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Golf ball with RFID inlay in a molded impression

  • US 9,370,694 B2
  • Filed: 04/11/2012
  • Issued: 06/21/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/18/2010
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An RFID golf ball system comprising:

  • an RFID golf ball including,an RFID integrated circuit that includes a plurality of RFID contact pads and an RFID memory configured to store at least one unique identifier,an RFID antenna electrically coupled to the RFID Integrated circuit, wherein the RFID antenna includes a plurality of stranded wires that are fixedly coupled to the RFID contact pads,a compressible core having a center and a spherical surface, wherein the compressible core includes an impression on the surface of the compressible core,a flexible substrate that encapsulates the RFID integrated circuit, wherein the flexible substrate having the encapsulated RFID integrated circuit received by the impression includes Teslin,a shell that encapsulates the compressible core generating an RFID golf ball, wherein the shell interfaces with the compressible core and the flexible substrate having the encapsulated RFID integrated circuit; and

    an RFID reader antenna disposed near a tee area, wherein the RFID reader antenna is configured to read the unique identifier associated with the RFID golf ball.

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