Golf club heads and methods to manufacture golf club heads

• US 10,617,918 B2
• Filed: 03/01/2019
• Issued: 04/14/2020
• 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:
  US16/290,610
• Publication Number:
  US 20190192933A1
• Time in Patent Office: 410 Days
• Field of Search: 473344-339, 473341
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 1/00 Horizontal bars
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2053/0491 with added weights, e.g. changeable, replaceable
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2071/0694 Visual indication, e.g. Indicia
• 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 having an outer surface, and a plurality of ports. Each port may be defined by a bore having a bore opening on the outer surface of the bottom portion and a bore wall extending into the body portion from the bore opening. The plurality of ports may include a first set of ports configured in a first arc having at least three adjacent ports and a second set of ports configured in a second arc having at least three adjacent ports. Other examples and embodiments may be described and claimed.

Claims

1. A golf club head comprising:

a body portion having a front portion, a rear portion, a toe portion, a heel portion, a top portion, a bottom portion having an outer surface, and a plurality of ports, each port defined by a bore having a bore opening in the outer surface of the bottom portion and a bore wall extending into the body portion from the bore opening; and

a plurality of weight portions, each port of the plurality of ports containing a weight portion of the plurality of weight portions,

wherein the plurality of ports includes a first set of ports configured in a first arc extending from a location at or proximate to the toe portion to a location at or proximate to the heel portion and a second set of ports configured in a second arc extending from a location at or proximate to the toe portion to a location at or proximate to the heel portion, the first arc being closer to the front portion than the second arc,

wherein the first set of ports includes at least three adjacent ports, and the second set of ports includes at least three adjacent ports,

wherein the first set of ports are substantially similarly spaced apart, and the second set of ports are substantially similarly spaced apart.

2. A golf club head as defined in claim 1, wherein the first arc is convex relative to the front portion.

3. A golf club head as defined in claim 1, wherein the second arc is concave relative to the front portion.

4. A golf club head as defined in claim 1, wherein the first arc is convex relative to the front portion and the second arc is concave relative to the front portion.

5. A golf club head as defined in claim 1, wherein the first set of ports includes a greater number of the plurality of ports than the second set of ports.

6. A golf club head as defined in claim 1, wherein each pair of adjacent ports of the first set of ports are spaced apart by a nonadjustable distance of less than a diameter of either port of the pair of adjacent ports.

7. A golf club head as defined in claim 1, wherein each pair of adjacent ports of the second set of ports are spaced apart by a nonadjustable distance of less than a diameter of either port of the pair of adjacent ports.

8. A golf club head comprising:

a body portion having a front portion, a rear portion, a toe portion, a heel portion, a top portion, a bottom portion having an outer surface, and a plurality of ports, each port defined by a bore having a bore opening in the outer surface of the bottom portion and a bore wall extending into the body portion from the bore opening; and

a plurality of weight portions, each port of the plurality of ports containing a weight portion of the plurality of weight portions,

wherein the plurality of ports includes a first set of ports configured in a first arc extending from a location at or proximate to the toe portion to a location at or proximate to the heel portion and a second set of ports configured in a second arc extending from a location at or proximate to the toe portion to a location at or proximate to the heel portion, the first arc being closer to the front portion than the second arc,

wherein the first set of ports includes at least three adjacent ports, and the second set of ports includes at least three adjacent ports,

wherein the golf club head has a volume between 100 cc and 400 cc.

9. A golf club head as defined in claim 8, wherein the first arc is convex relative to the front portion.

10. A golf club head as defined in claim 8, wherein the second arc is concave relative to the front portion.

11. A golf club head as defined in claim 8, wherein the first arc is convex relative to the front portion and the second arc is concave relative to the front portion.

12. A golf club head as defined in claim 8, wherein the first set of ports includes a greater number of the plurality of ports than the second set of ports.

13. A golf club head as defined in claim 8, wherein each pair of adjacent ports of the first set of ports are spaced apart by a nonadjustable distance of less than a diameter of either port of the pair of adjacent ports.

14. A golf club head as defined in claim 8, wherein each pair of adjacent ports of the second set of ports are spaced apart by a nonadjustable distance of less than a diameter of either port of the pair of adjacent ports.

15. A golf club head comprising:

a body portion having a front portion, a rear portion, a toe portion, a heel portion, a top portion, a bottom portion having an outer surface, and a plurality of ports, each port defined by a bore having a bore opening in the outer surface of the bottom portion and a bore wall extending into the body portion from the bore opening; and

a plurality of weight portions, each port of the plurality of ports containing a weight portion of the plurality of weight portions,

wherein the plurality of ports includes a first set of ports configured in a first arc extending from a location at or proximate to the toe portion to a location at or proximate to the heel portion and a second set of ports configured in a second arc extending from a location at or proximate to the toe portion to a location at or proximate to the heel portion, the first arc being closer to the front portion than the second arc,

wherein the first set of ports includes at least three adjacent ports, and the second set of ports includes at least three adjacent ports,

wherein the golf club head has a mass between 100 grams and 350 grams.

16. A golf club head as defined in claim 15, wherein the first arc is convex relative to the front portion.

17. A golf club head as defined in claim 15, wherein the first arc is convex relative to the front portion and the second arc is concave relative to the front portion.

18. A golf club head as defined in claim 15, wherein the first set of ports includes a greater number of the plurality of ports than the second set of ports.

19. A golf club head as defined in claim 15, wherein each pair of adjacent ports of the first set of ports are spaced apart by a nonadjustable distance of less than a diameter of either port of the pair of adjacent ports.

20. A golf club head as defined in claim 15, wherein each pair of adjacent ports of the second set of ports are spaced apart by a nonadjustable distance of less than a diameter of either port of the pair of adjacent ports.