Golf club
OwnerDavid G. Monetteinventor
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Abstract
A golf club is disclosed having a shaft fixedly connected to a grip and a head. The shaft is comprised of a tube with a rod extending through the tube. The rod is fixedly attached to the head and the grip. Various nonresilient disks are located around the rod to assist in connecting the rod to the grip. Further, resilient disks are located about the rod between the grip and the head to inhibit transverse motion of the rod within the shaft and to attenuate various modes of vibration.
Claims29
A golf club comprising a shaft fixedly coupled to a grip and a head, the shaft including a tube having an inner surface, a rod fixedly located substantially coaxially within the tube, and a plurality of axially spaced disks fixedly arranged on the rod and in contact with the inner surface such that the disks are fixedly coupled to the rod and the inner surface, and the disks neither translate or expand relative to the rod, the disks including a plurality of substantially resilient disks.
A golf club comprising a shaft fixedly coupled to a grip and a head, the shaft including a tube having an inner surface, a rod located substantially coaxially within the tube, and a plurality of axially spaced disks arranged on the rod and in contact with the inner surface, the disks including a plurality of substantially resilient disks and at least one nonresilient disk located proximate the head, the nonresilient disk being fixedly coupled to the rod and the tube inner surface.
A golf club comprising a shaft fixedly coupled to a grip and a head, the shaft including a tube having an inner surface, a rod located substantially coaxially within the tube, and a plurality of axially spaced disks arranged on the rod and in contact with the inner surface, the disks including a plurality of substantially resilient disks and at least one nonresilient disk located proximate the grip, the nonresilient disk being fixedly coupled to the rod and the tube inner surface.
A golf club comprising a grip and a head connected by a shaft extending therebetween, the shaft including a tube and a rod, wherein the rod is fixedly coupled to the grip and the head, and further including at least one resilient disk located about the rod and in contact with an inner surface of the tube.
A golf club comprising a grip and a head connected by a shaft extending therebetween, the shaft including a tube and a rod, wherein the rod is fixedly coupled to the grip and the head, and further including at least one resilient disk located about the rod and in contact with an inner surface of the tube and wherein the rod is coupled to the grip by a coupling comprising at least one nonresilient disk that is located coaxially about the rod and is fixedly connected to the grip.
A golf club comprising a shaft and a head fixedly coupled thereto, the shaft being fixedly coupled to a grip having a nonperforated wall, the shaft including a tube and a rod located substantially coaxially within the tube, the rod being fixedly coupled to the head and the grip.
A golf club comprising a shaft having a grip portion at one end thereof and a head fixedly attached at an opposed end thereof, the shaft including a tube and a rod, the rod being arranged substantially coaxially within the tube wherein the rod is fixedly coupled to the grip portion by at least one substantially nonresilient coupler located at a spaced apart location from an end of the grip portion, and the rod is fixedly coupled to the head by at least one substantially nonresilient coupler, such that vibrations generated at the head are communicated to the grip portion by the tube, rod and the nonresilient couplers.
A golf club comprising a shaft having a grip portion at one end thereof and a head fixedly attached at an opposed end thereof, the shaft including a tube and a rod, the rod being arranged substantially coaxially within the tube wherein the rod is coupled to both the grip portion and head by at least one substantially nonresilient coupler, such that vibrations generated at the head are communicated to the grip portion by the tube, rod and the nonresilient couplers and further comprising at least one attenuation coupler coupled to the rod and in damping communication with the tube.
A golf club comprising:
- a shaft having first and second ends;
- a head rigidly secured to the shaft at the first end;
- a grip located proximate the second end and including a portion of the shaft;
- the shaft including a tubular member with an inner bore wall and a rod member disposed substantially coaxially within the tubular member;
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- the rod member being coupled to the tubular member proximate the head by a first rigid support member in contact with both the rod member and the inner bore wall, proximate the grip by a second rigid support member in contact with both the rod member and the inner bore, and along the tubular member by a plurality of resilient support members each in contact with both the rod and the inner bore wall, the resilient support members being disposed in spaced apart relationship between the first and second rigid members.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.