JP2016190091A5

JP2016190091A5 -

Info

Publication number: JP2016190091A5
Application number: JP2016159056A
Authority: JP
Filing date: 2016-08-15
Publication date: 2016-12-22
Anticipated expiration: 2033-10-30

Claims

A golf club head having a hosel area that provides access to a club head chamber defined in the club head ;
First end and a generally shaft adapter is cylindrical with opposite second end, an outer surface of the shaft adapter comprises a first rotation preventing structure, said first rotation preventing structure is the shaft A shaft adapter that is not uniform on the surface surrounding the outer surface of the adapter and wherein the second end includes a securing structure;
Generally a hosel adapter is cylindrical, inner bore of the first end of the hosel adapter comprises a second rotation inhibiting structure for engagement with said first rotation preventing structure, said second round The movement preventing structure is not uniform on the surface surrounding the inner bore of the first end of the hosel adapter, and further, the outer surface of the hosel adapter includes a third rotation preventing structure, and the third rotation preventing structure is A hosel adapter that is not uniform in the surface surrounding the outer surface of the hosel adapter;
An internal bore which is located on the club head chamber, the internal bore comprises a fourth rotation preventing structure for engagement with rotation inhibiting structure of said third, rotation preventing structure of said fourth is not uniform in the surface surrounding the internal bore, the internal bore;
Shaft engages in a circular column shape the internal chamber of the shaft adapter; and
A securing system for releasably securing the shaft adapter and the hosel adapter ;
Adjustment of one of the face angle or loft angle of the club head is based on a first indicator on the hosel adapter, and adjustment of the other of the face angle or loft angle controls the second indicator on the shaft adapter. The face angle adjustment is substantially independent of the loft angle adjustment, and the loft angle adjustment is substantially independent of the face angle adjustment. A golf club.

The first rotation prevention structure includes a first spline arrangement form, the second rotation prevention structure includes a second spline arrangement form, and the third rotation prevention structure includes a third spline arrangement form. 2. The golf club according to claim 1, wherein the fourth rotation blocking structure includes a fourth spline arrangement form.

3. The golf club according to claim 2, wherein the engagement between the first spline configuration and the second spline configuration limits the loft angle adjustability to five different loft angles.

4. The golf club according to claim 3, wherein the five types of loft angles are 8.5 °, 9.5 °, 10.5 °, 11.5 °, and 12.5 °.

3. The golf club according to claim 2, wherein the engagement between the third spline arrangement form and the fourth spline arrangement form limits the adjustability of the face angle to three different face angle arrangement forms.

6. The golf club according to claim 5, wherein the three types of face angle arrangement forms are open, neutral, and closed.

  A golf club having a releasably coupled head and shaft,
  A connection mechanism for coupling the head to the shaft;
    The connection mechanism is
      A hosel adapter that is insertable into the hosel of the head and is pivotable between a plurality of first pivot positions within the hosel;
      A shaft adapter coupled to the shaft at a distal end and configured to fit within the hosel adapter, the shaft being rotatable between a plurality of second rotational positions within the hosel adapter With adapter
    Including
  At least one of the hosel adapter or the shaft adapter is releasably connected to either the shaft or the head, and the first plurality of pivot positions is a first position between the head and the shaft. A second angular relationship between the head and the shaft, wherein the first angular relationship and the second angular relationship are changed. Are adjusted substantially independently of each other, and the first and second angular relationships are the face angle of the head and the loft angle of the head;
  Further, the first plurality of pivot positions are limited by a first spline arrangement between the hosel adapter and the hosel of the head, and the second plurality of pivot positions is the hosel adapter. Limited by the second spline configuration between the shaft adapter and the shaft adapter;
  Adjustment of one of the face angle or loft angle of the head is based on a first indicator on the hosel adapter, and adjustment of the other of the face angle or loft angle causes a second indicator on the shaft adapter to A first spline arrangement is defined by a first pair of non-rotating anti-rotation structures between the hosel adapter and the hosel, the second spline arrangement A golf club, wherein the form is defined by a second pair of non-uniform rotation blocking structures between the shaft adapter and the hosel adapter.

8. A golf club according to claim 7, wherein the engagement of the first spline configuration limits loft angle adjustability to five different loft angles.

9. The golf club according to claim 8, wherein the five types of loft angles are 8.5 °, 9.5 °, 10.5 °, 11.5 °, and 12.5 °.

8. A golf club according to claim 7, wherein the engagement of the second spline configuration limits the adjustability of the face angle to three different face angle configurations.

11. The golf club according to claim 10, wherein the three types of face angle arrangement forms are open, neutral, and closed.

  A golf club having a releasably coupled head and shaft,
  A connection mechanism for coupling the head to the shaft;
    The connection mechanism is
      A hosel adapter that is insertable into the hosel of the head and is rotatable within the hosel between a plurality of first rotational positions corresponding to the loft angle of the head;
      A shaft adapter coupled to the shaft at an end and insertable into the hosel adapter, wherein the shaft adapter is rotatable between a plurality of second rotational positions corresponding to the face angle of the head within the hosel adapter. With a shaft adapter
    Including
  At least one of the hosel adapter or the shaft adapter is releasably connected to either the shaft or the head, and the first plurality of pivot positions change a loft angle of the head, A second plurality of pivot positions changes the face angle of the head and the shaft, the change in the face angle is substantially independent of the change in the loft angle, and the change in the loft angle is Is substantially independent of changes in face angle,
  Further, the first plurality of pivot positions are limited by a first spline arrangement between the hosel adapter and the hosel of the head, and the second plurality of pivot positions is the hosel adapter. Limited by the second spline configuration between the shaft adapter and the shaft adapter;
  Adjustment of one of the face angle or loft angle of the head is based on a first indicator on the hosel adapter, and adjustment of the other of the face angle or loft angle causes a second indicator on the shaft adapter to A first spline arrangement is defined by a first pair of non-rotating anti-rotation structures between the hosel adapter and the hosel, the second spline arrangement A golf club, wherein the form is defined by a second pair of non-uniform rotation blocking structures between the shaft adapter and the hosel adapter.

13. A golf club according to claim 12, wherein the engagement of the first spline configuration limits loft angle adjustability to five different loft angles.

14. The golf club according to claim 13, wherein the five types of loft angles are 8.5 °, 9.5 °, 10.5 °, 11.5 °, and 12.5 °.

13. A golf club according to claim 12, wherein engagement of the second spline configuration limits face angle adjustability to three different face angle configurations.

16. The golf club according to claim 15, wherein the three types of face angle arrangement are open, neutral, and closed.