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US 8,574,092 B2Granted
Golf club head with articulated hosel
AssigneeCallaway Golf Company
InventorsJ. Andrew Galloway, William C. Watson
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Abstract
A golf club head having a body, a hosel, and a bolt that connects the hosel to the body such that the hosel can rotate around the bolt is disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a worm gear engages gear teeth located at an interface of the hosel and the body, and turning the worm gear causes the hosel to rotate around the bolt. In another embodiment, a circular wedge is disposed between the hosel and the body, and rotating the circular wedge around the bolt changes the orientation of the hosel with respect to the body.
Claims10
A golf club head comprising:
- a body;
- a hosel;
- a bolt,
- wherein the bolt connects the hosel to the body;
- wherein the hosel can rotate around the bolt;
- gear teeth at an interface between the hosel and the body;
- and a worm gear engaging the gear teeth, wherein turning the worm gear moves the gear teeth and rotates the hosel around the bolt.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.