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Patent No.:

US 9597566 B1

Date of Patent:

Mar. 21, 2017

Filed:

Oct. 29, 2014

Golf club

Applicant:

Bridgestone Sports Co., Ltd, Tokyo, JP;

Inventors:

Tomotaka Ishihara, Chichibu, JP;

Wataru Ban, Chichibu, JP;

Fumiaki Sato, Chichibu, JP;

Assignee:

Bridgestone Sports Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;

Attorney:

Surhrue Mion, PLLC

Primary Examiner:

Stephen Blau

Int. Cl.

CPC ...

A63B 53/08 (2015.01); A63B 59/00 (2015.01); A63B 53/10 (2015.01); A63B 53/02 (2015.01);

U.S. Cl.

CPC ...

A63B 59/0092 (2013.01); A63B 53/10 (2013.01); A63B 60/06 (2015.10); A63B 60/08 (2015.10); A63B 60/10 (2015.10); A63B 60/54 (2015.10); A63B 53/02 (2013.01);

Abstract

A golf club includes a shaft; a head mounted to the tip end of the shaft; a grip mounted to the butt end of the shaft; a first vibration damping member arranged on the head side of the shaft; and a second vibration damping member arranged on the grip side of the shaft. The first range of the shaft in which the first vibration damping member is arranged includes a position of the shaft corresponding to the top end of the hosel of the head and has a length of 25 to 250 mm in the longitudinal direction of the shaft. The second range of the shaft in which the second vibration damping member is arranged includes a position of the shaft corresponding to the tip end of the grip and has a length of 150 to 250 mm in the longitudinal direction of the shaft.

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