Adjustable Counterweight Golf Club Head Design
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing golf club heads face challenges in easily adjusting the position and weight of counterweights, making it difficult to achieve a balance between strength and rebound.
Innovation Solution
The golf club head design includes a main shell with counterweight installation portions and screw holes, allowing for adjustable placement and weight of counterweight blocks, which can be made of different materials to optimize performance.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Strength
If counterweight installation and adjustment is made complex, then strength and rebound can be balanced, but ease of adjustment deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The counterweight system is divided into separate adjustable counterweight blocks that can be independently positioned and secured in multiple locations on the club head. This segmentation allows for easy adjustment of weight distribution without compromising the structural integrity or requiring complex modification procedures.
Solution Approach 2:
The counterweight blocks are designed to be movable and repositionable rather than fixed, allowing dynamic adjustment of the center of gravity. The blocks can be moved along predetermined paths and secured at different positions, providing flexibility in optimizing both strength and rebound characteristics without complex adjustment mechanisms.
2Ease of manufacture
If counterweight position and weight are fixed, then manufacturing is simple, but adaptability to different user needs deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The counterweight system is designed with universal adjustability, allowing the same basic structure to serve multiple functions and accommodate different user preferences. The counterweight blocks can be positioned at various locations and secured in different configurations, enabling a single design to meet diverse requirements for initial speed, distance, batting feel, and sound quality.
Solution Approach 2:
Multiple counterweight installation positions and adjustment options are pre-configured in the club head structure during manufacturing. This preliminary preparation of adjustment pathways and mounting locations allows for easy customization without requiring complex field modifications, maintaining manufacturing simplicity while enhancing adaptability.
3Ease of operation
If strength and rebound are not balanced, then adjustment is easier, but overall performance deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The counterweight blocks are strategically positioned at specific locations on the club head where they can be adjusted to optimize local weight distribution. By carefully selecting and adjusting the position of individual blocks, the design achieves a balance between strength and rebound characteristics without requiring complex overall redesigns, maintaining ease of adjustment while improving performance.
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AI summary
A golf club head includes a main shell, a ball striking face plate, and two counterweight blocks. The main shell has a sole portion, a face plate connecting portion, two counterweight installation portions provided at the sole portion, and two screw holes each provided at one of the counterweight installation portions. The ball striking face plate is attached to the face plate connecting portion of the main shell. The counterweight blocks are installed in the counterweight installation portions and threaded with the screw holes through screws each passing through an elongated fixing hole of the counterweight blocks. By selecting different weights and adjusting different positions of the counterweight blocks, the user's needs can be met and the functional effects required by the user can be easily achieved. The problems of the complex counterweight structure and difficulty in adjustment can be solved, and high-strength and high-rebound characteristics can be achieved.