Golf Club Vibration Dampening Device

Abstract

A vibration dampening device that can be attached to the shaft and hosel of a golf club to absorb vibrations. The uniquely designed dampening device is positioned to immediately absorb vibrations of a golf club after the club head makes impact with a golf ball. The absorption of impact vibrations helps reduce injury that may be caused by stress from continual exposure to impact vibration. The vibration dampening device allows users to perform golf swing with less vibration during impact.

1 . A golf club vibration dampening device comprises,
 an outer jacket;   an inner dampening component;   the outer jacket being tubular and formed by two corresponding semi-tubular pieces; and   a reversible fastening system.   
     
     
         2 . The golf club vibration dampening device as claimed in  claim 1  comprises,
 the outer jacket comprises of a top portion and a bottom portion; 
 the inner dampening component being cylindrically shaped and comprises a shaft channel, a slit, an outer ribbing, and an external mass element; 
 the top portion comprises a top jacket ribbing, and a block window; and 
 the bottom portion comprises a bottom jacket ribbing. 
 
     
     
         3 . The golf club vibration dampening device as claimed in  claim 2  comprises,
 the inner dampening component being made from a visco-elastic material selected from the group consisting of neoprene, buna-N, silicone, EPDM, natural gum, viton, styrene butadiene, vinyl, santoprene, epichlorohydrin, butyl, chlorosulfonated polyethelene, and a non-dilatants newtonian material; 
 the outer jacket comprises of an outer element wherein the outer element being a surface modification selected from the group consisting of at least one aerodynamic groove, a gripping element, or a marketing element; and 
 the reversible fastening system being a fastener selected from the group consisting of at least one latch and latch loop, hooks, snaps, buttons, straps, hook-and-loop strips, magnets, or ties. 
 
     
     
         4 . The golf club vibration dampening device as claimed in  claim 2  comprises,
 the block window being centered and positioned on the top portion; 
 the block window being shaped consistently with the external mass element of the inner dampening component; and 
 the top portion being aligned and connected to the bottom portion by means of the reversible fastening system, wherein the engagement of the top portion and the bottom portion forms the outer jacket. 
 
     
     
         5 . The golf club vibration dampening device as claimed in  claim 2  comprises,
 the inner dampening component comprises a hosel channel; 
 the shaft channel being a cylindrical hole traversing through the inner dampening component; 
 the hosel channel being a cylindrical hole traversing through the inner dampening component; 
 the hosel channel being connected to the shaft channel; 
 the hosel channel being sized larger than the shaft channel; and 
 the slit being an opening positioned along the inner dampening component leading into the hosel channel and shaft channel. 
 
     
     
         6 . The golf club vibration dampening device as claimed in  claim 5  comprises,
 the shaft channel comprises of shaft grip ribbings; 
 the hosel channel comprises of hosel grip ribbings; 
 wherein the shaft grip ribbings and the hosel grip ribbings can be modified for modulated ribbings; 
 the slit comprises of corresponding ledges; 
 the corresponding ledges being overlapped; 
 the shaft grip ribbings being protruded and patterned along the shaft channel; and 
 the hosel grip ribbings being protruded and patterned along the hosel grip. 
 
     
     
         7 . The golf club vibration dampening device as claimed in  claim 5  comprises,
 the outer ribbings being protruded and patterned along the inner dampening component; 
 the external mass element being protruded from the inner dampening component, where in the vibrational energy is focused to the external mass element; and 
 the external mass element being positioned on the inner dampening component opposite of the slit. 
 
     
     
         8 . The golf club vibration dampening device as claimed in  claim 6  comprises,
 wherein the modulated ribbings provides various spatial frequencies tuned to match a multiple discrete bands of resonant modes of a golf club; and 
 wherein the modulated ribbings provide the various spatial frequencies tuned to a continuous band of resonant modes optimized across a plurality of golf clubs. 
 
     
     
         9 . A golf club vibration dampening device comprises,
 an outer jacket;   an inner dampening component;   the outer jacket being tubular and formed by two corresponding semi-tubular pieces;   a reversible fastening system;   the outer jacket comprises of a top portion and a bottom portion;   the inner dampening component being cylindrically shaped and comprises a shaft channel, a slit, an outer ribbing, and an external mass element;   the top portion comprises a top jacket ribbing, and a block window; and   the bottom portion comprises a bottom jacket ribbing.   
     
     
         10 . The golf club vibration dampening device as claimed in  claim 9  comprises,
 the top portion having a first concave side; 
 the bottom portion having a second concave side; 
 the top jacket ribbing being protruded and distributed along the first concave side; 
 the bottom jacket ribbing being protruded and distributed along the second concave side; and 
 the outer jacket comprises of an outer element wherein the outer element being a surface modification selected from the group consisting of at least one aerodynamic groove, a gripping element, or a marketing element. 
 
     
     
         11 . The golf club vibration dampening device as claimed in  claim 9  comprises,
 the top portion having first straight edges; 
 the bottom portion having second straight edges; 
 the block window being centered and positioned on the top portion; 
 the block window being shaped consistently with the external mass element of the inner dampening component; and 
 the top portion being aligned and connected to the bottom portion by means of the reversible fastening system, wherein the engagement of the top portion and the bottom portion forms the outer jacket. 
 
     
     
         12 . The golf club vibration dampening device as claimed in  claim 9  comprises,
 the inner dampening component comprises a hosel channel; 
 the shaft channel being a cylindrical hole traversing through the inner dampening component; 
 the hosel channel being a cylindrical hole traversing through the inner dampening component; 
 the hosel channel being connected to the shaft channel; 
 the hosel channel being sized larger than the shaft channel; and 
 the slit being an opening positioned along the inner dampening component leading into the hosel channel and shaft channel. 
 
     
     
         13 . The golf club vibration dampening device as claimed in  claim 12  comprises,
 the shaft channel comprises of shaft grip ribbings; 
 the hosel channel comprises of hosel grip ribbings; 
 wherein the shaft grip ribbings and the hosel grip ribbings can be modified for modulated ribbings; 
 the slit comprises of corresponding ledges; 
 the corresponding ledges being overlapped; 
 the shaft grip ribbings being protruded and patterned along the shaft channel; and 
 the hosel grip ribbings being protruded and patterned along the hosel grip. 
 
     
     
         14 . The golf club vibration dampening device as claimed in  claim 12  comprises,
 the outer ribbings being protruded and patterned along the inner dampening component; 
 the external mass element being protruded from the inner dampening component, where in the vibrational energy is focused to the external mass element; and 
 the external mass element being positioned on the inner dampening component opposite of the slit. 
 
     
     
         15 . The golf club vibration dampening device as claimed in  claim 13  comprises,
 wherein the modulated ribbings provides various spatial frequencies tuned to match a multiple discrete bands of resonant modes of a golf club; 
 wherein the modulated ribbings provide the various spatial frequencies tuned to a continuous band of resonant modes optimized across a plurality of golf clubs; 
 the inner dampening component being made from a visco-elastic material selected from the group consisting of neoprene, buna-N, silicone, EPDM, natural gum, viton, styrene butadiene, vinyl, santoprene, epichlorohydrin, butyl, chlorosulfonated polyethelene, and a non-dilatants newtonian material; and 
 the reversible fastening system being a fastener selected from the group consisting of at least one latch and latch loop, hooks, snaps, buttons, straps, hook-and-loop strips, magnets, or ties. 
 
     
     
         16 . A golf club vibration dampening device comprises,
 an outer jacket;   an inner dampening component;   a reversible fastening system;   the outer jacket being tubular and formed by two corresponding semi-tubular pieces;   the inner dampening component being cylindrically shaped and comprises a shaft channel, a slit, an outer ribbing, and an external mass element;   the top portion comprises a top jacket ribbing, and a block window;   the bottom portion comprises a bottom jacket ribbing;   the inner dampening component comprises a hosel channel;   the shaft channel being a cylindrical hole traversing through the inner dampening component;   the hosel channel being a cylindrical hole traversing through the inner dampening component;   the hosel channel being connected to the shaft channel;   the hosel channel being sized larger than the shaft channel; and   the slit being an opening positioned along the inner dampening component leading into the hosel channel and shaft channel.   
     
     
         17 . The golf club vibration dampening device as claimed in  claim 16  comprises,
 the top portion having a first concave side; 
 the bottom portion having a second concave side; 
 the top jacket ribbing being protruded and distributed along the first concave side; 
 the bottom jacket ribbing being protruded and distributed along the second concave side; 
 the outer jacket comprises of an outer element wherein the outer element being a surface modification selected from the group consisting of at least one aerodynamic groove, a gripping element, or a marketing element; 
 the top portion having first straight edges; 
 the bottom portion having second straight edges; 
 the block window being centered and positioned on the top portion; 
 the block window being shaped consistently with the external mass element of the inner dampening component; and 
 the top portion being aligned and connected to the bottom portion by means of the reversible fastening system, wherein the engagement of the top portion and the bottom portion forms the outer jacket; 
 
     
     
         18 . The golf club vibration dampening device as claimed in  claim 17  comprises,
 the shaft channel comprises of shaft grip ribbings; 
 the hosel channel comprises of hosel grip ribbings; 
 wherein the shaft grip ribbings and the hosel grip ribbings can be modified for modulated ribbings; 
 the slit comprises of corresponding ledges; 
 the corresponding ledges being overlapped; 
 the shaft grip ribbings being protruded and patterned along the shaft channel; and 
 the hosel grip ribbings being protruded and patterned along the hosel grip. 
 
     
     
         19 . The golf club vibration dampening device as claimed in  claim 17  comprises,
 the outer ribbings being protruded and patterned along the inner dampening component; 
 the external mass element being protruded from the inner dampening component, where in the vibrational energy is focused to the external mass element; and 
 the external mass element being positioned on the inner dampening component opposite of the slit. 
 
     
     
         20 . The golf club vibration dampening device as claimed in  claim 18  comprises,
 wherein the modulated ribbings provides various spatial frequencies tuned to match a multiple discrete bands of resonant modes of a golf club; 
 wherein the modulated ribbings provide the various spatial frequencies tuned to a continuous band of resonant modes optimized across a plurality of golf clubs; 
 the inner dampening component being made from a visco-elastic material selected from the group consisting of neoprene, buna-N, silicone, EPDM, natural gum, viton, styrene butadiene, vinyl, santoprene, epichlorohydrin, butyl, chlorosulfonated polyethelene, and a non-dilatants newtonian material; and 
 the reversible fastening system being a fastener selected from the group consisting of at least one latch and latch loop, hooks, snaps, buttons, straps, hook-and-loop strips, magnets, or ties.