Back to results
US 2021/0260449 A1Published application
Golf club having removable weight
AssigneeAcushnet Company
InventorsRichard L. Cleghorn, David Cornelius, Hiroshi Kawaguchi, Dustin Barksdale
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
A golf club head includes a club head body and a weight member that is secured to the body. The weight member is constructed to utilize lateral forces to couple to the head body to minimize the structure required to retain the weight member, and the weight member is preferably constructed so that it has a low profile.
Claims20
A golf club having a golf club head body, a shaft coupled to the golf club head body, and a grip coupled to the shaft, the golf club further comprising:
- a weight mount disposed in a portion of the golf club, wherein the weight mount includes an aperture and at least one first rotation inhibiting feature, and wherein the weight mount defines an undercut adjacent the aperture;
- a weight member comprising a weight body, a spring clip, and a locking mechanism,
- wherein the weight body includes a first flange and includes at least one second rotation inhibiting feature,
- wherein the first flange is spaced from a second flange by a clip portion,
- wherein the weight body defines a bore that extends through the first flange and at least a portion of the clip portion,
- wherein the clip portion defines at least one aperture extending radially through the clip portion,
- wherein the spring clip is disposed on the clip portion;
- wherein the locking mechanism includes a locking member and at least one roller, wherein the at least one roller is disposed in the at least one aperture in the clip portion, and wherein the at least one roller abuts a cam surface of the locking member and an inner surface of the spring clip;
- wherein the cam surface of the locking member has an outer dimension that is different at different locations around the locking member,
- wherein the locking member is rotatably coupled to the weight body,
- wherein in a first configuration of the weight member the locking member is oriented so that the at least one roller is aligned with a first portion of the cam surface and the spring clip forcibly abuts the at least one roller,
- wherein in a second configuration of the weight member the locking member is oriented so that the at least one roller is aligned with a second portion of the cam surface and forcibly abuts the spring clip to force the spring clip outward and away from the clip portion of the weight body and into the undercut, and
- wherein the at least one first rotation inhibiting feature of the weight mount mechanically interlocks with the at least one second rotation inhibiting feature of the weight body so that relative rotation between the weight body and the weight mount is prevented.
10 more elements
A weight member for a golf club head, comprising:
- a weight body including a first flange and at least one rotation inhibiting feature, wherein the first flange is spaced from a second flange by a clip portion, wherein the weight body defines a bore that extends through the first flange and at least a portion of the clip portion, and wherein the clip portion defines at least one aperture extending radially through the clip portion;
- a spring clip disposed on the clip portion;
- and
- a locking mechanism that includes a locking member and at least one roller, wherein the at least one roller is disposed in the at least one aperture in the clip portion, wherein the at least one roller abuts a cam surface of the locking member and an inner surface of the spring clip;
- wherein the locking member is rotatably coupled to the weight body, wherein the cam surface of the locking member has an outer dimension that is different at different locations around the locking member,
- wherein in a first configuration of the weight member the locking member is oriented so that the at least one roller abuts a first portion of the cam surface and the spring clip forcibly abuts the at least one roller, and
- wherein in a second configuration of the weight member the locking member is oriented so that the at least one roller is aligned with a second portion of the cam surface and forcibly abuts the spring clip to force the spring clip outward and away from the clip portion of the weight body.
4 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.