Golf club head with hosel hole cover
A golf club head with a hosel hole cover that helps improve the performance of the golf club head is disclosed. More specifically, the present invention relates to a golf club head having a hosel hole cover at a bottom portion of an interchangeable connection system that not only provides improved performance of the golf club head by strategically utilizing an existing opening to adjust the weighting of a golf club head, but it also improves the aerodynamics of the golf club head by eliminating undesirable recesses that could be detrimental to the aerodynamics of a golf club head.
1 . A golf club head comprising:
a body portion further comprising a crown portion, a sole portion, a heel portion, and a toe portion;
a hosel region located near a heel portion of said golf club head, said hosel region further comprising;
an upper end having a releasable hosel mechanism,
a lower end having a hosel hole, said hosel hole further comprising;
one or more non-threaded recessed undercuts along a side wall of said hosel hole,
a threaded screw, adapted to engage said releasable hosel mechanism, wherein said threaded screw further comprises;
a screw head, and
a circular recess, located circumferentially around said screw head,
wherein said circlip is adapted to engage said circular recess of said screw head,
a hosel hole cover, adapted to substantially cover an entirety of an internal surface said hosel hole, and
a retention mechanism, adapted to secure said hosel hole cover to said golf club head, wherein said retention mechanism comprises one or more non-threaded protrusions,
a circlip, adapted to engage said threaded screw to retain said hosel hole cover to said threaded screw, and
wherein said one or more non-threaded protrusions are adapted to engage said one or more non-threaded recessed undercuts to secure said hosel hole cover to said golf club head.
2 . The golf club head of claim 1 , wherein said hosel hole cover further comprises a protrusion located proximate said screw head, allowing said circlip to engage said circular recess.
3 . The golf club head of claim 2 , wherein a rotation of said retention mechanism rotatably engages said one or more non-threaded protrusions with said one or more non-threaded recessed undercuts.
4 . The golf club head of claim 3 , wherein said retention mechanism is only adapted to rotate 90 degrees.
5 . The golf club head of claim 3 , wherein said hosel hole cover further comprises;
a base piece made out of a non-deformable rigid material, and
a cover piece made out of a deformable polymeric material.
6 . The golf club head of claim 5 , wherein said hosel hole cover further comprises a receptacle opening, adapted to receive said retention mechanism,
said receptacle opening has a surface area of between about 55 mm 2 to about 300 mm 2 .
7 . The golf club head of claim 6 , wherein said surface area of said receptacle opening has an area of between about 65 mm 2 to about 200 mm 2 .
8 . The golf club head of claim 7 , wherein said surface area of said receptacle opening has an area of about 90 mm 2 .
9 . A golf club head comprising:
a body portion further comprising a crown portion, a sole portion, a heel portion, and a toe portion;
a hosel region located near a heel portion of said golf club head, said hosel region further comprising;
an upper end having a releasable hosel mechanism,
a lower end having a hosel hole,
a threaded screw, adapted to engage said releasable hosel mechanism, wherein said threaded screw further comprises;
a screw head, and
a circular recess, located circumferentially around said screw head,
wherein said circlip is adapted to engage said circular recess of said screw head,
a hosel hole cover, adapted to substantially cover an entirety of an internal surface said hosel hole, and
a circlip,
wherein said circlip is adapted to engage both said hosel hole cover and said threaded screw to retain said hosel hole cover to said threaded screw.
10 . The golf club head of claim 9 , wherein said hosel hole cover further comprises a protrusion located proximate said screw head, allowing said circlip to engage said circular recess.
11 . The golf club head of claim 10 , wherein said hosel hole cover further comprises a receptacle opening, adapted to receive a cover portion,
said receptacle opening has a surface area of between about 55 mm 2 to about 300 mm 2 .
12 . The golf club head of claim 11 , wherein said surface area of said receptacle opening has an area of between about 65 mm 2 to about 200 mm 2 .
13 . The golf club head of claim 12 , wherein said surface area of said receptacle opening has an area of about 90 mm 2 .