Golf club heads and methods to manufacture golf club heads

• US 10,716,978 B2
• Filed: 08/22/2017
• Issued: 07/21/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 05/13/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Parsons Xtreme Golf, Llc
• Original Assignee: Parsons Xtreme Golf, Llc
• Inventors: Parsons, Robert R., Nicolette, Michael R., Schweigert, Bradley D.
• Primary Examiner(s): Passaniti, Sebastiano
• Application Number:
  US15/683,564
• Publication Number:
  US 20170348570A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,064 Days
• Field of Search: 473324-350, 473287-292
• 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 53/0408 characterised by specific dimensions, e.g. thickness
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 53/0416 Heads having an impact surface provided by a face insert
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 53/0433 with special sole configurations
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 53/0445 Details of grooves or the like on the impact surface
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 53/0466 wood-type
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 53/047 iron-type
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 53/0475 with one or more enclosed cavities
• CPC Class Codes: B29C 45/20 Injection nozzles B29C45/1603 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: B29L 2031/5227 Clubs

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 with a toe portion, a heel portion, a top portion, a sole portion, a back portion, and a front portion. The golf club head may include an interior cavity. Other examples and embodiments may be described and claimed.

Claims

1. A golf club head comprising:

a body portion having a front portion, a toe portion with a toe portion edge, a heel portion with a hosel portion, a back portion with a back wall portion, a top portion with a top portion edge, a sole portion with a sole portion edge, and an interior cavity;

a first mass portion having a threaded outer wall;

a face portion coupled to the front portion to close the interior cavity;

a second mass portion coupled to the body portion below a horizontal midplane of the body portion, the second mass portion having a first end, a second end, a width, and a length defined by a distance between the first end and the second end, the length of the second mass portion being greater than the width of the second mass portion;

a port above the second mass portion and connected to the interior cavity, the port having a threaded inner wall configured to engage the threaded outer wall of the first mass portion to close the port; and

a polymer material in the interior cavity,

wherein the polymer material is injected into the interior cavity from the port,

wherein a distance between the first end of the second mass portion and the toe portion edge is less than a distance between the second end of the second mass portion and the toe portion edge,

wherein a distance between the port and the toe portion edge is less than a distance between the port and the hosel portion,

wherein the first mass portion is made from a material having a greater density than a material of the body portion,

wherein the second mass portion is made from a material having a greater density than a material of the body portion,

wherein the first mass portion and the second mass portion are spaced apart from the face portion, and

wherein a total mass of the second mass portion is greater than or equal to five times a total mass of the first mass portion.

2. A golf club head as defined in claim 1, wherein at least a portion of the length of the second mass portion extends in the same direction as the sole portion edge.

3. A golf club head as defined in claim 1, wherein at least a portion of the length of the second mass portion extends in the same direction as the toe portion edge.

4. A golf club head as defined in claim 1, wherein a distance between the first end of the second mass portion and the horizontal midplane is less than a distance between the second end of the second mass portion and the horizontal midplane.

5. A golf club head as defined in claim 1, wherein the back wall portion of the body portion includes a port having a shape configured to receive the second mass portion.

6. A golf club head as defined in claim 1, wherein the face portion comprises a thickness of greater than about 1.0 millimeter (0.040 inch) and less than about 1.9 millimeters (0.075 inch).

7. A golf club head as defined in claim 1 further comprising a mass portion located above the horizontal midplane and located on the body portion opposite to the hosel portion to counter-balance a mass of the hosel portion.

8. A golf club head comprising:

a body portion having a front portion, a toe portion with a toe portion edge, a heel portion with a hosel portion, a back portion with a back wall portion, a top portion with a top portion edge, a sole portion with a sole portion edge, and an interior cavity;

a face portion coupled to the front portion to close the interior cavity;

a first mass portion;

a second mass portion coupled to the body portion below a horizontal midplane of the body portion, the second mass portion having a first end, a second end, a width, and a length defined by a distance between the first end and the second end, the length of the second mass portion being greater than the width of the second mass portion;

a port above the second mass portion and connected to the interior cavity, the port having a threaded port wall configured to engage a threaded outer wall portion of the first mass portion to close the port; and

a polymer material injected into the interior cavity from the port,

wherein a distance between the port and the toe portion edge is less than a distance between the port and the hosel portion,

wherein the second mass portion is located on the body portion such that a greater portion of a total mass of the second mass portion is closer to the toe portion edge than the hosel portion,

wherein the first mass portion and the second mass portion are made from a metallic material having a greater density than a material of the body portion, and

wherein a total mass of the second mass portion is greater than or equal to five times a total mass of the first mass portion.

9. A golf club head as defined in claim 8, wherein at least a portion of the length of the second mass portion extends in the same direction as the sole portion edge, and wherein at least another portion of the second mass portion extends in the same direction as the toe portion edge.

10. A golf club head as defined in claim 8, wherein a width of the second mass portion is similar along the length of the second mass portion.

11. A golf club head as defined in claim 8, wherein a distance between the first end of the second mass portion and the horizontal midplane is less than a distance between the second end of the second mass portion and the horizontal midplane.

12. A golf club head as defined in claim 8, wherein the back wall portion of the body portion includes a port having a shape configured to receive the second mass portion, and wherein the second mass portion is bonded in the port with a bonding agent.

13. A golf club head as defined in claim 8, wherein an outer surface of the second mass portion defines an outer surface of the back wall portion.

14. A golf club head comprising:

a body portion having a front portion, a toe portion with a toe portion edge, a heel portion with a hosel portion, a back portion with a back wall portion, a top portion with a top portion edge, a sole portion with a sole portion edge, and an interior cavity;

a face portion coupled to the front portion to close the interior cavity;

a first mass portion having a threaded outer wall;

a second mass portion coupled to the body portion below a horizontal midplane of the body portion, the second mass portion having a first end, a second end, a width, and a length defined by a distance between the first end and the second end, the length of the second mass portion being greater than the width of the second mass portion;

a first port above the second mass portion and connected to the interior cavity, the first port having a threaded inner wall configured to engage the threaded outer wall of the first mass portion to close the first port;

a second port on the body portion having a shape configured to receive the second mass portion; and

a polymer material in the interior cavity,

wherein the polymer material is injection molded into the interior cavity from the second port,

wherein a distance between the first end of the second mass portion and the toe portion edge is less than a distance between the second end of the second mass portion and the toe portion edge,

wherein the first mass portion and the second mass portion are made from a metallic material having a greater density than a material of the body portion,

wherein the second mass portion is located on the body portion such that a greater portion of a total mass of the second mass portion is closer to the toe portion edge than the hosel portion, and

wherein a total mass of the second mass portion is greater than or equal to five times a total mass of the first mass portion.

15. A golf club head as defined in claim 14, wherein at least a portion of the length of the second mass portion extends in the same direction as the sole portion edge, and wherein at least another portion of the second mass portion extends in the same direction as the toe portion edge.

16. A golf club head as defined in claim 14, wherein a width of the second mass portion is similar along the length of the second mass portion.

17. A golf club head as defined in claim 14, wherein a distance between the first end of the second mass portion and the horizontal midplane is less than a distance between the second end of the second mass portion and the horizontal midplane.

18. A golf club head as defined in claim 14, wherein the second mass portion is bonded in the first port with a bonding agent.

19. A golf club head as defined in claim 14, wherein the second mass portion is made of a material having a greater density than a material of the first mass portion.

20. A golf club head as defined in claim 14, wherein the second mass portion is made of a material having a different density than the material of the first mass portion.