Modular Golf Putter with Interchangeable Hosel and Head
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Solution Overview
Problem
Customizable features in golf putters have been limited, requiring golfers to purchase new putters for significant adjustments, such as switching between blade-styled and mallet-styled putters, without enabling complete putter head interchangeability or hosel location selection.
Innovation Solution
Customizable golf putters with a reversibly connected putter face and head, featuring interchangeable hosel styles, peg fillers for weight adjustment, and a modular design allowing selection from various putter head and hosel styles, enabling golfers to tailor their putters for specific preferences.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If golfers purchase entirely new putters to switch between blade-styled and mallet-styled putters, then they can change putter head styles, but they incur additional costs and cannot achieve complete putter head interchangeability
Solution Approach 1:
The putter face is designed with a universal interface that can accommodate multiple putter head styles (blade, mallet, etc.) through a standardized mounting system. The putter face includes a cavity and aperture system that universally receives different hosel configurations, enabling one putter face to serve multiple functions with different head styles without requiring entirely new putter purchases
Solution Approach 2:
The putter is divided into separable components: the putter face, putter head, hosel, and shaft are designed as interchangeable modules. The putter face can be detached and reattached to different putter heads through the reversible connection system, allowing golfers to segment and reconfigure their putter based on desired styles without purchasing complete new putters
2Adaptability or versatility
If golfers use fixed hosel locations on putters, then the putter structure is simplified, but they cannot select or change hosel locations to match their swing attributes
Solution Approach 1:
The hosel connection system transitions from a fixed, permanent installation to a dynamic, adjustable configuration. The reversible connection mechanism allows the hosel to be installed, removed, and reinstalled at different locations or orientations, enabling the putter to adapt to different swing attributes while maintaining ease of operation through tool-free or simple tool-based adjustment
3Adaptability or versatility
If golfers cannot adjust weight distribution in putters, then the putter construction is simpler, but they cannot optimize weight bias and ball flight patterns
Solution Approach 1:
Weight adjustment capability is localized to specific regions within the putter head through strategically positioned cavities and receptacles. Weighting elements can be selectively placed in different locations (heel, toe, crown, etc.) to create specific weight biases without requiring complex mechanisms throughout the entire putter, allowing optimization of ball flight patterns through localized weight distribution changes
Data Source
AI summary
Customizable golf putters are disclosed. The putters include a putter face; a putter head that is configured to be reversibly connected to the putter face (with the putter head being selected from a plurality of different putter head styles); and a hosel that is configured to be reversibly connected to any of a plurality of hosel receiving channels that are accessible on a top surface of the putter head (the hosel is also selected from a plurality of different hosel styles). The golf putters further include a threaded shaft connector that is configured to reversibly connect the hosel to a putter shaft. In addition, the golf putters include one or more peg fillers, which are configured to be inserted into empty hosel receiving channels.