Golf Putter with Animal Bone Insert for Custom Feel
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional golf putters often lack the natural feel and customization needed for optimal performance, as they are typically made from materials that do not align with a golfer's body, leading to inconsistent putting and higher scores due to the trade-offs in design factors like moment of inertia, weight, and material properties.
Innovation Solution
A golf putter with an animal bone insert on the striking face, where the bone is secured within a central cavity of the putter head using adhesives or mechanical fasteners, providing a smooth and resilient surface that can be customized based on bone density and shape, aligning with the putter's longitudinal axis for enhanced ball striking capability.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If conventional materials are used for putter striking face, then manufacturing consistency is maintained, but natural feel and customization are limited
Solution Approach 1:
The putter head combines a metal substrate with an animal bone insert to create a composite structure. The metal provides manufacturing consistency and structural integrity, while the animal bone insert provides natural feel and customization capability. This composite approach resolves the contradiction by integrating materials with complementary properties.
Solution Approach 2:
The animal bone insert is placed specifically in the striking face area where natural feel is most important for ball contact. This localized application of organic material provides customization and natural feedback without requiring the entire putter to be made from non-standard materials, thus maintaining overall manufacturing consistency.
2Adaptability or versatility
If animal bone insert is added to putter, then natural feel and customization are enhanced, but structural complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The putter head is divided into distinct components: a metal substrate and a separate animal bone insert. This segmentation allows each component to be manufactured independently using optimal processes, then assembled together. The insert can be removed and replaced if needed, simplifying maintenance and reducing overall structural complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The animal bone insert is nested within a cavity in the metal putter head, with the insert fitting into a pre-formed recess. This nesting approach integrates the organic material seamlessly into the metal structure without requiring complex external attachments or modifications to the overall putter design.
3Reliability
If animal bone is used instead of uniform material, then feel and performance are optimized, but manufacturing precision requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The cavity for the animal bone insert is pre-formed in the metal putter head substrate before the insert is installed. This preliminary action ensures proper positioning and alignment are built into the manufacturing process itself, reducing the precision requirements during the actual insert installation and ensuring consistent results.
Data Source
AI summary
A putter head includes: a striking face formed from a first material, the striking face including a central cavity; and an insert formed from a second material that is different from the first material, wherein the second material comprises animal bone, the insert including a front face and a back face, the back face fittingly engaged within the central cavity to align the front face with the face geometry surrounding the central cavity thereby establishing a continuous surface along the striking face.