TW202026047A - Method and apparatus for measuring a golf club head - Google Patents

Abstract

A method and apparatus for measuring a golf club head are provided. The apparatus includes a base plate, a fixing member located at one end of the base plate and having a seat and a pressing unit, a brace located at another end of the base plate and having a first end and a second end, a striking member having a slidable unit slidably coupled with a rail between the first and second ends of the brace, and a pushing member. The slidable unit includes a shaft and a ratchet wheel jointly rotatable with the shaft. The striking member includes an abutment unit movably abutting the ratchet wheel along a longitudinal axis of the ratchet wheel through a controller. The shaft is connected to a striking unit via an arm. The pushing member is electrically connected to the controller and includes a pushing member aligned with the arm.

Description

Golf club head measuring device and method

The invention relates to a measuring device, in particular to a measuring device of a golf club head and a measuring method thereof.

Generally, when measuring the flexibility of a golf club head’s battering surface, it is manually tapped to measure the flexibility of the battering surface. However, it takes a long time to perform manual measurement, and different people may have interpretations when measuring. Differences, and there will also be measurement errors due to human error.

To solve the above-mentioned problems, the object of the present invention is to provide a golf club head measuring device and method thereof, which are capable of automating the measurement.

The directionality described in the full text of the present invention or its similar terms, such as "front", "rear", "left", "right", "up (top)", "down (bottom)", "inner", "outer" , "Side", etc., mainly refer to the directions of the attached drawings. Each directionality or similar terms are only used to help explain and understand the embodiments of the present invention, and are not used to limit the present invention.

The approximate terms such as "combination", "combination" or "assembly" mentioned in the full text of the present invention mainly include the types that can be separated without destroying the components after being connected, or the components can be made inseparable after being connected, which are common knowledge in the field Those can be selected based on the materials of the components to be connected or assembly requirements.

The golf club head measuring device of the present invention includes: a bearing platform; a fixing member located at one end of the bearing platform and having a clamping seat and a pressing tool capable of clamping each other; and a bracket located opposite to the bearing platform At the other end of the bracket, the bracket has a first end and a second end opposite to each other, and a guide rail is provided between the first end and the second end; a percussion module has a sliding seat, the sliding seat The sliding seat is slidably combined with the guide rail, the sliding seat has a rotating shaft and a ratchet wheel coaxial with the rotating shaft, and the percussion module has a catching member with a control element in the axial direction of the ratchet wheel Displacement is to engage the ratchet, the rotating shaft is connected to a percussion member by a cantilever; and a pushing module is electrically connected to the control element, the pushing module has a pushing member, the pushing member is To the cantilever of the percussion module.

The golf club head measurement method of the present invention includes: fixing a golf club to-be-tested part to the fixing part, so that the head of the golf club-to-be-tested faces the striking module located in the bracket ; Use the control element of the percussion module to control the push member of the push module to push the percussion module so that the cantilever rotates to a predetermined height with the rotation axis as the axis, and the snap member The ratchet wheel of a predetermined height is pressed against; and the cantilever and the knocking member are allowed to swing freely to knock the ball head.

Accordingly, in the golf club head measuring device and method of the present invention, the striking module is provided with the control element, and the control element generates a signal to control the pushing member of the pushing module to push against the striking mold The cantilever of the group, and the catching member that controls the percussion module to engage the ratchet, thereby automatically causing the percussion member to swing at a predetermined height to strike the ball head to simulate striking the ball with different forces Using the head to measure flexibility can avoid the difference in interpretation caused by manual measurement, and has the effect of improving measurement efficiency and measurement accuracy.

Wherein, there is a clamping space between the top end and the bottom end of the clamping base, and the pressing tool is screwed to the top of the clamping base by a screw, so that the pressing tool is located in the clamping space. In this way, it has the effect of stably fixing the golf club to-be-tested piece between the pressing tool and the holder.

Wherein, the peripheral edge of the ratchet wheel is adjacent to the lower end of the sliding seat, and has a first ratchet tooth, a second ratchet tooth, and a third ratchet tooth in sequence, and the engaging member is locked against the first ratchet tooth and the first ratchet tooth. Two ratchet teeth or one of the third ratchet teeth. In this way, it has the effect that the ball head can be hit from different predetermined heights respectively to simulate the effect of hitting the ball head with different forces.

The golf club head measuring device of the present invention further includes a calibration module, the calibration module has a sliding seat, the sliding seat can be slidably combined with the guide rail, the sliding seat has a ball head pair The position part, the ball head aligning part has three protruding alignment pins, and the plane formed by the tips of the three alignment pins is located on the same extended plane as one of the striking surfaces of the striking member. In this way, it has the effect that the percussion member can hit the striking surface of the ball head evenly, and the measurement error caused by uneven force is avoided.

The golf club head measurement method of the present invention further includes adjusting the ball head to fit the three alignment pins of the calibration module to align the striking module on the bracket. In this way, it has the effect that the percussion member can hit the striking surface of the ball head evenly, and the measurement error caused by uneven force is avoided.

Wherein, the cantilever is rotated to a position of 45° relative to the natural hung, so that the percussion member pendulum strikes the ball head, and the measurement is repeated three times to measure the flexibility, and then the cantilever is rotated to be relative to the natural Hang down at a position of 30° so that the percussion member oscillates to hit the ball head, and repeat the measurement three times to measure flexibility, and then rotate the cantilever to a position of 15° relative to the natural hanging position to make the knock The hitting piece hits the ball head vertically, and the measurement is repeated three times to measure the flexibility. In this way, it has the effect that the ball head can be hit from different predetermined heights respectively to simulate the effect of hitting the ball head with different forces.

Wherein, the percussion member is allowed to swing freely at a speed of 0.65 to 1.3 m/s to strike the ball head. In this way, it has the effect of improving measurement accuracy.

Wherein, the time for the percussion member to contact the ball head is 220-264 μs. In this way, it has the effect of improving measurement accuracy.

In order to make the above and other objects, features and advantages of the present invention more obvious and understandable, the following describes the preferred embodiments of the present invention in conjunction with the accompanying drawings in detail as follows:

Please refer to Figure 1, which is an embodiment of the golf club head measuring device of the present invention, which includes a bearing platform 1, and the opposite ends of the bearing platform 1 may have a fixing member 2 and a bracket respectively 3. The bracket 3 combines a percussion module 4 and a push module 5 to fix one end of a golf club to-be-tested 9 to the fixing member 2 and make the golf-to-be-tested 9 The ball head 91 at the other end faces the percussion module 4 located on the bracket 3 to push the percussion module 4 through the push module 5 to beat the ball head 91 for measurement.

For example, the fixing member 2 can fix the golf club head to-be-tested piece 9 by clamping or snapping. In this embodiment, the fixing member 2 has a clamping seat 21 and a clamping base 21 that can be clamped to each other. The pressing tool 22 has a clamping space S between the top and bottom ends of the clamping base 21. The pressing tool 22 is screwed to the top of the clamping base 21 by a screw 23 so that the pressing tool 22 is located at the In the clamping space S, the screw 23 can be rotated to control the pressing tool 22 to move toward the bottom end in the clamping space S so as to press the clamping base 21.

The bracket 3 has a first end 31 and a second end 32 opposite to each other in a direction perpendicular to the bearing platform 1. A guide rail 33 is provided between the first end 31 and the second end 32, and the guide rail 33 can be used for For the sliding combination of the percussion module 4. For example, the guide rail 33 may be two guide rods connecting the first end 31 and the second end 32, and the percussion module 4 can be combined with the two guide rods so that the percussion module 4 can be connected to the There is sliding movement between the first end 31 and the second end 32.

Please refer to Figures 1, 4, and 5, the percussion module 4 has a sliding seat 41 that can be slidably combined with the guide rail 33, and the lower end of the sliding seat 41 may have an extension Two arms 42 are formed, a rotating shaft 43 is pivotally connected between the two arms 42, and a percussion member 45 is connected between the two ends of the rotating shaft 43 by a cantilever 44, whereby the sliding seat 41 can be moved The guide rail 33 is moved up and down to adjust the height of the striking member 45, so that the striking member 45 can align with the head 91 of the golf ball under test 9, and the striking member 45 can rotate The shaft 43 is a shaft center that swings and strikes the ball head 91 from a predetermined height. The striking member 45 has a measuring unit 451 which can be electrically connected to a computer or a computer (not shown). When the striking member 45 strikes the ball head 91, the measuring unit 451 can be The measuring unit 451 records the time from when the percussion member 45 contacts the ball head 91 to bounce away from the ball head 91 to measure the flexibility of the ball head 91.

The percussion module 4 may have a ratchet wheel 46 coaxial with the rotation shaft 43, and an abutment member 47 that engages the ratchet wheel 46 in the axial direction. In detail, the ratchet wheel 46 can pivot along with the rotation shaft 43 Turns to rotate, and the peripheral edge of the ratchet 46 has several ratchet teeth 461. By the blocking member 47 being pressed against one of the several ratchet teeth 461, the striking member 45 can be positioned at the beginning of the vertical swing For example, the number of ratchet teeth 461 can be set according to user requirements to position the knocking member 45 at different predetermined heights. The present invention is not limited herein.

In this embodiment, the peripheral edge of the ratchet wheel 46 has three ratchet teeth 461, and the three ratchet teeth 461 can respectively correspond to three predetermined heights at which the percussion member 45 starts to swing. For example, the peripheral edge of the ratchet wheel 46 Adjacent to the lower end of the sliding seat 41, there may be a first ratchet tooth 461a, a second ratchet tooth 461b, and a third ratchet tooth 461c in sequence. When the engaging member 47 is locked against the first ratchet tooth 461a, In the case of the second ratchet tooth 461b or the third ratchet tooth 461c, the cantilever 44 and the knocking member 45 can be raised to 45°, 30° or 15° with respect to the natural sag with the rotation shaft 43 as the axis. According to this, the three predetermined heights can be used to swing and strike the ball head 91 from different predetermined heights respectively to simulate the effect of striking the ball head 91 with different forces.

In addition, the retaining member 47 can be moved forward in the axial direction of the ratchet wheel 46 by a control element 471 set to engage one of the three ratchet teeth 461 to position the cantilever 44 and the knocking member 45. Perform a vertical swing at a predetermined height, and the engaging member 47 can be displaced and reset in the axial direction of the ratchet 46 so as not to engage one of the three ratchet teeth 461, so that the percussion member 45 starts from the predetermined height Perform a hanging swing.

Please refer to Fig. 4 again, the pushing module 5 has a pushing member 51, and the pushing member 51 is positioned on the cantilever 44 of the percussion module 4, so that the pushing member 51 can push the cantilever 44 and the knocking member 45 rotate to the predetermined height with the rotating shaft 43 as the axis. In this embodiment, the pushing member 51 can be connected to a driving device 53 via a connecting arm 52. The driving device 53 can be a motor to drive the connecting arm 52 to rotate. For example, the connecting arm 52 can face the cantilever 44. Rotate in the direction of, so that the pushing member 51 pushes against the cantilever 44, or the connecting arm 52 can rotate in a direction away from the cantilever 44, so that the cantilever 44 can swing freely. Furthermore, the driving device 53 can be electrically connected to the control element 471 of the percussion module 4, whereby the control element 471 can simultaneously control the pushing module 5 to push the cantilever 44 and the percussion member 45 to the predetermined The height, and the displacement of the engaging member 47 to engage the corresponding ratchet tooth 461, has the effect of automatically positioning the striking member 45 to the predetermined height.

Please refer to Figures 1, 2 and 3, in order to further ensure the accuracy of the measurement value of the striking member 45 hitting the ball head 91, the golf club head measurement device of the present invention may further include a calibration module 6 The calibration module 6 has a sliding seat 61 that can be slidably combined with the guide rail 33, and the sliding seat 61 has a ball head alignment portion 62 that can adjust the sliding seat 61 The ball head alignment portion 62 is positioned on the ball head 91 to correct the position of the ball head 91. In detail, the ball head alignment portion 62 has three alignment pins 621 protruding toward the ball head 91 The plane formed by the tips of the three alignment pins 621 is located on the same extended plane as the striking surface 452 of the striking member 45. According to this, the geometric center of the striking surface of the ball head 91 can be adjusted to fit After the tips of the three alignment pins 621, remove the sliding seat 61 of the calibration module 6, and then adjust the sliding seat 41 of the percussion module 4 so that the percussion member 45 can align the ball head The geometric center of the striking surface of 91, so that the striking surface 452 of the striking member 45 can be attached to the ball head 91, so that the striking member 45 can strike the striking surface of the ball head 91 evenly to avoid uneven force application Produce the effect of measurement error. In addition, the ball head aligning portion 62 can also have a laser sight 622, which can further accurately position the geometric center of the striking surface of the ball head 91 to avoid errors caused by human eye recognition.

According to the foregoing structure, the golf club head measurement device of the present invention can perform a golf club head measurement method. Please refer to Figures 1, 6, and 7 to tie one end of the golf club to be tested 9 Fixed to the clamping space S of the fixing member 2, and rotating the screw member 23 to control the pressing tool 22 to move in the clamping space S toward the bottom end, so as to press the golf club test piece 9 against Between the pressing tool 22 and the holder 21, the striking face of the ball head 91 at the other end of the golf club under test 9 is located on the striking part 45. In detail, the striking module 4 can be The sliding seat 41 slides on the guide rail 33 so that the percussion member 45 is located on the striking surface of the ball head 91, especially on the geometric center of the striking surface of the ball head 91. Use the control element 471 of the percussion module 4 to control the push member 51 of the percussion module 5 to push the cantilever 44 of the percussion module 4 and the percussion member 45 to rotate to the axis with the rotation shaft 43 as the axis. After the predetermined height, the engaging member 47 is controlled to engage the ratchet tooth 461 corresponding to the predetermined height, thereby simulating the required measured percussion force.

Please refer to Figure 8, when the engaging member 47 does not engage the ratchet tooth 461, the cantilever 44 and the striking member 45 can swing freely to strike the ball head 91, whereby The measuring unit 451 of the percussion member 45 records the time between when the percussion member 45 touches the ball head 91 and when it bounces off the ball head 91 to measure the flexibility of the ball head 91.

Preferably, the percussion member 45 can be swung at a speed of 0.65 to 1.3 m/s to strike the ball head 91. In this embodiment, the pushing member 51 is first used to push the cantilever 44 downward relative to the natural hanging. To the position of 45°, so that the percussion member 45 oscillates to strike the ball head 91, repeat the measurement three times to measure the flexibility, and continue to push the push member 51 to the position of the cantilever by 44 to 30°, In order to make the percussion member 45 sway the ball head 91, repeat the measurement three times to measure the flexibility, and then push the push member 51 to the position of the cantilever by 44 to 15°, so that the percussion member 45 pendulum strikes the ball head 91, and repeats the measurement three times to measure the flexibility, whereby the measuring unit 451 of the strike piece 45 measures the time that the strike piece 45 contacts the ball head 91, which is It can fall between 220 and 264μs. Accordingly, the flexibility of the ball head 91 can be accurately measured. Moreover, the measurement result of the measurement method of the present invention differs from the standard value by 0.3 μs, and the result of the conventional manual tapping measurement differs from the standard value by 1.7 μs. , Which shows that the measurement method implemented by the golf club head measurement device of the present invention has a smaller error in each measurement, that is, the accuracy is better than manual tapping measurement. Furthermore, the golf club head of the present invention The measurement method implemented by the measuring device can measure about 650 golf clubs to be tested within 10 hours, and the conventional manual tapping measurement only performs about 350 golf clubs to be tested within 10 hours. The measurement shows that the measurement method implemented by the golf club head measurement device of the present invention is more efficient than manual tap measurement.

Please continue to refer to Figures 2 and 3, the striking face of the ball head 91 is located in front of the percussion member 45, and the position of the ball head 91 can be corrected to adjust the sliding seat 61 The alignment portion 62 is positioned on the ball head 91, after adjusting the geometric center of the striking surface of the ball head 91 to fit the tips of the three alignment pins 621, remove the sliding seat 61 of the correction module 6, and then Adjust the sliding seat 41 of the percussion module 4 so that the percussion member 45 can align with the geometric center of the striking surface of the ball head 91, thereby further accurately positioning the geometric center of the striking surface of the ball head 91 effect.

In summary, in the golf club head measuring device and method of the present invention, the striking module has the control element, and the control element generates a signal to control the pushing member of the pushing module to push against the The cantilever of the percussion module, and the locking member of the percussion module is controlled to engage the ratchet, thereby automatically causing the percussion member to swing at a predetermined height to strike the ball head to simulate different force knocks Hitting the ball head to measure flexibility can avoid differences in interpretation caused by manual measurement, and has the effect of improving measurement efficiency and measurement accuracy.

Although the present invention has been disclosed using the above-mentioned preferred embodiments, it is not intended to limit the present invention. Anyone who is familiar with the art without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention may make various changes and modifications relative to the above-mentioned embodiments. The technical scope of the invention is protected. Therefore, the scope of protection of the invention shall be subject to the scope of the attached patent application.

﹝this invention﹞ 1: Bearing platform 2: fixed parts 21: Clip seat 22: Press tool 23: Screw 3: bracket 31: first end 32: second end 33: Rail 4: Percussion module 41: sliding seat 42: two arms 43: Rotation axis 44: Cantilever 45: Percussion 451: Measuring Unit 452: Knock Surface 46: Ratchet 461: Ratchet 461a: first ratchet 461b: second ratchet 461c: third ratchet 47: Card Payment 471: control element 5: Push to the module 51: Push the piece 52: connecting arm 53: drive device 6: Calibration module 61: sliding seat 62: Ball head alignment 621: registration needle 622: Laser sight S: clamping space ﹝Used ﹞ 9: Golf ball to be tested 91: ball head

[Figure 1] A perspective view of a preferred embodiment of the golf club head measurement device of the present invention. [Figure 2] A partial structure diagram of the calibration module of the golf club head measurement device of the present invention. [Figure 3] The action situation diagram shown in Figure 2. [Figure 4] A partial structure diagram of the alignment cantilever of the push module of the golf club head measurement device of the present invention. [Figure 5] A partial structure diagram of the engaging member and ratchet of the golf club head measuring device of the present invention. [Picture 6] The action situation diagram shown in Fig. 4. [Figure 7] The action situation diagram shown in Figure 5. [Figure 8] A diagram of the action of the percussion member of the golf club head measuring device of the present invention swinging freely to strike the head.

1: Bearing platform

2: fixed parts

21: Clip seat

22: Press tool

23: Screw

3: bracket

31: first end

32: second end

33: Rail

4: Percussion module

41: sliding seat

42: two arms

43: Rotation axis

44: Cantilever

45: Percussion

451: Measuring Unit

46: Ratchet

461: Ratchet

47: Card Payment

471: control element

5: Push to the module

6: Calibration module

61: sliding seat

62: Ball head alignment

621: registration needle

622: Laser sight

S: clamping space

9: Golf ball to be tested

91: ball head

Claims (9)

A golf club head measuring device, including: A bearing platform; A fixing piece, located at one end of the bearing platform, with a clamping base and a pressing tool that can be clamped to each other; A bracket located at the opposite end of the bearing platform, the bracket having a first end and a second end opposite to each other, and a guide rail is provided between the first end and the second end; A percussion module has a sliding seat that can be slidably combined with the guide rail, the sliding seat has a rotation axis and a ratchet wheel coaxial with the rotation axis, and the percussion module has a The blocking member is displaced in the axial direction of the ratchet by a control element to clamp the ratchet, and the rotating shaft is connected with a knocking member by a cantilever; and A push module is electrically connected to the control element, and the push module has a push piece, and the push piece is positioned on the cantilever of the knock module. According to the golf club head measuring device described in claim 1, wherein there is a clamping space between the top end and the bottom end of the clamp base, and the pressing tool is screwed to the clamp base by a screw , So that the pressing tool is located in the clamping space. The golf club head measuring device according to the first item of the patent application, wherein the periphery of the ratchet wheel is adjacent to the lower end of the sliding seat, and has a first ratchet tooth, a second ratchet tooth and a third ratchet tooth in sequence. A ratchet, the engaging member is engaged with one of the first ratchet, the second ratchet or the third ratchet. The golf club head measurement device described in any one of items 1 to 3 in the scope of the patent application further includes a calibration module having a sliding seat, which can be combined with sliding On the guide rail, the sliding seat has a ball head alignment portion, the ball head alignment portion has three protruding alignment pins, and the plane formed by the tips of the three alignment pins is connected to the knock One of the striking surfaces of the striking piece is located on the same extended plane. A measurement method using the golf club head measurement device described in item 4 of the scope of patent application, including: Fixing a golf club to-be-tested piece to the fixing member so that the striking face of the golf club to-be-tested piece is located on the striking piece; Use the control element of the percussion module to control the pusher of the push module to push the percussion module, so that the cantilever rotates to a predetermined height with the rotation axis as the axis, and the engaging member is clamped A ratchet that corresponds to a predetermined height; and The cantilever and the striking member are allowed to swing freely to strike the ball head. The measurement method described in item 5 of the scope of the patent application further includes adjusting the ball head to fit the three alignment pins of the calibration module so as to align on the striking surface. The measurement method described in item 5 of the scope of patent application, wherein the cantilever is rotated to a position of 45° relative to the natural hanging position, so that the percussion member pendulum strikes the ball head, and the measurement is repeated three times. Measure the flexibility, and continue to rotate the cantilever to a position that is 30° relative to the natural hanging position, so that the percussion member pendulum strikes the ball head, and repeat the measurement three times to measure the flexibility, and then rotate the cantilever To a position of 15° relative to the natural hanging position, so that the percussion member can swing and strike the ball head, and the measurement is repeated three times to measure the flexibility. The measurement method described in item 5 of the scope of patent application, wherein the percussion member is allowed to swing freely at a speed of 0.65 to 1.3 m/s to strike the ball head. According to the measurement method described in item 5 of the scope of patent application, the time for the knocking member to contact the ball head is 220-264 μs.

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