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Golf club with improved impact property

Assignee: Maruman Golf Co Ltd
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Filing: 1992-06-18
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Granted: 1993-07-13
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Expires: 2012-06-18
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Abstract

Abstract A golf club comprising a head having a neck portion, a shaft having a distal end portion attached to the neck portion, and a neck neighboring portion extending above the neck portion at which the shaft is dynamically bent due to an impact of the head with a golf ball during a swing of the golf club. A member is provided in the shaft for increasing a response to the impact. For example, materials having a high elastic modulus under impact is inserted or a section modulus of the shaft is rearranged in the bendable portion. Accordingly, a lower portion of the shaft is initially bent backward relative to the remaining portion of the shaft and then is moved rapidly forward to cause the head to advance while in contact with the golf ball.

Inventors

  • 👤 Masanori Sato

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-11-04 19:39
CPC Classifications
A; A63; A63B; A63B53/00; A63B53/02; A63B53/08; A63B60/00; A63B60/54; A63B60/002

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.

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