Golf Tee Head With Angled Rails And Rear Support
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional golf tees often interfere with the club face and ball contact, limiting distance, spin, and trajectory due to friction and improper support geometry.
Innovation Solution
A golf tee design featuring a head with a hollow interior, angled rails, and a rear support point, along with a shaft angled rearwardly, to minimize contact and enhance ball support, allowing for improved launch angles and reduced interference.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If a conventional golf tee head design is used, then the structure is simple, but the club face and ball contact is interfered with, limiting distance, spin, and trajectory
Solution Approach 1:
The head is divided into multiple functional components: a base portion, a rear portion with a rear support point, and side portions with rails that form front support points. This segmentation allows each component to perform its specific function - the base provides structural foundation, the rear support point prevents ball roll-back, and the rails with front support points optimize club face contact while minimizing interference.
Solution Approach 2:
Different portions of the head are designed with different geometric properties optimized for their specific functions. The rear support point is positioned to prevent ball roll-back, while the rails are angled to create front support points that facilitate optimal club face contact. The hollow interior provides structural efficiency while maintaining the required geometric precision at critical contact zones.
2Productivity
If the shaft is positioned vertically, then the structure is simple, but the launch angle and ball trajectory are suboptimal
Solution Approach 1:
The shaft is deliberately angled rearwardly from a vertical position, creating an asymmetric configuration that optimizes ball launch performance. This asymmetric positioning allows the shaft to work in conjunction with the head's geometric features (rear support point and rail angles) to produce optimal launch angles and trajectories, transforming a potentially harmful geometric relationship into a beneficial one.
3Ease of operation
If the head forms a solid structure, then the manufacturing is simple, but friction increases and ball contact is limited
Solution Approach 1:
The head incorporates a hollow interior that is nested within the outer structural boundaries. This hollow configuration reduces friction between the head and ball while maintaining the necessary structural integrity. The hollow interior allows for reduced material usage and simplified manufacturing processes while achieving the dual objective of minimizing friction and optimizing ball contact characteristics.
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AI summary
A golf tee may include a shaft and a head coupled to the shaft. The head may include a base, a rear portion that extends upwardly from a rear of the base, and opposing sides portions that extend upwardly from opposing sides of the base to thereby form a hollow interior above the base and between the side portions. The rear portion may include a raised support that extends upwardly from a top of the rear portion and forms a rear support point for supporting a golf ball on the head of the golf tee. A top of each side portion may form a rail having an upper surface. The upper surface at a rear of each rail may be positioned below the raised support. The upper surface may be angled upwardly towards a front of the rail to form a front support point at the front of each rail.