IP Library Granted Patent US 9,079,075
Granted Patent B2
US 9,079,075 · App. 13/644,445 · Granted Jul 14, 2015

Golf club

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Patent No.
US 9,079,075
App. No.
13/644,445
Granted
Jul 14, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided is a golf club having a head disposed at a front end of a shaft and a grip disposed at a back end of the shaft. A club weight is not smaller than 290 g, and a ratio (head weight/club weight) of a head weight to a club weight is not lower than 0.67 but not higher than 0.72. When a distance from the front end of the shaft to a center of gravity of the shaft is L G and when a full length of the shaft is L S , 0.55≦L G /L S ≦0.67 is satisfied, and when a frequency of flexural vibration of the club is F, 240 cpm≦F≦280 cpm is satisfied.

Claims (24)

1. A golf club having a head disposed at a front end of a shaft and a grip disposed at a back end of the shaft, wherein

a club weight is not smaller than 290 g,

a ratio (head weight/club weight) of a head weight to the club weight is not lower than 0.67 but not higher than 0.72,

when a distance from the front end of the shaft to a center of gravity of the shaft is L G and when a full length of the shaft is L S , 0.55≦L G /L S ≦0.67 is satisfied,

when a frequency of flexural vibration of the club is F, 240 cpm≦F≦280 cpm is satisfied, and

when a weight of a butt partial layer existing in a range from a butt end of the shaft to a point separated from the butt end by 250 mm is represented as Wa, and when a weight of the shaft in said range is represented as Wb, Wa/Wb is not lower than 0.4 but not higher than 0.7.

2. The golf club according to claim 1 , wherein a grip weight is not smaller than 37 g but not larger than 50 g.

3. The golf club according to claim 1 , wherein a left-right inertia moment of the head is not smaller than 4600 g·cm 2 .

4. The golf club according to claim 1 , wherein the club weight is not smaller than 290 g but not larger than 315 g.

5. The golf club according to claim 1 , wherein a club length is not smaller than 42.0 inches but not larger than 46.0 inches.

6. The golf club according to claim 1 , wherein the frequency of flexural vibration of the club is not lower than 242 cpm but not higher than 278 cpm.

7. The golf club according to claim 1 , wherein the head weight is not smaller than 192 g but not larger than 215 g.

8. The golf club according to claim 1 , wherein the ratio of the head weight to the club weight is not lower than 0.68 but not higher than 0.710.

9. The golf club according to claim 1 , wherein a left-right inertia moment of the head is not smaller than 4600 g·cm 2 but not larger than 5900 g·cm 2 .

10. The golf club according to claim 1 , wherein the grip weight is not smaller than 39 g but not larger than 48 g.

11. The golf club according to claim 1 , wherein a shaft weight is not smaller than 35 g but not larger than 58 g.

12. The golf club according to claim 1 , wherein the shaft length is not smaller than 1050 mm but not larger than 1200 mm.

13. The golf club according to claim 1 , wherein said L G /L S is not lower than 0.56 but not higher than 0.66.

14. The golf club according to claim 1 , wherein a weight of a butt partial layer with respect to a shaft weight is not smaller than 5 wt % but not larger than 50 wt %.

15. The golf club according to claim 1 , wherein a fiber elastic modulus of a butt partial layer is not lower than 5 t/mm 2 but not higher than 20 t/mm 2 .

16. The golf club according to claim 1 , wherein a resin content of a butt partial layer is not lower than 20 mass % but not higher than 50 mass %.

17. The golf club according to claim 1 , wherein a weight of a butt straight layer with respect to a shaft weight is not smaller than 5 mass % but not larger than 50 mass %.

18. The golf club according to claim 1 , wherein a fiber elastic modulus of a butt straight layer is not lower than 5 t/mm 2 but not higher than 20 t/mm 2 .

19. The golf club according to claim 1 , wherein a resin content of a butt straight layer is not lower than 20 mass % but not higher than 50 mass %.

Assignments (2)
MERGER Recorded Apr 17, 2018
From: DUNLOP SPORTS CO. LTD.
To: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
Reel/Frame 045959/0204 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 5, 2012
From: NAKAMURA, TAKASHI; HASEGAWA, HIROSHI; NAKANO, TAKASHI
To: DUNLOP SPORTS CO. LTD.
Reel/Frame 029084/0565 →