Metal wood club

• US 10,376,757 B2
• Filed: 09/20/2018
• Issued: 08/13/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 05/07/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Acushnet Company (FILA Holdings Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Acushnet Company (FILA Holdings Corp.)
• Inventors: Golden, Charles E., Myrhum, Mark C.
• Primary Examiner(s): Passaniti, Sebastiano
• Application Number:
  US16/136,765
• Publication Number:
  US 20190015717A1
• Time in Patent Office: 327 Days
• Field of Search: 473324-350, 473287-292
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2053/0491 with added weights, e.g. changeable, replaceable
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 53/0433 with special sole configurations
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 53/0466 wood-type
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 53/06 adjustable
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 60/04 Movable ballast means A63B15/005 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 60/42 Devices for measuring, verifying, correcting or customising the inherent characteristics of golf clubs, bats, rackets or the like, e.g. measuring the maximum torque a batting shaft can withstand

Abstract

A golf club head, including a weight system including an adjustable weight including an aperture, the aperture dimensioned to receive a fastener, a bore formed in the sole, a fastener configured to pass through the aperture of the adjustable weight and engage the bore, wherein rotation of the adjustable weight alters the location of the center of gravity of the body, wherein the adjustable weight comprises a first engaging arm and a second engaging arm, wherein the sole of the golf club head comprises a first engagement member and a second engagement member, the first and second engagement members adapted to engage any one of the engaging arms when the adjustable weight is in the locked position, the first and second engagement members preventing the adjustable weight from rotating relative to the body.

Claims

1. A golf club head, comprising:

a body having a face, a sole, a crown, and a skirt joining said face, sole, and crown, the body having a center of gravity;

wherein said body comprises a coordinate system with an x-axis located horizontal to said face, a y-axis located vertical to said face, and a z-axis located through said face; and

a weight system configured to adjust the location of said center of gravity of said body;

wherein said weight system comprises;

an adjustable weight comprising an aperture, said aperture dimensioned to receive a fastener;

a bore formed in said sole, said threaded bore configured to receive a fastener; and

a fastener configured to pass through said aperture of said adjustable weight and engage said bore, wherein rotation of said fastener in a first direction locks said adjustable weight into a locked position, preventing said adjustable weight from rotating relative to said body;

wherein rotation of said fastener in a second direction, opposite said first direction, unlocks said adjustable weight into an unlocked position and allows said adjustable weight to rotate;

wherein rotation of said adjustable weight alters said location of said center of gravity of said body;

wherein said adjustable weight comprises a first engaging arm and a second engaging arm;

wherein said sole of said golf club head comprises a first engagement member and a second engagement member, said first and second engagement members adapted to engage any one of said engaging arms when said adjustable weight is in said locked position, said first and second engagement members preventing said adjustable weight from rotating relative to said body;

wherein said first and second engagement members comprise recesses formed in said sole of said body dimensioned to receive said engaging arms;

wherein said rotation of said fastener in said first direction forces said engaging arms to move towards said sole, deflect, and protrude into said recesses of said engagement members.

2. The golf club head of claim 1, wherein said fastener includes a retaining member configured to prevent said fastener from disengaging said bore.

3. The golf club head of claim 1, wherein said adjustable weight comprises a third engaging arm and said golf club head comprises a third engagement member.

4. The golf club head of claim 1, wherein said adjustable weight rotates about said fastener.

5. The golf club head of claim 1, wherein said bore is threaded and said fastener is threaded and wherein said first engaging arm and said second engaging arm are each configured to receive an additional weight member affixed to an end of said first engaging arm and said second engaging arm.

6. The golf club head of claim 1, wherein said first engaging arm comprises a different mass than said second engaging arm.

7. The golf club head of claim 1, wherein said rotation of said fastener in said first direction forces portions of said engaging arms to extend outwards away from said fastener substantially parallel to said sole of said body.

8. The golf club head of claim 1, wherein said adjustable weight can be unlocked and rotated without completely removing said fastener from said bore.

9. A golf club head, comprising:

a body having a face, a sole, a crown, and a skirt joining said face, sole, and crown, the body having a center of gravity;

wherein said body comprises a coordinate system with an x-axis located horizontal to said face, a y-axis located vertical to said face, and a z-axis located through said face; and

a weight system configured to adjust the location of said center of gravity of said body;

wherein said weight system comprises;

an adjustable weight comprising an aperture, said aperture dimensioned to receive a fastener;

a bore formed in said sole, said threaded bore configured to receive a fastener; and

a fastener configured to pass through said aperture of said adjustable weight and engage said bore, wherein rotation of said fastener in a first direction locks said adjustable weight into a locked position, preventing said adjustable weight from rotating relative to said body;

wherein rotation of said fastener in a second direction, opposite said first direction, unlocks said adjustable weight into an unlocked position and allows said adjustable weight to rotate;

wherein rotation of said adjustable weight alters said location of said center of gravity of said body;

wherein said adjustable weight comprises a first engaging arm and a second engaging arm;

wherein said sole of said golf club head comprises a first engagement member and a second engagement member, said first and second engagement members adapted to engage any one of said engaging arms when said adjustable weight is in said locked position, said first and second engagement members preventing said adjustable weight from rotating relative to said body;

wherein said first and second engagement members comprise recesses formed in said sole of said body dimensioned to receive said engaging arms;

wherein said rotation of said fastener in said first direction forces portions of said engaging arms to extend outwards away from said fastener substantially parallel to said sole of said body into said recesses of said engagement arms.

10. The golf club head of claim 9, wherein said fastener includes a retaining member configured to prevent said fastener from disengaging said bore.

11. The golf club head of claim 9, wherein said adjustable weight comprises a third engaging arm and said golf club head comprises a third engagement member.

12. The golf club head of claim 9, wherein said adjustable weight rotates about said fastener.

13. The golf club head of claim 9, wherein said bore is threaded and said fastener is threaded and wherein said first engaging arm and said second engaging arm are each configured to receive an additional weight member affixed to an end of said first engaging arm and said second engaging arm.

14. The golf club head of claim 9, wherein said first engaging arm comprises a different mass than said second engaging arm.

15. The golf club head of claim 9, wherein said rotation of said fastener in said first direction forces said engaging arms to move towards said sole and deflect.

16. The golf club head of claim 9, wherein said adjustable weight can be unlocked and rotated without completely removing said fastener from said bore.

17. A golf club head, comprising:

a body having a face, a sole, a crown, and a skirt joining said face, sole, and crown, the body having a center of gravity;

wherein said body comprises a coordinate system with an x-axis located horizontal to said face, a y-axis located vertical to said face, and a z-axis located through said face; and

a weight system configured to adjust the location of said center of gravity of said body;

wherein said weight system comprises;

an adjustable weight comprising an aperture, said aperture dimensioned to receive a fastener;

a bore formed in said sole, said threaded bore configured to receive a fastener; and

a fastener configured to pass through said aperture of said adjustable weight and engage said bore, wherein rotation of said fastener in a first direction locks said adjustable weight into a locked position, preventing said adjustable weight from rotating relative to said body;

wherein rotation of said fastener in a second direction, opposite said first direction, unlocks said adjustable weight into an unlocked position and allows said adjustable weight to rotate;

wherein rotation of said adjustable weight alters said location of said center of gravity of said body;

wherein said adjustable weight comprises a first engaging arm and a second engaging arm;

wherein said sole of said golf club head comprises a first engagement member and a second engagement member, said first and second engagement members adapted to engage any one of said engaging arms when said adjustable weight is in said locked position, said first and second engagement members preventing said adjustable weight from rotating relative to said body;

wherein said first and second engagement members comprise recesses formed in said sole of said body dimensioned to receive said engaging arms;

wherein said first engagement member is located between said bore and said face, and wherein said second engagement member is located opposite said bore from said first engagement member;

wherein said rotation of said fastener in said first direction forces said engaging arms to move towards said sole and deflect.

18. The golf club head of claim 17, wherein said rotation of said fastener in said first direction forces said engaging arms to protrude into said recesses of said engagement members.

19. The golf club head of claim 17, wherein said adjustable weight rotates about said fastener and wherein said first engaging arm and said second engaging arm are each configured to receive an additional weight member affixed to an end of said first engaging arm and said second engaging arm.