Sliding Putter Head for Direct Alignment Accuracy
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current golf putting devices do not allow the golfer, ball, and cup to be in direct alignment, leading to suboptimal alignment and limited solutions for improving putting accuracy.
Innovation Solution
A golf putter design featuring a sliding putting head with detachable wheels and a hosel aperture at a 30-60 degree angle, allowing the golfer to align the putter, ball, and cup in a straight line, enabling a forward sliding motion for improved alignment and accuracy.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Measurement precision
If traditional golf putters are used with golfer in suboptimal alignment (90-degree angle relative to hole), then the putting structure is simple and conventional, but the alignment accuracy and putting precision deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The putting head is designed to be slidable along the putting surface, allowing dynamic adjustment of the putting head position and orientation. This enables the golfer to achieve direct alignment with the cup while maintaining a simplified overall putter structure. The sliding mechanism provides the necessary flexibility for alignment without requiring complex adjustable components.
2Measurement precision
If direct alignment is achieved with putting head, ball, and cup in front of golfer, then putting accuracy improves, but the putting motion requires forward sliding motion which differs from conventional strokes
Solution Approach 1:
The putting head's sliding capability allows it to self-adjust during the putting stroke, maintaining direct alignment with the cup throughout the motion. The forward sliding motion naturally guides the putting head along the intended line, reducing the need for complex grip adjustments or stroke mechanics training.
3Measurement precision
If hosel aperture is configured with shaft rearward angle of 30-60 degrees, then direct alignment capability is improved, but the hosel and shaft configuration becomes more complex
Solution Approach 1:
The hosel aperture is configured with a specific shaft rearward angle parameter in the range of 30-60 degrees, which optimizes the geometric relationship between the shaft and putting head. This parameter change enables direct alignment capability while maintaining a relatively simple hosel structure that can be manufactured with standard precision.
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AI summary
A golf putter includes a putting head including a putting head body, configured with a flat bottom surface, a rear ward angled hosel aperture and a rear angled flat surface; left and right indentations for receiving weights, and left and right detachable wheels attached on sides of the putting head body, such that the putting head is configured to be slidable along a putting surface to enable a golfer to line up the putting head, a golf ball, and a target cup in a front of the golfer, in order to hit the golf ball with a forward sliding motion of the putting head.