Abstract: According to one embodiment of the invention, a sports racket includes a racket frame comprising a head portion, handle portion and a throat portion joining the head portion to the handle portion. The racket frame also comprises a self-powered piezoelectric damping system for damping vibrations of the racket during play. The self-powered piezoelectric damping system comprises at least one transducer laminated to the racket and at least one circuit located within the racket handle portion and electrically connected to the at least one transducer.

Abstract: A lightweight, high stiffness tennis racket includes a frame having a handle portion with butt end, head portion, and strings supported by the head portion. The racket is formed from a composite material including carbon fibers, titanium fibers, and epoxy resin and includes a length of at least about 27 inches, weight of less than about 9.2 ounces when strung, and a frequency of vibration of the first mode of bending under free-free constraint of at least about 175 Hz. The racket includes a vibration damping unit located about at the racket handle.

Abstract: This invention provides for a racquetball racquet combining enhanced ball acceleration, high precision, and comfort. These optimum characteristics are achieved though a racquetball racquet having, in combination, an overall length of between 500 mm and 580 mm, an unstrung weight of between 140 g and 195 g, a head weight of between 52% and 65% of the overall racquet weight, and a center of gravity located between 25 mm relative to the racquet head handle end and 75 mm relative to the distal head end, measured along the longitudinal axis of the racket. The longitudinal strings of the racquetball racquet extend from the racquet head handle end to the racket head distal end are arranged so as to diverge to form a V-configuration. Two neighboring longitudinal strings are each led to a common location on the racquet head handle end.

Abstract: A tennis racket having a striking surface and a handle in combination has a strung total weight of less than 245 g, an overall length larger than 70 cm, a free-free vibrational frequency in the first mode of more than 210 Hz, a center of gravity of more than 41 cm, and a dynamic center of gravity of more than 50 cm, measured from the handle end.

Abstract: In a plastic shell ski (1) with a body formed by hollow sections and a lower part with a running surface, and top (10) is connected to the lower part by substantially vertical webs (3, 5) running in the ski longitudinal direction, hollow sections (2, 4) are formed by at least two U sections open on the same side and variable in height, whose webs (3, 5) are connected to connecting sections (9), running in the longitudinal direction, for the connection with a substantially plate-shaped part (8) by welding and/or gluing.

Abstract: A racquet for ball games, and in particular, a tennis racquet, includes a grip (2) and a head with a striking surface, in which the head is arranged to rotate to a limited degree in relation to the grip (2) about the longitudinal axis (7) of the grip (2). Spring and damping elements are fitted between the grip (2) and the head, and specifically, spring elements (13) and damping elements (14) are arranged in axially spaced pairs in the direction of the longitudinal axis (7) in each of a plurality of recesses (12) extending in the direction of the longitudinal axis (7) of the grip (2, 10) between the grip (2) and the shaft (5, 6) of the head in order to enable effective spring and damping of the torsional and longitudinal vibrations of the racquet (1) in the grip region.