Golf club grip with sensor housing

• US 10,603,558 B2
• Filed: 09/19/2018
• Issued: 03/31/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 12/07/2017
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Ssg International LLC
• Original Assignee: Ssg International LLC
• Inventors: Dingman, Dean, Ogg, Steven, Crisp, Ryan
• Primary Examiner(s): Dennis, Michael D
• Application Number:
  US16/135,062
• Publication Number:
  US 20190176004A1
• Time in Patent Office: 559 Days
• Field of Search: 473206
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2220/10 Positions
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2220/24 Angular displacement
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2220/833 Sensors arranged on the exercise apparatus or sports implement
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 53/14 Handles
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 60/10 with means for indicating correct holding positions A63B60/12 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 60/14 Coverings specially adapted for handles, e.g. sleeves or ribbons
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 60/16 Caps; Ferrules

Abstract

A golf club grip for a golf club includes an elongated member having a first end, a second end, an inner surface and an outer surface. The first end is configured to receive a golf club shaft. The second end includes a recessed opening. The recessed opening extends away from the second end longitudinally toward the first end. A sensor housing comprising a first portion and a second portion. The first portion is received within the recessed opening. The first portion couples the sensor housing to the elongated member. The second portion receives a removable housing therein.

Claims

1. A golf club grip for a golf club comprising:

an elongated member having a first end, a second end, an inner surface and an outer surface, the first end is configured to receive a golf club shaft, the second end includes a recessed opening, said recessed opening extending away from the second end longitudinally toward the first end;

a sensor housing comprising a first portion and a second portion, said first portion received within the recessed opening, said first portion coupling the sensor housing to the elongated member and having an outer wall, said second portion receiving a removable housing therein; and

the recessed opening comprising a unitary receptacle having a width wherein said first portion comprises a plug comprising a first U-shaped wall extending from the outer wall back to the outer wall and a second U-shaped wall extending from the outer wall back to the outer wall so that a portion of the outer wall is between the first U-shaped wall and the second U-shaped wall, each of the first U-shaped wall and the second U-shaped wall comprising three exposed surfaces, each of the surfaces being generally normal to its adjacent surfaces, each of the first wall and second wall extending longitudinally so that respective furthest edges of the first U-shaped wall and the second U-shaped wall extend the width of the receptacle and are adhesively coupled to the first wall and second wall of the first portion, respectively, wherein the first U-shaped wall and the second U-shaped wall are received in the unitary receptacle.

2. The golf club grip of claim 1, wherein the recessed opening is substantially cylindrical in shape.

3. The golf club grip of claim 2, wherein the first portion is substantially cylindrical in shape.

4. The golf club grip of claim 1, wherein a shape of the first portion substantially corresponds to a shape of the recessed opening.

5. The golf club grip of claim 1, wherein the second portion is substantially cylindrical in shape.

6. The golf club grip of claim 1, wherein the elongated member comprises an underlisting and a gripping layer disposed around the underlisting.

7. The golf club grip of claim 6, wherein the underlisting has a groove at the first end and the gripping layer has a first edge received in the groove.

8. The golf club grip of claim 7, wherein the underlisting comprises a flange at the first end, said groove disposed adjacent to the flange.

9. The golf club grip of claim 6, wherein the underlisting comprises a chamfer at the second end and the gripping layer has a second edge adjacent to the chamfer.

10. The golf club grip of claim 9, wherein the chamfer and the second portion of the housing define a channel receiving the second edge.

11. The golf club grip of claim 10, further comprising a lip longitudinally extending from a bottom surface of the second portion of the sensor housing, said lip forming the channel.

12. The golf club grip of claim 1, wherein the first portion of the sensor housing comprises a first diameter and the second portion has a second diameter greater than the first diameter.

13. The golf club grip of claim 1, wherein the housing is hollow and comprises a sensor therein.

14. A golf club grip for a golf club comprising:

an elongated member having a first end, a second end, an inner surface and an outer surface, the first end is configured to receive a golf club shaft, the second end includes a recessed opening, said recessed opening extending away from the second end longitudinally toward the first end;

a sensor housing comprising a first portion and a second portion, said first portion received within the recessed opening, said first portion coupling the sensor housing to the elongated member, said second portion receiving a removable housing therein; and

said elongated member comprises an underlisting and a gripping layer disposed around the underlisting, the underlisting comprises a chamfer at the second end and the gripping layer has a second edge adjacent to the chamfer, the chamfer and the second portion of the housing define a channel receiving the second edge.

15. The golf club grip of claim 14, further comprising a lip longitudinally extending from a bottom surface of the second portion of the sensor housing, said lip forming the channel.

16. The golf club grip of claim 14, wherein the first portion of the sensor housing comprises a first diameter and the second portion has a second diameter greater than the first diameter.

17. The golf club grip of claim 14, wherein the recessed opening is substantially cylindrical in shape.

18. The golf club grip of claim 17, wherein the first portion is substantially cylindrical in shape.

19. The golf club grip of claim 14, wherein a shape of the first portion substantially corresponds to a shape of the recessed opening.

20. The golf club grip of claim 14, wherein the second portion is substantially cylindrical in shape.

21. The golf club grip of claim 14, wherein the underlisting has a groove at the first end and the gripping layer has a first edge received in the groove.

22. The golf club grip of claim 21, wherein the underlisting comprises a flange at the first end, said groove disposed adjacent to the flange.