Oct. 20, 2016
Golf Impact Llc, Fort Lauderdale, FL (US);
Roger Davenport, Fort Lauderdale, FL (US);
Golf Impact, LLC, Fort Lauderdale, FL (US);
Abstract
A golf club head includes a club face with at least one impact sensor, where the sensor has a passive piezoelectric element that is integrated into the club face, the passive piezoelectric element being able to generate a signal when an impact force is applied to the club face. An energy storage assembly includes a battery, a capacitor, or both. An energy harvesting assembly includes a signal divider with at least one input and at least two outputs, the at least two outputs providing a known ratio of a given input signal, wherein the at least one input of the signal divider is electrically coupled to one or more of the piezoelectric elements and a first of the at least two signal divider outputs is electrically coupled to the energy storage assembly.