Golf club heads and methods to manufacture golf club heads

• US 10,143,899 B2
• Filed: 05/01/2017
• Issued: 12/04/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 08/26/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Parsons Xtreme Golf, Llc
• Original Assignee: Parsons Xtreme Golf, Llc
• Inventors: Schweigert, Bradley D., Nicolette, Michael R., Kroloff, Caleb S.
• Primary Examiner(s): Layno, Benjamin
• Application Number:
  US15/583,756
• Publication Number:
  US 20180078831A1
• Time in Patent Office: 582 Days
• Field of Search: 473342, 473345, 473344, 473334, 473335
• 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 53/0416 Heads having an impact surface provided by a face insert
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 53/0429 the face insert comprising two or more layers of material
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 53/0433 with special sole configurations
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 53/0454 Strengthening ribs on the rear surface of the impact face plate
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 53/0458 with non-uniform thickness of the impact face plate
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 53/0462 characterised by tapering thickness of the impact face plate
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 53/0466 wood-type
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 53/0475 with one or more enclosed cavities
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 60/00 Details or accessories of golf clubs, bats, rackets or the like

Abstract

Embodiments of golf club heads and methods to manufacture golf club heads are generally described herein. A golf club head may include a body portion having a face portion with regions of varying thickness. In one example, the golf club head may include a center portion with a first thickness, an outer wall portion with a second thickness less than the first thickness, and a plurality of inner wall portion with a third thickness less than the second thickness. The golf club head may include a body portion and a plurality of weight portions. Other examples and embodiments may be described and claimed.

Claims

1. A golf club head comprising:

a body portion having a front portion including a face portion, a rear portion, a toe portion, a heel portion, a top portion, and a bottom portion, the face portion comprising;

a perimeter portion having a face portion thickness;

a center portion with a first thickness greater than the face portion thickness;

an outer wall portion surrounded by the perimeter portion and surrounding the center portion and having a second thickness less than the first thickness and greater than the face portion thickness;

a plurality of inner wall portions connecting the center portion to the outer wall portion, and

a plurality of back portions, each back portion being surrounded by a portion of the outer wall portion, the center portion and adjacent inner wall portions, each back portion of the plurality of back portions having a third thickness less than the first thickness and the second thickness.

2. A golf club head as defined in claim 1, wherein the thickness of each inner wall portion of the plurality of inner wall portions decreases from the first thickness to the second thickness in a direction from the center portion to the outer wall portion.

3. A golf club head as defined in claim 1, wherein the center portion has a substantially constant thickness defined by the first thickness.

4. A golf club head as defined in claim 1, wherein the third thickness is similar to the face portion thickness.

5. A golf club head as defined in claim 1, wherein the plurality of inner wall portions include a first inner wall portion extending horizontally from the center portion toward the toe portion, a second inner wall portion extending vertically from the center portion toward the bottom portion, a third inner wall portion extending horizontally from the center portion toward the heel portion, and a fourth inner wall portion extending vertically from the center portion toward the top portion.

6. A golf club head as defined in claim 1, wherein the plurality of inner wall portions include a first inner wall portion extending from the center portion toward the toe portion, a second inner wall portion extending from the center portion toward the bottom portion, a third inner wall portion extending from the center portion toward the heel portion, and a fourth inner wall portion extending from the center portion toward the top portion, wherein the second inner wall portion and the fourth inner wall portion are wider than the first inner wall portion and the third inner wall portion.

7. A golf club head as defined in claim 1 further comprising a plurality of ports on the bottom portion and a plurality of weight portions, wherein each port of the plurality of ports is configured to receive a weight portion of the plurality of weight portions.

8. A golf club head comprising:

a hollow body portion having a front portion including a face portion, a rear portion, a toe portion, a heel portion, a top portion, and a bottom portion, the face portion comprising;

a center portion extending into the hollow body portion from an inner side of the face portion to define a first thickness greater than a face portion thickness;

an outer wall portion surrounding the center portion and extending into the hollow body portion from the inner side of the face portion to define a second thickness greater than the face portion thickness and less than the first thickness;

a plurality of inner wall portions connecting the center portion to the outer wall portion; and

a plurality of back portions, each back portion being surrounded by a portion of the outer wall portion, a portion of the center portion and adjacent inner wall portions, each back portion of the plurality of back portions having a third thickness less than the first thickness and the second thickness, the plurality of back portions comprising;

a first back portion being closer to the toe portion than the heel portion and closer to the bottom portion than the top portion;

a second back portion being closer to the heel portion than the toe portion and closer to the bottom portion than the top portion;

a third back portion being closer to the heel portion than the toe portion and closer to the top portion than the bottom portion, and

a fourth back portion being closer to the toe portion than the heel portion and closer to the top portion than the bottom portion.

9. A golf club head as defined in claim 8, wherein the thickness of each inner wall portion of the plurality of inner wall portions decreases from the first thickness to the second thickness in a direction from the center portion to the outer wall portion.

10. A golf club head as defined in claim 8, wherein the center portion has a substantially constant thickness defined by the first thickness.

11. A golf club head as defined in claim 8, wherein the third thickness is similar to the face portion thickness.

12. A golf club head as defined in claim 8, wherein the plurality of inner wall portions include a first inner wall portion extending horizontally from the center portion toward the toe portion, a second inner wall portion extending vertically from the center portion toward the bottom portion, a third inner wall portion extending horizontally from the center portion toward the heel portion, and a fourth inner wall portion extending vertically from the center portion toward the top portion.

13. A golf club head as defined in claim 8 further comprising a plurality of ports on the bottom portion and a plurality of weight portions, wherein each port of the plurality of ports is configured to receive a weight portion of the plurality of weight portions.

14. A golf club head comprising:

a hollow body portion having a front portion including a face portion, a rear portion, a toe portion, a heel portion, a top portion, and a bottom portion, the face portion comprising;

a center portion extending into the hollow body portion from an inner side of the face portion to define a first thickness greater than a face portion thickness;

an outer wall portion surrounding the center portion and extending into the hollow body portion from the inner side of the face portion to define a second thickness greater than the face portion thickness and less than the first thickness;

a plurality of inner wall portions connecting the center portion to the outer wall portion, the plurality of inner wall portions comprising;

a first inner wall portion extending from the center portion toward the toe portion and having a first width;

a second inner wall portion extending from the center portion toward the bottom portion and having a second width;

a third inner wall portion extending from the center portion toward the heel portion and having a third width; and

a fourth inner wall portion extending from the center portion toward the top portion and having a fourth width

wherein the second width and the fourth width are greater than the first width and the third width, and

a plurality of back portions, each back portion being surrounded by a portion of the outer wall portion, a portion of the center portion and adjacent inner wall portions, each back portion of the plurality of back portions having a third thickness less than the first thickness and the second thickness.

15. A golf club head as defined in claim 14, wherein the thickness of each inner wall portion of the plurality of inner wall portions decreases from the first thickness to the second thickness in a direction from the center portion to the outer wall portion.

16. A golf club head as defined in claim 14, wherein the plurality of back portions comprises:

a first back portion being closer to the toe portion than the heel portion and closer to the bottom portion than the top portion;

a second back portion being closer to the heel portion than the toe portion and closer to the bottom portion than the top portion;

a third back portion being closer to the heel portion than the toe portion and closer to the top portion than the bottom portion; and

a fourth back portion being closer to the toe portion than the heel portion and closer to the top portion than the bottom portion.

17. A golf club head as defined in claim 14, wherein the center portion has a substantially constant thickness defined by the first thickness.

18. A golf club head as defined in claim 14, wherein the third thickness is similar to the face portion thickness.

19. A golf club head as defined in claim 14, wherein the first inner wall portion extends horizontally from the center portion toward the toe portion, the second inner wall portion extends vertically from the center portion toward the bottom portion, the third inner wall portion extends horizontally from the center portion toward the heel portion, and the fourth inner wall portion extends vertically from the center portion toward the top portion.

20. A golf club head as defined in claim 14 further comprising a plurality of ports on the bottom portion and a plurality of weight portions, wherein each port of the plurality of ports is configured to receive a weight portion of the plurality of weight portions.