Oversized golf club head and golf club

• US 10,195,497 B1
• Filed: 09/13/2016
• Issued: 02/05/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 09/13/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Taylor Made Golf Co., Inc.
• Original Assignee: Taylor Made Golf Co., Inc.
• Inventors: Greaney, Mark Vincent, Lorentzen, John Francis, Greensmith, Matthew, Slyfield, Craig Richard
• Primary Examiner(s): Passaniti, Sebastiano
• Application Number:
  US15/263,929
• Time in Patent Office: 875 Days
• Field of Search: 473324-350, 473287-292, 473313-314, 473244-248
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2071/0655 Tactile feedback
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2209/00 Characteristics of used materials
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2225/09 Adjustable dimensions
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 53/0408 characterised by specific dimensions, e.g. thickness
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 53/0412 Volume
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 53/0466 wood-type
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 60/00 Details or accessories of golf clubs, bats, rackets or the like
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 60/002 Resonance frequency related characteristics
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 60/42 Devices for measuring, verifying, correcting or customising the inherent characteristics of golf clubs, bats, rackets or the like, e.g. measuring the maximum torque a batting shaft can withstand

Abstract

An oversized golf club head and golf club having a large volume, large head dimensions, and/or large face characteristics, as well as unique mass property attributes driven by relationships not often considered in conforming club head design, to achieve a resistance to squaring the oversized club head during a golf swing that is comfortable to the novice golfer, a feel similar to a non-oversized golf club, stability during off-center impacts, and preferred launch characteristics. This is achieved in part via establishing a club head configuration and associated center of gravity location that results in a preferred magnitude of Delta1 and Delta2 values, CG angle, moments of inertia, and associated ratios, relationships, and club head mass property characteristics influenced by these variables, to account for the significant scale of the oversized club head and achieve improved performance.

Claims

1. An oversized golf club head, comprising:

a body defining an interior cavity, a sole portion positioned at a bottom portion of the golf club head, a crown portion positioned at a top portion, a forward portion and a rearward portion, and a face positioned at the forward portion of the body and having a roll, a bulge, a face area, a face height, and a face width, wherein;

the body has a volume greater than 550 cm³ and a head weight of less than 210 grams;

the golf club head has a Delta1 value of at least 12 mm, a CG angle that is at least 14 degrees, a head origin x-axis (CGx) coordinate between about −

2.0 mm and about 7 mm, a head origin y-axis (CGy) coordinate between about 25 mm and about 50 mm, and a head origin z-axis (CGz) coordinate between about −

7 mm and about 0 mm; and

the golf club head has a head depth of at least 125 mm, a head height of at least 70 mm, a head width of at least 120 mm, and the face area is at least 5000 mm².

2. The oversized golf club head of claim 1, wherein the head origin y-axis (CGy) coordinate is between about 30 mm and about 40 mm, and head origin z-axis (CGz) coordinate is between about −

7 mm and about −

2 mm.

3. The oversized golf club head of claim 2, the golf club head has a moment of inertia about a golf club head center-of-gravity z-axis, Izz, of between about 450 kg·

mm² and about 650 kg·

mm².

4. The oversized golf club head of claim 3, wherein the golf club head has a Zup value and a maximum club head height, and a differential between the Zup value and ½

of the maximum club head height is less than −

1.5 mm.

5. The oversized golf club head of claim 4, wherein the differential between the Zup value and ½

of the maximum club head height is less than −

3.0 mm.

6. The oversized golf club head of claim 5, wherein the differential between the Zup value and ½

of the maximum club head height is less than −

4.5 mm.

7. The oversized golf club head of claim 1, wherein the golf club head has a head depth and a club head width, and the head depth is greater than about 85% of the club head width.

8. The oversized golf club head of claim 1, wherein the head depth is no more than 175 mm, the head height is no more than 100 mm, the head width is no more than 170 mm, the face area is no more than 7000 mm², the CG angle is no more than 22 degrees, a volume-to-Delta1 ratio of the volume to the Delta1 value is no greater than 70 cc/mm, the golf club head has a Delta2 value, and a Delta ratio of Delta2 to Delta1 is no more than 4.0.

9. The oversized golf club head of claim 1, wherein the golf club head has a center face progression value, and a CFP-Delta1 ratio of the center face progression value to the Delta1 value is at least 1.0 and no more than 2.25.

10. The oversized golf club head of claim 9, wherein the golf club head has a Delta2 value that is no more than 31% of the head depth, the Delta1 value is at least 9% of the head depth, the golf club head has a hosel axis moment of inertia, and the CFP-Delta1 ratio is 1.00-2.00.

11. The oversized golf club head of claim 10, wherein the Delta1 value is no more than 14% of the head depth, the Delta1 value is at least 15% of the face height, the Delta2 value is at least 24% of the head depth, the CFP-Delta1 ratio is 1.25-1.75, a Delta ratio of Delta2 to Delta1 is 2.0-3.5, and the CG angle is 16-30 degrees.

12. The oversized golf club head of claim 1, wherein the golf club head has a hosel axis moment of inertia, and a hosel axis ratio of the hosel axis moment of inertia to the Delta1 value is at least 55 kg·

mm and no more than 90 kg·

mm.

13. The oversized golf club head of claim 12, wherein a roll-to-FH ratio of the roll to the face height is 5.0-6.5, a bulge-to-FW ratio of the bulge to the face width is 3.4-6.0, the face height is at least 63 mm, the roll is 325-400 mm, and the bulge is 325-400 mm.

14. The oversized golf club head of claim 12, wherein the volume-to-Delta1 ratio is 35-65 cc/mm, and the hosel axis ratio is 50-70 kg·

mm.

15. The oversized golf club head of claim 1, wherein the golf club head has a moment of inertia about a golf club head center-of-gravity x-axis, Ixx, of at least 300 kg-mm², the golf club head has a moment of inertia about a golf club head center-of-gravity z-axis, Izz, of at least 525 kg-mm², and the golf club head has a moment of inertia about a hosel axis, Ih, of at least 900 kg-mm².

16. The oversized golf club head of claim 15, wherein the head depth is no more than 175 mm and the head height is no more than 100 mm, the volume is 600-950 cc, the Ixx value is no more than 425 kg-mm², the Izz value is no more than 700 kg-mm², and the Ih value is no more than 1050 kg-mm².

17. The oversized golf club head of claim 16, wherein the head depth is 135-165 mm and the head height is 75-90 mm, the volume is 700-850 cc, a volume-to-Ixx ratio of the volume to the Ixx value is 2.1-3.0 cc/(kg·

mm²), a volume-to-Izz ratio of the volume to the Izz value is 1.3-2.1 cc/(kg·

mm²), and a volume-to-Ih ratio of the volume to the Ih value is 0.8-1.2 cc/(kg·

mm²).

18. An oversized golf club head, comprising:

a body defining an interior cavity, a sole portion positioned at a bottom portion of the golf club head, a crown portion positioned at a top portion, a forward portion and a rearward portion, and a face positioned at the forward portion of the body and having a roll, a bulge, a face area, a face height, and a face width, wherein;

(a) the body has a volume greater than 550 cm³ and a head weight of less than 210 grams;

(b) the golf club head has a head depth of at least 125 mm and a head height of at least 70 mm;

(c) the golf club head has a Delta1 value, and a volume-to-Delta1 ratio of the volume to the Delta1 value is no greater than 70 cc/mm;

(d) the golf club head has a Delta2 value, and a Delta ratio of Delta2 to Delta1 is no more than 4.0;

(e) the golf club head has a center face progression value, and a CFP-Delta1 ratio of the center face progression value to the Delta1 value is no more than 2.25;

(f) the golf club head has a CG angle that is at least 14 degrees;

(g) the golf club head has a hosel axis moment of inertia, and a hosel axis ratio of the hosel axis moment of inertia to the Delta1 value is no more than 90 kg·

mm;

(h) the golf club head has a moment of inertia about a golf club head center-of-gravity x-axis, Ixx, of at least 300 kg-mm²;

(i) the golf club head has a moment of inertia about a golf club head center-of-gravity z-axis, Izz, of at least 525 kg-mm²; and

(j) the golf club head has a moment of inertia about a hosel axis, Ih, of at least 900 kg-mm².

19. The oversized golf club head of claim 18, wherein a roll-to-FH ratio of the roll to the face height is 5.0-6.5, a bulge-to-FW ratio of the bulge to the face width is 3.4-6.0, the volume-to-Delta1 ratio is 25-65 cc/mm, and the hosel axis ratio is 50-70 kg·

mm.

20. The oversized golf club head of claim 18, wherein the Delta1 value is (a) at least 9% of the head depth and (b) at least 15% of the face height, the Delta2 value is no more than 31% of the head depth, the CFP-Delta1 ratio is 1.00-2.00, the volume-to-Delta1 ratio is 30-65 cc/mm, the hosel axis ratio is 57.5-70 kg·

mm, the CG angle is 16-30 degrees, the head depth is no more than 175 mm and the head height is no more than 100 mm, the volume is 600-950 cc, the Ixx value is no more than 425 kg-mm², the Izz value is no more than 700 kg-mm², and the Ih value is no more than 1050 kg-mm².