JP2016002360A - Golf club - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a golf club that can adjust a hosel length without removing a shaft from a head.SOLUTION: A golf club includes: a shaft 2; a golf club head with a hosel part 3 having an opening with the tip part of the shaft 2 fixed thereto; a cylindrical fixing member having a first fixing part detachably attached to an opening peripheral edge of the hosel part 3, and covering the outer circumferential surface of the shaft 2; and an insert member 5 having a second fixing part attachable/detachable to/from an opening periphery of the hosel part 3 and a third fixing part attachable/detachable to/from the first fixing part of the fixing member, and formed in a cylindrical shape covering the outer circumferential surface of the shaft 2. The golf club can take: a first mode of fixing the first fixing part of the fixing member to the hosel part 3; and a second mode of fixing the insert member 5 to the hosel part 3, and fixing the first fixing part of the fixing member to the third fixing part of the insert member 5.

Description

  The present invention relates to a golf club.

  In recent years, golf clubs capable of exchanging shafts have been proposed in response to user requests. In addition to changing the length, the shaft is exchanged to change the deflection by changing to a shaft having a different hardness. However, if the shaft itself is replaced to change the deflection, there is a problem that the cost increases. Thus, Patent Document 1 proposes a golf club that can change the hardness without replacing the shaft.

  That is, in the golf club of Patent Document 1, after the first embodiment in which the shaft is directly attached to the hosel part of the golf club head and the cylindrical extension member is attached to the opening of the hosel part, the hosel length is increased. The second mode of attaching the shaft can be taken. Thereby, since the hosel length can be changed, the easiness of bending of the tip of the shaft can be changed without changing the shaft itself.

Japanese Patent No. 5447141

  However, in the golf club as described above, it is necessary to remove the shaft from the golf club head when attaching the extension member, and there is a problem that the work is complicated. The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, and an object thereof is to provide a golf club capable of adjusting the hosel length without removing the shaft from the head.

  A first golf club according to the present invention includes a shaft, a golf club head having a hosel portion having an opening to which a tip end portion of the shaft is fixed, and a first golf club head that is detachably attached to an opening periphery of the hosel portion. A cylindrical fixing member that has a fixing portion and covers the outer peripheral surface of the shaft, a second fixing portion that can be attached to and detached from the opening periphery of the hosel portion, and a third that can be attached to and detached from the first fixing portion of the fixing member An insert member having a fixing portion and formed in a cylindrical shape covering the outer peripheral surface of the shaft, and a first aspect of fixing the first fixing portion of the fixing member to the hosel portion; The second fixing portion of the insert member may be fixed to the hosel portion, and the second aspect of fixing the first fixing portion of the fixing member to the third fixing portion of the insert member may be employed.

  In the golf club, the insert member may be configured to take a cylindrical state that covers the outer peripheral surface of the shaft and a divided state that is divided into a plurality of portions in the circumferential direction and separated from the outer peripheral surface of the shaft. it can.

  In any one of the above golf clubs, the fixing member is configured to be movable in the axial direction of the shaft, and after the fixing member has moved in the axial direction of the shaft from the first aspect, By arranging between the opening periphery of the hosel part and the fixing member, the second mode can be adopted.

  In any one of the above golf clubs, a male screw is formed on an outer peripheral edge of the opening of the hosel part, and a female screw that engages with the male screw of the opening of the hosel part is formed on the first fixing part of the fixing member. The second fixing portion of the insert member is formed with a female screw that is screwed with the male screw of the opening of the hosel portion, and the third fixing portion of the insert member is screwed with the male screw of the first fixing portion of the fixing member. A mating male screw can be formed.

  In any one of the above-described golf clubs, a male screw is formed on the outer peripheral edge of the opening of the hosel portion, and the first fixing portion of the fixing member includes a female screw that engages with a male screw of the opening of the hosel portion, and the female screw. And an engaging part that engages with the inner peripheral edge of the opening of the hosel part.

  In any of the above golf clubs, the insert member can be formed of metal, resin, particularly FRP.

  A second golf club according to the present invention is formed in a cylindrical shape covering a shaft, a golf club head having a hosel portion having an opening to which a tip end portion of the shaft is fixed, and an outer peripheral surface of the shaft. A fixing member having a first fixing portion at one end in the direction, a second fixing portion that can be attached to and detached from the opening periphery of the hosel portion, and a third fixing portion that can be attached to and detached from the first fixing portion of the fixing member. A plurality of insert members formed in a cylindrical shape covering the outer peripheral surface of the shaft and having different axial lengths, and selectively attaching one of the plurality of insert members to the shaft, The length from the opening of the hosel part to the fixing member can be changed.

  In any one of the above golf clubs, the insert member is configured to be able to take a cylindrical state covering the outer peripheral surface of the shaft and a divided state where the insert member is divided into a plurality of portions in the circumferential direction and separated from the outer peripheral surface of the shaft. can do.

  In any of the above golf clubs, the fixing member can be configured to be movable in the axial direction of the shaft.

  According to the first golf club of the present invention, the fixing member attached to the opening periphery of the hosel part and the insert member that can be disposed between the opening of the hosel part and the fixing member are provided. Therefore, the length of the hosel part can be changed. In other words, the first aspect of fixing the fixing member to the opening of the hosel part and the second aspect of fixing the insertion member to the hosel part and further fixing the fixing member to the insert member can be selectively taken. The hosel length can be changed according to the user's request. At this time, since the length of the hosel part can be changed by simply attaching and detaching the fixing member and the insert member without removing the shaft from the golf club head, handling is easy.

1 is a front view of a golf club according to a first embodiment of the present invention. It is a side view of FIG. It is a side view of the fixing member provided in the golf club of FIG. It is the side view and exploded view of the insert member used for the golf club of FIG. FIG. 5 is a partial side view of a golf club showing how to use the fixing member and the insert member of FIGS. 3 and 4. It is a partial front view of 2nd Embodiment of the golf club which concerns on this invention. It is the side view and exploded view of the insert member used for the golf club of FIG. It is a partial side view of the golf club which shows the usage method of the fixing member and insert member of FIG. It is sectional drawing which shows the other example of the fixing method of an insert member and a hosel member. It is sectional drawing which shows the other example of the fixing method of an insert member and a hosel part.

<A. First Embodiment>
Hereinafter, a golf club according to a first embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a front view of an iron type golf club according to the present embodiment, and FIG. 2 is a side view of FIG. In the following description, the vertical direction of FIGS. 1 and 2 is referred to as “up and down”, and the description may be made in other drawings based on this.

<1. Golf Club Overview>
As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the golf club according to the present embodiment is an iron-type golf club, and is a golf club head (hereinafter, simply referred to as “head” or “club head”) 1. , And a shaft 2 connected thereto. The head 1 includes a face surface 11 that hits a ball, a top surface 12 that is connected to the upper edge of the face surface 11 and forms the upper surface of the head, and a sole surface 13 that is connected to the lower edge of the face surface 11 and forms the bottom surface of the head. Further, the head 1 includes a toe surface 14 that smoothly curves and joins between the top surface 12 and the sole surface 13, and a back surface 15 that forms a surface opposite to the face surface 11. It has.

  A cylindrical hosel portion 3 having a shaft insertion hole (opening) 31 in which the shaft 2 is mounted is provided at the end of the top surface 12 opposite to the toe surface 14. The central axis Z of the insertion hole 31 coincides with the axis of the shaft 2. A male screw 32 is formed on the outer peripheral edge of the opening of the insertion hole 31, and the length of the hosel portion 3 (hereinafter also referred to as “hosel length” or “neck length”) is formed on the male screw 32. ) Is provided. The changing mechanism will be described later.

  The head 1 according to this embodiment includes a face body made of a metal material as a face surface, and a head body made of a metal material different from the face plate and having the face plate disposed on the front surface. However, the head 1 may be formed by forging or casting one kind of metal material. Moreover, the shaft 2 is a well-known thing, for example, can be formed with a metal, a resin material, etc.

<2. Hosel length change mechanism>
Next, the hosel length changing mechanism will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 3 is a front view of a fixing member constituting the change mechanism, and FIG. 4 is a front view and an exploded view of an insert member constituting the change mechanism. As shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, the changing mechanism includes a fixing member 4 formed in a cylindrical shape and an insert member 5 formed in the same cylindrical shape, which are attached to the hosel portion 3. As a result, the hosel length can be changed. The outer diameters of the fixing member 4 and the insert member 5 are substantially the same as the outer diameter of the hosel portion 3. Moreover, both the fixing member 4 and the insert member 5 are provided with a cylindrical internal space, and the shaft 2 is inserted into this internal space.

  The fixing member 4 is attached to the upper end portion of the hosel portion 3. And it arrange | positions in the connection part of the shaft 2 and the hosel part 3, and plays the role of a decoration mainly. As shown in FIG. 3, the fixing member 4 is formed in a cylindrical shape, and the shaft 2 is inserted through the fixing member 4 in advance. Thereafter, the shaft 2 is fixed to the insertion hole 31 with an adhesive or the like. Therefore, the fixing member 4 can move in the axial direction along the shaft 2. In the fixing member 4, a female screw (first fixing portion) 41 is formed on the inner peripheral edge of the lower end portion in the axial direction, and is screwed with the male screw 32 of the hosel portion 3. Moreover, the outer peripheral surface of the fixing member 4 is formed in a taper shape whose diameter decreases from the lower end portion toward the upper end portion. Therefore, in this embodiment, you may form so that it can be combined with the cyclic | annular decorative member called a socket, a ferrule, a ferrule etc. which are generally mounted | worn with a shaft. In the present embodiment, the fixing member 4 is tapered, but it may be cylindrical without a taper. The fixing member 4 may be formed in a cylindrical shape without a taper, and the annular decorative member as described above may be mounted on the upper portion thereof.

  As shown in FIG. 4A, the insert member 5 is disposed between the opening of the insertion hole 31 of the hosel portion 3 and the fixing member 4 in the axial direction. It is long and cylindrical in the axial direction. A male screw (third fixing portion) 51 that is screwed into the female screw 41 of the fixing member 4 is formed on the outer peripheral surface of the upper end portion of the insert member 5. On the other hand, a female screw (second fixing portion) 52 that is screwed into the male screw 32 of the hosel portion 3 is formed at the lower end portion of the insert member 5. Moreover, as shown in FIG.4 (b), the insert member 5 can be divided | segmented into two in the circumferential direction. More specifically, the cylindrical insert member 5 is formed by combining two insert pieces 50 having a circular arc cross section. In addition, it can also comprise so that insert piece 50 may be fixed. For example, one insert piece 50 may be provided with a convex portion and the other insert piece 50 may be provided with a concave portion, and these may be engaged. Alternatively, one insert piece 50 may be provided with a key groove, and the other insert piece 50 may be provided with a key and engaged with each other. In addition, there is no particular limitation as long as both insert pieces 50 can be fixed.

  The fixing member 4 and the insert member 5 are preferably formed of a hard material. For example, the fixing member 4 and the insert member 5 can be formed of metal, resin, particularly FRP.

  Next, a method of using the change mechanism will be described with reference to FIG. In the changing mechanism according to the present embodiment, two types of hosel length can be selected. That is, there is a first mode in which only the fixing member 4 is used, and a second mode in which the fixing member 4 and the insert member 5 are used. First, the first aspect will be described. As shown in FIG. 5A, in this aspect, the female screw 41 of the fixing member 4 is screwed into the male screw 32 of the insertion hole 31. Since the shaft 2 is fixed to the hosel portion 3, only the fixing member 4 is moved along the shaft 2 and fixed to the hosel portion 3. As a result, the length from the upper end portion of the fixing member 4 to the rear end portion of the shaft 2 is L1, and this portion bends during the swing.

  Next, the second aspect will be described. In order to shift from the first mode to the second mode, first, the fixing member 4 is removed from the hosel part 3. Next, the fixing member 4 is moved along the shaft 2 and separated from the hosel portion 3. Subsequently, the insert member 5 is attached to the shaft 2 as shown in FIG. First, the pair of insert pieces 50 are combined on the outer periphery of the shaft 2 so as to be cylindrical, and the insert member 5 is formed. At this time, the position in the axial direction in which both insert pieces 50 are arranged is between the hosel portion 3 and the fixing member 4. Next, the female screw 52 at the lower end portion of the insert member 5 is screwed into the male screw 32 of the hosel portion 3. Finally, the female screw 41 of the fixing member 4 is screwed into the male screw 51 at the upper end of the insert member 5. Thus, the second aspect is completed. In this aspect, the length from the upper end portion of the fixing member 4 to the rear end portion of the shaft 2 is L2, and this portion bends during swinging. And this length L2 is shorter than L1 by the length of the axial direction of the insert member 5 compared with the 1st aspect. Therefore, the length of the shaft 2 that causes bending is shortened. As a result, the hardness of the shaft 2 at the time of swing can be changed.

  As described above, according to the present embodiment, the length of the hosel portion 3 can be changed by simply attaching and detaching the fixing member 4 and the insert member 5 without removing the shaft 2 from the golf club head 1. Therefore, the hardness of the shaft 2 can be easily changed. In addition, if not only one type of insert member but also a plurality of insert members having different lengths in the axial direction are prepared, the length of bending can be changed in large numbers.

<B. Second Embodiment>
Hereinafter, a golf club according to a second embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. The second embodiment is different from the first embodiment in the configuration of the changing mechanism and the configuration of the insertion hole, and the other configurations are the same, and thus the description thereof is omitted.

  In the first embodiment, the hosel length is changed between the case where the insert member 5 is used and the case where the insert member 5 is not used, but in this embodiment, by using a plurality of insert members having different lengths in the axial direction, The hosel length has been changed.

  As shown in FIG. 6, in the golf club head according to the second embodiment, a large-diameter hole 33 is formed at the tip of the hosel portion 3, and a small-diameter hole 34 is concentrically formed therein. An internal thread is formed on the inner peripheral surface of the large-diameter hole 33, and an external thread of an insert member described later is screwed into the internal thread. And the small diameter hole 34 comprises the insertion hole in which the shaft 2 is inserted. Moreover, since the fixing member 4 is the same as that used in the first embodiment, description thereof is omitted.

  Here, two types of insert members, the first and second insert members 6 and 7, are used, but these insert members are the same except for the length in the axial direction. Therefore, below, the 1st insert member 6 is demonstrated.

  As shown in FIG. 7A, the first insert member 6 is formed in a cylindrical shape, and a male screw (third fixing portion) 61 that engages with the female screw 41 of the fixing member 4 is formed on the outer peripheral surface of the upper end portion. Is formed. On the other hand, a male screw (second fixing portion) 62 that is screwed into a female screw of the large-diameter hole 33 of the hosel portion is formed at the lower end portion of the first insert member 6. Moreover, as shown in FIG.7 (b), the 1st insert member 6 can be divided | segmented into two in the circumferential direction. More specifically, the first insert member 6 having a cylindrical shape is formed by combining two first insert pieces 60 having a circular arc cross section.

  In addition, the material which comprises the 1st and 2nd insert members 6 and 7 is the same as that of 1st Embodiment.

  Next, a method for using the changing mechanism will be described with reference to FIG. In the changing mechanism according to the present embodiment, two types of neck lengths can be selected. That is, there are a first mode in which the fixing member 4 and the first insert member 6 are used, and a second mode in which the fixing member 4 and the second insert member 7 are used. First, the first aspect will be described. In this embodiment, first, the fixing member 4 is separated from the hosel portion 3. Next, as shown in FIG. 8A, the first insert member 6 is attached to the shaft 2. That is, the first insert member 6 is formed by combining the pair of first insert pieces 60 on the outer periphery of the shaft 2 so as to be cylindrical. At this time, the position in the axial direction where each first insert piece 60 is arranged is between the hosel portion 3 and the fixing member 4. Next, the male screw 62 at the lower end portion of the first insert member 6 is screwed into the female screw of the large-diameter hole 33 of the hosel portion 3. Finally, the female screw 41 of the fixing member 4 is screwed into the male screw 61 at the upper end of the first insert member 6. Thus, the first aspect is completed. In this aspect, the length from the upper end portion of the fixing member 4 to the rear end portion of the shaft 2 is L3, and this portion causes bending during the swing.

  Next, a 2nd aspect is demonstrated. In this embodiment, only the second insert member 7 is used instead of the first insert member 6, and the mounting method is the same, and therefore detailed description thereof is omitted. In this aspect, as shown in FIG. 8 (b), the length from the upper end portion of the fixing member 4 to the rear end portion of the shaft 2 is L4, and this portion causes bending during the swing. This length L4 is shorter than L3 by the difference of the length of the axial direction of the 1st insert member 6 and the 2nd insert member 7 compared with the 1st aspect.

  As described above, according to this embodiment, the same effect as that of the first embodiment can be obtained. In addition, not only two but also three or more types of insert members can be prepared.

<4. Modification>
Although the embodiments of the present invention have been described above, the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and various modifications can be made without departing from the spirit of the present invention. For example, the following changes can be made.

<4.1>
For example, it can be as shown in FIG. In this example, an annular protrusion 55 is further formed radially inward with respect to the female screw 52 formed at the lower end portion of the insert member 5 of the first embodiment. That is, an annular groove is formed between the female screw 52 and the protrusion 55, and the upper end portion of the hosel portion 3 is fitted in this groove. Thereby, it can prevent that the lower end parts of the insert piece 50 leave | separate to radial direction, and can fix the insert member 5 to the hosel part 3 more firmly.

<4.2>
In each of the above embodiments, the insert members 5, 6, and 7 are configured to be divided into two in the circumferential direction, but may be divided into three or more. In any case, since the insert member can be divided, the outer peripheral surface of the shaft 2 can be covered from the radial direction without inserting the insert members 5, 6, and 7 into the shaft 2.

<4.3>
In the said embodiment, although the opening periphery of the fixing member 4, insert member 5,6,7 and the insertion hole 31 is being fixed with the screw, the relationship between a male screw and a female screw may be reverse. Further, fixing other than screws is possible, and there is no particular limitation as long as it can be detachably fixed. For example, as shown in FIG. 10, a snap-type attachment mechanism may be used. In this mechanism, for example, annular projections 57 and 58 that sandwich the opening periphery of the hosel portion 3 from the inside and outside in the radial direction are formed at the end of the insert member 5, and the radially inward projection 57 and the diameter are formed. At least one of the projections 58 outward in the direction is provided with protrusions 501 and 502 for retaining to be engaged with the peripheral edge of the opening of the hosel portion 3. If such projecting pieces 501 and 502 are formed of a material that can be elastically deformed, the insert member 5 can be fixed regardless of screwing. This mechanism can also be used for fixing the fixing member 4 and the insert members 5, 6, 7.

<4.4>
In the above embodiment, the iron type golf club has been described as an example. However, the changing mechanism as described above can also be applied to a wood type golf club.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Golf club head 2 Shaft 3 Hosel part 31 Insertion hole (opening)
4 fixing member 41 female screw (first fixing portion)
5, 6, 7, 8 Insert member 51 Male screw (third fixing portion)
52 Female thread (second fixing part)

Claims (7)

A shaft,
A golf club head having a hosel portion having an opening to which a tip portion of the shaft is fixed;
A cylindrical fixing member that has a first fixing part that is detachably attached to an opening peripheral edge of the hosel part, and covers an outer peripheral surface of the shaft;
The hosel part has a second fixing part that can be attached to and detached from the peripheral edge of the opening, and a third fixing part that can be attached and detached to the first fixing part of the fixing member, and is formed in a cylindrical shape covering the outer peripheral surface of the shaft. An insert member;
With
The first aspect of fixing the first fixing portion of the fixing member to the hosel portion, the second fixing portion of the insert member to the hosel portion, and the fixing member to the third fixing portion of the insert member The golf club which can take the 2nd mode which fixes the 1st fixed part of.   The said insert member is comprised so that it can take the cylindrical state which covers the outer peripheral surface of the said shaft, and the division | segmentation state which is divided | segmented into multiple in the circumferential direction and leaves | separates from the outer peripheral surface of the said shaft. The listed golf club. The fixing member is configured to be movable in the axial direction of the shaft,
After the fixing member moves in the axial direction along the shaft from the first aspect, the insert member is disposed between the opening peripheral edge of the hosel part and the fixing member, so that the second The golf club according to claim 1, wherein an aspect is taken. A male screw is formed on the outer peripheral edge of the opening of the hosel part,
The first fixing portion of the fixing member is formed with a female screw that is screwed with a male screw of the opening of the hosel portion,
The second fixing portion of the insert member is formed with a female screw that is screwed with a male screw of the opening of the hosel portion,
4. The golf club according to claim 1, wherein the third fixing portion of the insert member is formed with a male screw that is screwed with a female screw of the first fixing portion of the fixing member. A male screw is formed on the outer peripheral edge of the opening of the hosel part,
The first fixing portion of the fixing member is
A female screw threadably engaged with the male screw of the opening of the hosel part;
5. The golf club according to claim 1, further comprising an engaging portion that is formed radially inward of the female screw and engages with an inner peripheral edge of the opening of the hosel portion.   The golf club according to claim 1, wherein the insert member is made of metal. A shaft,
A golf club head having a hosel portion having an opening to which a tip portion of the shaft is fixed;
A fixing member formed in a cylindrical shape covering the outer peripheral surface of the shaft, and having a first fixing portion at one end in the axial direction;
The hosel part has a second fixing part that can be attached to and detached from the peripheral edge of the opening, and a third fixing part that can be attached and detached to the first fixing part of the fixing member, and is formed in a cylindrical shape that covers the outer peripheral surface of the shaft. A plurality of insert members having different lengths in the direction;
With
A golf club configured to be capable of changing a length from an opening of the hosel portion to the fixing member by selectively attaching one of the plurality of insert members to the shaft.