Golf club head

• US 10,471,311 B2
• Filed: 07/10/2018
• Issued: 11/12/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 07/11/2017
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sumitomo Rubber Industries Limited
• Original Assignee: Sumitomo Rubber Industries Limited
• Inventors: Kato, Masatoshi
• Primary Examiner(s): Hunter, Alvin A
• Application Number:
  US16/031,413
• Publication Number:
  US 20190015713A1
• Time in Patent Office: 490 Days
• Field of Search: 473324-350
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 53/0408 characterised by specific dimensions, e.g. thickness
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 53/0437 with special crown configurations
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 53/0466 wood-type

Abstract

The golf club head according to the present invention includes a face portion, a crown portion and a sole portion, the crown portion including a first region extending in a toe-heel direction along at least part of the face portion, a second region arranged further on a back side than the first region, and a step region extending in the toe-heel direction between the first region and the second region and extending downward toward the second region from the first region side, and the second region including a first part arranged in a vicinity of the middle in the toe-heel direction and contacting the step region, and a second part having a thinner wall thickness than the first part and arranged to surround a periphery of the first part on the back side, the toe side and the heel side of the first part.

Claims

1. A golf club head comprising:

a face portion;

a crown portion; and

a sole portion,

wherein the crown portion includes;

a first region extending in a toe-heel direction along at least part of the face portion;

a second region arranged further on a back side than the first region; and

a step region extending in the toe-heel direction between the first region and the second region, and extending downward toward the second region from the first region side,

wherein the second region includes;

a first part arranged in the vicinity of the second region middle portion in the toe-heel direction, and contacting the step region; and

a second part having a thinner wall thickness than the first part, and arranged to surround a periphery of the first part on the back side, the toe side and the heel side of the first part, and wherein the first part length in a face-back direction is 15 to 50% of the second region length in the face-back direction.

2. The golf club head according to claim 1, wherein the second part has a plurality of thin-walled portions extending radially on the back side from the first part and having a thinner wall thickness than other regions of the second part.

3. The golf club head according to claim 1, wherein the first part is formed such that the first part end edge contacting the step region and the first part end edge on the back side extend substantially parallel to each other in the toe-heel direction.

4. A golf club head comprising:

a face portion;

a crown portion; and

a sole portion,

wherein the crown portion includes;

a first region extending in a toe-heel direction along at least part of the face portion;

a second region arranged further on a back side than the first region; and

a step region extending in the toe-heel direction between the first region and the second region, and extending downward toward the second region from the first region side,

wherein the second region includes;

a first part arranged in the vicinity of the second region middle portion in the toe-heel direction, and contacting the step region; and

a second part having a thinner wall thickness than the first part, and arranged to surround a periphery of the first part on the back side, the toe side and the heel side of the first part, and wherein the first part length in the toe-heel direction is 20 to 75% of the second region length in the toe-heel direction.

5. The golf club head according to claim 4, wherein the first part is formed to have a toe-side end portion in a position separated from the face portion center by 5 to 40 mm on the toe side, and to have a heel-side end portion in a position separated from the face portion center by 5 to 30 mm on the heel side.

6. The golf club head according to claim 4, wherein the second part has a plurality of thin-walled portions extending radially on the back side from the first part and having a thinner wall thickness than other regions of the second part.

7. The golf club head according to claim 4, wherein the first part is formed such that the first part end edge contacting the step region and the first part end edge on the back side extend substantially parallel to each other in the toe-heel direction.

8. A golf club head comprising:

a face portion;

a crown portion; and

a sole portion,

wherein the crown portion includes;

a first region extending in a toe-heel direction along at least part of the face portion;

a second region arranged further on a back side than the first region; and

a step region extending in the toe-heel direction between the first region and the second region, and extending downward toward the second region from the first region side,

wherein the second region includes;

a first part arranged in the vicinity of the second region middle portion in the toe-heel direction, and contacting the step region; and

a second part having a thinner wall thickness than the first part, and arranged to surround a periphery of the first part on the back side, the toe side and the heel side of the first part, and

the first part is formed such that the first part length in the toe-heel direction becomes shorter moving toward the back side.

9. The golf club head according to claim 8, wherein the second part has a plurality of thin-walled portions extending radially on the back side from the first part and having a thinner wall thickness than other regions of the second part.

10. The golf club head according to claim 8, wherein the first part is formed such that the first part end edge contacting the step region and the first part end edge on the back side extend substantially parallel to each other in the toe-heel direction.