Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 11
Claim 1
Independent Claim
226 words
A golf club comprising a head having a neck portion, a shaft having a distal end portion attached to said neck portion of said head and neck neighboring portion adjacent to said distal end portion for which said shaft is dynamically bent due to an impact of said head with a golf ball during a swing of said golf club so that said neck neighboring portion is initially bent backward relative to the remaining portion of said shaft, and means located in said distal end portion and said neck neighboring portion for controlling a response to the impact, wherein said neck neighboring portion is moved forward after the initial bending thereof to cause said head to advance relative to said shaft in the direction of a flight of the golf ball while said head is in contact with the golf ball, wherein said means for controlling the response to the impact comprises core means highly responsive to an impact and extending consecutively in said distal end portion and said neck neighboring portion of said shaft, and wherein said core means comprises an elongated core member having a central through hole, a rod extending through said central through hole of said core member, and abutting members adjustably attached to said rod on either side of said core member so that said core member can be adjustably tightened.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
226 words
A golf club comprising a head having a neck portion, a shaft having a distal end portion attached to said neck portion of said head and neck neighboring portion adjacent to said distal end portion for which said shaft is dynamically bent due to an impact of said head with a golf ball during a swing of said golf club so that said neck neighboring portion is initially bent backward relative to the remaining portion of said shaft, and means located in said distal end portion and said neck neighboring portion for controlling a response to the impact, wherein said neck neighboring portion is moved forward after the initial bending thereof to cause said head to advance relative to said shaft in the direction of a flight of the golf ball while said head is in contact with the golf ball, wherein said means for controlling the response to the impact comprises core means highly responsive to an impact and extending consecutively in said distal end portion and said neck neighboring portion of said shaft, and wherein said core means comprises an elongated core member having a central through hole, a rod extending through said central through hole of said core member, and abutting members adjustably attached to said rod on either side of said core member so that said core member can be adjustably tightened.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
37 words
A golf club according to claim 1, wherein said abutting member on the side of the distal end of said shaft also abuts against said distal end of said shaft and the neck portion of said head.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
15 words
A golf club according to claim 1, wherein said core means comprises a strong material.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
16 words
A golf club according to claim 1, wherein said core means comprises at least one wire.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
16 words
A golf club according to claim 4, wherein a size of said wire is locally varied.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
29 words
A golf club according to claim 1, wherein said means for controlling the response to an impact comprises a change of a thickness of a wall of said shaft.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
21 words
A golf club according to claim 6, wherein said shaft has a thickness in a wall thereof which is diametrically changed.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
21 words
A golf club according to claim 6, wherein said shaft has a thickness in a wall thereof which is axially changed.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
39 words
A golf club according to claim 1, wherein said means for controlling the response to an impact comprises a portion of said shaft which receives a tensile force upon impact and to which a negative residual stress is applied.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
50 words
A golf club according to claim 1, wherein said means for controlling the response to an impact comprises a portion of said shaft corresponding to said distal end portion and said neck neighboring portion in which a diameter of the shaft becomes greater toward the distal end of said shaft.