Golf club heads and methods to manufacture golf club heads

• US 10,695,623 B2
• Filed: 04/04/2019
• Issued: 06/30/2020
• 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:
  US16/375,553
• Publication Number:
  US 20190232122A1
• Time in Patent Office: 453 Days
• Field of Search: 473334-339, 473344
• 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 53/0408 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 53/06 adjustable
• 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 and a plurality of weight portions. The body portion may include a front portion, a rear portion, a toe portion, a heel portion, a top portion, and a bottom portion having a plurality of ports. The plurality of ports may include a first set of ports and a second set of ports. Each port of the plurality of ports may be configured to receive a weight portion of the plurality of weight portions. Other examples and embodiments may be described and claimed.

Claims

1. A golf club head comprising:

a plurality of weight portions;

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

a plurality of ports in an outer surface of the bottom portion, each port of the plurality of ports configured to receive a weight portion of the plurality of weight portions, the plurality of ports comprising;

a first set of ports having a first end port of the first set of ports being closer to the toe portion than other ports of the first set of ports and a second end port of the first set of ports being closer to the heel portion than other ports of the first set of ports, the first set of ports having a plurality of ports of the first set of ports between the first end port of the first set of ports and the second end port of the first set of ports, the first set of ports being closer to the front portion than to the rear portion; and

a second set of ports having a first end port of the second set of ports being closer to the toe portion than the other ports of the second set of ports and a second end port of the second set of ports being closer to the heel portion than the other ports of the second set of ports, the second set of ports having at least one port between the first end port of the second set of ports and the second end port of the second set of ports, the second set of ports being closer to the rear portion than to the front portion.

2. A golf club head as defined in claim 1, wherein the first set of ports are configured in a concave arc relative to the rear portion.

3. A golf club head as defined in claim 1, wherein the second set of ports are configured in a concave arc relative to the front portion.

4. A golf club head as defined in claim 1, wherein the ports of the first set of ports are substantially similarly spaced apart and have substantially similar port diameters.

5. A golf club head as defined in claim 1, wherein the ports of the second set of ports are substantially similarly spaced apart and have substantially similar port diameters.

6. A golf club head as defined in claim 1, wherein adjacent ports of the first set of ports are spaced apart by less than or equal to a diameter of any of the ports of the first set of ports.

7. A golf club head as defined in claim 1, wherein adjacent ports of the second set of ports are spaced apart by less than or equal to a diameter of any of the ports of the second set of ports.

8. A golf club head as defined in claim 1, wherein the first end port of the first set of ports is closer to the toe portion than the first end port of the second set of ports.

9. A golf club head as defined in claim 1, wherein the second end port of the first set of ports is closer to the heel portion than the second end port of the second set of ports.

10. A golf club head as defined in claim 1, wherein a total number of ports in the first set of ports is greater than or equal to the total number of ports in the second set of ports.

11. A golf club head comprising:

a plurality of weight portions;

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

a plurality of ports in an outer surface of the bottom portion, each port of the plurality of ports configured to receive a weight portion of the plurality of weight portions, the plurality of ports comprising;

a first set of ports having a first end port of the first set of ports located proximate to the toe portion and a second end port of the first set of ports located proximate to the heel portion, the first set of ports having at least a third port between the first end port of the first set of ports and the second end port of the first set of ports, the first set of ports being closer to the front portion than to the rear portion; and

a second set of ports having a first end port of the second set of ports being closer to the toe portion than the other ports of the second set of ports and a second end port of the second set of ports being closer to the heel portion than the other ports of the second set of ports, the second set of ports being closer to the rear portion than to the front portion,

wherein a distance between the first end port of the first set of ports and the second end port of the first set of ports is more than 50% of a maximum distance between the toe and heel portions across the outer surface of the bottom portion.

12. A golf club head as defined in claim 11, wherein the plurality of weight portions comprises a first set of weight portions and a second set of weight portions, each weight portion of the first set of weight portions being associated with a first mass and the first set of weight ports, and each weight portion of the second set of weight portions being associated with a second mass and the second set of weight ports, wherein the first mass is greater than the second mass.

13. A golf club head as defined in claim 11, wherein the total number of ports in the first set of ports is greater than or equal to the total number of ports in the second set of ports.

14. A golf club head as defined in claim 11, wherein the first set of ports forms a first discrete arc and the second set of ports forms a second discrete arc.

15. A golf club head as defined in claim 11, wherein the golf club head comprises a mass ranging from 100 grams to 350 grams.

16. A golf club head comprising:

a plurality of weight portions;

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

a plurality of ports in an outer surface of the bottom portion, each port of the plurality of ports configured to receive a weight portion of the plurality of weight portions, the plurality of ports comprising;

a first set of ports having a first end port of the first set of ports being closer to the toe portion than other ports of the first set of ports, a second end port of the first set of ports being closer to the heel portion than other ports of the first set of ports, and at least a third port of the first set of ports between the first end port of the first set of ports and the second end port of the first set of ports, the first set of ports being closer to the front portion than to the rear portion; and

a second set of ports having a first end port of the second set of ports being closer to the toe portion than the other ports of the second set of ports, a second end port of the second set of ports being closer to the heel portion than the other ports of the second set of ports, and at least a third port of the second set of ports between the first end port of the second set of ports and the second end port of the second set of ports, the second set of ports being closer to the rear portion than to the front portion.

17. A golf club head as defined in claim 16, wherein the second set of ports are arranged in an arc that follows a contour of the rear portion.

18. A golf club head as defined in claim 16, wherein the golf club head has a volume between and including 100 and 400 cubic centimeters.

19. A golf club head as defined in claim 16, wherein the first set of ports forms a first discrete arc extending more than 50% of a maximum toe-to-heel club head distance.

20. A golf club head as defined in claim 16, wherein a gap is located between the first end port of the first set of ports and the first end port of the second set of ports, the gap being equal to or larger than a diameter of the first end port of the first set of ports and larger than a diameter of the first end port of the second set of ports.