IP Library Granted Patent US 8,535,175
Granted Patent B2
US 8,535,175 · App. 12/790,571 · Granted Sep 17, 2013

Golf club shaft and golf club

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Patent No.
US 8,535,175
App. No.
12/790,571
Granted
Sep 17, 2013
Kind
B2
Abstract

A shaft 6 includes a textile layer. The textile layer has a biaxial textile 20 composed of warps and wefts. The warp is oriented substantially parallel to an axial direction of the shaft. The weft is oriented substantially perpendicularly to the axial direction of the shaft. When a tensile elastic modulus of the warp is defined as ET (tf/mm 2 ) and a tensile elastic modulus of the weft is defined as EY (tf/mm 2 ), the tensile elastic modulus ET is smaller than the tensile elastic modulus EY. Preferably, the warp is a PAN carbon fiber and the weft is a pitch carbon fiber. Preferably, when a tensile strength of the warp is defined as ST (kgf/mm 2 ) and a tensile strength of the weft is defined as SY (kgf/mm 2 ), the tensile strength ST is greater than the tensile strength SY.

Claims (29)

1. A golf club shaft comprising a textile layer,

wherein the textile layer has a biaxial textile including warps of a carbon fiber and wefts of a carbon fiber;

the warp is oriented substantially parallel to an axial direction of the shaft;

the weft is oriented substantially perpendicularly to the axial direction of the shaft; and

when a tensile elastic modulus of the warp is defined as ET (tf/mm 2 ) and a tensile elastic modulus of the weft is defined as EY (tf/mm 2 ), the tensile elastic modulus ET is smaller than the tensile elastic modulus EY,

wherein a ratio (EY/ET) is 1.1 or greater and 4 or less.

2. The golf club shaft according to claim 1 , wherein the warp is a PAN carbon fiber and the weft is a pitch carbon fiber.

3. The golf club shaft according to claim 2 , wherein a ratio (EY/ET) is 1.1 or greater and 4 or less.

4. The golf club shaft according to claim 1 , wherein when a tensile strength of the warp is defined as ST (kgf/mm 2 ) and a tensile strength of the weft is defined as SY (kgf/mm 2 ), the tensile strength ST is greater than the tensile strength SY.

5. The golf club shaft according to claim 4 , wherein a ratio (EY/ET) is 1.1 or greater and 4 or less.

6. The golf club shaft according to claim 4 , wherein a ratio (SY/ST) is 0.5 or greater and 0.99 or less.

7. The golf club shaft according to claim 1 , wherein when a placing number of the warps is defined as TH (warps/25 mm), and a placing number of the wefts is defined as YH (wefts/25 mm), a ratio (TH/YH) is 1 or greater and 4 or less.

8. A golf club comprising:

the shaft according to claim 1 ;

a head; and

a grip.

9. A golf club shaft comprising at least one textile layer,

wherein the textile layer has a biaxial textile including warps of a carbon fiber and wefts of a carbon fiber;

the warp is oriented substantially parallel to an axial direction of the shaft;

the weft is oriented substantially perpendicularly to the axial direction of the shaft; and

the warp is a PAN carbon fiber and the weft is a pitch carbon fiber.

10. The golf club shaft according to claim 9 , wherein when a placing number of the warps is defined as TH (warps/25 mm), and a placing number of the wefts is defined as YH (wefts/25 mm), a ratio (TH/YH) is 1 or greater and 4 or less.

11. A golf club shaft comprising at least one textile layer,

wherein the textile layer has a biaxial textile including warps of a carbon fiber and wefts of a carbon fiber;

the warp is oriented substantially parallel to an axial direction of the shaft;

the weft is oriented substantially perpendicularly to the axial direction of the shaft; and

when a tensile strength of the warp is defined as ST (kgf/mm 2 ) and a tensile strength of the weft is defined as SY (kgf/mm 2 ), the tensile strength ST is greater than the tensile strength SY,

wherein a ratio (SY/ST) is 0.5 or greater and 0.99 or less.

12. The golf club shaft according to claim 11 , wherein when a placing number of the warps is defined as TH (warps/25 mm), and a placing number of the wefts is defined as YH (wefts/25 mm), a ratio (TH/YH) is 1 or greater and 4 or less.

Assignments (2)
MERGER Recorded Apr 17, 2018
From: DUNLOP SPORTS CO. LTD.
To: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
Reel/Frame 045959/0204 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Apr 12, 2018
From: SRI SPORTS LIMITED
To: DUNLOP SPORTS CO. LTD.
Reel/Frame 045932/0024 →