Patents Assigned to Club-Conex, Inc.
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Publication number: 20150273285Abstract: A universal connector for an adjustable golf club is provided. Such a universal connector includes a first member having a head portion and a body portion and having a bore for receiving a terminal end of a shaft. The connector also includes a second member having a bore for receiving a portion of the first member therein. The first member includes a first anti-rotational member and the second member includes a second anti-rotational member. The first and second anti-rotational members are engageable with one another to prevent relative rotation of the first member relative to the second member about a longitudinal axis of the connector. The second member includes a third anti-rotational member, the third anti-rotational member configured to mate with an anti-rotational member of the golf club head to prevent relative rotation of the second member relative to the head.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 26, 2014Publication date: October 1, 2015Applicant: CLUB-CONEX, INC.Inventor: Eric Burch
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Patent number: 8562454Abstract: A connector of a golf club is provided. The connector includes a shaft adapter and a hosel adapter. A compression nut fits over both adapters to secure them against one another. The hosel adapter advantageously fits over the hosel, thereby allowing the bore of the hosel to remain unmodified from its original design. The connector also includes an anti-rotation arrangement to prevent relative rotation between the shaft adapter and the hosel adapter. Further, the tip end of the club shaft passes entirely through the connector and seats within the hosel as it normally would in the absence of the connector. The connector does not surround the tip end of the shaft where it seats in the hosel, giving the club an unaltered feel, despite the inclusion of the connector.Type: GrantFiled: March 1, 2011Date of Patent: October 22, 2013Assignee: Club-Conex, Inc.Inventor: Eric Burch
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Publication number: 20120225729Abstract: A connector of a golf club is provided. The connector includes a shaft adapter and a hosel adapter. A compression nut fits over both adapters to secure them against one another. The hosel adapter advantageously fits over the hosel, thereby allowing the bore of the hosel to remain unmodified from its original design. The connector also includes an anti-rotation arrangement to prevent relative rotation between the shaft adapter and the hosel adapter. Further, the tip end of the club shaft passes entirely through the connector and seats within the hosel as it normally would in the absence of the connector. The connector does not surround the tip end of the shaft where it seats in the hosel, giving the club an unaltered feel, despite the inclusion of the connector.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 1, 2011Publication date: September 6, 2012Applicant: CLUB-CONEX, INC.Inventor: Eric Burch
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Patent number: 8046899Abstract: A connector for releasably securing a shaft and a head having a hosel with a bore of standard size. The connector includes a shaft adapter, a hosel adapter, and a compression nut. The shaft adapter has a shaft bore sized to receive the shaft, a first threaded coupling member, and a axial shaft. The hosel adapter has a hosel bore and a main body portion. The hosel bore is sized to receive the axial shaft. The compression nut has a second coupling member. The shaft is secured within the shaft bore and the main body portion is secured within the bore of the hosel using an adhesive and the axial shaft is inserted within the hosel bore. Thereafter, the compression nut is rotated to couple the first and second coupling members together thereby securing the shaft and head together without the shaft being received within the bore of the hosel.Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 2010Date of Patent: November 1, 2011Assignee: Club-Conex, Inc.Inventor: Eric Burch
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Publication number: 20050176521Abstract: A connector used to assemble a golf club. The connector includes a shaft mount having bore and a first connector and a head mount having a shaft and a second connector. The bore is sized to mate with and secure the golf club shaft while the shaft is sized to mate with and secure the golf club head. First threads, formed on the first interchangeable connector, and second threads, formed on the second interchangeable connector, are of a common or universal size. The first threads on the first interchangeable connector and the second threads on the second interchangeable are threadably mateable to connect the shaft mount and the head mount together even though the bore and the shaft may each be one of a plurality of different sizes.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 4, 2005Publication date: August 11, 2005Applicant: Club-Conex, Inc.Inventors: Eric Burch, Michael Tolmie