Golf Club Head With Hosel Support Structure
AssigneeCallaway Golf Company
InventorsJustin Del Rosario, Romulus M. Tomimbang, Kevin Harper
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Abstract
A golf club head having a hosel, a hollow interior, and a support structure disposed within the hollow interior proximate a flange region is disclosed herein. In particular, the present invention is directed to a fairway wood head comprising a body with a front wall, an upper opening, a return portion between the front wall and the upper opening, a hosel, an interface between the hosel and the heel side of the body, and a hosel support ring or support rod, and a composite crown affixed to the body to close the upper opening and define a hollow interior. The support structure reduces the stresses placed on, for example, the crown during hosel bending processes.
Claims20
A golf club head comprising:
- a body comprising a sole, a heel side, a toe side, a front wall, a rear side opposite the front wall, a return portion extending away from the front wall towards the rear side, a hollow interior, and an upper opening;
- a hosel connected to the body at the heel side, the hosel comprising a tube portion and a shaft receiving bore;
- a flange region defined as an interface between the tube portion and the body;
- a crown affixed to the body to close the upper opening and enclose the hollow interior;
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- a support rod disposed within the hollow interior,
- wherein the support rod extends from the sole to the return portion proximate the flange region,
- wherein the support rod is disposed on the heel side of the body entirely behind the hosel along a horizontal, front-to rear x-axis.
A wood-type golf club head comprising:
- a cast metal body comprising a sole, a heel side, a toe side, a front wall, a rear side opposite the front wall, a return portion extending away from the front wall towards the rear side, an upper opening, a hosel, a flange region, a support rod, and a volume of 50-250 cubic centimeters;
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- a carbon composite crown affixed to the body to close the upper opening and define a hollow interior,
- wherein the flange region is defined as an interface between the hosel and the rest of the body,
- wherein the support rod is contained within the hollow interior proximate the flange region and extends from the sole to the return portion, and
- wherein the support rod is disposed on the heel side entirely behind the hosel along a horizontal, front-to rear x-axis.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.