Golf club heads and methods to manufacture golf club heads

• US 10,052,532 B2
• Filed: 10/05/2017
• Issued: 08/21/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 08/26/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Parsons Xtreme Golf, Llc
• Original Assignee: Parsons Xtreme Golf, Llc
• Inventors: Parsons, Robert R., Schweigert, Bradley D., Nicolette, Michael R.
• Primary Examiner(s): Layno, Benjamin
• Application Number:
  US15/725,900
• Publication Number:
  US 20180028881A1
• Time in Patent Office: 320 Days
• Field of Search: 473334-339, 473345, 473346, 473349
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2053/0491 with added weights, e.g. changeable, replaceable
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 53/04 Heads
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 53/0433 with special sole configurations
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 53/045 Strengthening ribs
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 53/0466 wood-type
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 53/0475 with one or more enclosed cavities
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 53/06 adjustable
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 60/02 Ballast means for adjusting the centre of mass A63B60/24, A63B60/54 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 60/52 with slits

Abstract

Embodiments of golf club heads and methods to manufacture golf club heads are generally described herein. In one example, a golf club head may include a hollow body portion having a front portion, a rear portion, a toe portion, a heel portion, a bottom portion, a top portion, a plurality of ports on the bottom portion and a plurality of inner support portions in the hollow body portion. Other examples and embodiments may be described and claimed.

Claims

1. A golf club head comprising:

a plurality of weight portions having a first set of weight portions with each weight portion of the first set of weight portions being associated with a first mass, and a second set of weight portions with each weight portion of the second set of weight portions being associated with a second mass greater than the first mass;

a hollow body portion having a front portion, a rear portion, a toe portion, a heel portion, a top portion, and a bottom portion having an inner surface and an outer surface;

a plurality of ports extending from the outer surface of the bottom portion into the hollow body portion, the plurality of ports having a first set of ports being closer to the front portion than the rear portion and located along a first curved path being convex relative to the front portion, and a second set of ports being closer to the rear portion than the front portion and located along a second curved path being concave relative to the front portion;

a plurality of inner support portions extending from the inner surface of the bottom portion into the hollow body portion, the plurality of inner support portions having a first set of inner support portions being closer to the front portion than the rear portion and extending in substantially the same direction as the first curved path, and a second set of inner support portions being closer to the rear portion than the front portion and extending in substantially the same direction as the second curved path, and

wherein each port of the first set of ports of the plurality of ports and each port of the second set of ports of the plurality of ports is configured to receive a weight portion of the first set of weight portions or a weight portion of the second set of weight portions such that the body portion has a front biased weight configuration, a rear biased weight configuration, a toe biased weight configuration or a heel biased weight configuration.

2. A golf club head as defined in claim 1 further comprising an outer support portion extending on the outer surface of the bottom portion between the front portion and the rear portion near the toe portion.

3. A golf club head as defined in claim 1, wherein each port of the first set of ports is connected to an adjacent port of the first set of ports by an inner support portion of the first set of inner support portions, and wherein each port of the second set of ports is connected to an adjacent port of the second set of ports by an inner support portion of the second set of inner support portions.

4. A golf club head as defined in claim 1, wherein at least two adjacent ports of the first set of ports are spaced apart by less than or equal to a diameter of any of the two adjacent ports of the first set of ports.

5. A golf club head as defined in claim 1, wherein at least two adjacent ports of the second set of ports are spaced apart by less than or equal to a diameter of any of the two adjacent ports of the second set of ports.

6. A golf club head as defined in claim 1, wherein at least two adjacent ports of the first set of ports are spaced apart by greater than or equal to a diameter of any of the two adjacent ports of the first set of ports.

7. A golf club head as defined in claim 1, wherein the plurality of inner support portions at least partially surround the plurality of ports.

8. A golf club head comprising:

a plurality of weight portions having a first set of weight portions with each weight portion of the first set of weight portions being associated with a first mass, and a second set of weight portions with each weight portion of the second set of weight portions being associated with a second mass greater than the first mass;

a hollow body portion having a front portion, a rear portion, a toe portion, a heel portion, a top portion, and a bottom portion having an inner surface and an outer surface;

a plurality of ports extending from the outer surface of the bottom portion into the hollow body portion, the plurality of ports having a first set of ports being closer to the front portion than the rear portion, a second set of ports being closer to the rear portion than the front portion, a third set of ports being closer to the toe portion than the heel portion, and a fourth set of ports being closer to the heel portion than the toe portion;

a plurality of inner support portions extending from the inner surface of the bottom portion into the hollow body portion, the plurality of inner support portions extending between the ports of at least the first set of ports and the second set of ports, and

wherein each port of the first set of ports, the second set of ports, the third set of ports, and the fourth set of ports is configured to receive a weight portion of the first set of weight portions or a weight portion of the second set of weight portion such that the body portion has a front biased weight configuration, a rear biased weight configuration, a toe biased weight configuration or a heel biased weight configuration.

9. A golf club head as defined in claim 8, wherein at least two adjacent ports of the first set of ports are spaced apart by greater than or equal to a diameter of any of the two adjacent ports of the first set of ports.

10. A golf club head as defined in claim 8, wherein each port of the first set of ports is connected to an adjacent port of the first set of ports by an inner support portion of the plurality of inner support portions, wherein each port of the second set of ports is connected to an adjacent port of the second set of ports by an inner support portion of the plurality of inner support portions, wherein each port of the third set of ports is connected to an adjacent port of the third set of ports by an inner support portion of the plurality of inner support portions, and wherein each port of the fourth set of ports is connected to an adjacent port of the fourth set of ports by an inner support portion of the plurality of inner support portions.

11. A golf club head as defined in claim 8, wherein at least two adjacent ports of the first set of ports are spaced apart by less than or equal to a diameter of any of the two adjacent ports of the first set of ports.

12. A golf club head as defined in claim 8, wherein at least two adjacent ports of the second set of ports are spaced apart by less than or equal to a diameter of any of the two adjacent ports of the second set of ports.

13. A golf club head as defined in claim 8, wherein the plurality of inner support portions at least partially surround the plurality of ports.

14. A golf club head comprising:

a plurality of weight portions having a first set of weight portions with each weight portion of the first set of weight portions being associated with a first mass, and a second set of weight portions with each weight portion of the second set of weight portions being associated with a second mass greater than the first mass;

a hollow body portion having a front portion, a rear portion, a toe portion, a heel portion, a top portion, and a bottom portion having an inner surface and an outer surface;

a plurality of ports extending from the outer surface of the bottom portion into the hollow body portion, the plurality of ports having a first set of ports being closer to the front portion than the rear portion, and a second set of ports being closer to the rear portion than the front portion;

a plurality of inner support portions extending into the hollow body portion from the inner surface of the bottom portion and at least partially surrounding the plurality of ports, the plurality of inner support portions having a first set of inner support portions being closer to the front portion than the rear portion and located along a first curved path being convex relative to the front portion, and a second set of inner support portions being closer to the rear portion than the front portion and located along a second curved path being concave relative to the front portion, and

wherein each port of the first set of ports of the plurality of ports and each port of the second set of ports of the plurality of ports is configured to receive a weight portion of the first set of weight portions or a weight portion of the second set of weight portions such that the body portion has a front biased weight configuration, a rear biased weight configuration, a toe biased weight configuration or a heel biased weight configuration.

15. A golf club head as defined in claim 14 further comprising an outer support portion extending on the outer surface of the bottom portion between the front portion and the rear portion near the toe portion.

16. A golf club head as defined in claim 14, wherein each port of the first set of ports is connected to an adjacent port of the first set of ports by an inner support portion of the first set of inner support portions, and wherein each port of the second set of ports is connected to an adjacent port of the second set of ports by an inner support portion of the second set of inner support portions.

17. A golf club head as defined in claim 14, wherein at least two adjacent ports of the first set of ports are spaced apart by less than or equal to a diameter of any of the two adjacent ports of the first set of ports.

18. A golf club head as defined in claim 14, wherein at least two adjacent ports of the second set of ports are spaced apart by less than or equal to a diameter of any of the two adjacent ports of the second set of ports.

19. A golf club head as defined in claim 14 further comprising a hosel assembly comprising a hosel on the top portion, and a hosel sleeve extending from the hosel into the hollow body portion, the hosel sleeve having an outer wall, wherein the outer wall of the portion of the hosel sleeve that is in the hollow body portion is exposed to a hollow interior of the hollow body portion.

20. A golf club head as defined in claim 14, wherein at least two adjacent ports of the first set of ports are spaced apart by greater than or equal to a diameter of any of the two adjacent ports of the first set of ports.