IP Library Granted Patent US 9,579,547
Granted Patent B2
US 9,579,547 · App. 14/742,366 · Granted Feb 28, 2017

Golf club

Inventor: Naruhiro Mizutani (Kobe, JP)
Assignee: DUNLOP SPORTS CO. LTD.
A63B53/02A63B53/047A63B60/28A63B60/16A63B2053/022A63B2209/00A63B2225/09
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Patent No.
US 9,579,547
App. No.
14/742,366
Granted
Feb 28, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

A golf club includes a shaft, a golf club head including a hosel having an aperture to which the shaft being secured, a securing member configured in a cylindrical shape to cover the shaft, the securing member including a first securing portion detachably fitted to the aperture of the hosel, and an insert member configured in a cylindrical shape to cover the shaft, the insert member including a second securing portion being detachably attachable to the aperture of the hosel and a third securing portion being detachably attachable to the first securing portion of the securing member. The golf club is capable of adopting a first mode of securing the first securing portion to the hosel, and a second mode of securing the insert member to the hosel and securing the first securing portion to the third securing portion of the insert member.

Claims (18)

1. A golf club comprising:

a shaft;

a golf club head including a hosel permanently fixed to a head having an aperture to which a front end portion of the shaft is secured by a bonding material;

a securing member configured in a cylindrical shape to cover an outer peripheral surface of the shaft, the securing member including a first securing portion detachably fitted to a peripheral edge of the aperture of the hosel; and

an insert member configured in a cylindrical shape to cover the outer peripheral surface of the shaft, the insert member including a second securing portion being detachably attachable to the peripheral edge of the aperture of the hosel and a third securing portion being detachably attachable to the first securing portion of the securing member,

wherein the golf club is capable of adopting a first mode of securing the first securing portion of the securing member to the hosel, and a second mode of securing the second securing portion of the insert member to the hosel and securing the first securing portion of the securing member to the third securing portion of the insert member.

2. The golf club according to claim 1 , wherein the insert member is configured to enable adoption of a cylindrical state of covering the outer peripheral surface of the shaft and a split state of splitting the insert member into a plurality of insert segments in a peripheral direction to separate from the outer peripheral surface of the shaft.

3. The golf club according to claim 1 , wherein the securing member is configured to be movable in an axial direction of the shaft, and

the second mode is adopted by disposing the insert member between the peripheral edge of the aperture of the hosel and the securing member after moving the securing member in the axial direction along the shaft from the first mode.

4. The golf club according to claim 1 , wherein a male thread is formed on an outer peripheral edge of the aperture of the hosel,

the first securing portion of the securing member is formed with a female thread to be screwed to the male thread of the aperture of the hosel,

the second securing portion of the insert member is formed with a female thread to be screwed to the male thread of the aperture of the hosel, and

the third securing portion of the insert member is formed with a male thread to be screwed to the female thread of the first securing portion of the securing member.

5. The golf club according to claim 1 , wherein an outer peripheral edge of the aperture of the hosel is formed with a male thread, and

the first securing portion of the securing member includes:

a female thread to be screwed to the male thread of the aperture of the hosel; and

an engaging portion to engage with an inner peripheral edge of the aperture of the hosel, the engaging portion being formed inward in a radial direction of the female thread.

6. The golf club according to claim 1 , wherein the insert member is composed of a metal.

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 18, 2015
From: MIZUTANI, NARUHIRO
To: DUNLOP SPORTS CO. LTD.
Reel/Frame 035860/0692 →
Priority Claims (2)
JP 2014-125337 · Jun 18, 2014 · national
JP 2014-134790 · Jun 30, 2014 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20150367187A1 · Dec 24, 2015