ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,281,954, issued on April 22.
"Testing apparatus for measuring a golf hit" was invented by Victor Nelson (Deer Park, N.Y.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A testing apparatus for measuring a golf ball that has been hit includes a golf ball or an element that can be either rigidly connected to, or linked through, one degree of freedom pivoting around its axis to an arm, which when the golf ball is struck can pivot around an axis of rotation that can achieve a partial or full turn before hitting a mechanical stop. The golf hit testing device further includes apparatus for measuring force, acceleration and rotational velocity of the golf ball t...