Aerodynamically augmented hockey puck
US7276001B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 15, 2006 |
| Grant date | Oct 2, 2007 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 15, 2026 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA63B2102/24
- WIPO fieldFurniture, games
- WIPO sectorOther fields
Abstract
Aerodynamically augmented hockey puck design uses the dynamics of airflow around a moving body to assist in overcoming the unwanted forces of friction that inherently exist between two opposing surfaces and may be used on either an ice or other non-ice playing surface. The puck influences airflow through a symmetric ducted venting system designed to duct or vent air from multiple inlets positioned above a boundary layer to opposing outlets. The ducted venting system reduces pressure differentials between the inlet and outlet of the air channel. Circular center pocket cavities of the upper and lower planar surfaces of the hockey puck are vented to the opposite edge of the outer cylindrical surface of the hockey puck. Elliptical air channels extend radially from the circular center pocket cavity and are symmetrically placed and positioned above the boundary layer around the outer cylindrical surface of the puck.
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