IP Library Granted Patent US 9,364,724
Granted Patent B2
US 9,364,724 · App. 14/305,084 · Granted Jun 14, 2016

Golf club

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Patent No.
US 9,364,724
App. No.
14/305,084
Granted
Jun 14, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

A golf club includes a golf club head provided with a first hole and a second hole on its bottom side, a shaft, a first fastener detachably attached to the first hole to detachably fix the shaft to the golf club head, and a second fastener detachably attached to the second hole to provide weight on the golf club, the second fastener having weight different from that of the first fastener. The first fastener and the second fastener are configured as mutually replaceable fasteners so that the first fastener is detachably attached to the second hole and the second fastener is detachably attached to the first hole to detachably fix the shaft to the golf club head.

Claims (23)

1. A golf club comprising:

a golf club head provided with a first hole and a second hole on its bottom side;

a shaft;

a first fastener detachably attached to the first hole to detachably fix the shaft to the golf club head; and

a second fastener detachably attached to the second hole to provide weight on the golf club, the second fastener having weight different from that of the first fastener,

wherein the first fastener and the second fastener are configured as mutually replaceable fasteners so that the first fastener is detachably attached to the second hole and the second fastener is detachably attached to the first hole to detachably fix the shaft to the golf club head.

2. The golf club according to claim 1 ,

wherein the golf club head comprises a tubular hosel provided with a shaft insertion hole having an upper opening for insertion of the shaft into the golf club head, and a lower opening on the bottom side of the head, and a shaft sleeve adaptor having a first thread portion and inserted into the shaft insertion hole so as to receive a tip end of the shaft,

the first hole comprises a space extending from the lower opening of the shaft insertion hole toward the first thread portion of the shaft sleeve adaptor, and

each of the first fastener and the second fastener comprises a second thread portion that engages with the first thread portion.

3. The golf club according to claim 2 ,

wherein the first thread portion of the shaft sleeve adaptor is configured as a male thread, and

the second thread portion is configured as a female thread.

4. The golf club according to claim 2 ,

wherein the first hole is provided with a third thread portion which is coaxially arranged in a different place with respect to the first thread portion,

each of the first fastener and the second fastener comprises a fourth thread portion, and

the fourth thread portion is coaxially arranged in a different place with respect to the second thread portion to engage with the third thread portion.

5. The golf club according to claim 1 ,

wherein the second hole comprises an outer portion having a circumferential inner surface including at least one first corner, and an inner portion having a circumferential inner surface including at least one second corner arranged in different place with respect to the first corner in a circumferential direction of the second hole, and

the second fastener comprises a flange configured so that the flange firmly engages with the second corner of the inner portion of the second hole by rotating around a central axis of the second hole after passing the outer portion of the second hole.

6. The golf club according to claim 1 ,

wherein the golf club head comprises a hitting face for hitting a golf ball, and

the first hole and the second hole are spaced at substantially the same distance from the hitting face.

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 Jun 17, 2014
From: MOTOKAWA, YUKI
To: DUNLOP SPORTS CO. LTD.
Reel/Frame 033117/0443 →