WEIGHT SCREW

• US 20150110576A1
• Filed: 12/22/2014
• Published: 04/23/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 09/25/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Callaway Golf Company
• Original Assignee: Callaway Golf Company
• Inventors: Dawson, Patrick, Cruz, Robert, DiMarco, Thomas J., Fox, Daniel C., Stevens, James E., Bettencourt, Alan C.
• Granted Patent: US 9,388,842 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 411/393
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2053/0491 with added weights, e.g. changeable, replaceable
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 53/04 Heads
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 60/00 Details or accessories of golf clubs, bats, rackets or the like
• CPC Class Codes: F16B 35/06 Specially-shaped heads special shape in order to rotate the bolt F16B23/00 ; separate hook adaptors for bolts F16B43/025

Abstract

A screw comprising a drive part, a threaded part, and a retaining ring is disclosed herein. Each of the drive part and the threaded part comprises a plurality of interface surfaces that transmit torque from the drive part to the threaded part and prevent the parts from disengaging from one another during use. Each plurality of interface surfaces forms one or more geometric shapes that create additional friction between the drive and threaded parts, and may further include mating pins and holes to prevent the parts from detaching from one another. The retaining ring, which removably connects the screw to a wrench during assembly of the screw with a receptacle, is disposed within a cavity formed when the drive part is assembled with the threaded part.

Claims

1. A screw for use with a golf club head, the screw comprising:

a drive part having an external surface and an internal surface, the internal surface defining a receiving cavity, the drive part composed of a first material;

a threaded part having a threaded region and a head with a projecting portion that defines a pocket, the threaded part composed of a second material, the projecting portion sized to mate with the receiving cavity; and

a retaining ring composed of a third material, the retaining ring disposed in the pocket;

wherein one of the receiving cavity and the projecting portion comprises a plurality of pins, wherein the other of the receiving cavity and the projecting portion comprises a plurality of holes, and wherein the plurality of pins mates with the plurality of holes.

2. The screw of claim 1, wherein the retaining ring is composed of a material selected from the group consisting of elastomer, metal, and composite.

3. The screw of claim 2, wherein the retaining ring is composed of a metal material.

4. The screw of claim 3, wherein the retaining ring is composed of steel.

5. The screw of claim 1, wherein the receiving cavity comprises a shape.

6. The screw of claim 5, wherein the shape is selected from the group consisting of circular, triangular, square, rectangular, oval, and hexalobular.

7. The screw of claim 1, wherein the pocket has a first diameter, wherein the retaining ring has a second diameter, and wherein the second diameter is smaller than the first diameter.

8. The screw of claim 1, wherein the pocket is sized to permit the retaining ring to expand in a horizontal direction and not a vertical direction.

9. The screw of claim 1, wherein the drive part comprises a through bore with a hexalobular geometry.

10. The screw of claim 1, wherein torque applied to the drive part is transmitted to the threaded part via the receiving cavity and the projecting portion.

11. The screw of claim 1, wherein the drive part is composed of a material having a density of no less than 1 g/cc to and no more than 16 g/cc.

12. The screw of claim 1, wherein the threaded part is composed of a material having a density of no less than 2.5 g/cc and no more than 12 g/cc.

13. The screw of claim 1, wherein the drive part is composed of thixomolded magnesium material, and wherein the threaded part is composed of a different metal material.

14. A weight screw for use with a golf club head, the weight screw comprising:

a drive part having an external surface and an internal surface, the internal surface defining a receiving cavity having a hexalobular shape, the drive part composed of a material having a density of no less than 1 g/cc to and no more than 16 g/cc;

a threaded part having a threaded region and a head with a projecting portion that defines a pocket, the projecting portion sized to mate with the receiving cavity, the threaded part composed of a material having a density of no less than 2.5 glee and no more than 12 g/cc;

and

a retaining ring composed of a metal alloy, the retaining ring disposed in the pocket, the pocket sized to permit the retaining ring to expand in a horizontal direction and not a vertical direction.