Ball

• US 9,908,008 B2
• Filed: 02/01/2017
• Issued: 03/06/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 02/26/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Pegatron Corporation
• Original Assignee: Pegatron Corporation
• Inventors: Fang, Yu-Lin
• Primary Examiner(s): WONG, STEVEN B
• Application Number:
  US15/422,017
• Publication Number:
  US 20170246513A1
• Time in Patent Office: 398 Days
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2041/005 with counterweight for adjusting the centre of gravity
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2071/0625 Emitting sound, noise or music
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2071/0633 without electronic means
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2209/00 Characteristics of used materials
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2220/56 Pressure
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2225/50 Wireless data transmission, e.g. by radio transmitters or telemetry
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2225/74 with powered illuminating means, e.g. lights
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 41/00 Hollow inflatable balls
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 43/004 electrically conductive, e.g. for automatic arbitration
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 43/06 with illuminating devices ; with reflective surfaces
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 71/0622 Visual, audio or audio-visual systems for entertaining, instructing or motivating the user

Abstract

A ball includes a first housing, at least a fixing body, at least a ceramic vibration unit and a second housing. The fixing body is disposed on the internal wall of the first housing. The ceramic vibration unit is configured to make a sound and is fixed on the fixing body. The ceramic vibration unit includes a vibrating plate, a ceramic sheet and a cover body. The ceramic sheet and the cover body are disposed on the vibrating plate, and the ceramic sheet is located between the vibrating plate and the cover body. The second housing covers the first housing.

Claims

1. A ball, comprising:

a first housing;

at least a fixing body disposed on an internal wall of the first housing;

at least a ceramic vibration unit configured to make a sound and fixed on the fixing body, wherein the ceramic vibration unit comprises;

a vibrating plate,

a ceramic sheet disposed on the vibrating plate,

a cover body disposed on the vibrating plate, wherein the ceramic sheet is located between the vibrating plate and the cover body; and

a second housing covering the first housing;

wherein the fixing body has a plurality of fixing members, the vibrating plate and the cover body have a plurality of holes, the holes of the vibrating plate are disposed corresponding to the holes of the cover body so as to form a plurality of connecting structures, and the connecting structures are connected with the fixing members so as to fix the ceramic vibration unit on the fixing body.

2. The ball of claim 1, further comprising:

at least a balance unit, wherein the ceramic vibration unit and the balance unit are symmetrically disposed on the internal wall of the first housing.

3. The ball of claim 1, further comprising:

at least six light emitting structures symmetrically disposed on the first housing, wherein each of the light emitting structures comprises;

a fixing unit disposed on the first housing;

a light emitting unit disposed on the fixing unit; and

a first light permeable unit disposed on the fixing unit, wherein the light emitting unit is located between the fixing unit and the first light permeable unit.

4. The ball of claim 1, further comprising:

a woven structure located between the first housing and the second housing, wherein the woven structure comprises a plurality of woven units, which are at least partially overlapped and covering the first housing.

5. The ball of claim 3, wherein the second housing comprises:

a first material layer being light permeable;

a second material layer covered by the first material layer; and

at least six second light permeable units disposed on the second material layer corresponding to positions of the light emitting structures.

6. The ball of claim 3, wherein the first housing has a plurality of first through holes communicating the internal wall and an external wall of the first housing, and the light emitting structures are disposed in the first through holes, respectively.

7. The ball of claim 3, wherein any three of the light emitting units define a region of the same size.

8. The ball of claim 3, wherein the woven units are at least partially overlapped at a region outside the light emitting structure.

9. The ball of claim 5, wherein the second material layer has a plurality of second through holes communicating an internal wall of the second material layer and an internal wall of the first material layer.

10. The ball of claim 9, wherein the second light permeable units are disposed in the second through holes, respectively, and contact with the first material layer.