Metal working – Method of mechanical manufacture – Assembling or joining
Reexamination Certificate
2010-12-17
2011-11-01
Hong, John C (Department: 3726)
Metal working
Method of mechanical manufacture
Assembling or joining
C473S307000
Reexamination Certificate
active
08046899
ABSTRACT:
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.
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Hong John C
Reinhart Boerner Van Deuren P.C.
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