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US 12,678,669 B2Granted
Golf club having an adjustable weight assembly
AssigneeAcushnet Company
InventorsSang Yi, David S. Cornelius, Stephanie Luttrell, Richard Sanchez, Thomas Orrin Bennett
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Abstract
A golf club head includes a body having an outer surface, a recessed channel formed in the outer surface, and a weight assembly. The weight assembly includes a weight at least partially disposed within the recessed channel and configured to move therein, a cover extending at least partially over the recessed channel and the weight, and a fastener configured to couple the cover to the body, to be selectively moveable along a fastener axis, and to retain the weight in the recessed channel by the cover. The weight is configured to engage with the cover so that the weight moves with the cover.
Claims17
A golf club head comprising:
- a body having an outer surface;
- a recessed channel formed in the outer surface;
- and
- a weight assembly comprising:
- a weight at least partially disposed within the recessed channel and configured to move therein,
- a cover extending at least partially over the recessed channel and the weight, the cover having an interior surface and an exterior surface, and
- a fastener coupling the cover to the body, the fastener being adapted to retain the weight in the recessed channel indirectly by the cover,
- wherein the cover is positionable in at least an unlocked configuration whereby the cover is raised at least partially out of the recessed channel and the weight is selectively movable within the recessed channel, and a locked configuration whereby the cover is at least partially disposed within the recessed channel and the weight is secured within the recessed channel,
- wherein the weight comprises at least a main body and a position indicator extending from the main body,
- wherein, when the cover is in the locked configuration, the main body of the weight is concealed under the cover and the position indicator extends over at least part of the exterior surface of the cover,
- wherein the weight engages with the cover via the position indicator so that the weight moves with the cover between the unlocked configuration and the locked configuration,
- wherein the fastener is selectively moveable along a fastener axis, and
- wherein the recessed channel is formed in part by a first sidewall and an opposing second sidewall with the weight disposed therebetween, the second sidewall being proximal to the fastener and the first sidewall being distal to the fastener when the weight assembly is in the locked configuration.
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A golf club head comprising:
- a body having an outer surface;
- a recessed channel formed in the outer surface;
- and
- a weight assembly comprising:
- a weight at least partially disposed within the recessed channel and configured to move therein, the weight comprising a protruding tongue,
- a cover adapted to releasably secure the weight within the recessed channel, the cover having a window cutout, and
- a fastener coupling the cover to the body, the fastener being adapted to retain the weight in the recessed channel indirectly by the cover,
- wherein the cover is positionable in at least an unlocked configuration whereby the cover is raised at least partially out of the recessed channel and the weight is selectively movable within the recessed channel, and a locked configuration whereby the cover is at least partially disposed within the recessed channel and the weight is secured within the recessed channel,
- wherein the tongue of the weight extends through the window cutout of the cover so that the weight moves with the cover between the unlocked configuration and the locked configuration,
- wherein the recessed channel and the window cutout each extend along a toe-heel direction of the golf club head,
- wherein the cover comprises a rail on at least a portion of a perimeter of the window cutout and extending along the toe-heel direction, and
- wherein the weight has a groove formed at least partially by the tongue and that is shaped and sized to receive at least a portion of the rail to slidingly engage the weight with the cover.
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A golf club head comprising:
- a body having an outer surface;
- a recessed channel formed in the outer surface;
- and
- a weight assembly comprising:
- a weight at least partially disposed within the recessed channel and configured to move therein,
- a cover extending at least partially over the recessed channel and the weight, the cover having an interior surface and an exterior surface, and
- a fastener coupling the cover to the body, selectively moveable along a fastener axis, coupled to the cover so that the cover moves with the fastener, and adapted to retain the weight in the recessed channel indirectly by the cover,
- wherein the weight comprises at least a main body and a position indicator extending from the main body,
- wherein the interior surface of the cover faces the main body of the weight,
- wherein the position indicator extends over at least part of the exterior surface of the cover,
- wherein the weight slidingly engages with the exterior surface of the cover via the position indicator so that the weight moves with the cover,
- wherein the recessed channel has a first sidewall, and
- wherein the weight, the cover, and the recessed channel are configured so that the weight slides up along the first sidewall when the weight moves upward with the cover.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.