Golf Club Shaft

Abstract

It is object of the present invention to provide a golf club shaft superior in accuracy, minimizing a displacement between thermosetting resin layers, capable of obtaining a feeling close to the feeling of a steel shaft, and superior in stability. To solve the above problems, a golf club shaft of the present invention uses a golf club shaft comprising a torsional rigidity holding layer made of thermosetting resin including reinforcing fibers diagonally crossed in the longitudinal direction of said shaft and a UD flexural rigidity holding layer made of thermosetting resin including reinforcing fibers aligned in parallel to the longitudinal direction of said shaft, characterized in that at least a part of said torsional rigidity holding layer includes a plain weave fabric layer obtained by winding and curing like a shaft-shape a plain weave prepreg which lets a plain weave fabric having mutually woven warps and wefts impregnate with thermosetting resin in such a way that said warps and wefts are diagonally crossed in the longitudinal direction of said shaft.

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         5 . A golf club shaft comprising a torsional rigidity holding layer made of thermosetting resin including reinforcing fibers diagonally crossed in the longitudinal direction of said shaft and a UD flexural rigidity holding layer made of thermosetting resin including reinforcing fibers aligned in parallel to the longitudinal direction of said shaft, characterized
 in that at least a part of said torsional rigidity holding layer includes a plain weave fabric layer obtained by winding and curing like a shaft-shape a plain weave prepreg which lets a plain weave fabric having mutually woven warps and wefts impregnate with thermosetting resin in such a way that said warps and wefts are diagonally crossed in the longitudinal direction of said shaft, and   in that said plain weave layer, UD flexural rigidity holding layer, compressive rigidity holding layer, and flexural rigidity holding layer are laminated in order.   
     
     
         6 . A golf club shaft comprising a torsional rigidity holding layer made of thermosetting resin including reinforcing fibers diagonally crossed in the longitudinal direction of said shaft and a UD flexural rigidity holding layer made of thermosetting resin including reinforcing fibers aligned in parallel to the longitudinal direction of said shaft, characterized
 in that at least a part of said torsional rigidity holding layer includes a plain weave fabric layer obtained by winding and curing like a shaft-shape a plain weave prepreg which lets a plain weave fabric having mutually woven warps and wefts impregnate with thermosetting resin in such a way that said warps and wefts are diagonally crossed in the longitudinal direction of said shaft,   in that the torsional rigidity holding layer of the plain weave fabric layer and a plain weave fabric layer for holding flexural rigidity and/or compressive rigidity are formed by winding like a shaft-shape the plain weave prepreg in such a manner that the wefts or the warps are parallel with the longitudinal direction of the shaft and by curing the prepreg, and   in that said plain weave fabric layer, plain weave fabric layer for flexural rigidity and compressive rigidity and UD flexural rigidity holding layer are laminated in order.   
     
     
         7 . A golf club shaft comprising a torsional rigidity holding layer made of thermosetting resin including reinforcing fibers diagonally crossed in the longitudinal direction of said shaft and a UD flexural rigidity holding layer made of thermosetting resin including reinforcing fibers aligned in parallel to the longitudinal direction of said shaft, characterized
 in that at least a part of said torsional rigidity holding layer includes a plain weave fabric layer obtained by winding and curing like a shaft-shape a plain weave prepreg which lets a plain weave fabric having mutually woven warps and wefts impregnate with thermosetting resin in such a way that said warps and wefts are diagonally crossed in the longitudinal direction of said shaft, and   in that said plain weave fabric layer, UD torsional rigidity holding layer, and UD flexural rigidity holding layer are laminated in order.   
     
     
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         15 . A golf club shaft, comprising a torsional rigidity holding layer made of thermosetting resin including reinforcing fibers diagonally crossed in the longitudinal direction of said shaft and a UD flexural rigidity holding layer made of thermosetting resin including reinforcing fibers aligned in parallel in the longitudinal direction of said shaft, characterized in that said torsional rigidity holding layer includes
 a plain weave fabric layer formed by winding like a shaft-shape a plain weave prepreg obtained by impregnating a plain weave fabric having mutually-woven warps and wefts with thermosetting resin and curing the prepreg in such a way that said warps and wefts are diagonally crossed in the longitudinal direction of said shaft, and   a triaxial fabric layer formed by winding like a shaft-shape a triaxial fabric prepreg obtained by impregnating a triaxial fabric which has first warps inclined to wefts and second warps diagonally crossing with the first warps and has a structure where these warps and wefts are woven by alternately passing through upsides and downsides of yarns with thermosetting resin in such a way that said wefts become parallel with or vertical to the longitudinal direction of said shaft and curing the prepreg.   
     
     
         16 . The golf club shaft according to  claim 15 , further comprising a UD compressive rigidity holding layer. 
     
     
         17 . The golf club shaft according to  claim 16 , wherein the UD flexural rigidity holding layer and/or the UD compressive rigidity holding layer are/is provided between said triaxial fabric layer and said plain weave fabric layer. 
     
     
         18 . The golf club shaft according to  claim 15 , characterized in that said UD torsional rigidity holding layer, plain weave fabric layer, and UD flexural rigidity holding layer or said UD compressive rigidity holding layer, triaxial fabric layer, and UD flexural rigidity holding layer are laminated in order. 
     
     
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         20 . The golf club shaft according to  claim 15 , characterized in that plain weave fabric layer for flexural rigidity and/or compressive rigidity holding is included which is obtained by winding said warps or wefts like a shaft-shape and curing in such a way that the warps or wefts become parallel with in the longitudinal direction of said shaft. 
     
     
         21 . The golf club shaft according to  claim 20 , characterized in that the following layers are laminated in order; said UD torsional rigidity holding layer, UD compressive rigidity holding layer, plain weave fabric layer, UD compressive rigidity holding layer, triaxial fabric layer, UD compressive rigidity holding layer, plain weave fabric layer for flexural rigidity and/or compressive rigidity holding and UD flexural rigidity holding layer. 
     
     
         22 . The golf club shaft according to  claim 20 , characterized in that the following layers are laminated in order; said UD flexural rigidity holding layer or UD compressive rigidity holding layer, UD torsional rigidity holding layer, plain weave fabric layer, UD flexural rigidity holding layer or UD compressive rigidity holding layer, triaxial fabric layer, UD flexural rigidity holding layer or UD compressive rigidity holding layer, plain weave fabric layer for flexural rigidity and/or compressive rigidity and UD flexural rigidity holding layer. 
     
     
         23 . The golf club shaft according to  claim 20 , characterized in that the following layers are laminated in order; said plain weave fabric layer, UD torsional rigidity holding layer, triaxial fabric layer, UD flexural rigidity holding layer or UD compressive rigidity holding layer, plain weave fabric layer for flexural rigidity and/or compressive rigidity, and UD flexural rigidity holding layer. 
     
     
         24 . The golf club shaft according to  claim 15 , characterized in that a thread count of said plain weave fabric is 4 yarns/cm or more. 
     
     
         25 . The golf club shaft according to  claim 15 , characterized in that the thickness of a yarn of said plain weave fabric is 3 K or less. 
     
     
         26 . The golf club shaft according to  claim 15 , characterized in that the weight of said plain weave prepreg is 400 g/cm 2  or less and the thickness of the same is 0.3 mm or less. 
     
     
         27 . The golf club shaft according to  claim 15 , characterized in that the resin quantity of said plain weave prepreg ranges between 25 and 40 wt %. 
     
     
         28 . The golf club shaft according to  claim 15 , characterized in that the angle between the warp and the weft of said plain weave fabric is 90°. 
     
     
         29 . The golf club shaft according to  claim 15 , characterized in that in the case of said plain weave fabric, warps and wefts are wound so as to be approx (original): 45° to the longitudinal direction of said shaft each other. 
     
     
         30 . The golf club shaft according to  claim 15 , characterized in that said triaxial fabric are 32 or 64 gauges. 
     
     
         31 . The golf club shaft according to  claim 15 , characterized in that the weight of the prepreg of said triaxial fabric is 350 g/m 2  or less and the thickness of the same is 0.4 mm or less. 
     
     
         32 . The golf club shaft according to  claim 15 , characterized in that the resin quantity of the prepreg of said triaxial fabric ranges between 25 and 50 wt %. 
     
     
         33 . The golf club shaft according to  claim 15 , characterized in that the angle between warps and wefts of said triaxial fabric is 60°.