Adjustable golf club
AssigneeTaylor Made Golf Company, Inc.
InventorsTodd P. Beach, Bret H. Wahl, Scott Taylor, Peter L. Larsen
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Abstract
Disclosed herein are embodiments of adjustable golf clubs comprising features which allow for the adjustment of a lie angle, a loft angle, or both a lie angle and a loft angle of the golf club. In some embodiments, a golf club head includes a body and a hosel, the hosel including an adjustment screw which can be tightened or loosened to adjust the lie and/or loft angles of a golf club head. In some embodiments, certain angles of a golf club head's geometry can be continuously adjustable through a predetermined range of angles.
Claims14
An iron-type golf club head comprising:
- a main body including a heel portion, a sole portion, a toe portion, a top-line portion, and a face portion, wherein said sole portion extends rearwardly from a lower end of said face portion;
- a hosel attached to the main body and having a shaft bore for receiving one end of a golf club shaft, said shaft bore having a longitudinal axis and a desired orientation relative to said body, said hosel having a neck connected to said heel portion of said body;
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- a notch having a height H and a width W, wherein the height H is between 0.9 mm and 5 mm, and the width W is between 2.0 mm and 8.0 mm, and wherein the notch is formed in the hosel and the notch extends inward from a periphery of the hosel toward the longitudinal axis of the shaft bore;
- wherein the notch extends inward from a periphery of the hosel beyond the longitudinal axis of the shaft bore.
An iron type golf club head comprising:
- a main body including a heel portion, a sole portion, a toe portion, a top-line portion, and a face portion, wherein said sole portion extends rearwardly from a lower end of said face portion;
- a hosel attached to the main body and having a shaft bore for receiving one end of a golf club shaft, said shaft bore having a longitudinal axis and a desired orientation relative to said body, said hosel having a neck connected to said heel portion of said body;
- a notch having a height H and a width W, wherein the height H is between 0.9 mm and 5 mm, and the width W is between 2.0 mm and 8.0 mm, and wherein the notch is formed in the hosel and the notch extends inward from a periphery of the hosel toward the longitudinal axis of the shaft bore;
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- a screw extending into the hosel and through the notch such that adjustment of the screw causes the hosel to bend at the notch;
- the hosel comprising an adjustment bore within which a head of the screw is positioned and an opening connecting the adjustment bore to the notch;
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- the screw extends from the adjustment bore, through the opening, through the notch, and threads into an upper portion of the hosel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.