Unlock instant, AI-driven research and patent intelligence for your innovation.

Golf club with improved weighting

a golf club and weighting technology, applied in golf clubs, golf, sport apparatus, etc., can solve the problems of relatively little advancement in shaft technology, less advancement in focusing weight adjustment, and designers cannot expect a golf club to perform well

Active Publication Date: 2017-03-30
ACUSHNET CO
View PDF0 Cites 0 Cited by
  • Summary
  • Abstract
  • Description
  • Claims
  • Application Information

AI Technical Summary

Benefits of technology

The present invention is a golf club with a heavy weighted section in the shaft, located between the club head and the grip, that helps improve the club's performance and stability. The shaft has a two-step lightweight section, with a heavy section located between the second lightweight section and the club head. The heavy section has a greater mass than the second lightweight section, and the club has a similar weighted section configuration in the shaft as the Ogio Pro 7 Tour golf club. The technical effect of this design is to enhance the club's ability to hit the ball with precision and accuracy.

Problems solved by technology

Although many believe the golf club head to be the most important component of a golf club, golf club designers cannot expect a golf club to perform well if they completely ignore other components of the golf club.
While the prior art has explored many different ways to adjust the weight of the golf club by focusing on the club head portion and the grip portion of the golf club, there has been relatively little advancements in the shaft technology, especially when compared to other components such as the club head.
Moreover, there is even less advancement when it comes to focusing the weight adjustment on specific regions of the shaft.

Method used

the structure of the environmentally friendly knitted fabric provided by the present invention; figure 2 Flow chart of the yarn wrapping machine for environmentally friendly knitted fabrics and storage devices; image 3 Is the parameter map of the yarn covering machine
View more

Image

Smart Image Click on the blue labels to locate them in the text.
Viewing Examples
Smart Image
  • Golf club with improved weighting
  • Golf club with improved weighting
  • Golf club with improved weighting

Examples

Experimental program
Comparison scheme
Effect test

Embodiment Construction

[0018]The following detailed description describes the best currently contemplated modes of carrying out the invention. The description is not to be taken in a limiting sense, but is made merely for the purpose of illustrating the general principles of the invention, since the scope of the invention is best defined by the appended claims.

[0019]Various inventive features are described below and each can be used independently of one another or in combination with other features. However, any single inventive feature may not address any or all of the problems discussed above or may only address one of the problems discussed above. Further, one or more of the problems discussed above may not be fully addressed by any of the features described below.

[0020]FIG. 1 of the accompanying drawings shows a perspective view of a golf club 100 in accordance with the present invention. The golf club 100 may generally include a club head 102 attached to a distal end of the golf club 100, a grip 106 ...

the structure of the environmentally friendly knitted fabric provided by the present invention; figure 2 Flow chart of the yarn wrapping machine for environmentally friendly knitted fabrics and storage devices; image 3 Is the parameter map of the yarn covering machine
Login to View More

PUM

No PUM Login to View More

Abstract

A golf club with improved weighting characteristic is disclosed. More specifically, the present invention discloses to a golf club wherein the improved weighting distribution stems from an increase in the mass of the golf club at a specific distance away from the butt end or proximal end of the golf club head to help increase the feel and minimize the dispersion of the golf shot by minimizing the pull and or draw tendencies of a golf shot.

Description

FIELD OF THE INVENTION[0001]The present invention relates generally to a golf club with improved weighting characteristics. More specifically, the present invention relates to a golf club wherein the improved weighting distribution stems from an increase in the mass of the golf club at a specific distance away from the butt end or proximal end of the golf club head to help increase the feel and minimize the dispersion of the golf shot by minimizing the push, fade, and slice tendencies of a golf shot.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0002]In order to create golf clubs that help the golfer achieve a better score, golf club designers have made numerous technological advancements in creating a golf club that is easier to hit. Technological advances such as metalwood drivers, cavity back irons, and even graphite shafts have all made the game of golf easier for the average golfers by helping them hit the golf ball longer and straighter. However, despite all the technical advancements in the gam...

Claims

the structure of the environmentally friendly knitted fabric provided by the present invention; figure 2 Flow chart of the yarn wrapping machine for environmentally friendly knitted fabrics and storage devices; image 3 Is the parameter map of the yarn covering machine
Login to View More

Application Information

Patent Timeline
no application Login to View More
IPC IPC(8): A63B53/00
CPCA63B53/12A63B2053/0491A63B53/00A63B53/10A63B2209/00A63B60/24A63B60/02A63B60/06
Inventor BARKSDALE, DUSTIN A.BONE, DONALD S.
Owner ACUSHNET CO