Pickleball Racket Shock-Absorption Rings for Vibration Isolation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Common pickleball rackets transmit large vibrations and produce high-frequency noise due to their design, affecting player comfort and experience.
Innovation Solution
A pickleball racket with shock-absorption rings, comprising a main panel with first and second honeycomb panels of varying pore diameters and shock-absorption materials, integrated with a first and second shock-absorption rings, to isolate vibrations and reduce noise.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of manufacture
If common pickleball rackets are formed by honeycomb panels, then the racket structure is simple and easy to manufacture, but large vibrations are transmitted to the grip and high-frequency loud noise is produced when a ball is hit
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces shock-absorption rings as intermediary elements between the honeycomb panels and the handle. These rings act as mediators that intercept and dampen vibration waves before they reach the grip, while also reducing the high-frequency noise generated during ball impact. The shock-absorption rings are positioned at critical vibration transmission points in the racket structure.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent employs composite material construction by combining honeycomb panels with shock-absorption rings made from different materials. The honeycomb panels provide structural integrity and light weight, while the shock-absorption rings (made from materials such as rubber, foam, or viscoelastic compounds) provide vibration damping and noise reduction, creating a composite structure that addresses both manufacturing simplicity and harmful vibration/noise transmission.
2Object-affected harmful factors
If shock-absorption rings are added to reduce vibrations and noise, then hitting comfort is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent divides the shock-absorption function into multiple segments by placing several shock-absorption rings at different locations within the racket structure. Rather than using one complex shock-absorption system, the vibration damping is achieved through multiple simpler ring elements positioned at key vibration nodes, making the overall system easier to manufacture and assemble while effectively reducing vibrations and noise.
Solution Approach 2:
The shock-absorption rings are designed as thin, flexible annular elements that can be easily integrated into the rigid honeycomb panel structure. These flexible rings conform to the racket's geometry and provide vibration damping without adding significant structural complexity or weight, maintaining the simplicity of the overall racket design while achieving the desired shock absorption.
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
Effectively reduces vibrations and noise transmission to the handle, enhancing hitting comfort and stability, while allowing for weight and strength adjustments based on panel pore diameters for defensive or offensive play.
Implementation Method 1
the first shock-absorption ring arranged around the second honeycomb panel can effectively isolate vibrations when a hitting point is located in the region of the second honeycomb panel, to greatly reduce vibrations transmitted to the handle portion
Implementation Method 2
the first shock-absorption ring and the second shock-absorption ring are made from shock-absorption materials, and the shock-absorption materials include foam, EVA and rubber
Implementation Method 3
the first honeycomb panel is inlaid in a region between the main panel and the first shock-absorption ring, and the second honeycomb panel is inlaid in an inner ring region of the first shock-absorption ring
Data Source
AI summary
A pickleball racket with shock-absorption rings comprises: a racket potion; and a handle portion connected with the racket portion; wherein, the racket portion comprises a facing and a main panel, the main panel comprises a main panel frame, a first shock-absorption ring, a first honeycomb panel and a second honeycomb panel, the first shock-absorption ring is arranged in an inner ring region of the main panel, the first honeycomb panel is inlaid in a region between the main panel and the first shock-absorption ring, and the second honeycomb panel is inlaid in an inner ring region of the first shock-absorption ring. The first shock-absorption ring arranged around the second honeycomb panel can effectively isolate vibrations when a hitting point is located in the region of the second honeycomb panel, to greatly reduce vibrations transmitted to the handle portion, thus guaranteeing good hitting comfort of the pickleball racket.