Metal wood club

• US 9,381,410 B2
• Filed: 05/07/2014
• Issued: 07/05/2016
• 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, Murphy, Stephen S., Myrhum, Mark C., Galvan, Darryl C., Bennett, Thomas O.
• Primary Examiner(s): Passaniti, Sebastiano
• Application Number:
  US14/271,580
• Publication Number:
  US 20150321055A1
• Time in Patent Office: 790 Days
• Field of Search: 473334-339
• US Class Current: 1/1
• 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 weight system configured to adjust the location of the center of gravity of a golf club head comprising an adjustable weight comprising an aperture dimensioned to receive a fastener, a threaded bore formed in said sole and configured to receive a fastener, and a fastener configured to pass through the aperture of the adjustable weight and engage the threaded 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, and 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 about said fastener, and wherein said adjustable weight can be unlocked and rotated without completely removing said fastener from said threaded bore.

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 threaded 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 threaded 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 about said fastener, wherein said adjustable weight can be unlocked and rotated without completely removing said fastener from said threaded bore;

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, each engaging arm comprising a proximal portion and a distal portion, said proximal portions adjacent said aperture, said engaging arms extending outwards from said aperture substantially along said sole of said body, terminating at said distal portions of said engaging arms;

wherein said first engaging arm comprises a first weight portion and said second engaging arm comprises a second weight portion, wherein said first weight portion comprises a different mass than said second weight portion;

wherein said first weight portion is affixed to said distal portion of said first engaging arm and said second weight portion is affixed to said distal portion of said 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 distal portions of said engaging arms;

wherein said rotation of said fastener in said first direction forces said proximal portions of said engaging arms to move towards said sole, said engaging arms to deflect, and said distal portions of said engaging arms to extend outwards away from said fastener, substantially parallel to said sole of said body, and, provided said engaging arms are aligned with said engagement members, said rotation of said fastener in said first direction forces said distal portions of said engaging arms to protrude into said recesses of said engagement members, and wherein said rotation of said fastener in said second direction allows said proximal portions of said engaging arms to extend away from said sole and said distal portions of said adjustable weight to retract inwards towards said fastener, substantially parallel to said sole of said body, disengaging said engaging arms from 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 internally threaded bore.

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

4. 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; and

a fastener configured to engage said adjustable weight, wherein rotation of said fastener in a first direction locks said adjustable weight in a locked position;

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 be moved, wherein said adjustable weight can be unlocked and moved without removing said fastener;

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

further comprising a channel formed therein said sole of said body, wherein said channel is dimensioned to slideably receive said adjustable weight;

wherein said adjustable weight comprises a first member and a second member, said first member comprising a first weight body, said first weight body of said first member comprising a bore formed therein to receive a fastener, said second member comprising a second weight body, said second weight body of said second member comprising an internally threaded bore to engage said fastener, wherein rotation of said fastener in a first direction forces said first member closer to said second member and wherein rotation of said fastener in a second direction, opposite said first direction, allows said first member to extend away from said second member;

wherein said channel comprises a first wall and a second wall substantially parallel to said first wall, wherein said first weight body of said first member is adjacent said first wall and said second weight body of said second member is adjacent said second wall, wherein said first member comprises at least two engaging arms extending away from said first weight body of said first member and towards said second wall and wherein said second member comprises at least two engaging arms extending away from said second weight body of said second member and towards said first wall.

5. The golf club head of claim 4, wherein when said fastener is rotated in a first direction, said engaging arms of said first member are configured to contact said second wall and deflect and said engaging arms of said second member are configured to contact said first wall and deflect.

6. The golf club head of claim 5, wherein said engaging arms engaging said first and second walls prevent said adjustable weight from sliding along said channel when said adjustable weight is in a locked position.

7. The golf club head of claim 6, wherein at least one of said engaging arms includes at least one protrusion and wherein at least one of said first and second walls include a corresponding recess configured to receive said at least one protrusion, wherein said at least one protrusion and at least one recess are configured to prevent said adjustable weight from sliding along said channel when said adjustable weight is in a locked position.

8. The golf club head of claim 7, wherein said first wall and said second wall are substantially perpendicular to said y axis, wherein said first wall comprises an access port to access said adjustable weight.