Golf Grip RFID Tag Embedded in Butt-End for Drainage

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing methods for attaching RFID tags to golf club grips often compromise the functionality or aesthetics of the grip, particularly due to issues with air and lubricant drainage and ventilation.

Innovation Solution

A radio frequency identification assembly is designed to be coupled with a golf club grip, featuring an RFID tag positioned between top and bottom parts with intersecting holes for fluid communication, and a post or nub for secure retention, while maintaining the grip's drain hole functionality and aesthetics.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If an RFID tag is attached to a golf club grip using existing methods, then the RFID tag can be identified, but the functionality or aesthetics of the grip is compromised

Engineering Contradiction:

ImproveRFID tag identificationVSAvoidgrip functionality and aesthetics

Core Design Contradiction:

ReliabilityVSEase of manufacture

Solution Approach 1:

The RFID tag assembly is nested within a recess in the grip, with the tag positioned between a top part and bottom part that form a cavity. This nesting approach allows the RFID tag to be securely housed within the grip structure without protruding or compromising the grip's external appearance or functionality.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #7Nested doll (Nesting)

Solution Approach 2:

The grip structure is segmented into distinct parts: a top part, bottom part, and recess area. The RFID tag assembly is divided into separate components (top part, bottom part, and tag) that can be independently manufactured and then assembled. This segmentation allows each component to be optimized for its specific function while maintaining overall integration.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #1Segmentation

2Ease of operation

If holes are added for fluid communication in the RFID assembly, then air and lubricant can drain properly, but the structural integrity may be reduced

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvedrainage and ventilation functionalityVSAvoidstructural integrity

Core Design Contradiction:

Ease of operationVSStrength

Solution Approach 1:

Holes are strategically positioned at specific locations where fluid communication is most needed for drainage and ventilation, rather than uniformly distributed. The top hole axis and bottom hole axis are aligned to create continuous fluid pathways through the RFID assembly, enabling proper drainage while minimizing the number of structural compromises.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #3Local quality

Solution Approach 2:

The hole structures in the top part, bottom part, and RFID tag are merged into a single aligned fluid communication pathway. The top hole, bottom hole, and tag hole are collinear, creating an efficient drainage system that handles both air and lubricant removal through a unified structural feature rather than separate openings.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #5Merging (Combining)

Data Source

PatentUS9211455B2Golf club grip with RFID assembly

Publication Date: 2015.12.15 TAG GOLF LLC

AI summary

Methods and apparatuses related to golf club grips with attached or embedded RFID tags are described. In an embodiment, a RFID tag is attached to or embedded into a golf club grip in a manner that does not compromise either the functionality or aesthetics of the grip. In an embodiment, the embedded or attached RFID tag is located in the butt-end of the grip, perpendicular to the shaft of the golf club.