Golf club heads and methods to manufacture golf club heads

• US 10,099,093 B2
• Filed: 11/09/2017
• Issued: 10/16/2018
• 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:
  US15/808,552
• Publication Number:
  US 20180065007A1
• Time in Patent Office: 341 Days
• Field of Search: 473338, 473335, 473345, 473346, 473347, 473348, 473349, 473350
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2053/0491 with added weights, e.g. changeable, replaceable
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2209/00 Characteristics of used materials
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 53/04 Heads
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 53/0408 characterised by specific dimensions, e.g. thickness
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 53/0412 Volume
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 53/0433 with special sole configurations
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 53/0437 with special crown configurations
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 53/045 Strengthening ribs
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 53/0466 wood-type
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 60/002 Resonance frequency related characteristics
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 60/54 with means for damping vibrations

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 body portion comprising a first material, the body portion having an interior cavity, a front portion, a rear portion, a toe portion, a heel portion, a top portion with a crown portion, and a bottom portion, the crown portion having an opening;

a first polymer material in the interior cavity, the first polymer material in contact with an inner surface of the bottom portion; and

a cover portion comprising a second material and a second polymer material, the cover portion being configured to couple to the crown portion to cover the opening of the crown portion,

wherein the second material is different from the first material.

2. A golf club head as defined in claim 1, wherein the first polymer material and the second polymer material comprise a similar polymer material.

3. A golf club head as defined in claim 1, wherein the second material comprises a composite material.

4. A golf club head as defined in claim 1, wherein the cover portion comprises a first layer portion comprising the second material, a second layer portion comprising the second material, and a third layer portion comprising the second polymer material, and wherein the third layer portion is disposed between the first layer portion and the second layer portion.

5. A golf club head as defined in claim 1, wherein the cover portion comprises a first layer portion comprising the second material, a second layer portion comprising the second material, and a third layer portion comprising the second polymer material, wherein the third layer portion is bonded to at least one of the first layer portion or the second layer portion.

6. A golf club head as defined in claim 1, wherein the bottom portion comprises at least one outer support portion or at least one inner support portion.

7. A golf club head as defined in claim 1 further comprising a plurality of weight portions on the bottom portion.

8. A golf club head as defined in claim 1, wherein the first polymer material in contact with the inner surface of the bottom portion comprises an insert having a plurality of hexagonal recesses in a honeycomb configuration.

9. A golf club head comprising:

a body portion having a front portion, a rear portion, a toe portion, a heel portion, a top portion with a crown portion, and a bottom portion, the crown portion having an opening and a shoulder portion located below an outer surface of the crown portion; and

a non-metal cover portion coupled to the shoulder portion of the crown portion to cover the opening, the non-metal cover portion comprising a plurality of non-metal layer portions, the plurality of non-metal layer portions comprising a first non-metal layer portion, a third non-metal layer portion adjacent to the first non-metal layer portion, and a second non-metal layer portion adjacent to the third non-metal layer portion,

wherein at least one non-metal layer portion of the plurality of non-metal layer portions comprises a polymer material.

10. A golf club head as defined in claim 9, wherein at least one non-metal layer portion of the plurality of non-metal layer portions comprises a composite material.

11. A golf club head as defined in claim 9, wherein the first and second non-metal layer portions comprise composite materials, and wherein the third non-metal layer portion comprises a polymer material disposed between the first and second non-metal layer portions.

12. A golf club head as defined in claim 9, wherein the bottom portion comprises at least one outer support portion and at least one inner support portion.

13. A golf club head as defined in claim 9 further comprising a plurality of weight portions on the bottom portion.

14. A golf club head as defined in claim 9, wherein the body portion includes an interior cavity and a polymer material at least partially filling the interior cavity and in contact with an inner surface of the bottom portion.

15. A golf club head comprising:

a body portion comprising a first material, the body portion having a front portion, a rear portion, a toe portion, a heel portion, a top portion with a non-metal crown portion, and a bottom portion,

wherein the non-metal crown portion comprises;

a first non-metal portion comprising a second material different from the first material;

a second non-metal portion comprising a third material different from the first material; and

a third non-metal portion comprising a fourth material different from the first material, the second material and the third material,

wherein the third non-metal portion is disposed between the first non-metal portion and the second non-metal portion.

16. A golf club head as defined in claim 15, wherein the second material and the third material comprise the same material.

17. A golf club head as defined in claim 15, wherein the fourth material comprises a polymer material.

18. A golf club head as defined in claim 15, wherein the first non-metal portion is a first layer portion of the non-metal crown portion, the second non-metal portion is a second layer portion of the non-metal crown portion, and the third non-metal portion is a third layer portion of the non-metal crown portion, and wherein at least one of the first layer portion or the second layer portion is attached to the third layer portion.

19. A golf club head as defined in claim 15, wherein the second material comprises a composite material and the fourth material comprises a polymer material.

20. A golf club head as defined in claim 15, wherein the third material comprises a composite material and the fourth material comprises a polymer material.