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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 20, 2020
Filed:
Nov. 30, 2018
Applicant:
Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd., Kobe-shi, Hyogo, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD., Kobe-shi, Hyogo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A63B 53/02 (2015.01); A63B 53/04 (2015.01); A63B 53/08 (2015.01); A63B 102/32 (2015.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A63B 53/02 (2013.01); A63B 53/0466 (2013.01); A63B 53/047 (2013.01); A63B 53/0487 (2013.01); A63B 53/08 (2013.01); A63B 2053/023 (2013.01); A63B 2102/32 (2015.10);
Abstract
A golf club includes a head including a hosel part, a shaft, and a tip engagement part having a reverse-tapered shape and being disposed at a tip end portion of the shaft. The tip engagement part includes a sleeve having a reverse-tapered shape and being fixed to the tip end portion of the shaft. The hosel part includes a hosel hole. The hosel hole includes a reverse-tapered hole corresponding to at least a part of the outer surface of the tip engagement part. The tip engagement part is fitted to the reverse-tapered hole. Of the hosel hole, at least an upper end edge and a lower end edge are formed by a resin.