IP Library Granted Patent US 7,892,105
Granted Patent B2
US 7,892,105 · App. 12/691,517 · Granted Feb 22, 2011

Connection assembly for a golf club

Assignee: Callaway Golf Company
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Patent No.
US 7,892,105
App. No.
12/691,517
Granted
Feb 22, 2011
Kind
B2
Abstract

A golf club including a club head and an interchangeable shaft is disclosed herein. A connection assembly ( 44 ) comprises a sleeve insert ( 47 ), a hosel sleeve ( 48 ), a hosel tube ( 46 ), a ring mechanism ( 48 ) and a guide ring ( 49 ).

Claims (4)

1. A wood-type golf club comprising:

a club head including a striking face, a crown portion, a sole portion, a heel end, a toe end, and an internal hosel having a first opening in the crown portion;

a shaft having a tip end;

a connection assembly for removably connecting the shaft to the club head, the connection assembly comprising a hosel sleeve fixed to the tip end of the shaft, a hosel tube connected to the internal hosel of the club head, a sleeve insert engaging the hosel sleeve and the hosel tube, a ring mechanism and a guide ring, wherein the hosel sleeve is composed of an urethane, the hosel tube is composed of an amorphous metal, the sleeve insert is composed of an amorphous metal, the ring mechanism is composed of an amorphous metal and the guide ring is composed of an injection molded plastic.

Assignments (8)
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST AT REEL/FRAME 063665/0176 Recorded Jun 1, 2026
From: BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
To: CALLAWAY GOLF COMPANY (F/K/A TOPGOLF CALLAWAY BRANDS CORP.); TRAVISMATHEW, LLC; OGIO INTERNATIONAL, INC.; WORLD GOLF TOUR, LLC
Reel/Frame 075834/0150 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded May 17, 2023
From: TOPGOLF CALLAWAY BRANDS CORP.; OGIO INTERNATIONAL, INC.; TOPGOLF INTERNATIONAL, INC.; TRAVISMATHEW, LLC; WORLD GOLF TOUR, LLC
To: BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.
Reel/Frame 063692/0009 →
SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded May 16, 2023
From: TOPGOLF CALLAWAY BRANDS CORP. (FORMERLY CALLAWAY GOLF COMPANY); OGIO INTERNATIONAL, INC.; TOPGOLF INTERNATIONAL, INC.; TRAVISMATHEW, LLC; WORLD GOLF TOUR, LLC
To: BANK OF AMERICA, N.A, AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 063665/0176 →
RELEASE (REEL 048172 / FRAME 0001) Recorded Mar 17, 2023
From: BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.
To: TOPGOLF CALLAWAY BRANDS CORP. (F/K/A CALLAWAY GOLF COMPANY); OGIO INTERNATIONAL, INC.
Reel/Frame 063622/0187 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Jan 23, 2019
From: CALLAWAY GOLF COMPANY; CALLAWAY GOLF SALES COMPANY; CALLAWAY GOLF BALL OPERATIONS, INC.; OGIO INTERNATIONAL, INC.; CALLAWAY GOLF INTERACTIVE, INC.; CALLAWAY GOLF INTERNATIONAL SALES COMPANY; TRAVISMATHEW, LLC
To: BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.
Reel/Frame 048110/0352 →
SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Jan 4, 2019
From: CALLAWAY GOLF COMPANY; OGIO INTERNATIONAL, INC.
To: BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
Reel/Frame 048172/0001 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Feb 16, 2018
From: CALLAWAY GOLF COMPANY; CALLAWAY GOLF SALES COMPANY; CALLAWAY GOLF BALL OPERATIONS, INC.; OGIO INTERNATIONAL, INC.; CALLAWAY GOLF INTERACTIVE, INC.; CALLAWAY GOLF INTERNATIONAL SALES COMPANY
To: BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.
Reel/Frame 045350/0741 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 21, 2010
From: GALLOWAY, J. ANDREW
To: CALLAWAY GOLF COMPANY
Reel/Frame 023827/0360 →
Continuity (3)
Continuation In Part 12046597 · Mar 12, 2008
Provisional Application 60894415 · Mar 12, 2007
Related Publication 20100120550A1 · May 13, 2010