Temporary golf club shaft-component connection

Details Temporary golf club shaft-component connection Temporary golf club shaft-component connection

2011-06-07

2011-06-07

Blau, Stephen L. (Department: 3711)

Games using tangible projectile

Golf

Club or club support

C473S307000, C473S309000

Reexamination Certificate

active

07955183

ABSTRACT:
A temporary shaft-component connection for assembling a selected golf club shaft with a club head and/or hand grip segment, to facilitate custom club design and fitting to suit the needs and preferences of an individual golfer. The temporary shaft-component connection is particularly designed for use with nonmetallic club shafts formed from a graphite-based composite material or the like having a range of different lengths and stiffness (whip) characteristics. In a shaft-head connection, a metal adapter insert is mounted onto a lower end of the club shaft and includes one or more flat surfaces for reception into a matingly shaped socket in the hosel of a selected club head to prevent relative rotation between the club shaft and head. A compression nut carried on the shaft is threaded onto the hosel to axially engage and retain a thrust flange on the shaft or adapter or adapter insert, to prevent axial separation of the club head and shaft.

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