Adjustable connector
AssigneeNIKE, Inc.
InventorSimon Garry Moore
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Abstract
According to one aspect of the present invention there is provided an adjustable connector including at least two parts, each having a main body with a bore having a longitudinal axis therein, wherein an external surface of the main body of a first part is configured to bear against an internal surface of the bore of a second part when the first part is at least partially inserted into the bore of the second part to form a connection, characterized in that the positioning of the bores with respect to the main bodies is such that when the parts are connected to each other, rotation of one part with respect to the other changes the inclination of the longitudinal axes of the bores with respect to one another.
Claims17
An adjustable connector to connect a golf club head and a golf club shaft, the adjustable connector comprising:
- a first part having an outer wall configured to be inserted into a hosel of a golf club head and configured to rotate inside the hosel between a first plurality of rotational positions, said first part having a first internal inclined bore;
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- a second part configured to be coupled to a shaft and having an outer wall received in said first internal inclined bore, said second part being rotatably repositionable within said first internal inclined bore between a second plurality of rotational positions, said second part having a second internal inclined bore configured to receive the shaft;
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- wherein the first internal inclined bore includes a spline, key detail, or ridges and grooves that inhibit rotation of the second part with respect to first part when the second part is received within the first internal inclined bore.
An adjustable connector to connect a golf club head and a golf club shaft, the adjustable connector comprising a pair of radially nested mutually independently rotatable members, one of said members having an outer wall disposed within the golf club head and the other of said members having a bore having the golf club shaft disposed therein, both members having inclined bores whereby two angular relationship parameters between said golf club head and said golf club shaft may be adjusted independently of each other;
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- wherein the at least one of the rotatable members includes a spline, key detail, or ridges and grooves that inhibits relative rotation between the rotatable members when in the radially nested arrangement.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.