Movable Golf Tee Cup Reduces Ball Strike Resistance
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Solution Overview
Problem
Traditional golf tees can increase the spin rate and alter the launch angle of a golf ball due to resistance, leading to undesirable flight trajectories and distances.
Innovation Solution
A golf tee design featuring a base portion with a pointed spike for stability and a support portion with a cup curvature to securely hold the ball, along with a compressible material or magnetic mechanism that allows the tee to move from a relaxed to a compressed configuration, minimizing resistance as the ball is struck.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If a traditional golf tee is used to support the ball, then the ball is securely held in place, but the tee creates resistance that increases spin rate and alters launch angle
Solution Approach 1:
The golf tee is designed with a movable support portion that can transition from a static position to a dynamic compressed state. The support portion moves from an initial position away from the ball to a compressed position closer to the ball as the ball is struck, allowing the tee to adapt its structure during the swing and minimize resistance while maintaining support.
Solution Approach 2:
The tee utilizes compressible material that changes its physical state under load. When the ball is placed on the tee, the compressible material compresses, allowing the support portion to move and reduce the distance between the tee and the ball during the swing, thereby minimizing resistance without compromising support stability.
2Stability of the object's composition
If the tee structure is made rigid to maintain stability, then the tee provides consistent support, but it cannot minimize resistance during the swing
Solution Approach 1:
The tee transitions from a static rigid structure to a dynamic system where the support portion can move. The movable support portion allows the tee to maintain structural integrity during ball placement but can compress and move during the swing to minimize resistance, combining stability with adaptability.
Solution Approach 2:
The compressible material changes the physical parameters of the tee structure under different conditions. Under ball weight, the material compresses to allow movement and reduce resistance. During normal use, the tee maintains its structural form, providing stability. This parameter change allows the tee to optimize performance for different operational states.
3Object-generated harmful factors
If the support portion is positioned close to the ball to minimize resistance, then resistance is reduced, but the tee cannot securely hold the ball initially
Solution Approach 1:
The support portion begins in an initial position that provides secure ball support and then dynamically moves to a compressed position closer to the ball during the swing. This two-position design allows the tee to securely hold the ball initially while minimizing resistance when the ball is struck, as the support portion can transition between these states.
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
The design reduces resistance, thereby minimizing the impact on spin rate and launch angle, allowing for more controlled and intended flight paths of the golf ball.
Implementation Method 1
a compressible material or magnetic mechanism that allows the tee to move from a relaxed to a compressed configuration, minimizing resistance as the ball is struck
Implementation Method 2
a compressible material or magnetic mechanism that allows the tee to move from a relaxed to a compressed configuration
Data Source
AI summary
In one embodiment, a golf tee to support a golf ball comprises a first portion and a second portion coupled to the first portion. The second portion comprises a support section to support the golf ball. A perimeter of an end of the support section of the second portion defines a plane. The plane remains substantially perpendicular to an axis while the second portion moves relative to the first portion. Other embodiments of golf tees are disclosed herein.