Removable Face Golf Club Head Modular Design
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing golf club designs, particularly iron-type clubs, face challenges in accommodating the unique swing characteristics of individual golfers due to their fixed multi-material constructions, which limit the ability to alter physical attributes such as mass distribution, material, and spin characteristics.
Innovation Solution
A modular golf club design featuring a removable face component with a body, face member, top line key, and threaded fastener, allowing for adjustments in mass properties, materials, visual attributes, and scoreline geometry by enabling the replacement of the face member.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Manufacturing precision
If a fixed multi-material construction is used, then manufacturing precision and structural integrity are improved, but adaptability and ability to alter physical attributes deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The golf club head is divided into separate components: a body and a removable face member. The face member can be detached and replaced independently from the body, allowing customization of different face members with varying mass properties, materials, and spin characteristics while maintaining the structural integrity of the body.
Solution Approach 2:
The face member is designed to be removable and replaceable, transforming the static fixed construction into a dynamic system where components can be changed. This allows the physical attributes of the club head to be altered by swapping face members with different properties.
2Device complexity
If a single structural component design is used, then device complexity is reduced, but adaptability to different golfer swing characteristics deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The club head is segmented into a body and a face member that can be separately manufactured and then assembled. This segmentation enables customization of face members for different swing characteristics while keeping the body as a standardized component, balancing complexity and adaptability.
Solution Approach 2:
The body is designed as a universal component that can accommodate multiple different face members. This multi-functionality allows a single body design to serve various golfer needs by simply changing the face member, rather than creating entirely different club head designs.
3Reliability
If permanently coupled components are used, then reliability and structural stability are improved, but ease of repair and customization deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The face member and body are segmented as separate components with a defined interface. This segmentation allows the face member to be removed and replaced without damaging the body, facilitating easy repair and customization while maintaining structural stability during use through proper fastening mechanisms.
Solution Approach 2:
The face member is designed to be replaceable, allowing worn or damaged face members to be removed and replaced with new or different ones. The body and other components are recovered and reused, reducing waste and enabling cost-effective customization.
Data Source
AI summary
The present invention is directed to a modular golf club. In particular, golf club includes a face component that is removably coupled so that the physical attributes of the golf club head may be altered.