Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Molded hockey puck with electronic signal transmitter core
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Application No.: US16027594Application Date: 2018-07-05
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Publication No.: US10343042B2Publication Date: 2019-07-09
- Inventor: Kent Mason , Richard H. Cavallaro , Jim Doeden
- Applicant: SportsMEDIA Technology Corporation
- Applicant Address: US NC Durham
- Assignee: SPORTSMEDIA TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
- Current Assignee: SPORTSMEDIA TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
- Current Assignee Address: US NC Durham
- Agency: Neo IP
- Main IPC: A63B67/14
- IPC: A63B67/14 ; A63B43/00 ; A63B24/00 ; A63B71/06 ; A63B102/24

Abstract:
A hockey puck is disclosed including an internal signal transmitter enabling instantaneous identification of its position as it moves around. The puck includes two molded subcomponents, which encapsulate the signal transmitter. The signal transmitter may include driver electronics and a number of signal transmitters which together generate and emit an electromagnetic signal. The electromagnetic signal may be emitted by a plurality of diodes mounted in cavities in the subcomponents, for example around an outer circumference of the hockey puck and through a top and bottom surfaces of the hockey puck. The puck may alternatively be formed of a material that allows electromagnetic radiation to be emitted through the subcomponents, and the diode cavities may be omitted.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180326276A1 MOLDED HOCKEY PUCK WITH ELECTRONIC SIGNAL TRANSMITTER CORE Public/Granted day:2018-11-15
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