Golf club heads and methods to manufacture golf club heads

• US 10,195,501 B2
• Filed: 12/04/2017
• Issued: 02/05/2019
• 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:
  US15/831,148
• Publication Number:
  US 20180085645A1
• Time in Patent Office: 428 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 2209/00 Characteristics of used materials
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 53/04 Heads
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 53/0412 Volume
• 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 60/002 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 body portion having a first interior cavity portion, a toe portion, a heel portion, a top portion, a bottom portion, a rear portion, a front portion having a face portion, and a second interior cavity portion having an elastic polymer material. The body portion may include a plurality of ports located on the bottom portion. Other examples and embodiments may be described and claimed.

Claims

1. A golf club head comprising:

a body portion having an interior cavity portion, a toe portion, a heel portion, a top portion, a bottom portion, a rear portion, and a front portion;

a plurality of ports located at or proximate to a central portion of the bottom portion, the plurality of ports comprising;

a first set of ports extending between the toe portion and the heel portion;

a second set of ports extending from the first set of ports toward the toe portion and having at least one port being closer to the rear portion than the ports of the first set of ports; and

a third set of ports extending from the first set of ports toward the heel portion and having at least one port being closer to the rear portion than the ports of the first set of port; and

an exterior support portion on the bottom portion located between the plurality of ports and the front portion and extending between the toe portion and the heel portion,

wherein the interior cavity portion is at least 50% filled with a polymer material.

2. A golf club head as defined in claim 1, wherein the interior cavity portion is closer to the rear portion than the plurality of ports.

3. A golf club head as defined in claim 1, wherein the interior cavity portion is closer to the rear portion than the exterior support portion.

4. A golf club head as defined in claim 1, wherein at least one port of the plurality of ports is connected to the interior cavity portion, and wherein the interior cavity portion is filled with a polymer material from the at least one port.

5. A golf club head as defined in claim 1, wherein the exterior support portion comprises a groove portion.

6. A golf club head as defined in claim 1, wherein a path of the plurality of ports and a path of the exterior support portion have a substantially similar shape.

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

8. A golf club head comprising:

a body portion having an interior cavity portion, a toe portion, a heel portion, a top portion, a rear portion, a front portion, and a bottom portion, the bottom portion including a plurality of exterior support portions having a first exterior support portion extending between the toe portion and the heel portion, a second exterior support portion extending from the first exterior support portion toward the toe portion and the rear portion, and a third exterior support portion extending from the first exterior support portion toward the heel portion and the rear portion, and

a plurality of ports on the bottom portion located between the plurality of exterior support portions and the rear portion and extending between the toe portion and the heel portion,

wherein the interior cavity portion is at least 50% filled with a polymer material.

9. A golf club head as defined in claim 8, wherein the interior cavity portion is closer to the rear portion than the plurality of ports.

10. A golf club head as defined in claim 8, wherein the interior cavity portion is closer to the rear portion than at least the first exterior support portion.

11. A golf club head as defined in claim 8, wherein at least one port of the plurality of ports is connected to the interior cavity portion, and wherein the interior cavity portion is filled with a polymer material from the at least one port.

12. A golf club head as defined in claim 8, wherein the plurality of exterior support portions comprise groove portions.

13. A golf club head as defined in claim 8, wherein a path of the plurality of ports and a path of the plurality of exterior support portions have a substantially similar shape.

14. A golf club head as defined in claim 8, further comprising a plurality of mass portions, wherein each port of the plurality of ports is configured to receive a mass portion of the plurality of mass portions.

15. A golf club head comprising:

a body portion having a toe portion, a heel portion, a top portion, a bottom portion, a rear portion, and a front portion;

a plurality of mass portions on the bottom portion extending along a first path between the toe portion and the heel portion, wherein the first path comprises a first portion extending between the toe portion and the heel portion, a second portion extending from the first portion toward the toe portion and the rear portion, and a third portion extending from the first portion toward the heel portion and the rear portion; and

a groove portion on the bottom portion extending between the toe portion and the heel portion along a second path having substantially similar shape as the first path, the groove portion being closer to the front portion than the plurality of mass portions.

16. A golf club head as defined in claim 15, wherein the body portion comprises an interior cavity portion being closer to the rear portion than the plurality of mass portions, wherein the interior cavity portion is at least 50% filled with a polymer material.

17. A golf club head as defined in claim 15, wherein the body portion comprises a plurality of ports, and wherein each port of the plurality of ports is configured to receive a mass portion of the plurality of mass portions.

18. A golf club head as defined in claim 15, wherein the body portion comprises a plurality of ports, wherein each port of the plurality of ports is configured to receive a mass portion of the plurality of mass portions, wherein each port of the plurality of ports is associated with a port diameter, and wherein a distance between two adjacent ports of the plurality of ports is less than or equal to the port diameter of any of the ports of the two adjacent ports.

19. A golf club head as defined in claim 15, wherein the body portion comprises a plurality of ports, and an interior cavity portion being closer to the rear portion than the plurality of ports, wherein at least one port of the plurality of ports is connected to the interior cavity portion, and wherein the interior cavity portion is filled with a polymer material from the at least one port.

20. A golf club head as defined in claim 15, wherein the plurality of mass portions comprises a first set of mass portions and a second set of mass portions, each mass portion of the second set of mass portions having a greater mass than each mass portion of the first set of mass portions.