Universal Golf Club Weight Housing for Tip and Butt Ends
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing golf club weighting systems require multiple sets of differently sized plugs for various golf club shafts, leading to increased cost, complexity, and imprecision in customizing weight distribution.
Innovation Solution
A universal weighting system using standard-sized golf tip plugs and interchangeable tip plug housings that can fit both the tip and butt ends of golf club shafts, allowing for precise and aesthetic weighting adjustments.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If different sized plugs are used for butt end and tip end of shaft, then weight distribution can be adjusted, but device complexity and cost increase
Solution Approach 1:
The tip plug housing is designed with a tapered interior that can receive standard tip plugs of a single standardized outer diameter. This universal housing design allows the same plug size to be used in both the butt end and tip end of the shaft, eliminating the need for multiple different plug sizes and reducing device complexity while maintaining weight distribution adjustment capability
Solution Approach 2:
The tip plug housing acts as an intermediary component between the standardized tip plug and the shaft. The housing's tapered interior accommodates the plug while its outer diameter is designed to fit into the shaft's butt end, serving as a mediator that enables a single plug size to function in both locations
2Manufacturing precision
If multiple plug sizes are used for different shaft types, then weight customization is precise, but manufacturing cost increases
Solution Approach 1:
The standardized tip plug design with a single outer diameter can be used across different shaft types (steel and graphite) when combined with the appropriate tip plug housing. This universality reduces the variety of components that need to be manufactured and inventoried, lowering manufacturing costs while maintaining the precision of weight customization through controlled plug placement
3Adaptability or versatility
If lead tape is used for weighting, then customization is flexible, but measurement precision and aesthetics deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The tip plug housing and standardized plugs provide a permanent, precise weighting solution that can be factory-installed during club manufacturing. This eliminates the need for temporary or removable solutions like lead tape, providing both higher precision and better aesthetics while maintaining flexibility in weight distribution adjustment through the selection of different plug masses
Data Source
AI summary
A golf tip plug housing includes an exterior surface configured to be securably affixed to a butt end of a golf club shaft and an interior surface configured to securably receive a golf tip plug having an outer diameter of either: (a) 7.0 mm-7.6 mm or (b) 4.0 mm-4.6 mm. In one aspect, a golf club includes a head and a shaft having a tip end attached to the head and a butt end opposite the tip end. A tip plug includes a stem and a head. The tip plug stem has an outer diameter sized to be insertable in the tip end. A tip plug housing has an outer diameter sized to be insertable in the butt end and an inner diameter sized to receive the tip plug. The tip plug is positioned in the tip plug housing and the tip plug housing is positioned in the butt end.