US 11,752,399 B1
Golf club head with reinforced bendable hosel
Yaming Pan, Vista, CA (US); Nathan Reed, San Diego, CA (US); Denver Holt, Carlsbad, CA (US); James A. Seluga, Carlsbad, CA (US); and Matthew Myers, Carlsbad, CA (US)
Assigned to Topgolf Callaway Brands Corp., Carlsbad, CA (US)
Filed by Callaway Golf Company, Carlsbad, CA (US)
Filed on Jul. 27, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/874,796.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/227,036, filed on Jul. 29, 2021.
Int. Cl. A63B 53/02 (2015.01); A63B 53/04 (2015.01)
CPC A63B 53/02 (2013.01) [A63B 53/045 (2020.08); A63B 53/0412 (2020.08); A63B 53/0437 (2020.08); A63B 53/0466 (2013.01); A63B 2209/00 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
15. A fairway wood type golf club head comprising:
a metal body comprising a face section, a crown section, a sole section, an upper opening defined by the crown section, a face opening in the face section, a hosel, an interior cavity, a flange where the hosel joins the crown section, face section, and sole section, and a reinforcement region proximate the flange;
a composite crown insert affixed to the body at an attachment zone in the crown section to close the upper opening;
a metal face component comprising a striking portion, the face component affixed to the body to cover the face opening;
at least one rib; and
at least one scallop;
wherein the hosel comprises a hosel bore with a hosel axis and a hosel embedment, wherein the hosel embedment extends into the interior cavity of the body below the flange,
wherein each of the at least one rib and the at least one scallop is confined to the reinforcement region,
wherein, when a coordinate system is applied to the body and centered around the hosel axis, 0° and 180° positions extend parallel with the face section and 90° and 270° positions extend perpendicular to the face section, wherein the 0° position extends toward a heel side of the body and the 180° position extends toward a toe-side of the body, with the 270° position extending in a forward direction away from the face section and 90° position extending rearward from the face section,
wherein the at least one rib extends from the hosel embedment to the attachment zone and is disposed entirely between the 90° and 180° positions within the coordinate system, and
wherein the at least one scallop is aligned with one of the 0°, 90°, 180°, and 270° positions within the coordinate system.