Golf club head

• US 10,245,483 B2
• Filed: 02/14/2018
• Issued: 04/02/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 03/16/2017
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Bridgestone Sports Co Limited (Bridgestone Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Bridgestone Sports Co Limited (Bridgestone Corporation)
• Inventors: Kitagawa, Tomonori, Ban, Wataru
• Primary Examiner(s): Layno, Benjamin
• Application Number:
  US15/896,467
• Publication Number:
  US 20180264330A1
• Time in Patent Office: 412 Days
• Field of Search: 473346, 473344, 473335, 473334, 473338, 473332
• 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 53/0454 Strengthening ribs on the rear surface of the impact face plate
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 53/0466 wood-type
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 53/08 with special arrangements for obtaining a variable impact

Abstract

A golf club head includes a face, a sole, an attachment member, an attachment part, and a rib. The face includes a ball-striking surface. The sole defines the bottom of the golf club head. The attachment member is attachable to the attachment part. The rib is formed on the internal surface of the golf club head, and at least partially surrounds the attachment part.

Claims

1. A golf club head comprising:

a face including a ball-striking surface;

a sole defining a bottom of the golf club head;

an attachment member;

an attachment part to which the attachment member is attachable; and

a rib formed on an internal surface of the golf club head,

wherein the rib is spaced apart from the attachment part, and

wherein the rib extends so as to wholly surround the attachment part.

2. The golf club head as claimed in claim 1, wherein the rib includes a portion that extends beyond a vibration region of a first-order vibration mode of the golf club head.

3. The golf club head as claimed in claim 1, wherein the rib includes a first portion that wholly surrounds the attachment part and a second portion that extends from the first portion in a direction away from the attachment part.

4. The golf club head as claimed in claim 1, wherein the rib includes a plurality of ribs.

5. The golf club head as claimed in claim 1, wherein the rib is shaped as any one of an ellipse, a teardrop and a polygon.

6. A golf club head comprising:

a face including a ball-striking surface;

a sole defining a bottom of the golf club head;

an attachment member;

an attachment part to which the attachment member is attachable; and

a rib formed on an internal surface of the golf club head, the rib at least partially surrounding the attachment part,

wherein the rib includes a first rib and a second rib that are arranged so as to be parallel to each other with a predetermined space between the first and second ribs.