Press fit hozel receiver

Abstract

a means and method of assembling a golf club head and hozel together using mechanical means is presented. The method includes precision drilling of placement holes and press fitting a locater device into said hole to receive a characteristically shaped golf club hozel end. The mechanical means is sufficient to hold the club head and hozel together, but can be supplemented with gluing or brazing.

1 . a golf club hozel assembly, comprised of a club head, a hozel placement hole, a cylindrical hozel locater, a hozel, and a golf club shaft,
 the hozel comprised of a hozel shaft and a hozel base,   the hozel placement hole drilled into the upper surface of the club head, the diameter of the hozel placement hole sized to be 0.003 inches smaller than then the diameter of the hozel locater and the hozel base,   the golf club shaft attached fixedly to the end of the hozel away from the hozel base,   the hozel base and the locater shaped in a characteristic manner such that they mate when pressed together,   The golf club head comprised of a rigid material, the hozel locater and hozel comprised of a rigid material.   
   
   
       2 . A golf club hozel assembly as in  claim 1 , where the golf club head, the hozel locater, and the hozel are comprised of stainless steel. 
   
   
       3 . A method of assembling a golf club as in  claim 1 , comprised of the steps of
 drilling a hozel placement hole in the club head such that the hozel placement hole is less than 0.003 inches in diameter smaller than the diameter of the locater and hozel base,   finishing the hozel base surface with knurling,   press fitting the hozel locater into the correct orientation in the hozel placement hole until it rests on the bottom of the hole using a half-ton press,   inserting the hozel with the characteristically-shaped hozel base into the hole such that it mates with the characteristically shaped hozel locater,   using an attachment means selected from the list of vacuum brazing and gluing to fasten the hozel in the hozel placement hole.