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US 12,005,327 B2Granted
Golf club having an adjustable weight assembly
AssigneeAcushnet Company
InventorsRonald K. Hettinger, Kevin Tassistro, Richard L. Cleghorn
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Abstract
An iron-type golf club head includes: a body having an outer surface and including a striking face; a channel extending into the body and having an opening in the outer surface of the body; and a weighted insert shaped and sized to be at least partially inserted into the channel and including a heavy end and a light end, wherein the channel is oriented such that, when the weighted insert is at least partially inserted into the channel, a longitudinal axis of the weighted insert is parallel to a striking face plane that is tangential to an outermost surface of the striking face.
Claims16
An iron-type golf club head, comprising:
- a body comprising:
- a striking face having a lower leading edge and an upper topline edge,
- a sole extending from the lower leading edge, and
- a back portion positioned rearward of the striking face and coupled between the sole and the upper topline edge, wherein one or more of the striking face, the sole, and the back portion define at least part of an outer surface of the body;
- a channel extending into the body and having an opening in the outer surface of the body;
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- a weighted insert shaped and sized to be at least partially inserted into the channel and comprising a heavy end and a light end, wherein the channel is oriented such that, when the weighted insert is at least partially inserted into the channel, a longitudinal axis of the weighted insert is substantially parallel to a striking face plane that is tangential to an outermost surface of the striking face,
- wherein a longitudinal axis of the channel at a first point is the same as the longitudinal axis of the channel at a second point separated from the first point,
- wherein a shortest distance between the lower leading edge and a heel end of the channel is different from a shortest distance between the lower leading edge and a toe end of the channel,
- wherein the iron-type golf club head further comprises a cap configured to secure the weighted insert inside the channel and configured to be positionable in at least a closed position whereby the cap secures the weighted insert inside the channel, and in an opened position whereby the weighted insert is at least partially insertable into, and removable from, the channel, and
- wherein the weighted insert is shaped and sized so that the cap compresses the weighted insert along the longitudinal axis of the weighted insert when the cap is in the closed position.
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An iron-type golf club head, comprising:
- a body having an outer surface and comprising a striking face having a lower leading edge and an upper topline edge;
- a channel extending into the body and having an opening in the outer surface of the body;
- a weighted insert shaped and sized to be at least partially inserted into the channel and comprising a heavy end and a light end, wherein the channel is oriented such that, when the weighted insert is at least partially inserted into the channel, a longitudinal axis of the weighted insert is substantially parallel to a striking face plane that is tangential to an outermost surface of the striking face;
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- a threaded cap configured to be at least partially screwed into the channel to secure the weighted insert inside the channel,
- wherein the threaded cap comprises:
- a first component comprising a head and a threaded portion extending from the head and configured to be screwed at least partially into the channel to secure the weighted insert inside the channel, and
- a second component coupled to the first component and having a hole exposing at least part of the head.
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An iron-type golf club head, comprising:
- a body having an outer surface and comprising a striking face;
- a channel extending into the body and having an opening in the outer surface of the body;
- a weighted insert shaped and sized to be at least partially inserted into the channel and comprising a heavy end and a light end, wherein the channel is oriented such that, when the weighted insert is at least partially inserted into the channel, a longitudinal axis of the weighted insert is substantially parallel to a striking face plane that is tangential to an outermost surface of the striking face;
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- a cap pivotally attached to the body and configured to be in a closed position whereby the cap secures the weighted insert inside the channel and an opened position whereby the weighted insert is at least partially insertable into, and removable from, the channel.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.