Golf club
AssigneeTaylor Made Golf Company, Inc.
InventorsTodd P. Beach, Nathan Sargent, Kraig Alan Willett, Joseph Henry Hoffman
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
A golf club comprises a shaft, a club head, and a connection assembly that allows the shaft to be easily disconnected from the club head. In particular embodiments, a sleeve including a top portion, a middle portion connected to the top portion is described. The middle portion includes a thin wall thickness. A bottom portion is connected to the middle portion including a plurality of engaging surfaces. A central longitudinal axis and an offset angle offset from the central longitudinal axis is described. The offset angle allows a maximum loft change of about 0.5 degrees to about 4.0 degrees. The total weight of the sleeve is less than 9 g.
Claims19
A golf club head comprising:
- a body comprising a face plate, a crown, a sole, and a hosel;
- an adjustable head-shaft connection system configured to allow the golf club head to be adjustably attachable to a golf club shaft in a plurality of different positions resulting in different combinations of loft angle, face angle, and lie angle;
- and
- at least two weights attachable to and removable from the body at a plurality of different positions relative to the body;
- wherein a thickness of a thinnest portion of the face plate is at least 25% less than a thickness of a thickest portion of the face plate.
A golf club head comprising:
- a body comprising a face plate, a crown, a sole, and a hosel;
- an adjustable head-shaft connection system configured to allow the golf club head to be adjustably attachable to a golf club shaft in a plurality of different positions resulting in different combinations of loft angle, face angle, and lie angle;
- and
- at least two weights attachable to and removable from the body at a plurality of different positions relative to the body;
- wherein the face plate comprises a central portion, an intermediate portion surrounding the central portion, and an outer portion surrounding the intermediate portion, and the thickness of the intermediate portion is greater than the thickness of the outer portion.
A golf club head comprising:
- a body comprising a face plate, a crown, a sole, and a hosel;
- an adjustable head-shaft connection system configured to allow the golf club head to be adjustably attachable to a golf club shaft in a plurality of different positions resulting in different combinations of loft angle, face angle, and lie angle;
- and
- at least two weights attachable to and removable from the body at a plurality of different positions relative to the body;
- wherein the crown comprises a composite material.
A golf club head comprising:
- a body comprising a face plate, a crown, a sole, and a hosel;
- an adjustable head-shaft connection system configured to allow the golf club head to be adjustably attachable to a golf club shaft in a plurality of different positions resulting in different combinations of loft angle, face angle, and lie angle;
- and
- at least two weights attachable to and removable from the body at a plurality of different positions relative to the body;
- wherein the hosel has an outer diameter that is less than 15 mm.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.