Innoquest was asked to design and build a prototype of a comb for children’s hair that sprays water between the teeth while combing. The client was an individual who invented this product. Innoquest developed a working design and created drawings of the design necessary for our client to proceed with her patent application.

The product design was carried out through 3-D computer drawings. Several design revisions were necessary to incorporate all of features required by our client. An initial prototype was fabricated by Innoquest through the use of 3-D printing technology.

Following a review meeting with the client, design revisions were made and a final fully-functioning prototype was built for our client. Our client was able to use this prototype for focus groups and marketing research. Innoquest then prepared a body of documents and drawings necessary to allow our client to procure quotes from manufacturers in China.

Our client developed a relationship with a manufacturer in China for the mass production of this product.

A small company approached Innoquest wishing to design and market a new golf putter that electronically sensed the position of the ball relative to the club head. The client had one prototype unit but it did not track the ball’s position back further than one inch from the head.

The client also needed the design improved so that the position of the ball relative to the head would be frozen at the moment of impact. This would allow the user to see, after the swing, if the club head was aligned properly at the moment of impact.

The client needed the design changes made and 6 prototypes delivered in 6 weeks for an upcoming trade show. Innoquest quickly developed a novel, low cost impact sensor and completely redesigned the electronic circuit to use a microcontroller.

The design work of Innoquest was so novel that a patent was issued covering many of the design enhancements. The 6 prototypes were successfully created and used for demonstration at the trade show by the client.

Based on trade show response, our client decided to pursue mass production and worked with a large golf club manufacturer to develop the production design.

Innoquest was asked to develop this product for a low-volume, niche agricultural market. Due to the low manufacturing volumes, our client requested that Innoquest manufacture this product when the design phase was complete. This product measures the compaction of soil. The basic principle as set fourth by the American Society of Agricultural Engineers is to measure the force required to insert a specially shaped probe into the soil.

Innoquest developed a fully electronic meter conforming to this standard that met our client’s requirements. A custom load cell was designed to measure the insertion force. The design also included the use of an ultrasonic transmitter and receiver to measure the insertion depth. During operation, all data are displayed and recorded by the unit’s internal memory for transfer to a computer.

Data transfer is accomplished via custom PC software written by Innoquest. The innovative features of this product won it an AE-50 award for Outstanding Product Innovation by the American Society of Agricultural Engineers. Innoquest has continued manufacturing this meter for several years since finishing the design, prototyping, and testing phases.

Our customer wanted to develop a new product that would enhance and improve upon the features of an existing product line. Innoquest designed this mini weather station data recorder based on our customer’s requirement for a 12-bit data recorder with 1 year data capacity and battery life.

The full product line design included 4 models of the data recorder and assorted external sensors. This product was designed for continuous outdoor use and is completely weatherproof. Materials were selected to be weather resistant and tolerate extended exposure to sunlight.

This project involved circuit board design and extensive microcontroller programming due to the disease prediction models that were programmed into this product. Innoquest has provided all manufacturing services for this product line.