Adjustable Golf Club Fitting System with Angular Offset Sleeves
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional golf club fitting systems require multiple club heads to achieve desired lie and loft angles, leading to increased costs, labor, and inventory management challenges for club fitters.
Innovation Solution
A golf club fitting system that includes adjustable sleeves with distinct angular configurations, allowing for incremental adjustments to the lie and loft angles without the need for multiple club heads, thereby reducing inventory and labor requirements.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If multiple club heads are used to achieve desired lie and loft angles, then the range of adjustment is improved, but the inventory cost and complexity increase
Solution Approach 1:
The adjustment mechanism is divided into two independent segments: a lie angle adjustment mechanism and a loft angle adjustment mechanism. This allows each mechanism to be optimized separately and reduces the need for multiple complete club head assemblies, as adjustments can be made independently without requiring different club heads.
Solution Approach 2:
The club head is designed with universal adjustment capabilities that can accommodate a wide range of lie and loft angles through the adjustment mechanisms. This multi-functional design eliminates the need to maintain multiple specialized club heads for different angle requirements, as a single club head can be adjusted to various specifications.
2Measurement precision
If multiple club heads are used to achieve desired lie and loft angles, then the fitting precision is improved, but the time and labor required increase
Solution Approach 1:
The adjustment mechanisms are designed to be dynamically adjustable during the fitting process, allowing real-time modification of lie and loft angles. This eliminates the need to physically swap between multiple club heads, enabling fitters to make precise adjustments quickly and efficiently while observing the effects immediately.
Solution Approach 2:
The adjustment mechanisms are designed to be easily operable by the fitter or golfer without requiring complex tools or procedures. The self-contained adjustment systems allow for rapid modification of club specifications, reducing the time and labor involved in the fitting process while maintaining precision.
3Adaptability or versatility
If multiple club heads are used to achieve desired lie and loft angles, then the adjustment range is improved, but the cost of buying and maintaining inventory increases
Solution Approach 1:
The adjustment capabilities are extracted from the club head structure itself and implemented as separate, interchangeable adjustment mechanisms or components. This allows the club head to maintain a standardized design while providing variable lie and loft angles through the extracted adjustment systems, eliminating the need to purchase and store multiple specialized club heads.
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AI summary
Golf club fitting systems can include a golf club head along with multiple alternative adjustment sleeves that each mate with the club head to modify loft and lie angles. Each adjustment sleeve can include a first portion having a respective longitudinal axis and configured to mate and coaxially align with a hosel of the golf club head, and a second portion having a respective longitudinal axis angularly offset from the longitudinal axis of the first portion and configured to mate and coaxially align with a golf club shaft. Each different adjustment sleeve can be configured to alter a position of the golf club head relative to a golf club shaft by a different adjustment value relative to each other. Fitting systems can also include a shaft sleeve that can join any of various different shafts with any of the adjustment sleeves. Fitting systems can also include additional club heads.