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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 18, 1997
Filed:
Aug. 29, 1996
Chris Chappell, Westminster, SC (US);
Dunlop Maxfli Sports, Corp., Greenville, SC (US);
Abstract
A golf club having a metal head provided with a hosel having an axial bore having a major diameter which includes a chamfered upper portion and a minor diameter which includes the remaining portion thereof. A shaft having an end diameter substantially conforming with the minor diameter, is located in the bore of the hosel. A ferrule made of a thermoplastic material having a modulus of elasticity of between 5-12 10.sup.2 MPa, is formed with an axial bore. A tapered sleeve extends from a lower portion of the ferrule. The ferrule is located in a press fit about the shaft end with the sleeve mattingly received within the major diameter of the hosel providing an extended cushion and reinforcement at the juncture between the shaft and the hosel.