Oval ball, especially rugby ball or football
An oval ball, in particular rugby ball or football with a casing and with at least one electronic component or module with a transmitter unit, which is arranged in the casing and is held in a defined position, wherein the at least one electronic module is fastened on or in a shape part with a positive and/or material fit, in the region of the tips or in the region of a valve of the casing. In a further embodiment, the module is suspended on nets which are connected to the tip region of the casing in a large-surfaced manner.
1. An oval ball, in particular rugby ball or football, comprising a casing and at least one electronic module which is arranged within the casing and is flexibly held at a predefined position, said electronic module comprising at least one transmitter,
wherein the electronic module is flexibly fastened in a freely suspended manner in the middle region of the ball on at least two separate nets or at least two parts of a single net which are provided with meshes and wherein a significant portion of each net or part of the net is attached to the casing, in each case in the regions of the tips of the ball; and
at least one of electrical leads, at least one charging loop for a battery or at least one antenna element is integrated into the at least two nets or at least two parts of the net.
2. A ball according to claim 1 , wherein a shape part or the net parts are bonded, laminated in, welded or vulcanised, in the region of the tip or the tips.
3. A ball according to claim 1 , wherein the casing comprises at least one of a carcass-like outer casing and a bladder.
4. A ball according to claim 3 , wherein the net parts are laminated-in in the region of the tips between the bladder and a layer.
5. A ball according to claim 1 or claim 4 , wherein the net parts are firmly connected in each case to a housing part of the electronics module.
6. A ball according to claim 1 , wherein the electronic module is an electronics module which is equipped with sensors for detecting ball parameters.
7. A ball according to claim 4 , wherein a programming loop for contactless inductive programming is assigned to the electronic module.
8. A ball according to claim 4 , wherein the layer is of the material of the bladder.
9. A ball according to claim 1 , wherein the antenna element is woven into the net parts.
10. A ball according to claim 7 , wherein the programming loop is also a charging loop.