Electronics Enclosure for a Needle-Inflated Object

• US 20170106250A1
• Filed: 10/19/2016
• Published: 04/20/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 10/19/2015
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Michael W. Bloom
• Original Assignee: Michael W. Bloom
• Inventors: Bloom, Michael W.
• Application Number:
  US15/297,189
• Publication Number:
  US 20170106250A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2024/0028 Tracking the path of an object, e.g. a ball inside a soccer pitch
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2209/08 magnetic
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2220/12 Absolute positions, e.g. by using GPS
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2220/13 Relative positions
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2220/40 Acceleration
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2220/56 Pressure
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2220/803 Motion sensors
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2220/89 Field sensors, e.g. radar systems
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2225/50 Wireless data transmission, e.g. by radio transmitters or telemetry
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 41/00 Hollow inflatable balls
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 41/12 Tools or devices for blowing up or closing balls for pricking-balls A63B39/04
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 43/004 electrically conductive, e.g. for automatic arbitration

Abstract

An electronics enclosure assembly includes: a housing having a convex side and a concave side opposite the convex side; at least one electronic device arranged within the housing; and a mounting stem having at least a shank portion extending from the concave side of the housing for connecting the housing to a valve of a needle-inflated ball. A support spans an interior of the housing for transferring an impact force around the at least one electronic device. Upon connecting the housing to a valve of a needle-inflated ball by insertion of the shank portion of the mounting stem into the valve, the housing resides outside of the ball.

Claims

1. An electronics enclosure assembly comprising:

a housing having a convex side and a concave side opposite the convex side;

at least one electronic device arranged within the housing; and

a mounting stem having at least a shank portion extending from the concave side of the housing for connecting the housing to a valve of a needle-inflated ball.

2. The electronics enclosure assembly of claim 1, further comprising at least one support that spans an interior of the housing for transferring an impact force around the at least one electronic device.

3. The electronics enclosure assembly of claim 1, wherein, upon connecting the housing to a valve of a needle-inflated ball by insertion of the shank portion of the mounting stem into the valve, the housing resides outside of the ball.

4. The electronics enclosure assembly of claim 1, wherein the at least one electronic device includes at least one of a pressure sensor, a global positioning system, an accelerometer, a magnetometer, and a gyroscope.

5. The electronics enclosure assembly of claim 1, wherein the at least one electronic device comprises a battery and a battery charging mechanism operatively connected to the battery.

6. The electronics enclosure assembly of claim 5, wherein the battery charging mechanism is configured to be coupled by inductive coupling to an external charging device.

7. An electronics enclosure assembly comprising:

a housing comprising a base, a cap opposite the base, and an interior defined between the base and the cap; and

a mounting stem having at least a shank portion extending from the base for connecting the housing to a valve of a needle-inflated ball.

8. The electronics enclosure assembly of claim 7, further comprising at least one support that spans an interior of the housing for transferring an impact force from the cap to the base.

9. The electronics enclosure assembly of claim 7, wherein the mounting stem comprises:

a cylindrical shank having the at least a shank portion extending from the base; and

a head connected to the cylindrical shank, wider than the cylindrical shank, and trapped between the base and cap.

10. The electronics enclosure assembly of claim 9, wherein the base includes an interior support collar extending into the interior of the housing around the cylindrical shank.

11. The electronics enclosure assembly of claim 10, wherein the cap includes a cylindrical interior support shroud extending into the interior of the housing around the head of the mounting stem and around the interior support collar.

12. The electronics enclosure assembly of claim 7, wherein:

the shank portion of the mounting stem extends from the base in a first direction; and

the cap has a convex outer surface facing a second direction opposite the first direction.

13. The electronics enclosure assembly of claim 12, wherein the base has a concave outer surface facing the first direction.

14. The electronics enclosure assembly of claim 7, wherein the housing further comprises a circularly cylindrical perimeter wall extending from the base to the cap.

15. The electronics enclosure assembly of claim 7, further comprising a sleeve that at least partially covers the cap and has a tapered outer perimeter edge.

16. The electronics enclosure assembly of claim 7, further comprising an electronic device within the housing.

17. The electronics enclosure assembly of claim 16, further comprising a motion tracking device within the housing.

18. The electronics enclosure assembly of claim 17, wherein the motion tracking device comprises a circuit board, a battery, and a battery charging mechanism.

19. The electronics enclosure assembly of claim 18, wherein the circuit board comprises a processor, a memory device, an acceleration sensor, and an input and output device.

20. The electronics enclosure assembly of claim 18, wherein the battery charging mechanism is configured to be powered by inductive coupling.