Golf club heads and methods to manufacture golf club heads

• US 10,722,764 B2
• Filed: 12/17/2018
• Issued: 07/28/2020
• 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:
  US16/222,580
• Publication Number:
  US 20190118048A1
• Time in Patent Office: 589 Days
• Field of Search: 473332, 473334-346, 473349
• 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 53/045 Strengthening ribs
• 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
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 60/52 with slits
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 60/54 with means for damping vibrations

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 first interior cavity portion, a toe portion, a heel portion, a top portion, a bottom portion, a rear portion, a front portion having a face portion, and a plurality of ports in the bottom portion. The plurality of ports may include a first set of ports, a second set of ports, and a third set of ports. Other examples and embodiments may be described and claimed.

Claims

1. A golf club head comprising:

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

a plurality of ports in an outer surface of the bottom portion, the plurality of ports comprising;

a first set of ports extending between the toe portion and the heel portion;

a second set of ports located between the first set of ports and the toe portion and having at least one port being closer to the rear portion than the ports of the first set of ports; and

a third set of ports located between the first set of ports and the heel portion and having at least one port being closer to the rear portion than the ports of the first set of ports;

a groove portion on the outer surface of the bottom portion, the groove portion extending between the toe portion and the heel portion and located between the plurality of ports and the front portion; and

a filler material within the interior cavity portion.

2. A golf club head as defined in claim 1, wherein the first set of ports extends more than 50% of a maximum toe-to-heel distance of the golf club head.

3. A golf club head as defined in claim 1, wherein at least one port of the plurality of ports accesses the interior cavity portion.

4. A golf club head as defined in claim 1 further comprising a second interior cavity portion located at or near the rear portion and the bottom portion and containing the filler material.

5. A golf club head as defined in claim 1 further comprising a second interior cavity portion located at or near the rear portion and the bottom portion, the second interior cavity portion being at least 50% filled with the filler material.

6. A golf club head as defined in claim 1 further comprising a first groove portion on the bottom portion extending between the toe portion and the heel portion, a second groove portion on the bottom portion extending from the first groove portion toward the toe portion and the rear portion, and a third groove portion on the bottom portion extending from the first groove portion toward the heel portion and the rear portion.

7. A golf club head as defined in claim 1, wherein the golf club head has a volume greater than or equal to 300 cubic centimeters.

8. A golf club head comprising:

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

a plurality of ports formed in an outer surface of the bottom portion, the plurality of ports comprising;

a first set of ports extending between the toe portion and the heel portion;

a second set of ports located between the first set of ports and the toe portion and having at least one port being closer to the rear portion than the ports of the first set of ports; and

a third set of ports located between the first set of ports and the heel portion and having at least one port being closer to the rear portion than the ports of the first set of ports; and

an exterior support portion formed in the outer surface of the bottom portion,

wherein the exterior support portion is located between the plurality of ports and the front portion.

9. A golf club head as defined in claim 8, wherein the exterior support portion comprises:

a first groove portion extending between the toe portion and the heel portion in substantially the same direction as the front portion;

a second groove portion extending from the first groove portion toward the toe portion and the rear portion; and

a third groove portion extending from the first groove portion toward the heel portion and the rear portion.

10. A golf club head as defined in claim 8, wherein at least one port of the plurality of ports accesses the interior cavity portion.

11. A golf club head as defined in claim 8, wherein the exterior support portion comprises:

a first exterior support portion extending between the toe portion and the heel portion;

a second exterior support portion extending from the first exterior support portion toward the toe portion and the rear portion; and

a third exterior support portion extending from the first exterior support portion toward the heel portion and the rear portion.

12. A golf club head as defined in claim 8 wherein the first set of ports extends more than 50% of a maximum toe-to-heel distance of the golf club head.

13. A golf club head comprising:

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

a plurality of ports in an outer surface of the bottom portion, the plurality of ports comprising;

a first set of ports extending between the toe portion and the heel portion;

a second set of ports located between the first set of ports and the toe portion and having at least one port being closer to the rear portion than the ports of the first set of ports; and

a third set of ports located between the first set of ports and the heel portion and having at least one port being closer to the rear portion than the ports of the first set of ports; and

an exterior support portion in the outer surface of the bottom portion, the exterior support portion comprising;

a first groove portion extending between the toe portion and the heel portion;

a second groove portion extending from the first groove portion toward the toe portion and the rear portion; and

a third groove portion extending from the first groove portion toward the heel portion and the rear portion.

14. A golf club head as defined in claim 13, wherein the first set of ports extends more than 50% of a maximum toe-to-heel distance of the golf club head.

15. A golf club head as defined in claim 13 further comprising a filler material in the interior cavity portion.

16. A golf club head as defined in claim 13 further comprising an elastic polymer material bonded to a surface of the interior cavity portion.

17. A golf club head as defined in claim 13 further comprising a filler material in a second interior cavity, the second interior cavity located within the interior cavity portion and rearward of the first set of ports.

18. A golf club head as defined in claim 13 further comprising a filler material in a second interior cavity, the second interior cavity having a volume that is between about 5% and about 65% of a volume of the body portion.

19. A golf club head as defined in claim 13 further comprising a filler material in a second interior cavity, the second interior cavity having a volume that is between about 5% and about 25% of a volume of the body portion.

20. A golf club head as defined in claim 13, wherein the golf club head has a volume greater than or equal to 300 cubic centimeters.