Claims
- 1. A system for predicting a coefficient of restitution (COR) of a golf club head, the system comprising:an accelerometer for measuring vibrations of a face of the golf club head; an impact device to impact the face of a golf club head and generate vibrations in the face of the golf club head; means for transmitting to an analyzer a force of impact from the impact device during impact with the face of a golf club head, and the vibrations of the face measured by the accelerometer, the analyzer generating frequency domain data for the golf club head from the force of impact and vibrations; means for generating a graph of frequency versus magnitude of transfer accelerance from the frequency domain data; means for selecting a frequency band to minimize noise, the frequency band ranging from 500 Hertz to a first inflection point of the graph; means for calculating a transfer function from the frequency band of the graph; and means for predicting a COR for the golf club head at an impact speed with a golf ball by inputting a golf ball model for a specific golf ball and an impact speed into the transfer function that contains an acceleration magnitude and direction of the face of the golf club in order to generate a predicted COR for the golf club head at the impact speed with the specific golf ball, the golf ball model comprising a contact duration of the specific ball, a contact force of the specific ball, a COR of the specific ball and a mass of the specific ball.
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
The present application is a continuation application of U.S. Pat. No. 6,585,605, which was filed on Apr. 27, 2001, which is a continuation-in-part application of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 09/826,544, which was filed on Apr. 4, 2001, now U.S. Pat. No. 6,527,648 filed on Mar. 4, 2003.
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