Golf Club Hosel Slot Coupler Alignment Mechanism
Solution Overview
Problem
Current golf club attachment mechanisms fail to securely align and maintain the orientation of golf club shafts and heads, leading to inconsistent performance and potential disengagement during use.
Innovation Solution
A golf club attachment mechanism comprising a hosel adapter with a first slot coupler and a shaft adapter with a complementary second slot coupler, coupled by a cap that restricts rotational movement, ensuring a predetermined desired orientation between the shaft and head.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If a traditional golf club attachment mechanism is used, then the structure is simple, but the alignment and orientation of the shaft relative to the head cannot be securely maintained
Solution Approach 1:
The attachment mechanism is divided into separate functional components: a hosel adapter that interfaces with the club head, a shaft adapter that interfaces with the shaft, and a cap that secures the connection. This segmentation allows each component to perform its specific function while maintaining overall alignment reliability.
Solution Approach 2:
The slot coupler features an asymmetric geometry with a slot in the hosel adapter and a complementary protrusion in the shaft adapter. This asymmetric design prevents rotational movement of the shaft relative to the head, ensuring consistent orientation while maintaining a relatively simple overall structure.
2Manufacturing precision
If the attachment mechanism allows free rotation, then the device complexity is reduced, but the performance consistency deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The slot coupler employs asymmetric geometry where the slot in the hosel adapter receives a complementary protrusion from the shaft adapter. This asymmetric interface mechanically prevents rotational movement, ensuring precise and consistent orientation without requiring complex active control mechanisms.
Solution Approach 2:
The slot coupler acts as an intermediary mechanical element between the hosel adapter and shaft adapter. It mediates the connection by providing a positive mechanical stop that maintains the predetermined orientation of the shaft relative to the head, achieving manufacturing precision through a relatively simple mediating structure.
Data Source
AI summary
In one embodiment, a golf club attachment mechanism comprises a hosel adapter with a first slot coupler across a top portion of the hosel adapter, and a shaft adapter with a second slot coupler across a bottom portion of the shaft adapter. The second slot coupler of the shaft adapter is complementary to the first slot coupler of the hosel adapter. The first slot coupler and the second slot coupler couple together to restrict a rotational movement of the hosel adapter relative to the shaft adapter. Other embodiments are disclosed herein.