Method and apparatus for an assistive energy type golf club
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1. Apparatus configured to be coupled to a golf club to impart incremental velocity to a golf ball, comprising:
- a power source configured to supply power to said golf club;
a sensor that determines a proximity of said golf ball relative to a golf club head of said golf club;
a controller that is responsive to said proximity and generates a firing command prior to impact of said golf club head with said golf ball; and
a velocity generating apparatus responsive to said firing command and effective to convert power from said power source into incremental velocity of said golf ball.
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Abstract
The present invention relates to method and apparatus adapted for use with an assistive energy type golf club which is safe to use, inconspicuous, and able to release sufficient assistive energy at the optimum time during a golf swing to add prescribed incremental velocity to a golf ball.
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31 Claims
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1. Apparatus configured to be coupled to a golf club to impart incremental velocity to a golf ball, comprising:
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a power source configured to supply power to said golf club; a sensor that determines a proximity of said golf ball relative to a golf club head of said golf club; a controller that is responsive to said proximity and generates a firing command prior to impact of said golf club head with said golf ball; and a velocity generating apparatus responsive to said firing command and effective to convert power from said power source into incremental velocity of said golf ball. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A method utilizing a golf club to impart incremental velocity to a golf ball, said method comprising;
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supplying power to said golf club; sensing the proximity of said golf ball relative to a golf club head of said golf club; generating a firing command responsive to said proximity prior to impact of said golf club head with said golf ball; and responding to said firing command by converting power from said power source into incremental velocity of said golf ball. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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29. An apparatus configured to be couple to a golf club to impart incremental velocity to a golf ball, comprising:
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a power source configured to supply power to said golf club; a controller that generates a firing command prior to impact of a head of said golf club with said golf ball; a velocity generating apparatus responsive to said firing command and effective to convert power from said power source into incremental velocity of said golf ball; said velocity generating apparatus including at least one compressible spring, said spring being operable to receive said energy from said power source, and deliver said energy to said golf ball; and said velocity generating apparatus further including a motor and a force amplifier which are jointly operable to compress said spring to receive said energy.
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30. An apparatus configured to be coupled to a golf club to impart incremental velocity to a golf ball, comprising:
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a power source configured to supply power to said golf club; a controller that generates a firing command prior to impact of a head of said golf club with said golf ball a velocity generating apparatus responsive to said firing command and effective to convert power from said power source into incremental velocity of said golf ball; and said velocity generating apparatus including one or more spinning flywheels, said flywheels being operable to receive said energy from said power source, and deliver said energy to said golf ball.
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31. An apparatus configured to be coupled to a golf club to impart incremental velocity to a golf ball, comprising:
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a power source configured to supply power to said golf club; a controller that generates a firing command prior to impact of a head of said golf club with said golf ball; a velocity generating apparatus responsive to said firing command and effective to convert power from said power source into incremental velocity of said golf ball; said velocity generating apparatus including one or more magnetic field and coil pairs, said pairs being operable to receive said energy from said power source, and deliver said energy to said golf ball; and said velocity generating apparatus further including a striker associated with said coil operable to receive power from said pairs, said striker having a striker face operable to accelerate outwardly from a face of said golf club head and strike said golf ball thereby converting said power into said incremental velocity of said golf ball.
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