IP Library Granted Patent US 8,998,745
Granted Patent B2
US 8,998,745 · App. 13/644,825 · Granted Apr 7, 2015

Golf club shaft

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Patent No.
US 8,998,745
App. No.
13/644,825
Granted
Apr 7, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

When a distance from a shaft front end to a shaft gravity center point is L G and a full length of the shaft is L S , 0.54≦L G /L S ≦0.65 is satisfied. A golf club shaft, wherein a shaft weight is 56 g or more, and a bending rigidity value EI at a point of 630 mm from the shaft front end to the shaft rear end side is 3.6 kgf·m 2 or less.

Claims (38)

1. A golf club shaft having:

a front tip end and a rear butt end, wherein the rear butt end is formed from a low elasticity material including fibers with a fiber elastic modulus of 20 t/mm 2 or less,

a shaft weight in the range 56 grams to 80 grams, and

a bending rigidity value EI at a point 630 mm from the shaft front end to the shaft rear end of 3.6 kgf·m 2 or less and a bending rigidity value EI at a point 730 mm from the shaft front end to the shaft rear end side is in the range 2.7 kgf·m 2 to 4.6 kgf·m 2 ,

wherein if the distance from the shaft front end to the shaft gravity center point is L G and the full length of the shaft is L S , then 0.54≦L G /L S ≦0.65 is satisfied and

wherein

the shaft comprises a tubular body formed from multiple fiber reinforced resin layers of full axial length and at least one butt partial layer of partial axial length extending from the rear butt end, P 2 is a point separated from the butt end by 250 millimeters, a range from point P 2 to the butt end is defined as a specific butt range, Wa is the weight of the butt partial layer in the specific butt range, and Wb is the weight of the shaft in the specific butt range, and

the relationship 0.4≦Wa/Wb≦0.7 is satisfied.

2. The golf club shaft according to claim 1 , wherein a fiber orientation angle of at least a part of the fibers in the low elasticity material is 0±10 degrees.

3. The golf club shaft according to claim 1 , wherein a fiber orientation angle of at least a part of the fibers in the low elasticity material is 45±10 degrees.

4. The golf club shaft according to claim 1 , wherein the low elasticity material includes 15 to 50 mass % of prepreg containing fibers with a fiber elastic modulus of 20 t/mm 2 or less.

5. The golf club shaft according to claim 2 , wherein the low elasticity material includes 15 to 50 mass % of prepreg containing fibers with a fiber elastic modulus of 20 t/mm 2 or less.

6. The golf club shaft according to claim 3 , wherein the low elasticity material includes 15 to 50 mass % of prepreg containing fibers with a fiber elastic modulus of 20 t/mm 2 or less.

7. A golf club shaft having:

a front tip end and a rear butt end, wherein the rear butt end is formed from a low elasticity prepreg material containing fibers with a fiber elastic modulus in the range 2 t/mm 2 to 20 t/mm 2 ,

a shaft weight of 56 g or more, and

a bending rigidity value EI at a point 630 mm from the shaft front end to the shaft rear end of 3.6 kgf m 2 or less,

wherein if the distance from the shaft front end to the shaft gravity center point is L G and the full length of the shaft is L S , then 0.54≦L G /L S ≦0.65 is satisfied and

wherein

the shaft comprises a tubular body formed from multiple fiber reinforced resin layers of full axial length and at least one butt partial layer of partial axial length extending from the rear butt end, P 2 is a point separated from the butt end by 250 millimeters, a range from point P 2 to the butt end is defined as a specific butt range, Wa is the weight of the butt partial layer in the specific butt range, and Wb is the weight of the shaft in the specific butt range, and

the relationship 0.4≦Wa/Wb≦0.7 is satisfied.

8. The golf club shaft according to claim 7 , wherein a fiber orientation angle of at least a part of the fibers in the low elasticity material is 0±10 degrees.

9. The golf club shaft according to claim 7 , wherein a fiber orientation angle of at least a part of the fibers in the low elasticity material is 45±10 degrees.

10. The golf club shaft according to claim 7 , wherein the low elasticity material includes 15 to 50 mass % of said low elasticity prepreg containing fibers.

11. The golf club shaft according to claim 8 , wherein the low elasticity material includes 15 to 50 mass % of said low elasticity prepreg containing fibers.

12. The golf club shaft according to claim 9 , wherein the low elasticity material includes 15 to 50 mass % of said low elasticity prepreg containing fibers.

13. A golf club shaft having:

a front tip end and a rear butt end,

a shaft weight of 56 g or more, and

a bending rigidity value EI at a point 630 mm from the shaft front end to the shaft rear end of 3.6 kgf·m 2 or less,

wherein if the distance from the shaft front end to the shaft gravity center point is L G and the full length of the shaft is L S , then 0.54≦L G /L S ≦0.65 is satisfied, and

wherein the shaft comprises a tubular body formed from multiple fiber reinforced resin layers of full axial length and at least one butt partial layer of partial axial length extending from the rear butt end, P 2 is a point separated from the butt end by 250 millimeters, a range from point P 2 to the butt end is defined as a specific butt range, Wa is the weight of the butt partial layer in the specific butt range, and Wb is the weight of the shaft in the specific butt range, and the relationship 0.4≦Wa/Wb≦0.7 is satisfied.

14. The golf club shaft according to claim 13 , wherein the rear butt end is formed from a low elasticity material including fibers with a fiber elastic modulus of 20 t/mm 2 or less.

15. The golf club shaft according to claim 14 , wherein a fiber orientation angle of at least a part of the fibers in the low elasticity material is 0±10 degrees.

16. The golf club shaft according to claim 14 , wherein a fiber orientation angle of at least a part of the fibers in the low elasticity material is 45±10 degrees.

17. The golf club shaft according to claim 14 , wherein the low elasticity material includes 15 to 50 mass % of prepreg containing fibers with a fiber elastic modulus of 20 t/mm 2 or less.

18. The golf club shaft according to claim 15 , wherein the low elasticity material includes 15 to 50 mass % of prepreg containing fibers with a fiber elastic modulus of 20 t/mm 2 or less.

19. The golf club shaft according to claim 16 , wherein the low elasticity material includes 15 to 50 mass % of prepreg containing fibers with a fiber elastic modulus of 20 t/mm 2 or less.

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: HASEGAWA, HIROSHI; NAKANO, TAKASHI
To: DUNLOP SPORTS CO. LTD.
Reel/Frame 029084/0496 →