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Tennis racket frame
Assignee: Dunlop Sports Co Ltd
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Filing: 1995-04-17
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Granted: 1996-04-16
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Expires: 2015-04-17
Abstract
Abstract A tennis racket frame, made of fiber-reinforced resin, in which the volume percentage of aromatic polyamide fiber and/or all-aromatic polyester fiber of all fiber-reinforcing materials of a throat section, a flake section, and a handle section is 40 or more and smaller than 80, respectively. The sectional configuration of the flake section and that of the handle section are set so that the geometrical moment of inertia of the handle section is greater than that of the flake section.
Inventors
- 👤 Kenichi Miyamoto
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-29 20:48
CPC Classifications
A; A63; A63B; A63B49/00; A63B49/02; A63B49/10; A63B60/00; A63B60/54; A63B49/03; A63B60/06; A63B60/08; A63B60/10
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 13
Claim 1
Independent Claim
157 words
A tennis racket frame which is comprising: a face section; a throat section including a V-shaped section and a flake section; and a handle section, said frame being made of fiber-reinforced resin, wherein a volume percentage of a reinforcing material selected from the group consisting of aromatic polyamide fiber, all-aromatic polyester fiber and a combination thereof of said throat section and said handle section is 40 or more and smaller than 75, respectively and, wherein the sectional configuration of the flake section of said throat section and that of said handle section are set so that a moment of inertia of said handle section is greater than that of the flake section, wherein said frame includes an inner layer of carbon fiber which extends through each of said handle section, said throat section and said face section, and at least two layers of said reinforcing material which extend only through said handle section and said throat section.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
157 words
A tennis racket frame which is comprising: a face section; a throat section including a V-shaped section and a flake section; and a handle section, said frame being made of fiber-reinforced resin, wherein a volume percentage of a reinforcing material selected from the group consisting of aromatic polyamide fiber, all-aromatic polyester fiber and a combination thereof of said throat section and said handle section is 40 or more and smaller than 75, respectively and, wherein the sectional configuration of the flake section of said throat section and that of said handle section are set so that a moment of inertia of said handle section is greater than that of the flake section, wherein said frame includes an inner layer of carbon fiber which extends through each of said handle section, said throat section and said face section, and at least two layers of said reinforcing material which extend only through said handle section and said throat section.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
62 words
The tennis racket frame according to claim 1, wherein a Y-direction is perpendicular to a ball striking direction and an X-direction is parallel to a ball striking direction of the tennis racket frame and wherein Iy of a moment of inertia of the handle ranges from 1.50 to 0.42 cm 4 , and Ix thereof ranges from 1.59 to 0.36cm 4 .
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
37 words
The tennis racket frame according to claim 1, further including a second layer of carbon fiber and a layer of glass fiber which both extend only through said face section and a portion of said throat section.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
30 words
The tennis racket frame according to claim 1, further including a layer of said reinforcing material extending through each of said handle section, said throat section and said face section.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
124 words
A tennis racket frame comprising: a face section; a throat section including a V-shaped section and a flake section; and a handle section, said frame being made of fiber-reinforced resin wherein a volume percentage of a reinforcing material selected from the group consisting of aromatic polyamide fiber, aromatic polyester fiber and a combination of aromatic polyamide fiber and aromatic polyester fiber of said throat section and said handle section is greater than a volume percentage thereof in said face section; said frame including an inner layer of carbon fiber which extends through each of said handle section, said throat section and said face section, and at least two layers of said reinforcing material which extend only through said handle section and said throat section.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
124 words
A tennis racket frame comprising: a face section; a throat section including a V-shaped section and a flake section; and a handle section, said frame being made of fiber-reinforced resin wherein a volume percentage of a reinforcing material selected from the group consisting of aromatic polyamide fiber, aromatic polyester fiber and a combination of aromatic polyamide fiber and aromatic polyester fiber of said throat section and said handle section is greater than a volume percentage thereof in said face section; said frame including an inner layer of carbon fiber which extends through each of said handle section, said throat section and said face section, and at least two layers of said reinforcing material which extend only through said handle section and said throat section.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
46 words
The tennis racket frame according to claim 5, wherein a sectional configuration of the flake section of said throat section and that of said handle section are set so that a moment of inertia of said handle section is greater than that of the flake section.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
51 words
The tennis racket frame according to claim 6, wherein a thickness of the flake section is less than a width of the flake section, said thickness being measured in a ball-hitting direction and said width being measured perpendicular to the ball-hitting direction and transverse to a longitudinal axis of said frame.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
51 words
The tennis racket frame according to claim 5, wherein a thickness of said handle section is greater than a width of said handle section, said thickness being measured in a ball-hitting direction and said width being measured perpendicular to the ball-hitting direction and transverse to a longitudinal axis of said frame.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
57 words
The tennis racket frame according to claim 4, wherein a Y-direction is perpendicular and an X-direction is parallel to a ball striking direction of the tennis racket frame and wherein Iy of a moment of inertia of the handle ranges from 1.50 to 0.42 cm 4 and Ix thereof ranges from 1.59 to 0.36 cm 4 .
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
37 words
The tennis racket frame according to claim 5, further including a second layer of carbon fiber and a layer of glass fiber which both extend only through said face section and a portion of said throat section.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
30 words
The tennis racket frame according to claim 5, further including a layer of said reinforcing material extending through each of said handle section, said throat section and said face section.
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