Pickleball Racket Wavy Concave-Convex Structures
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing pickleball rackets lack effective shock absorption and control area, leading to reduced player comfort and performance.
Innovation Solution
The pickleball racket features first wavy concave-convex structures on the racket handle and second wavy concave-convex structures on the racket body, enhancing grip stability, shock absorption, and control area, thereby improving overall performance.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Object-affected harmful factors
If traditional smooth racket handle and body are used, then manufacturing is simple, but shock absorption effect is poor and grip stability is insufficient
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies wavy concave-convex structures to both the racket handle and racket body surfaces. These curved, undulating patterns replace traditional smooth surfaces, creating multiple contact points that enhance shock absorption while maintaining grip stability. The curvature design allows the structures to deform elastically under impact, dissipating shock energy effectively.
2Area of moving object
If larger racket body area is used, then control area for pickleball is improved, but device weight increases
Solution Approach 1:
The racket body is divided into multiple racket plates connected through wavy concave-convex structures. This segmentation allows the racket to achieve a larger effective control area while maintaining lower weight, as the segmented structure reduces material usage compared to a solid racket body of the same dimensions. The multiple plates work together to provide extensive ball control surface area.
3Reliability
If wavy concave-convex structures are added to racket handle and body, then shock absorption and control area are improved, but manufacturing complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent integrates the wavy concave-convex structures into the molding process itself, combining the handle and body components with the shock-absorbing wave patterns into a single molded piece. This merging of design features into the manufacturing process achieves the complex structural requirements while maintaining relatively simple production methods, avoiding the need for separate assembly steps.
4Strength
If multiple racket plates are connected through wavy structures, then structural strength is enhanced, but connection complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent employs composite construction by connecting multiple racket plates through wavy concave-convex structures. This composite approach enhances structural strength through the distributed connection geometry, where the undulating interfaces between plates create multiple bonding surfaces and mechanical interlocking points, distributing stress across the entire structure rather than at single connection points.
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
The design provides better shock absorption, reduces wrist and arm impact, and enhances control performance by increasing the pickleball control area, resulting in improved player experience and performance.
Implementation Method 1
provides a shock absorption effect and helps to reduce the impact on a wrist and an arm when swinging the pickleball racket
Implementation Method 2
is more conducive to grip and provides good stability
Data Source
AI summary
A pickleball racket is provided. The pickleball racket includes a racket handle and a racket body. An end of a racket handle connected to a racket body is provided with at least two first wavy concave-convex structures, which is more conducive to grip and provides good stability, while also provides a shock absorption effect and helps to reduce the impact on a wrist and an arm when swinging the pickleball racket. The racket body is provided with second wavy concave-convex structures corresponding to the first wavy concave-convex structures, which can make the connection between the racket handle and the racket body more stable, while also enhances the structural strength of the pickleball racket. The first wavy concave-convex structures of the racket handle are closely connected to the second wavy concave-convex structures of the racket body, which helps to improve the stability and control performance of the pickleball racket.