| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 473307000 |
Detachable and reattachable
| 150 |
| 473314000 |
Particular relationship between shaft longitudinal axis and head orientation
| 33 |
| 473309000 |
Joint formed with sleeve engaging shaft and hosel
| 23 |
| 473313000 |
Putter
| 14 |
| 473306000 |
Threaded shaft
| 12 |
| 473308000 |
Sleeve or winding engaged over outside of joint, hosel, and shaft | 4 |
| 20080293510 | Golf club | 11-27-2008 |
| 20130225315 | GOLF CLUB WITH UNIVERSAL HOSEL AND/OR SPACER - A golf club can include a universal hosel and/or hosel spacer that allows the golf club to be used with a variety of different sized club head shafts. The universal hosel can include multiple steps or ledges, and various inner diameters to accommodate different sized shafts. The spacer can be a self-expanding spacer, and can be pre-coated with epoxy. The spacer can fill in gaps within a hosel, so as to accommodate different sized shafts. | 08-29-2013 |
| 20130303301 | ADJUSTABLE CONNECTOR - According to one aspect of the present invention there is provided an adjustable connector including at least two parts, each having a main body with a bore having a longitudinal axis therein, wherein an external surface of the main body of a first part is configured to bear against an internal surface of the bore of a second part when the first part is at least partially inserted into the bore of the second part to form a connection, characterized in that the positioning of the bores with respect to the main bodies is such that when the parts are connected to each other, rotation of one part with respect to the other changes the inclination of the longitudinal axes of the bores with respect to one another. | 11-14-2013 |
| 20160136487 | GOLF CLUBS WITH HOSEL INSERTS AND RELATED METHODS - Embodiments of golf coupling mechanisms are presented herein. Other examples and related methods are also disclosed herein. | 05-19-2016 |
| 473312000 |
Having core (e.g., weight, etc.) positioned in head engaging shaft end | 1 |
| 20100056294 | Golf Club Head and Hosel Weight - A golf club head includes a body having a front face for impacting a golf ball and a hosel having a bore. The body including the hosel may be made of a material such as steel. A hosel weight mounted in the hosel bore may be made of another material such as tungsten which has a greater density than the material forming the body. The hosel weight has a bore for receiving one end of a golf club shaft. | 03-04-2010 |
| 473311000 |
Shaft contacts sole | 1 |
| 20150011325 | MULTI-PIECE DRIVER WITH SEPARATELY CAST HOSEL - The present invention is directed to a multi-piece golf club head having a metal hosel with adjustability features that is cast separately from a face component, sole, and crown, and then is permanently affixed to those other parts after casting is complete. The face component, sole, and crown may be composed of any suitable materials, but preferably each of the face component, the sole, and the crown are stamped from a metal material and are welded to the hosel. | 01-08-2015 |
| Entries |
| Document | Title | Date |
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| 20090023513 | IRON GOLF CLUB - An iron golf club for enhancing the gear effect and accelerating backspin of a ball. The head, which comprises a face part having a ball-hitting surface, a sole part having a ground-contact plane in the bottom portion of the head, a top part, and a hosel part, is configured such that the rigidity on the ground-contact plane side of the bottom portion is lowered by either providing the portion with a cavity or changing its material. Further, the vertical moment of inertia of the head is reduced by disposing a weight in the location of the center of gravity of the head. When the length of the hosel part is 50 mm or longer, the value of the moment of inertia becomes less than 800 g·cm | 01-22-2009 |
| 20090042665 | Composite Golf Club Hosels and Methods of Use Thereof - Embodiments of composite golf club hosels and methods of use thereof are generally described herein. In one embodiment, a golf club includes a golf club shaft and a hollow body. The body has a heel end, a toe end, a front wall, a sole, and a crown. The heel end of the crown includes a hosel for receiving the golf club shaft, and the hosel is at least partially comprised of a composite material. Other embodiments may be described and claimed. | 02-12-2009 |
| 20090054173 | Golf Club with a Unitized Structure - Golf clubs (including putters and wedges) include: a ball striking head and a shaft connecting member extending from the head; and (b) a shaft fixed to the shaft connecting member. The shaft may be fixed to the shaft connecting member without a hosel element and/or in such a manner that a smooth or substantially smooth exterior junction and/or overall handle member is provided. The connection may be made by welding, soldering, brazing, other fusing techniques, adhesives, mechanical connectors, or and the like. | 02-26-2009 |
| 20090239678 | PRESS FIT HOZEL RECEIVER - a means and method of assembling a golf club head and hozel together using mechanical means is presented. The method includes precision drilling of placement holes and press fitting a locater device into said hole to receive a characteristically shaped golf club hozel end. The mechanical means is sufficient to hold the club head and hozel together, but can be supplemented with gluing or brazing. | 09-24-2009 |
| 20090325727 | GOLF CLUB - A golf club | 12-31-2009 |
| 20100099512 | SHANK OF FOUR-PIECE FORGING OF GOLF CLUB HEAD - Disclosed is a shank of a four-piece forging of golf club head. Atop piece of the four-piece forging of club head forms, at a portion thereof adjacent to the shank, a two-staged structure of an outward flaring sector-shaped connection portion that is combined with the shank, whereby an abutting condition exhibiting a smooth surface is formed at a jointing site between the shank and the club head in the course of performing welding operation between the shank and the club head for reducing the amount of filling material used in carrying out the welding operation and making the welding operation, as well as the subsequent grinding operation, easier and smoother. Thus, with the quality improved, the flexibility of design can also be enhanced to reduce the machining time and the manufacturing costs. | 04-22-2010 |
| 20110003648 | Golf Club Attachment Mechanisms And Methods To Attach Golf Clubs - Embodiments of golf club attachment mechanisms and methods to attach golf clubs are described herein. Other embodiments and related methods are also disclosed herein. | 01-06-2011 |
| 20110136583 | TWIN-AXIS AND HEAD FOR SPORTS EQUIPMENT - This disclosed subject matter provides twin-axis sports equipment wherein a structure connecting a main shaft and a striking portion comprises two axes. The sports equipment can be a golf club, a hockey stick, an ice hockey stick, a tennis racket, a badminton racket, or the like. The striking portion can be configured as the striking portion of a golf club driver, wood, iron or putter, and can include a golf club driver, wood, iron, or putter having a punched hole or a dimple. A void can be formed in the striking portion, from a toe side and a heel side of the striking portion, which further connects with a main shaft. | 06-09-2011 |
| 20120115632 | HOSEL CONSTRUCTION - The present invention relates to a hosel for connecting a shaft to a club head. In one aspect of the invention, the hosel comprises a body having an undercut, wherein the undercut has a maximum cross section which tapers to a minimum cross section and increases to the maximum cross section immediately adjacent the club head. The hosel further comprises a flange section below the hosel and hosel bore above the undercut, the hosel bore section having a length of at least one inch. In another aspect of the invention, the hosel tapers in diameter from a maximum to a minimum width, and has a maximized interior mold line (IML) to improve bendability and weight savings. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120165110 | Apparatus For Connecting A Golf Club Shaft To A Golf Club Head And Golf Clubs Including The Same - Apparatus for connecting a golf club shaft to a golf club head, including an adjustment tube, and golf clubs including the same. | 06-28-2012 |
| 20120165111 | APPARATUS FOR CONNECTING A GOLF CLUB SHAFT TO A GOLF CLUB HEAD AND GOLF CLUBS INCLUDING THE SAME - Apparatus for connecting a golf club shaft to a golf club head, including an adjustment tube, and golf clubs including the same. | 06-28-2012 |
| 20120165112 | INTERCHANGEABLE SHAFT AND CLUB HEAD CONNECTION SYSTEM - Disclosed herein is a golf club including a shaft, a club head and several devices for releasably connecting the shaft to the club head. | 06-28-2012 |
| 20120190474 | GOLF CLUB, SHAFT INSERTION DEPTH CHANGING METHOD AND SHAFT REPLACING METHOD - A golf club includes: a shaft; a head mounted on a leading end of the shaft; and a substantially cylindrical shaft case fixed to the leading end of the shaft, wherein: the shaft case is inserted into a hosel of the head; the shaft case is fixed to the head by a bolt inserted from a sole side of the head; and a spacer is interposed between an upper end of the hosel and a flange portion formed in an upper portion of the shaft case or is removed therefrom to change an insertion depth of the shaft case into the hosel. | 07-26-2012 |
| 20130029777 | GOLF CLUB WITH UNIVERSAL HOSEL AND/OR SPACER - A golf club can include a universal hosel and/or hosel spacer that allows the golf club to be used with a variety of different sized club head shafts. The universal hosel can include multiple steps or ledges, and various inner diameters to accommodate different sized shafts. The spacer can be a self-expanding spacer, and can be pre-coated with epoxy. The spacer can fill in gaps within a hosel, so as to accommodate different sized shafts. | 01-31-2013 |
| 20130225314 | GOLF CLUB HEAD | 08-29-2013 |
| 20130324281 | Golf Club Head Or Other Ball Striking Device Having Impact-Influencing Body Features - A ball striking device has a face with a striking surface and a body extending rearwardly from the outer periphery of the face. A channel extends across at least a portion of the sole, and includes a trough defined between front and rear edges and extending in a heel-toe direction. The device further has internal interconnection structure for connection of a shaft to the head. The device may have a hosel connected to the body proximate the heel, with the hosel having the internal interconnection structure adapted for connection of the shaft to the hosel. A bore or access opening may be provided that intersects the channel, to access the interconnecting structure. The device may further include one or more stiffening ribs on the sole. | 12-05-2013 |
| 20130324282 | GOLF CLUBS AND GOLF CLUB HEADS - Golf club heads include a golf club head body, a ball striking face, and a shaft engaging member configured to engage a golf club shaft with the golf club head body. Further, the shaft engaging member may be configured to engage the golf club head body and the shaft below a center of gravity of the golf club head. | 12-05-2013 |
| 20140087892 | HOSEL BENDING FEATURES - Disclosed herein are embodiments of iron-type golf club heads that comprise internal features in the hosel and/or heel regions of the club head that facilitate changing the orientation of the hosel bore relative to the front face of the club head. In some exemplary embodiments, the body comprises a heel cavity in a hosel/heel portion of the club head that extends from a body cavity behind the front face into the hosel adjacent the bore. In other embodiments, the hosel bore comprises a groove or cavity extending below where a distal tip of a shaft is positioned. These internal hosel bending features can reduce the amount of material in the club head in a desired hosel/heel region to facilitate post-manufacturing bending of the club head in that region. | 03-27-2014 |
| 20140094324 | GOLF CLUB - Three cylindrical concaves (reduced thickness portions) are formed in the intermediate portion between the centering so as to be spaced apart each other in the direction of the axis of the shaft inserting hole. The cylindrical concaves are formed to have an inner diameter of 11.3 mm that is larger than the inner diameter at the centering portions by removing the thickness of the hosel portion from its inner diameter of the centering portions towards outer side. The summed lengths of the bottom surfaces (peripheral surfaces) of the cylindrical concaves in the direction of the axis of the shaft inserting hole is 12 mm, thus reducing weight of the hosel portion by 3.03 g compared with conventional hosel portions. The reduced weight can be reallocated, to the sole portion. The gold thus produced in less expensive and has a reduced weight of the hosel. | 04-03-2014 |
| 20140100055 | HOSEL CONSTRUCTION - The present invention relates to a hosel for connecting a shaft to a club head. In one aspect of the invention, the hosel comprises a body having an undercut, wherein the undercut has a maximum cross section which tapers to a minimum cross section and increases to the maximum cross section immediately adjacent the club head. The hosel further comprises a flange section below the hosel and hosel bore above the undercut, the hosel bore section having a length of at least one inch. In another aspect of the invention, the hosel tapers in diameter from a maximum to a minimum width, and has a maximized interior mold line (IML) to improve bendability and weight savings. | 04-10-2014 |
| 20140357398 | GOLF CLUB - A golf club includes a club head, and a shaft. The club head includes a hosel formed into a tubular body having a top end and a shaft insertion hole extending downwardly from the top end. The shaft includes a shaft main body and a reinforcing member. The shaft main body is formed into a tubular shape having a tip end, and an internal surface surrounding cavity therein. The reinforcing member has a specific gravity of not more than 2.0 and is fixed in the cavity of the shaft main body. The reinforcing member includes a first portion fitting the internal surface of the shaft main body. The first portion includes an uppermost edge positioned upwardly with respect to the top end of the hosel, and a lowermost edge positioned between the top end of the hosel and the tip end of the shaft main body. | 12-04-2014 |
| 20140370999 | GOLF CLUBS WITH HOSEL INSERTS AND RELATED METHODS - Embodiments of golf clubs with hosel inserts are presented herein. Other examples and related methods are also disclosed herein. | 12-18-2014 |
| 20150367185 | GOLF CLUB ADJUSTABLE HOSEL ASSEMBLY - An adjustable assembly includes a golf club shaft, a golf club head having a hosel portion with a hosel opening, a hosel insert, a shaft adapter, and a fastener. The hosel insert is secured to the hosel portion and includes at least one inwardly extending pawl. The adapter extends about a longitudinal axis, and defines a shaft opening. The adapter includes outwardly projecting teeth aligned with the hosel insert. Each tooth includes leading and trailing surfaces. The leading surface is shaped to enable rotational movement of the adapter about the axis with respect to the hosel insert in a first rotational direction. The trailing surface is shaped to selectively engage the pawl to inhibit rotational movement of the adapter with respect to the hosel insert in a second rotation direction that is opposite the first direction. The fastener is releasably coupled to the head and the adapter. | 12-24-2015 |
| 20150375065 | ADJUSTABLE GOLF CLUB - Disclosed herein are embodiments of adjustable golf clubs comprising features which allow for the adjustment of a lie angle, a loft angle, or both a lie angle and a loft angle of the golf club. In some embodiments, a golf club head includes a body and a hosel, the hosel including an adjustment screw which can be tightened or loosened to adjust the lie and/or loft angles of a golf club head. In some embodiments, certain angles of a golf club head's geometry can be continuously adjustable through a predetermined range of angles. | 12-31-2015 |
| 20160008674 | HOSEL CONSTRUCTION | 01-14-2016 |
| 20160016051 | ADJUSTABLE GOLF CLUB SHAFT AND HOSEL ASSEMBLY - An adjustable shaft and hosel assembly allows for dependent and independent adjustment of a golf club's face angle, loft angle, and lie angle. The adjustable shaft and hosel assembly comprises a shaft sleeve, a hosel portion, a tubular adjustment piece having non-parallel upper and lower surfaces, and a retention feature that provides an engagement between the tubular adjustment piece and the shaft sleeve to prevent the tubular adjustment piece from becoming detached from the shaft sleeve. | 01-21-2016 |
| 20160250523 | MULTI-PIECE GOLF CLUB HEAD WITH SEPARATELY CAST HOSEL | 09-01-2016 |
