One Piece Head And Shaft Patents (Class 473/304)
  • Patent number: 8801541
    Abstract: A golf club head includes a body defining an interior cavity. The body includes a sole positioned at a bottom portion of the golf club head, a crown positioned at a top portion, and a skirt positioned around a periphery between the sole and crown. The body has a forward portion and a rearward portion. The club head includes a face positioned at the forward portion of the body. The face defines a striking surface having an ideal impact location at a golf club head origin. Some embodiments of the club head have a high moment of inertia and variable thickness face.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2014
    Assignee: Taylor Made Golf Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Todd P. Beach, Joseph Henry Hoffman, Drew T. DeShiell
  • Publication number: 20130281225
    Abstract: An integrally formed golf club comprising: a golf club head and a golf shaft, wherein the golf club head including a club head component formed by casting, the casted club head component has a club head surface formed by forging, the golf shaft is formed by drawing the casted club head component, and is integrally formed with the casted club head component. It thus the integrally formed golf club has characteristics of excellent distributed strength and no partial concentration of applied force, it thus the accuracy of direction and the ability of control is improved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2013
    Publication date: October 24, 2013
    Inventors: Welkin Hsu, Andrew Hsu
  • Publication number: 20120115631
    Abstract: A golf club includes a golf club head, and a shaft extending from one side of the golf club head. The shaft and the golf club head are made as a one-piece body from a prepreg sheet including a fiber structure impregnated with a resin. The fiber structure extends continuously from the shaft to the golf club head.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2011
    Publication date: May 10, 2012
    Inventors: Chieh-Fu Tseng, Te-Fu Hsiao
  • Patent number: 8092316
    Abstract: A golf club head is presented comprising a sole including a removable panel secured to the sole via a non-threaded attachment assembly. Further, the removable panel may have a large surface area relative to its thickness, resulting in a chip-like or wafer-like weight member. This design allows the mass of the removable panel to be spread substantially along the surface of the sole as opposed to in the interior of the club head. The golf club head may comprise more than one removable panel. A removable panel of the present invention may generally comprise one or more discrete areas of higher basis weight or higher density. Even further, the removable panel may generally be releasably attached via a quick disconnect mechanism that allows easy interchangeability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2012
    Assignee: Acushnet Company
    Inventors: Joshua G. Breier, Karl A. Clausen, Douglas E. Roberts, Peter L. Soracco
  • Patent number: 7871336
    Abstract: A golf club head is presented comprising a sole including a removable panel secured to the sole via a non-threaded attachment assembly. Further, the removable panel may have a large surface area relative to its thickness, resulting in a chip-like or wafer-like weight member. This design allows the mass of the removable panel to be spread substantially along the surface of the sole as opposed to in the interior of the club head. The golf club head may comprise more than one removable panel. A removable panel of the present invention may generally comprise one or more discrete areas of higher basis weight or higher density. Even further, the removable panel may generally be releasably attached via a quick disconnect mechanism that allows easy interchangeability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2011
    Assignee: Acushnet Company
    Inventors: Joshua G. Breier, Karl A. Clausen, Douglas E. Roberts, Peter L. Soracco
  • Patent number: 7037211
    Abstract: A golf club having superior balance and sensory feedback which includes a shaft connected to a clubhead comprising two basic elements, an integrated hosel and insert which defines a striking surface and a shell including a distal toe portion, and a heel portion uniquely integrated with the combined hosel and insert. In preferred embodiments the clubhead has a cylindrical striking surface, polar mass concentrations for optimum dynamic performance and a medial shell portion coupling the toe and heel portions to the insert. A cavity behind the striking surface of the insert enhances the sound of impact and a visible top surface of the insert integral with the hosel with sighting indicia enhances golfer alignment and stroking of the ball to provide resultant confidence and consistency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2006
    Assignee: Chapel Golf, Inc.
    Inventor: Milana Kosovac