Interchangeable shaft system
View Patent ↗A golf club incorporating an interchangeable shaft system includes a shaft, a shaft sleeve, a club head. The shaft sleeve is coupled to an end of the shaft and is received in a hosel included in the club head. The shaft sleeve is removably coupled to the club head. Hosel and shaft sleeve alignment features provide discreet orientations between the shaft and club head.
1. A shaft sleeve for attaching a golf club shaft to a golf club head, comprising:
a sleeve body defining a shaft portion configured to be coupled to a distal end of the shaft;
at least one sleeve alignment feature that extends from an outer surface of the sleeve body; and
an annular member threadably coupled to the sleeve body, distal of the at least one sleeve alignment feature, such that a portion of the sleeve body extends through the annular member,
wherein the annular member is captured on the sleeve body such that the annular member remains continually attached to the sleeve body from when the shaft sleeve is attached to the club head to when the shaft sleeve is separate from the club head.
2. The shaft sleeve of claim 1 , wherein the sleeve alignment feature has a generally trapezoidal cross-sectional shape.
3. The shaft sleeve of claim 1 , wherein the sleeve body includes a fastener portion configured to engage a fastener in an assembled golf club.
4. The shaft sleeve of claim 1 , wherein the at least one sleeve alignment feature comprises a plurality of alignment features.
5. The shaft sleeve of claim 1 , wherein the sleeve body is constructed of a first material and the annular member is constructed of a second material that is different than the first material.
6. A shaft sleeve for attaching a golf club shaft to a golf club head, comprising:
a sleeve body comprising a portion configured to receive a distal end portion of the shaft and a fastener portion, wherein the fastener portion includes a fastener bore;
at least one sleeve alignment feature extending from an outer surface of the sleeve body; and
an annular member threadably coupled to the sleeve body;
wherein the annular member is coupled to the fastener portion, such that at least a portion of the fastener portion extends through at least a portion of the annular member in an assembled golf club, and such that the annular member is captured on the sleeve body when the sleeve shaft sleeve is separate from a club head.
7. The shaft sleeve of claim 6 wherein the sleeve alignment feature has a generally trapezoidal cross-sectional shape.
8. The shaft sleeve of claim 6 wherein the at least one sleeve alignment feature comprises a plurality of alignment features.
9. The shaft sleeve of claim 6 wherein the sleeve body is constructed of a first material and the annular member is constructed of a second material that is different than the first material.