US 10,376,757 B2Granted

Metal wood club

AssigneeAcushnet Company

InventorsCharles E. Golden, Mark C. Myrhum

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Abstract

A golf club head, including a weight system including an adjustable weight including an aperture, the aperture dimensioned to receive a fastener, a bore formed in the sole, a fastener configured to pass through the aperture of the adjustable weight and engage the bore, wherein rotation of the adjustable weight alters the location of the center of gravity of the body, wherein the adjustable weight comprises a first engaging arm and a second engaging arm, wherein the sole of the golf club head comprises a first engagement member and a second engagement member, the first and second engagement members adapted to engage any one of the engaging arms when the adjustable weight is in the locked position, the first and second engagement members preventing the adjustable weight from rotating relative to the body.

Claims19

Dependent claims

A golf club head, comprising:

a body having a face, a sole, a crown, and a skirt joining said face, sole, and crown, the body having a center of gravity;
wherein said body comprises a coordinate system with an x-axis located horizontal to said face, a y-axis located vertical to said face, and a z-axis located through said face;
and
a weight system configured to adjust the location of said center of gravity of said body;
wherein said weight system comprises:
an adjustable weight comprising an aperture, said aperture dimensioned to receive a fastener;
a bore formed in said sole, said threaded bore configured to receive a fastener;
and
a fastener configured to pass through said aperture of said adjustable weight and engage said bore, wherein rotation of said fastener in a first direction locks said adjustable weight into a locked position, preventing said adjustable weight from rotating relative to said body;
wherein rotation of said fastener in a second direction, opposite said first direction, unlocks said adjustable weight into an unlocked position and allows said adjustable weight to rotate;
wherein rotation of said adjustable weight alters said location of said center of gravity of said body;
wherein said adjustable weight comprises a first engaging arm and a second engaging arm;
wherein said sole of said golf club head comprises a first engagement member and a second engagement member, said first and second engagement members adapted to engage any one of said engaging arms when said adjustable weight is in said locked position, said first and second engagement members preventing said adjustable weight from rotating relative to said body;
wherein said first and second engagement members comprise recesses formed in said sole of said body dimensioned to receive said engaging arms;
wherein said rotation of said fastener in said first direction forces said engaging arms to move towards said sole, deflect, and protrude into said recesses of said engagement members.

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A golf club head, comprising:

a body having a face, a sole, a crown, and a skirt joining said face, sole, and crown, the body having a center of gravity;
wherein said body comprises a coordinate system with an x-axis located horizontal to said face, a y-axis located vertical to said face, and a z-axis located through said face;
and
a weight system configured to adjust the location of said center of gravity of said body;
wherein said weight system comprises:
an adjustable weight comprising an aperture, said aperture dimensioned to receive a fastener;
a bore formed in said sole, said threaded bore configured to receive a fastener;
and
a fastener configured to pass through said aperture of said adjustable weight and engage said bore, wherein rotation of said fastener in a first direction locks said adjustable weight into a locked position, preventing said adjustable weight from rotating relative to said body;
wherein rotation of said fastener in a second direction, opposite said first direction, unlocks said adjustable weight into an unlocked position and allows said adjustable weight to rotate;
wherein rotation of said adjustable weight alters said location of said center of gravity of said body;
wherein said adjustable weight comprises a first engaging arm and a second engaging arm;
wherein said sole of said golf club head comprises a first engagement member and a second engagement member, said first and second engagement members adapted to engage any one of said engaging arms when said adjustable weight is in said locked position, said first and second engagement members preventing said adjustable weight from rotating relative to said body;
wherein said first and second engagement members comprise recesses formed in said sole of said body dimensioned to receive said engaging arms;
wherein said rotation of said fastener in said first direction forces portions of said engaging arms to extend outwards away from said fastener substantially parallel to said sole of said body into said recesses of said engagement arms.

12 more elements

A golf club head, comprising:

a body having a face, a sole, a crown, and a skirt joining said face, sole, and crown, the body having a center of gravity;
wherein said body comprises a coordinate system with an x-axis located horizontal to said face, a y-axis located vertical to said face, and a z-axis located through said face;
and
a weight system configured to adjust the location of said center of gravity of said body;
wherein said weight system comprises:
an adjustable weight comprising an aperture, said aperture dimensioned to receive a fastener;
a bore formed in said sole, said threaded bore configured to receive a fastener;
and
a fastener configured to pass through said aperture of said adjustable weight and engage said bore, wherein rotation of said fastener in a first direction locks said adjustable weight into a locked position, preventing said adjustable weight from rotating relative to said body;
wherein rotation of said fastener in a second direction, opposite said first direction, unlocks said adjustable weight into an unlocked position and allows said adjustable weight to rotate;
wherein rotation of said adjustable weight alters said location of said center of gravity of said body;
wherein said adjustable weight comprises a first engaging arm and a second engaging arm;
wherein said sole of said golf club head comprises a first engagement member and a second engagement member, said first and second engagement members adapted to engage any one of said engaging arms when said adjustable weight is in said locked position, said first and second engagement members preventing said adjustable weight from rotating relative to said body;
wherein said first and second engagement members comprise recesses formed in said sole of said body dimensioned to receive said engaging arms;
wherein said first engagement member is located between said bore and said face, and wherein said second engagement member is located opposite said bore from said first engagement member;
wherein said rotation of said fastener in said first direction forces said engaging arms to move towards said sole and deflect.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 16/136,765Filed 20 Sep 2018 · division
Priority: 7 May 2014
Published: US 2019/0015717 A117 Jan 2019
Granted: 13 Aug 2019
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification7 codes

A63B 53/06
Heads: adjustable
A63B 53/0466
Heads: wood-type
A63B 60/04
Ballast means for adjusting the centre of mass: movable ballast means
A63B 60/42
Details or accessories of golf clubs, bats, rackets or the like: devices for measuring, verifying, correcting or customising the inherent…

Family

Application14/271,580Parent of this continuation · filed 7 May 2014
Application15/172,644Parent of this continuation · filed 3 Jun 2016
US 9,381,410 B2Parent of this continuation · filed 5 Jul 2016
Application15/637,423Parent of this division · filed 29 Jun 2017
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