Golf club weight screws

• US 8,753,227 B1
• Filed: 03/01/2012
• Issued: 06/17/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 06/14/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Callaway Golf Company
• Original Assignee: Callaway Golf Company
• Inventors: Cackett, Matthew T., Dawson, Patrick, Foster, Philip G., Demille, Brandon D., Roche, Brooks
• Primary Examiner(s): Layno, Benjamin
• Application Number:
  US13/410,127
• Time in Patent Office: 838 Days
• Field of Search: 473334-339, 473/348, 473/349, 411/396, 411/397, 411/383, 411/389, 411/395, 411/388, 411/399, 411/429, 411/412
• US Class Current: 473/335
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2053/0491 with added weights, e.g. changeable, replaceable
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2209/00 Characteristics of used materials
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 53/06 adjustable
• 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
• 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
• CPC Class Codes: F16B 37/14 Cap nuts; Nut caps or bolt caps

Abstract

A weight screw for a golf club head having one or more weight ports is disclosed herein. A set of weight screws is also disclosed herein, the set comprising at least one low-weight screw comprising multiple materials and at least one weight screw comprising a single material.

Claims

1. A weight screw for a golf club head having at least one weight port, the weight screw comprising:

a head; and

an extension portion comprising external threads,

wherein the head comprises;

an upper portion sized to close the at least one weight port;

a cylindrical lower portion disposed beneath the upper portion; and

an engagement bore,

wherein the extension portion is disposed beneath the cylindrical lower portion,

wherein the extension portion comprises a counterbore,

wherein a wall separates the counterbore from the engagement bore, and

wherein the cylindrical lower portion comprises one or more holes.

2. The weight screw of claim 1, wherein the head and extension portion are integrally formed.

3. The weight screw of claim 1, wherein the weight screw is composed of a low density metal.

4. The weight screw of claim 3, wherein the metal is an aluminum alloy.

5. The weight screw of claim 1, wherein the weight screw is composed of a high density metal.

6. The weight screw of claim 5, wherein the metal is a tungsten alloy.

7. The weight screw of claim 1, wherein the at least one weight port comprises:

at least one side surface;

a bottom surface; and

a bore sized to receive the extension portion of the weight screw,

wherein the cylindrical lower portion makes contact with the bottom surface of the weight port when the extension portion is fully engaged with the bore.

16. A set of weight screws, the set comprising at least one weight screw of claim 1 and at least one screw of claim 10.

8. A weight screw for a golf club head having at least one weight port, the weight screw comprising:

a head; and

an extension portion comprising external threads,

wherein the head comprises;

an upper portion sized to close the at least one weight port;

a cylindrical lower portion disposed beneath the upper portion; and

an engagement bore,

wherein the extension portion is disposed beneath the cylindrical lower portion,

wherein the extension portion comprises a counterbore,

wherein a wall separates the counterbore from the engagement bore, and

wherein the wall has a thickness of at least 0.020 inch.

9. The weight screw of claim 8, wherein the wall has a thickness of 0.030 inch to 0.040 inch.

10. A screw for a golf club head having at least one weight port, the screw comprising:

a cap portion comprising a lateral extension region sized to close the at least one weight port, a cylindrical lower portion, and through bore; and

a support portion comprising a docking portion, a lateral stop, and a threaded extension portion,

wherein the cap portion is made of a non-metal material,

wherein the support portion is made of a metal material,

wherein the through bore is sized to receive the docking portion,

wherein the threaded extension portion comprises a counterbore,

wherein the docking portion further comprises an engagement bore,

wherein the support portion further comprises a wall between the engagement bore and the counterbore, and

wherein the wall has a thickness of at least 0.020 inch.

11. The screw of claim 10, wherein the wall has a thickness of 0.030 to 0.040 inch.

12. The screw of claim 10, wherein the cylindrical lower portion rests against the lateral stop, and wherein and the lateral stop rests against a bottom surface of the weight port when the screw is fully engaged within the weight port.

13. The screw of claim 10, wherein the cap portion is composed of a plastic material and wherein the support portion is composed of an aluminum alloy.

14. A screw for a golf club head having at least one weight port, the screw comprising:

a cap portion comprising a lateral extension region sized to close the at least one weight port, a cylindrical lower portion, and through bore; and

a support portion comprising a docking portion, a lateral stop, and a threaded extension portion,

wherein the cap portion is made of a non-metal material,

wherein the support portion is made of a metal material,

wherein the through bore is sized to receive the docking portion,

wherein the threaded extension portion comprises a counterbore,

wherein the docking portion comprises exterior threads, and

wherein the through bore comprises interior threads sized to mate with the exterior threads of the docking portion.

15. A screw for a golf club head having at least one weight port, the screw comprising:

a cap portion comprising a lateral extension region sized to close the at least one weight port, a cylindrical lower portion, and through bore; and

a support portion comprising a docking portion, a lateral stop, and a threaded extension portion,

wherein the cap portion is made of a non-metal material,

wherein the support portion is made of a metal material,

wherein the through bore is sized to receive the docking portion,

wherein the threaded extension portion comprises a counterbore, and

wherein the through bore is coated with an adhesive to engage the docking extension.