INSTRUMENTED SOFTBALL OR BASEBALL BAT AND BAT KNOB AND SYSTEM FOR MONITORING A BAT SWING
First Claim
1. An instrumented baseball or softball bat knob, comprising;
- a housing that is configured to be fixed to a handle end of a bat; and
an electronics package mounted within the housing and comprising;
one or more sensors mounted within the housing and capable of detecting conditions associated with a swing of the bat and capable of generating raw swing condition data associated with a swing of the bat, and the raw swing condition data is used to generate processed swing condition data associated with the swing of the bat;
a memory device mounted in the housing for storing the processed swing condition data and/or for storing the raw swing condition data generated by the sensors;
a battery mounted within the housing that supplies power to the sensors, processor, memory and transceiver; and
,a processor mounted within the housing and in electrical signal communication with the one or more sensors, memory device, transceiver and battery.
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Abstract
An instrumented baseball or softball bat knob comprising a knob housing including a generally cylindrical member inserted into a handle end of the bat and a knob portion attached to the cylindrical member. The knob portion has a diameter that is larger than a diameter of the handle end of the bat. An electronics package is mounted within the knob housing and includes one or more sensors, a microcontroller (processor), memory device and a battery to generate and store data relative to conditions of a batter'"'"'s swing. The electronics package may also include a wireless transmitter/antenna/transceiver to transmit swing condition data to an external, remote processing unit.
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22 Claims
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1. An instrumented baseball or softball bat knob, comprising;
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a housing that is configured to be fixed to a handle end of a bat; and an electronics package mounted within the housing and comprising; one or more sensors mounted within the housing and capable of detecting conditions associated with a swing of the bat and capable of generating raw swing condition data associated with a swing of the bat, and the raw swing condition data is used to generate processed swing condition data associated with the swing of the bat; a memory device mounted in the housing for storing the processed swing condition data and/or for storing the raw swing condition data generated by the sensors; a battery mounted within the housing that supplies power to the sensors, processor, memory and transceiver; and
,a processor mounted within the housing and in electrical signal communication with the one or more sensors, memory device, transceiver and battery. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 20, 22)
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11. An instrumented baseball or softball bat, comprising:
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a barrel portion; a handle portion connected to the barrel portion and having a handle end; an instrumented knob including a knob housing affixed to the handle end of the bat; and an electronics package mounted within the knob housing comprising; one or more sensors mounted within the housing and capable of detecting conditions associated with a swing of the bat and capable of generating raw swing condition data associated with a swing of the bat and the raw swing condition data is used to generate processed swing condition data associated with the swing of the bat; a memory device mounted in the housing for storing the processed swing condition data generated by the processor and/or the raw data generated by the sensors; a transceiver mounted within the housing that transmits the processed swing condition data to an external processing unit; a battery mounted within the housing that supplies power to the sensors, processor, memory device and transceiver; and
,a processor mounted within the housing and in electrical signal communication with the one or more sensors, memory device, transmitter, and battery. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A system o monitoring a bat swing comprising:
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a bat having a barrel portion, and a handle portion connected to the barrel portion and having a handle end; an instrumented knob housing affixed to the handle end of the bat; an electronics package mounted within the knob housing comprising; one or more sensors mounted within the housing and capable of detecting conditions associated with a swing of the bat and capable of generating raw swing condition data associated with a swing of the bat and the raw condition data is used to generate processed swing condition data associated with the swing of the bat; a memory device mounted in the housing for storing the processed swing condition data generated by the processor and/or the raw data generated by the sensors; a transceiver mounted within the housing that transmits the processed swing condition data to an external processing unit;
a battery mounted within the housing that supplies power to the sensors, processor, memory device and transceiver;a processor mounted within the housing and in electrical signal communication with the one or more sensors, memory device, transmitter, and battery; and a processing unit external to the instrumented knob, and positioned remotely to and not n physical contact with the bat, wherein the processing unit is in wireless signal communication with the instrumented knob to transmit the raw swing condition data or processed swing condition data between the processing unit and the instrumented knob. - View Dependent Claims (19)
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21. The instrumented bat of clam 11 wherein the instrumented knob of the bat includes a charging port on the knob housing with one or more electrical connections and a battery charger assembly, including an electrical interconnect, that is connectable to, and detachable from, the charging port of the instrumented knob.
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