EP3287175A1 - Vessie de ballon gonflable comportant deux soupapes à double fonction et un composant électronique rechargeable câblé - Google Patents

Vessie de ballon gonflable comportant deux soupapes à double fonction et un composant électronique rechargeable câblé Download PDF

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EP3287175A1
EP3287175A1 EP17020540.5A EP17020540A EP3287175A1 EP 3287175 A1 EP3287175 A1 EP 3287175A1 EP 17020540 A EP17020540 A EP 17020540A EP 3287175 A1 EP3287175 A1 EP 3287175A1
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
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  • the present invention relates to a bladder for an inflatable ball, in particular a soccer ball.
  • the present invention relates to encapsulation of an electronic component at the center of the bladder using an elastic cable anchor mechanism.
  • the present invention relates to modified valves acting as air retention valve as well as charging connector.
  • a sensor is introduced in the ball.
  • This sensor emits signals which are captured by the receivers in order to provide desired information about the ball e.g. position and velocity of the ball at any random point while the game is being played.
  • the present invention describes an apparatus and a method for charging and air pumping of bladder of an inflatable ball.
  • the primary object of the invention is to provide an apparatus for holding the electronic component within the sphere of the bladder of an inflatable ball that overcomes shortcomings of the prior arts;
  • Another object of the invention is to encapsulate an electronic component at the center of the bladder using an elastic cable anchor mechanism
  • Further object of the invention is to provide wired charging of electronic component encapsulated within the bladder;
  • Another object of the invention is to provide a dual function valve which functions as an air retention valve as well as a charging connector;
  • Further object of the invention is to provide an electrical connection with in communication with the electronic component for exchanging data.
  • an inflatable ball bladder with a dual function valve and a wired rechargeable electronic component provides an elastic cable anchor mechanism to encapsulate an electronic component at the center of the bladder.
  • the bladder can include an electrical connection in communication with the electronic device for charging the device and/or exchanging data.
  • the present invention provides a well-balanced bladder of an inflatable ball owing to two valves positioned at opposite poles. The present invention does not deviate from the regular football/soccer butyl bladder manufacturing process drastically.
  • the present invention allows wired charging and in turn helps in reducing the weight of the sensor by discounting the wireless module in the sensor. This leads to lesser weight of the sensor which allows the sensor to be placed at the center and be charged and air-pumped using both valves while the performance of the ball remains intact.
  • FIG. 1 of drawings an overall view of a bladder of a soccer ball made from butyl sheet is shown.
  • FIG. 2 of drawings a schematic view of an anchor plug (2) is shown.
  • the Anchor Plugs are positioned between 30mm and 70mm from the center of the valve on both poles of the butyl bladder. These anchor plugs are made of latex, rubber, or butyl which bonds homogeneously to the bladder.
  • This anchor plug has a slot to pass the polymer cable through and lock itself to the Plug in order to restrict any movement. This structure makes the plugs light and strong which can have heavy tolerance on kicking impact on the ball.
  • a schematic view of a polymer/Nitrile/Butyl cable (1) which holds the electronic device from six angles inside the bladder.
  • the cable has an exact length that is required to hold the electronic device to the inner walls of the butyl bladder.
  • the dimensions are such that the polymer cables are full stretched but not tensed in order to maintain fully inflated state up to the limit required for a playing the game.
  • This structure is critical to the electronic device as it does not allow the sensor to wobble around the interior of the butyl bladder.
  • the polymer/Nitrile/Butyl cable also contains two push locks on opposite sides of the cable plane which locks itself to be held tightly between the anchor plugs (2) and electronic device (5).
  • FIG. 4 of drawings a schematic front view and side view of a dual function valve (3) respectively is shown.
  • the bottom of the valve is extended to create a slot for a metallic hollow pipe [ Fig. 4(b) ] with an opening at the mid-section and two sides.
  • Fig. 4(b) describes a schematic view of a hollow metal pipe is shown There is a pin hole of about 2 mm diameter from the top opening into the pipe's mid-section hole. This pinhole is inwards compression to block any air from going out once the air/charging Pin is pulled out. Particularly, when the air/charging pin is pulled out, the pinhole is automatically shut due to inward pressure of rubber/butyl/latex from the sides.
  • the metallic hollow pin with these dimensions is pushed into the hole of the valve from the side with the mid-section hole being in sync with the pinhole opening inside the valve.
  • This arrangement serves two purposes - (i) air pin goes straight through the pinhole of the valve into the mid-section hole of the metallic pipe. Upon pumping, the air passes through to the butyl bladder and fills it up. Once the Air Pin is pulled out, the pinhole of the valve will automatically close hence retaining the air inside the bladder. (ii) Charging Pin with same cross section diameter as of the Air Pin goes inside the valve pinhole and through to the metallic pipe mid-section hole and touches the bottom part of the pipe [ Fig. 4(a) ]. This establishes connection with the electronic device's circuit and thus charges the battery. The dimensions of the valve & pin are precise enough to enable it to maintain balance of the bladder and performance of the ball remains intact.
  • FIG. 5 the process of manufacturing the bladder of an inflatable ball with dual function valve and wired rechargeable electronic device is shown.
  • the process uses butyl sheets with minimum dimensions of 640mm x 320mm in the process of manufacture of the inflatable ball bladder.
  • the inflatable ball bladder can use latex, rubber, synthetic leather, other polymeric material or any combination of these materials.
  • a folding toolset is used to structure folds on the butyl sheets, which when cut and sealed from sides produce an uncured bladder. This process also creates a hole from one side of the bladder which is used for fitting the Housing Component.
  • the present invention produces eight holes at pre-determined positions on the sheet that is being used to manufacture inflatable ball bladder.
  • Fig. 5 describes the locations of these eight holes.
  • the sheet is divided into eight equal parts.
  • the black and white round dots are the points where the holes are created on the butyl sheets.
  • the distance between the holes is as shown in the Fig. 5(a) .
  • the next step involves insertion of an electronic device within the bladder at pre-determined position.
  • the electronic device is locks up the six anchor cables which together is be called as the 'Sensor Component'.
  • the Sensor Component is placed inside the folds of the butyl sheet during the usual folding mechanism which is described earlier in the specification.
  • the Sensor Component is pushed into the uncured bladder through one of the eight holes after the compression and sealing of the folded sheet is completed.
  • the six anchor cables' (2) loose ends are pulled out of the six holes which are around the two Valve Housing holes.
  • Two Wire ends pre-soldered to Metallic Pipes, which are connected to the Sensor are pulled out of each of the two Valve Housing holes on two opposite poles of the bladder.
  • the loose ends of the anchor cable are then looped into the Anchor Plugs and locked.
  • Two Metallic Pipes are pushed into the two Valve Holes. All valves are then patched to the outside body of the uncured bladder layer with industrial rubber bonding glue.
  • the uncured bladder is inserted in a custom blow injection moulding machine and cured under high temperature and pressure converting it to a cured bladder.
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US1898600A (en) * 1930-02-05 1933-02-21 Rawlings Mfg Co Football, basket ball, and the like
WO1997020449A1 (fr) 1995-11-29 1997-06-05 Sound-Ball Procede pour la restitution des bruits de ballon lors d'une manifestation sportive et ballon pour la mise en oeuvre d'un tel dispositif
US5725445A (en) * 1997-02-28 1998-03-10 Kennedy; Melvin Flashing light pneumatic playball
WO2001010512A1 (fr) * 1999-08-05 2001-02-15 Magon, Kaushalya, Devi Vessie equilibree pour ballons gonflables
DE20004174U1 (de) 2000-03-06 2001-07-19 Braun Hartmut Spielgerät, Einrichtung zur Erfassung des Spielgeräts sowie Teile dieser Einrichtung
WO2004026411A1 (fr) * 2002-09-17 2004-04-01 Cruciani, Gabriele Equipement de detection de but destine au foot-ball
EP1637192A1 (fr) * 2004-09-17 2006-03-22 adidas International Marketing B.V. Vessie
EP1666916A2 (fr) * 2004-12-03 2006-06-07 William Forbes Système de suivi
CN106310615A (zh) * 2016-09-21 2017-01-11 武汉汇动乐智科技有限公司 电子足球球体

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US1898600A (en) * 1930-02-05 1933-02-21 Rawlings Mfg Co Football, basket ball, and the like
WO1997020449A1 (fr) 1995-11-29 1997-06-05 Sound-Ball Procede pour la restitution des bruits de ballon lors d'une manifestation sportive et ballon pour la mise en oeuvre d'un tel dispositif
US5725445A (en) * 1997-02-28 1998-03-10 Kennedy; Melvin Flashing light pneumatic playball
WO2001010512A1 (fr) * 1999-08-05 2001-02-15 Magon, Kaushalya, Devi Vessie equilibree pour ballons gonflables
DE20004174U1 (de) 2000-03-06 2001-07-19 Braun Hartmut Spielgerät, Einrichtung zur Erfassung des Spielgeräts sowie Teile dieser Einrichtung
DE10029459A1 (de) 2000-03-06 2001-09-20 Cairos Technologies Ag Einrichtung zur Erfassung der Position und/oder Bewegung eines Objekts und/oder Lebewesens sowie Teile dieser Einrichtung
WO2004026411A1 (fr) * 2002-09-17 2004-04-01 Cruciani, Gabriele Equipement de detection de but destine au foot-ball
EP1637192A1 (fr) * 2004-09-17 2006-03-22 adidas International Marketing B.V. Vessie
EP1666916A2 (fr) * 2004-12-03 2006-06-07 William Forbes Système de suivi
CN106310615A (zh) * 2016-09-21 2017-01-11 武汉汇动乐智科技有限公司 电子足球球体

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