US 9,433,833 B2 · Golf club head with improved aerodynamic characteristics

Abstract

A golf club head comprising an aerodynamic hosel is disclosed herein. In one embodiment, the hosel has an upper portion and a swept transition portion which connects to the golf club head, and all points at which the swept transition portion contacts the club head are spaced rearwardly from a vertical face plane. In a further embodiment, both the upper portion and the swept transition portion comprise coaxial shaft receiving bores. In yet another embodiment, the swept transition portion of the hosel has a trailing edge that is truncated, or that has one or more surface discontinuities. In yet another embodiment, the swept transition portion has a height and a diameter, each of which is less than or equal to one inch.

Claims19

Dependent claims

A hosel comprising:

a shaft receiving bore;
and
an airfoil portion comprising a trailing edge,
wherein the trailing edge comprises at least one surface discontinuity.

1 more element

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

14/277,326Filed 14 May 2014 · continuation

Priority

10 Dec 2010

Published

US 2014/0248974 A14 Sep 2014

Granted

6 Sep 2016

Term ends

Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification7 codes

A63B 53/02
Golf clubs: joint structures between the head and the shaft
A63B 53/0466
Heads: wood-type
A63B 60/00
Details or accessories of golf clubs, bats, rackets or the like
A63B 53/0412
Characterised by specific dimensions, e.g. thickness: volume

Family

Application61/421,724Us provisional application · filed 10 Dec 2010

Application13/215,796Parent of this continuation-in-part · filed 23 Aug 2011

Application13/316,750Parent of this continuation · filed 12 Dec 2011

US 8,568,247 B1Parent of this continuation-in-part · filed 29 Oct 2013

US 2014/0248974 A1Pre-grant publication · published 4 Sep 2014

US 8,758,157 B1Parent of this continuation

Application13/316,750Parent of this continuation-in-part

US 9,433,833 B2This patent

From the US filing history. Foreign family members aren’t listed.

Golf club head with improved aerodynamic characteristics

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Golf club head with improved aerodynamic characteristics

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Abstract

Claims19