Method and apparatus for the exploitation of piezoelectric and other effects in carbon-based life forms

• US 20070258329A1
• Filed: 07/13/2006
• Published: 11/08/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 01/27/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Timothy Winey
• Original Assignee: Timothy Winey
• Inventors: Winey, Timothy
• Application Number:
  US11/518,614
• Publication Number:
  US 20070258329A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 367/140
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2209/00 Characteristics of used materials
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 53/04 Heads
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 53/10 Non-metallic shafts
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 60/00 Details or accessories of golf clubs, bats, rackets or the like

Abstract

The invention promotes piezoelectric effects in carbon-based life forms using specific geometries, ratios, frequencies and combinations therein using associated vibrational states functioning in part, as bi-directional holographic transducers between the acoustic and electromagnetic domains.

Claims

1-27. -27. (canceled)

28. An apparatus comprising one or a plurality of metallic or non-metallic members or amalgamations of metallic and non-metallic members exploiting mechanical or acoustical vibrations to function as a bi-directional holographic transducer between the mechanical, acoustic, and electromagnetic domains of carbon based life forms and said apparatus;

said members themselves being comprised of geometries or geometric ratios or resonant frequencies or combinations therein which promote piezoelectric or biophotonic communication between said life forms and said apparatus.

29. The apparatus of claim 28, wherein any of the said geometries, or geometric ratios or resonant frequencies of said members are of a fractal, recursive or self similar nature.

30. The apparatus as in claim 28, wherein said geometries, geometric ratios or resonant frequencies of said members are based on, or derived from, or substantially comprise, phi, Lucas, Fibonacci, philotaxic or related self similar structures.

31. The apparatus of claim 28, employing the rigidification or elastification or mass distribution, or any combination of rigidification, elastification or mass distribution of said members.

32. The apparatus as in claim 28 wherein said member or members are human or animal powered.

33. The apparatus of claim 28 wherein said member or members are not human or animal powered.

34. The apparatus of claim 28 wherein said member or members are selected from the group consisting of:

i. tetrahedron,

ii. hexahedron,

iii. octahedron,

iv. dodecahedron,

v. icosahedron,

vi. ellipses,

vii. cylinders,

viii. pyramids,

ix. Pinecone shapes,

x. phi ellipses,

xi. phi conic shapes,

xii. phi cylinders,

xiii. Schauberger whirlpipes,

xiv. egg shapes,

xv. vortices,

xvi. phi pyramids,

xvii. quasicrystals,

xviii. Cassini ovals,

xix. super ellipses,

xx. perfect fullerene shapes, and

xxi. simple fullerene shapes.

35. The apparatus of claim 28 wherein said member or members comprise or form a functional part or parts of everyday items coming into in direct or indirect contact with humans, plants or animals such as plant pots, plant baskets, clothing, helmets, pads, fishing rods, fishing tackle, insect traps, insect repellers, animal shelters, animal traps, saunas, incubators, full spectrum lights, infra red lights, fluorescent lights, argon and other gas lights, neon lights, plasma tubes, poles, oars, sticks, grips, rackets, clubs, bats, balls, pucks, shuttlecocks, cookware, eating utensils, kitchen appliances such as refrigerators, ovens, stoves, coffee makers and blenders;

flying disks, seats, shoes, boat hulls, exercise equipment, machinery, power tools, hammers, saws, rakes, shovels, hoes, lawnmowers, edgers, canes, walkers and other related assistive devices;

toothbrushes both mechanical, sonic and manual;

leaf blowers, drills, jackhammers, pneumatic or hydraulic tools, steering wheels, automobiles, saddles, leashes, ballistic vests, gun stocks, archery equipment, bowling balls, musical instruments, light and sound entrainment devices, biofeedback devices, heartrate variability feedback devices, pace makers, defibrillators, pipe organs, public address systems, horns, magnetomechanical transducers, mattresses, pillows, massage tables, multimedia equipment such as home, car and theater audio devices, acoustic resonators, amusement rides, surf boards, skateboards, roller skates, inline skates, bicycles, motorcycles, shock absorbers, suspension systems, massage wands, marital aids, whirlpool jets, ultrasonic medical equipment, mining equipment, snow skis, water skis, snowboards, snowmobiles, swim fins, impact restraints such as seatbelts and airbags;

orthotics, prosthetics, dentures, mouth guards, pacifiers, contact lenses;

substrates such as running track surfaces, wrestling or play mats, carpets, flooring, floor padding;

acoustical dampening materials, trampolines, punching bags, parachutes, ropes, climbing equipment, structural components of bridges, buildings, trains, elevators, moving sidewalks, airplanes, boats, submarines, and escalators;

tactile speakers and vibrating feedback devices such as game controllers;

dwellings such as aquariums, cages, tents, camping trailers, bomb shelters, mobile homes, mobile offices and mobile classrooms and similar modular dwellings.

36. The apparatus of claims 28 wherein said member structurally comprises a golf shaft or golf club or golf clubhead.

37. The apparatus of claim 28 wherein said member is a golf shaft comprising:

a. a butt or grip end of relatively larger cross sectional diameter tapering to a tip end of relatively smaller cross sectional diameter with intentional geometric or mass or modulus of elasticity discontinuities or combinations thereof including one or a plurality of distinct, structural means employed either internally, externally or by employing a combination of internal and external means or by replacing a shaft section or sections of comparable length and longitudinal position, or by employing any combination of the above modifications to independently increase or decrease the stiffness or modulus of elasticity, or mass, or both by at least 50 percent beyond that which those skilled in the art would regard as the stiffness or modulus of elasticity or mass or combination of stiffness or modulus of elasticity and mass of a conventionally tapering shaft section or sections of comparable length and longitudinal position, by altering shaft diameters, materials or geometries or any combination therein;

further, said distinct structural means is;

i. to occupy between 1 and 25 percent of overall shaft length,

ii. to have its average longitudinal midpoint located between said ends, and set in at least 1 inch in from each end, the placement of said means conforming to certain mathematical ratios serving to uniquely alter the vibrational characteristics of comparison conventional shaft sections of comparable length and longitudinal position wherein the average midpoint of the first of the means employed resides longitudinally near the mathematical ratio of 1.00 in relation to phi, 1.618, plus or minus 10 percent of overall shaft length measured from said tip end toward said butt or grip end or from the butt end to a point on a clubhead to which the shaft tip is attached, the butt end being located at 1.618, the means being located at 1.00 and the tip end or a point on the clubhead to which the tip is attached being located at 0.00 respectively, or alternatively, wherein the average midpoint of the first of the means employed resides longitudinally near the mathematical ratio of 1.00 in relation to phi, 1.618, plus or minus 10 percent of overall shaft length measured from said tip end toward said butt or grip end or from the butt end to a point on a subhead to which the shaft tip is attached, the butt end being located at 0.00, the means being located at 1.00 and the tip end or a point on the subhead to which the tip is attached being located at 1.618 respectively, and wherein the allowable 10 percent variation in the placement of any additional means is calculated according to the actual distance formed by the formation of additional phi triads when involving 3 or more structural means or a combination of two means and one endpoint, where the endpoint forming the phi triad can be measured in either direction where each endpoint can serve as 0.00 or 1.618 depending on the direction of calculation, thus scaling the 10 percent margin to the critical distance between any three phi triad points and not just to the overall shaft length as would be the case with the first means placement, such that;

1. improved impact dynamics of golf shots, including improved vibrational feedback to the golfer before or during or after impacting a golf ball or training device or improved positional awareness of club or body or their relationship to each other during practice or actual strokes;

2. reduced skid length of putts as compared to putts traveling the same distance struck by traditional putters resulting in less variation in putt line, and hence, more consistency reflected in a reduced tendency of putts to deviate from the target line;

3. further relative skid length reductions beyond direct comparisons between conventional putter heads combined with shafts modified by said means, and said modified shafts combined with specialized heads that are themselves, designed to reduce skid length;

4 an enlargement of the sweet spot of both putters and full club heads defined as the tendency of said heads, to which said shafts are attached, to resist twisting in relation to both the hands and grip, when said heads are impacted off their respective centers of gravity or sweet spots resulting in improved accuracy,

5. improved timing, reflected in increased body position or club position awareness or their relationship to each other,

6. improved piezoelectric transduction, insofar as the fractal geometries and ratios employed in the present invention facilitate the body'"'"'s efficiency at dissipating excess vibration by transduction, wherein the body more efficiently transforms the strain energy of shaft vibration into electricity, and then dissipates the electricity as heat,

7. improved acoustic or vibrational feedback and any and all other effects or combinations of affects associated with improved golf skills that could be, or already have been, demonstrated by employing said and or means.

38. The apparatus of claim 37, wherein said distinct structural means do not exceed 10 in number.

39. The apparatus of claim 37 wherein an increase in the mass of said means by 10 to 2,000 percent beyond that of said longitudinal conventional section or sections said means replaces or modifies or alternatively, a golf shaft as in claim 37 with a reduction of the mass or masses of said means between 25 and 75 percent beyond what those skilled in the art would characterize as the conventional mass or masses of a conventional shaft section or sections of comparable length and position.

41. The apparatus of claim 36 such that that when struck, the subhead or putterhead has a resonant frequency near 432 hertz plus or minus 5 hertz or any of the other harmonics, multiples or scale intervals formed from the resonance of the fundamental of 432 plus or minus 5 hertz, such as 57.29578, 240.17358, 272, 288, 152.89924, 324, 42.85742, 48.034717, 101.93282 or any of their harmonics, multiples plus or minus 5 hertz, or alternatively, a clubhead or putterhead with a head having a resonant frequency of 7.83 hertz, plus or minus 0.5 hertz, also known as the Schumann resonance, or any of the multiples or harmonics formed from the fundamental of 7.83 and its margin of 0.5 hertz.

42. The apparatus of claim 37:

wherein said shaft is structurally comprised of at least two of the shapes are selected from the group consisting of;

i. tetrahedron,

ii. hexahedron,

iii. octahedron,

iv. dodecahedron,

v. icosahedron,

vi. ellipses,

vii. cylinders,

viii. pyramids,

ix. Pinecone shapes,

x. phi ellipses,

xi. phi conic shapes,

xii. phi cylinders,

xiii. Schauberger whirlpipes,

xiv. egg shapes,

xv. vortices,

xvi. phi pyramids,

xvii. quasicrystals,

xviii. Cassini ovals,

xix. super ellipses,

xx. perfect fullerene shapes, and

xxi. simple fullerene shapes.

43. The apparatus of claim 37 wherein the structural means of the golf putter is an elliptical or ovaloid shape and further comprises a head attached to said shaft with one or a plurality of projections off the back or non striking portion of the putter face taking the form of any shapes selected from the group consisting of:

i. tetrahedron,

ii. hexahedron,

iii. octahedron,

iv. dodecahedron,

v. icosahedron,

vi. ellipses,

vii. cylinders,

viii. pyramids,

ix. Pinecone shapes,

x. phi ellipses,

xi. phi conic shapes,

xii. phi cylinders,

xiii. Schauberger whirlpipes,

xiv. egg shapes,

xv. vortices,

xvi. phi pyramids,

xvii. quasicrystals,

xviii. Cassini ovals,

xix. super ellipses,

xx. perfect fullerene shapes, and

xxi. simple fullerene shapes,

such that peripheral weighting of the putterhead is increased while simultaneously exploiting the unique vibrational characteristics of fractal shapes as resonating bodies.

44. The apparatus of claim 37 wherein the structural means of the golf putter is of an elliptical or ovaloid shape and further comprises a head attached to said shaft with between one and five distinct structural projections off any non striking portion of the putter taking the form of any combination of shapes selected from the group consisting of:

i. tetrahedron,

ii. hexahedron,

iii. octahedron,

iv. dodecahedron,

v. icosahedron,

vi. ellipses,

vii. cylinders,

viii. pyramids,

ix. Pinecone shapes,

x. phi ellipses,

xi. phi conic shapes,

xii. phi cylinders,

xiii. Schauberger whirlpipes,

xiv. egg shapes,

xv. vortices,

xvi. phi pyramids,

xvii. quasicrystals,

xviii. Cassini ovals,

xix. super ellipses,

xx. perfect fullerene shapes, and

xxi. simple fullerene shapes,

such that peripheral weighting of the putterhead is increased while simultaneously exploiting the unique vibrational characteristics of fractal shapes and or ratios as resonators.

51. The apparatus of claim 37 further comprising a head attached to said shaft with one or a plurality of projections off the non striking portion of the putter face taking the form of any of shape selected from the group consisting of:

i. tetrahedron,

ii. hexahedron,

iii. octahedron,

iv. dodecahedron,

v. icosahedron,

vi. ellipses,

vii. cylinders,

viii. pyramids,

ix. Pinecone shapes,

x. phi ellipses,

xi. phi conic shapes,

xii. phi cylinders,

xiii. Schauberger whirlpipes,

xiv. egg shapes,

xv. vortices,

xvi. phi pyramids,

xvii. quasicrystals,

xviii. Cassini ovals,

xix. super ellipses,

xx. perfect fullerene shapes, and

xxi. simple fullerene shapes.

40. A subhead or putterhead that when struck, has a resonant frequency near 432 hertz ;

musical note A, plus or minus 5 hertz or any of the other harmonics, multiples, inversions or scale intervals formed from the resonance of the fundamental of 432 plus or minus 5 hertz, such as 57.29578, 240.17358, 272, 288, 152.89924, 324, 42.85742, 48.034717, 101.93282 or 324;

musical note E, plus or minus 5 hertz, or alternatively, a subhead or putterhead with a head having a resonant frequency of 7.83 hertz, plus or minus 0.5 hertz, also known as the Schumann resonance, or any of the harmonics, multiples, inversions or harmonics formed from the fundamental of 7.83 within a margin of 0.5 hertz.

45. A sports implement such as skis, rackets, balls, javelins, poles, shoes, trampolines, track surfaces, wrestling or gymnastic mats, helmets, pads and the like structurally comprising fractal geometric shapes or for the promotion of vibrational dampening via piezoelectric transduction, insofar as the fractal geometries and ratios employed to facilitate the dissipation of unwanted vibration through the body of the golfer, whereby the body transforms the strain energy of vibrational shock into electricity, and then dissipates said electricity as heat;

further, any other everyday items coming into contact with humans or animals such as, shoes, ballistic vests, body armor, gloves, helmets, saddles, seats, tools, such as saws, hammers, drills, or any other item for which vibration dampening via piezoelectric induction for humans or animals is desirable utilizing fractal geometries and ratios.

46. The sports implement of claim 45 wherein the geometry utilized is a perfect fullerene at both a nano and a macro scale.

47. Any item as in claim 45 wherein the geometry of the material utilized is a simple fullerene at a nano scale.

48. The sports implement of claim 45 wherein the geometry of the material utilized is a simple fullerene at a nano and a macro scale.

49. The sports implement of claim 45 wherein the geometry of the material utilized is geometrically fractal both the same at a nano and a macro scale.

50. The sports implement of claim 45 wherein the geometry of the material utilized is geometrically fractal both at a nano and a macro scale with the fractal geometries between said scales differing such as, by way of example, a golf putterhead in the shape of a fibonacci sequence constructed of fullerene molecules.