Golf club heads and methods to manufacture golf club heads

• US 10,293,220 B2
• Filed: 01/19/2018
• Issued: 05/21/2019
• 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.
• Primary Examiner(s): Layno, Benjamin
• Application Number:
  US15/875,416
• Publication Number:
  US 20180140908A1
• Time in Patent Office: 487 Days
• Field of Search: 473334-339, 473341, 473344, 473345
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2053/0491 with added weights, e.g. changeable, replaceable
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 53/04 Heads
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 53/0408 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 53/0466 wood-type
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 60/02 Ballast means for adjusting the centre of mass A63B60/24, A63B60/54 take precedence

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 front portion, a rear portion, a toe portion, a heel portion, a top portion, a bottom portion, and a skirt portion between the top portion and the bottom portion. The golf club head may include a port region having a first plurality of weight ports and a second plurality of weight ports. Other examples and embodiments may be described and claimed.

Claims

1. A golf club head comprising:

a body portion comprising a front portion, a rear portion, a toe portion, a heel portion, a top portion, a bottom portion, and a skirt portion between the top portion and the bottom portion;

a port region defined by a curved outer surface portion of the bottom portion, the port region comprising a plurality of weight ports, each weight port of the plurality of weight ports having an opening on the curved outer surface portion, the plurality of weight ports comprising;

a first plurality of weight ports being closer to the front portion than the rear portion and extending between the toe portion and the heel portion a distance of at least 2.5 inches, the first plurality of weight ports arranged along a first arc that is convex relative to a tangent plane of the front portion; and

a second plurality of weight ports being closer to the rear portion than the front portion, the second plurality of weight ports arranged along a second arc that is concave relative to the tangent plane of the front portion.

2. A golf club head as defined in claim 1, wherein the second plurality of weight ports extends between 2.5 and 3.7 inches between the toe portion and the heel portion.

3. A golf club head as defined in claim 1, wherein the second plurality of weight ports extends between 2.5 and 5 inches between the toe portion and the heel portion.

4. A golf club head as defined in claim 1, wherein the distance between the toe portion and the heel portion that the first plurality of weight ports extends is less than 3.7 inches.

5. A golf club head as defined in claim 1, wherein the distance between the toe portion and the heel portion that the first plurality of weight ports extends is less than 5 inches.

6. A golf club head as defined in claim 1, wherein a first weight port of the first plurality of weight ports is located nearest to the heel portion and a second weight port of the first plurality of weight ports is located nearest to the toe portion, wherein a first weight portion is disposed in the first weight port and a second weight portion is disposed in the second weight port, the first weight portion having a mass greater than the second weight portion.

7. A golf club head as defined in claim 1, wherein a first weight port of the first plurality of weight ports is located nearest to the heel portion and a second weight port of the first plurality of weight ports is located nearest to the toe portion, wherein a first weight portion is disposed in the first weight port and a second weight portion is disposed in the second weight port, the second weight portion having a mass greater than the first weight portion.

8. A golf club head as defined in claim 1, wherein a first weight port of the second plurality of weight ports is located nearest to the heel portion and a second weight port of the second plurality of weight ports is located nearest to the toe portion, wherein a first weight portion is disposed in the first weight port and a second weight portion is disposed in the second weight port, the first weight portion having a mass greater than the second weight portion.

9. A golf club head as defined in claim 1, wherein a first weight port of the second plurality of weight ports is located nearest to the heel portion and a second weight port of the second plurality of weight ports is located nearest to the toe portion, wherein a first weight portion is disposed in the first weight port and a second weight portion is disposed in the second weight port, the second weight portion having a mass greater than the first weight portion.

10. A golf club head comprising:

a body portion comprising a front portion, a rear portion, a toe portion, a heel portion, a top portion, a bottom portion, and a skirt portion between the top portion and the bottom portion;

a port region defined by a curved outer surface portion of the bottom portion, the port region comprising a plurality of weight ports, each weight port of the plurality of weight ports having an opening on the curved outer surface portion, the plurality of weight ports comprising;

a first plurality of weight ports being closer to the front portion than the rear portion and extending between the toe portion and the heel portion a distance of at least 2.5 inches, the first plurality of weight ports arranged along a first arc that is convex relative to a tangent plane of the front portion; and

a second plurality of weight ports being closer to the rear portion than the front portion, the second plurality of weight ports arranged along a second arc that is concave relative to the tangent plane of the front portion; and

a first plurality of weight portions disposed in the first plurality of weight ports, a second plurality of weight portions disposed in the second plurality of weight ports, the first plurality of weight portions collectively defining a first mass, the second plurality of weight portions collectively defining a second mass, the first mass being greater than the second mass.

11. A golf club head as defined in claim 10, wherein the second plurality of weight ports extends between 2.5 and 3.7 inches between the toe portion and the heel portion.

12. A golf club head as defined in claim 10, wherein the second plurality of weight ports extends between 2.5 and 5 inches between the toe portion and the heel portion.

13. A golf club head as defined in claim 10, wherein the distance between the toe portion and the heel portion that the first plurality of weight ports extends is less than 3.7 inches.

14. A golf club head as defined in claim 10, wherein the distance between the toe portion and the heel portion that the first plurality of weight ports extends is less than 5 inches.

15. A golf club head comprising:

a body portion comprising a front portion, a rear portion, a toe portion, a heel portion, a top portion, a bottom portion, and a skirt portion between the top portion and the bottom portion;

a port region defined by a curved outer surface portion of the bottom portion, the port region comprising a plurality of weight ports, each weight port of the plurality of weight ports having an opening on the curved outer surface portion, the plurality of weight ports comprising;

a first plurality of weight ports being closer to the front portion than the rear portion and extending between the toe portion and the heel portion a distance of at least 2.5 inches, the first plurality of weight ports arranged along a first arc that is convex relative to a tangent plane of the front portion; and

a second plurality of weight ports being closer to the rear portion than the front portion, the second plurality of weight ports arranged along a second arc that is concave relative to the tangent plane of the front portion; and

a first plurality of weight portions disposed in the first plurality of weight ports, a second plurality of weight portions disposed in the second plurality of weight ports, the first plurality of weight portions collectively defining a first mass, the second plurality of weight portions collectively defining a second mass, the second mass being greater than the first mass.

16. A golf club head as defined in claim 15, wherein the second plurality of weight ports extends between 2.5 and 3.7 inches between the toe portion and the heel portion.

17. A golf club head as defined in claim 15, wherein the second plurality of weight ports extends between 2.5 and 5 inches between the toe portion and the heel portion.

18. A golf club head as defined in claim 15, wherein the distance between the toe portion and the heel portion that the first plurality of weight ports extends is less than 3.7 inches.

19. A golf club head as defined in claim 15, wherein the distance between the toe portion and the heel portion that the first plurality of weight ports extends is less than 5 inches.

20. A golf club head as defined in claim 15, wherein at least one of the first plurality of weight portions has a mass of about 0.4 grams, and wherein at least one of the second plurality of weight portions has a mass of about 2.6 grams.