Swing-weight-adjustable golf clubs and clubheads
View Patent ↗Clubs and clubheads are disclosed that allow the swing-weight thereof to be easily changed by attaching or exchanging a “weight-assembly” having a first portion configured as a “weight insert,” a second portion configured as an overcap, and a third portion configured as a drive screw. The drive screw extends through the overcap and into the weight-insert to assemble the weight-assembly, which fits into a weight-receiving cavity on the clubhead. These three components are made of respective materials (having respective densities) that are selected so that each component contributes a desired fraction of the total mass of the weight-assembly to the clubhead to achieve a desired change in swing-weight. By mix-match selection of the components, a wide range of masses of the weight assemblies can be made, with small increments therebetween.
1. A golf club comprising:
a clubhead comprising a body having a front and a rear, the front including a strike face, the rear including a weight-receiving cavity, and the body having a center of gravity (CG) having respective X-, Y-, and Z-coordinates;
a shaft connected to the clubhead, thereby forming the golf club having a nominal swing-weight;
a weight-assembly removably attached as a unit to the weight-receiving cavity, the weight-assembly having a corresponding assembled total mass providing a corresponding swing-weight (SW) contribution to the club, the weight-assembly comprising at least a first portion, a second portion, and a third portion each contributing a respective mass portion to the assembled total mass of the weight-assembly and thus to the SW contribution made by the weight-assembly to the club, wherein
the total mass of the weight-assembly linearly displaces the CG location no more than 1.7 mm with the weight-assembly attached to the body compared to a CG location of the clubhead when the weight-assembly is not attached to the body;
the third portion of the weight-assembly is a drive-screw that threads into the first portion;
the first portion threads into the weight-receiving cavity; and
the second portion of the weight-assembly comprises a non-circular overcap held to the first portion by the third portion whenever the first portion is threaded into the weight-receiving cavity.
2. The golf club of claim 1 , wherein;
the first portion is a weight-insert;
the second portion is an overcap that extends over and conceals the weight-insert whenever the weight-assembly is attached to the weight-receiving cavity; and
the weight-insert and drive-screw freely rotate relative to the overcap.
3. The golf club of claim 1 , wherein the weight-insert defines at least one cutout having a defined volume that subtracts a respective portion of mass from the weight-insert compared to an otherwise similar weight-insert lacking the at least one cutout.