Luminous baseball

Abstract

A luminous baseball is provided, which includes a housing. The housing includes an inner shell, a soft rubber layer, and a leather layer. A circuit board is fixedly provided in the inner shell. The circuit board is electrically connected with a battery and a plurality of LED light beads. The housing is made of transparent material. The light emitting color and color changing time of the LED light beads can be controlled by providing the circuit board. The circuit board is firmly installed, which can reduce resonance and prevent shaking and damage during hitting the baseball. The soft rubber layer can adjust the hardness of the baseball, and the leather layer can effectively reduce a direct force during hitting, improve buffering performance. A user can turn on or off the lights according to needs, and the battery can be charged through USB or TYPE-C charging ports.

Description

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS

[0001] This application claims priority to Chinese Patent Application No. 202520180220.0, filed on Feb. 5, 2025, which is hereby incorporated by reference in its entirety.TECHNICAL FIELD

[0002] The present disclosure relates to the field of sports equipment technologies, and in particular, to a luminous baseball.BACKGROUND

[0003] Traditional baseball is made of round cork, rubber or similar material as a center of a ball, wrapped with hemp thread, and then tightly sewn with two pieces of white horsehide or cowhide. Traditional baseball, due to its inability to emit light, can only be played in well-lit areas and cannot be played in dimly lit places, which limits the popularity of baseball.

[0004] In the existing technology, CN202323630276.1 discloses an LED luminous baseball. In which, the baseball is equipped with a battery and an LED light inside, and the battery continuously supplies power to the LED light. The battery is a dry battery, and the baseball is equipped with a pressing piece for pressing the battery. The battery can be replaced by disassembling the pressing piece. However, in an actual use, due to the exposed end of the pressing piece of the luminous baseball, if the pressing piece is hit during the baseball hitting process, it is easy to damage the pressing piece and cause the baseball to be tilted, affecting the sports experience. Besides that, the current luminous baseball only provides continuous power to the LED lights through the battery internally. When not in use, the battery needs to be removed, which is quite troublesome and can only produce monochromatic light, which cannot meet the needs of the user for luminous baseball.SUMMARY

[0005] To solve the above problems, the present disclosure proposes a luminous baseball.

[0006] The technical solution adopted by the present disclosure is: a luminous baseball, including a housing, where a fixed structure configured to install an integrated circuit board is provided in the housing, and a battery and at least one light emitting source are electrically connected to the integrated circuit board; the housing is made of transparent material, and light emitted by the light emitting source passes through the housing and diverges to an outer side of the housing.

[0007] In some embodiments of the present disclosure, the housing includes an inner shell, a soft rubber layer, and a leather layer in sequence from inside to outside.

[0008] In some embodiments of the present disclosure, the light emitting source is a plurality of LED light beads, and the LED light beads are soldered on two sides of the integrated circuit board.

[0009] In some embodiments of the present disclosure, a light emitting area emitted by the plurality of LED light beads covers the inner shell.

[0010] In some embodiments of the present disclosure, the battery is bonded or clamped and fixed on one side of the integrated circuit board.

[0011] In some embodiments of the present disclosure, the inner shell includes a first half shell and a second half shell that are spliced together, the fixed structure includes a first socket provided on an inner wall of the first half shell and a second socket provided on an inner wall of the second half shell, and the integrated circuit board is connected between the first socket and the second socket.

[0012] In some embodiments of the present disclosure, a switch component and a charging component are fixed on the integrated circuit board, and a first avoidance port corresponding to the switch component and a second avoidance port corresponding to the charging component are provided on the inner shell.

[0013] In some embodiments of the present disclosure, the first half shell is provided with a plurality of first bolts, the second half shell is provided with a plurality of second bolts, the first bolts and the second bolts are correspondingly inserted; an outer wall of the first half shell is provided with a plurality of holes corresponding to the first bolts, and the holes are configured for screws to be screwed into the first bolts and the second bolts, and the soft rubber layer is filled into the holes.

[0014] In some embodiments of the present disclosure, the integrated circuit board is placed along an extension direction of the first bolts and the second bolts.

[0015] In some embodiments of the present disclosure, the leather layer is provided with openings corresponding to the first avoidance port and the second avoidance port, and a sealing plug is provided in the openings.

[0016] Compared with the existing technology, the present disclosure has the following beneficial effects.

[0017] By providing the integrated circuit board inside the housing, the light emitting color and color changing time of the LED light beads can be controlled, rendering it more intelligent and aesthetically pleasing when hitting the baseball.

[0018] The adhesive is provided in the first socket, the second socket, and the battery slot, and the integrated circuit board is clamped by the first socket and the second socket. The first half shell and second half shell are fastened with screws, rendering the installation of the integrated circuit board very stable. This can reduce resonance and damage to the electronics on the integrated circuit board, and there will be no shaking or damage during a process of hitting the baseball.

[0019] Due to the presence of the soft rubber layer and the leather layer on an exterior of the hard inner shell, it can ensure the leather cushioning effect of traditional baseball. The setting of the soft rubber layer can be used to adjust the softness and hardness of the baseball, reduce a direct force during hitting, and improve cushioning performance. The leather layer adopts a fully wrapped structure, which only hits the leather layer while hitting the baseball and will not damage the baseball.

[0020] By setting the charging component and the switching component on the integrated circuit board, the lights can be turned off by pressing the switching component when not in use, and the battery can be charged through the charging component (USB or TYPE-C charging port), rendering it more convenient to use.

[0021] Due to the LED light beads being distributed on two sides of the integrated circuit board, it can ensure that all positions of the baseball are uniformly illuminated, resulting in good luminous effect.BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

[0022] In order to provide a clearer explanation of embodiments of the present disclosure or the technical solutions in the prior art, a brief introduction will be given to the accompanying drawings required for the description of the embodiments or the prior art. It is obvious that the accompanying drawings described below are only some embodiments of the present disclosure. For those skilled in the art, other drawings can be obtained based on the structures shown in these drawings without creative work.

[0023] FIG. 1 is a first overall structural diagram of an embodiment of the present application.

[0024] FIG. 2 is a second overall structural diagram of an embodiment of the present application after removing a sealing plug.

[0025] FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of a material layering of a housing in an embodiment of the present application.

[0026] FIG. 4 is a perspective overall structural diagram of an embodiment of the present application with a soft rubber layer and a leather layer hidden.

[0027] FIG. 5 is another perspective overall structural diagram of an embodiment of the present application with the soft rubber layer and leather layer hidden.

[0028] FIG. 6 is an assembly structure diagram of a first half shell, an integrated circuit board, and a battery in an embodiment of the present application.

[0029] FIG. 7 is a schematic structural diagram of the integrated circuit board taken out from the first half shell in an embodiment of the present application.

[0030] FIG. 8 is a schematic structural diagram of a second half shell in an embodiment of the present application.

[0031] Numeral reference: 1—inner shell; 11—first half shell; 11a—first socket; 11b—first bolt; 11c—first avoidance port; 11d—second avoidance port; 12—second half shell; 12a—second socket; 12b—second bolt; 12c—hole; 12d—battery socket; 2—integrated circuit board; 21—LED light bead; 22—switch component; 23—charging component; 3—battery; 4—soft rubber layer; 5—leather layer; 51—opening; 6—sealing plug.

[0032] The implementation, functional characteristics, and advantages of the purpose of the present disclosure will be further explained in combination with the embodiments and with reference to the accompanying drawings.DESCRIPTION OF EMBODIMENTS

[0033] The following will provide a clear and complete description of the technical solution in the embodiments of the present disclosure, based on the accompanying drawings. Obviously, the described embodiments are only a part of the embodiments of the present disclosure, not all of them. Based on the embodiments in the present disclosure, all other embodiments obtained by those skilled in the art without creative work are within the protection scope of the present disclosure.

[0034] It should be noted that all directional indications (such as up, down, left, right, front, back, etc.) in this embodiment of the present disclosure are only used to explain a relative position relationship and motion of each component in a specific posture (as shown in the attached figure). If a specific posture is changed, a directional indication will also be changed accordingly.

[0035] In addition, the descriptions of “first”, “second”, etc. in the present disclosure are only for a descriptive purpose and cannot be understood as indicating or implying their relative importance or implying the number of technical features indicated. Therefore, the features that are limited to “first” and “second” can explicitly or implicitly include at least one of these features. Besides that, the technical solutions between various embodiments can be combined with each other, but they must be based on the ability of those skilled in the art to implement them. When the combination of technical solutions is contradictory or impossible to achieve, it should be considered that this combination of technical solutions does not exist and is not within the protection scope required by the present disclosure.

[0036] Referring to FIGS. 1-8, the present disclosure is a luminous baseball, which includes a housing. An interior of the housing is provided with a fixed structure for installing an integrated circuit board 2. The integrated circuit board 2 is electrically connected to a battery 3 and at least one light emitting source. The housing is made of transparent material, and light emitted by the light emitting source passes through the housing and diverges to an outside of the housing.

[0037] In an implementation mode, please refer to FIGS. 1, 3, and 4. It can be seen that the housing includes an inner liner shell 1, a soft rubber layer 4, and a leather layer 5 in sequence from inside to outside.

[0038] In this embodiment, the material of the inner shell 1 is PC (polycarbonate), the material of the soft rubber layer 4 is TPR (Thermoplastic Rubber), and the leather layer 5 is sewn from natural animal leather or synthetic leather.

[0039] In an implementation mode, the inner shell 1, soft rubber layer 4, and leather layer 5 are all made of transparent materials.

[0040] Then, referring to FIGS. 6 and 7, it can be seen that in this embodiment, the light source is LED light beads 21, and three LED light beads 21 are soldered on two sides of the integrated circuit board 2.

[0041] Besides that, in this embodiment, the three LED light beads 21 located on two sides of the integrated circuit board 2 are provided at intervals from each other, so that light emitting area are cooperated to cover the entire inner shell 1. In this way, it can ensure that all positions on the inner shell 1 are uniformly illuminated, with good luminous effect.

[0042] Please refer to FIG. 7, it can be seen that in this embodiment, the battery 3 is bonded or clamped and fixed on one side of the integrated circuit board 2.

[0043] In an implementation mode, regarding the control of LED light beads 21 by the integrated circuit board 2, the LED light beads 21 can emit a total of 6 different colors of light, and all LED light beads 21 change color synchronously and at the same frequency, with a 10 second interval between color changes.

[0044] Here, the LED light beads 21 are designed in a multi-color variable mode, which looks cooler and more beautiful during baseball use.

[0045] Next, please refer to FIGS. 4-8. It can be seen that in this embodiment, the inner shell 1 includes a first half shell 11 and a second half shell 12 that are spliced together. The fixed structure includes a first socket 11a provided on an inner wall of the first half shell 11, and a second socket 12a provided on an inner wall of the second half shell 12. The integrated circuit board 2 is clamped between the first socket 11a and the second socket 12a.

[0046] Please refer to FIGS. 4 and 7. It can be seen that in this embodiment, the integrated circuit board 2 is fixedly provided with a switch component 22 and a charging component 23. The inner shell is provided with a first avoidance port 11c corresponding to the switch component 22 and a second avoidance port 11d corresponding to the charging component 23.

[0047] In this embodiment, the charging component 23 is a USB or TYPE-C charging port.

[0048] Then, please refer to FIGS. 5, 6, and 8. In this embodiment, the first half shell 11 is provided with a plurality of first bolts 11b, and the second half shell 12 is provided with a plurality of second bolts 12b. The first bolts 11b and the second bolts 12b are correspondingly inserted. An outer wall of the first half shell 11 is provided with a plurality of holes 12c corresponding to the first bolts 11b, and the holes 12c are used for screws to be screwed into the first bolts 11b and the second bolts 12b. The soft rubber layer 4 is filled with soft rubber into the holes 12c.

[0049] Here, the integrated circuit board 2 is clamped by the first socket 11a and the second socket 12a together, and then the first half shell 11 and the second half shell 12 are fastened and assembled with four screws, which can make the installation of the integrated circuit board 2 very stable, and there will be no shaking or damage during hitting the baseball.

[0050] In an implementation mode, the integrated circuit board 2 is centrally located in the inner shell 1, thereby centering the center of gravity of the inner shell 1 and the integrated circuit board 2 as a whole, ensuring the balance force of the baseball.

[0051] Furthermore, to facilitate the assembly of the integrated circuit board 2 and prevent the light emitted by the LED light beads 21 from being blocked by the first bolts 11b and the second bolts 12b, in this embodiment, the integrated circuit board 2 is placed along an extension direction of the first bolts 11b and the second bolts 12b.

[0052] Then, referring to FIG. 6, the second half shell 12 is provided with a battery socket 12d for mating with one end of the battery 3.

[0053] In this embodiment, adhesive is provided in the first socket 11a, the second socket 12a, and the battery socket 12d, which can more firmly fix the integrated circuit board 2 and the battery 3.

[0054] Due to a strong fixation of the integrated circuit board, resonance and damage to the electronics on the integrated circuit board can be reduced during a process of hitting the baseball.

[0055] Besides that, by providing the soft rubber layer 4 on an outside of the inner shell 1, the softness and hardness of the soft rubber layer 4 can be adjusted according to user's needs. The setting of soft rubber layer 4 and leather layer 5 can reduce the direct force when hitting the baseball and improve a cushioning performance.

[0056] Please refer to FIGS. 1-4, it can be seen that the leather layer 5 is provided with an opening 51 that corresponds to both the first avoidance port 11c and the second avoidance port 11d, and a sealing plug 6 is provided in the opening 51.

[0057] Here, the sealing plug 6 is made of elastic material, so there is sufficient static friction between the sealing plug 6 and the inner wall of the opening 51. During the process of hitting or flying the baseball, the sealing plug 6 will not be detached from the baseball. When charging through USB or TYPE-C charging port, or pressing the button on the switch component 22, it is necessary to remove the sealing plug 6.

[0058] Below is an explanation of an assembly process for the inner shell 1.

[0059] Firstly, one end of the integrated circuit board 2 is inserted into the first socket 11a located on the first half shell 11 (it should be noted that an insertion direction of the integrated circuit board 2, the button of the switch component 22 is aligned with the first avoidance port 11c, and the USB or TYPE-C charging port is aligned with the second avoidance port 11d). Then, the second socket 12a on the second half shell 12 is aligned with the other end of the integrated circuit board 2, and the other end of the integrated circuit board 2 is inserted into the second socket 12a, and one end of the battery 3 is inserted into the battery socket 12d. At this time, the first bolts 11b and the second bolts 12b are correspondingly inserted; after the first half shell 11 and the second half shell 12 are closed, the screws are screwed into the first bolts 11b and the second bolts 12b through the holes 12c so as to complete the assembly of the inner shell 1.

[0060] After the assembly of the inner shell 1 is completed, the soft rubber layer 4 is injected into the outside of the inner shell 1 through an injection molding machine (during the injection molding of the soft rubber layer 4, it will block the four holes 12c on the inner shell 1, as well as the Hough line between the first half shell 11 and the second half shell 12, which is more beautiful). The injection mold of the injection molding machine will not fill positions of the inner shell 1 corresponding to the switch component 22 and the charging component 23. After injection molding and cooling in the soft rubber layer 4, the leather layer 5 is sewn on the outside of the soft rubber layer 4 through sewing technology.

[0061] The above description of the luminous baseball of the present disclosure is only preferred embodiments of the present disclosure and does not limit the scope of the present disclosure. Any equivalent structural changes made under the inventive concept of the present disclosure using the content of the present disclosure specification and drawings, or directly / indirectly applied in other related technical fields, are included in the protection scope of the present disclosure.

Claims

1. A luminous baseball, comprising a housing, wherein a fixed structure configured to install an integrated circuit board is provided in the housing, and a battery and at least one light emitting source are electrically connected to the integrated circuit board;the housing is made of transparent material, and light emitted by the light emitting source passes through the housing and diverges to an outer side of the housing.

2. The luminous baseball according to claim 1, wherein the housing comprises an inner shell, a soft rubber layer, and a leather layer in sequence from inside to outside.

3. The luminous baseball according to claim 2, wherein the light emitting source is a plurality of LED light beads, and the LED light beads are soldered on two sides of the integrated circuit board.

4. The luminous baseball according to claim 3, wherein a light emitting area emitted by the plurality of LED light beads covers the inner shell.

5. The luminous baseball according to claim 4, wherein the battery is bonded or clamped and fixed on one side of the integrated circuit board.

6. The luminous baseball according to claim 2, wherein the inner shell comprises a first half shell and a second half shell that are spliced together,the fixed structure comprises a first socket provided on an inner wall of the first half shell and a second socket provided on an inner wall of the second half shell, and the integrated circuit board is connected between the first socket and the second socket.

7. The luminous baseball according to claim 6, wherein a switch component and a charging component are fixed on the integrated circuit board, and a first avoidance port corresponding to the switch component and a second avoidance port corresponding to the charging component are provided on the inner shell.

8. The luminous baseball according to claim 7, wherein the first half shell is provided with a plurality of first bolts, the second half shell is provided with a plurality of second bolts,the first bolts and the second bolts are correspondingly inserted;an outer wall of the first half shell is provided with a plurality of holes corresponding to the first bolts, and the holes are configured for screws to be screwed into the first bolts and the second bolts, and the soft rubber layer is filled into the holes.

9. The luminous baseball according to claim 8, wherein the integrated circuit board is placed along an extension direction of the first bolts and the second bolts.

10. The luminous baseball according to claim 8, wherein the leather layer is provided with openings corresponding to the first avoidance port and the second avoidance port, and a sealing plug is provided in the openings.

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