Golf Club Hosel Insert Mass Distribution
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Solution Overview
Problem
Golf club heads have increased in size and mass, making it challenging to maintain performance while optimizing mass distribution, as existing designs struggle to balance density and weight distribution effectively.
Innovation Solution
Incorporating a hosel insert made of a lower density material, such as magnesium, within the golf club head, which reduces mass at the hosel region and allows for redistribution of mass to optimize the club's performance characteristics.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Volume of moving object
If golf club heads are increased in volume and size to improve performance, then the mass of the golf clubs increases, but this makes it challenging to maintain performance and optimize mass distribution
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies local quality by using different density materials in different regions of the golf club head. Specifically, lower density materials are used in certain areas while more dense materials are used in other areas, allowing the club head to achieve desirable mass distribution characteristics without uniformly increasing overall mass throughout the entire club head volume
2Weight of moving object
If hosel insert made of lower density material is used to reduce mass at hosel region, then mass distribution is improved, but structural integrity must be maintained
Solution Approach 1:
The patent employs composite materials by combining lower density materials (such as magnesium) with more dense materials in the hosel insert construction. This composite approach allows the hosel region to achieve reduced mass while maintaining the necessary structural integrity through the synergistic combination of materials with different density and strength properties
Data Source
AI summary
Embodiments of golf club heads with hosel inserts are presented herein. Other embodiments can be described and claimed.