Golf club head

• US 20020004427A1
• Filed: 05/04/2001
• Published: 01/10/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 07/10/2000
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Advanced International Multitech Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Advanced International Multitech Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: Chen, Chin-Sui, Cheng, Bernard, Chen, Hsiao-Kun, Chiu, Jen-Hung
• Application Number:
  US09/849,747
• Publication Number:
  US 20020004427A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 473/338
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2053/0491 with added weights, e.g. changeable, replaceable
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 53/04 Heads
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 53/0433 with special sole configurations
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 53/0458 with non-uniform thickness of the impact face plate
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 53/047 iron-type
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 60/00 Details or accessories of golf clubs, bats, rackets or the like
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 60/54 with means for damping vibrations

Abstract

A golf club head includes a head body with a tapered weighting member formed inside the head. The tapered weighting member has a top portion and a bottom portion having a thickness larger than that of the top portion to provide a low center of gravity in order to maintain stability of the head during a swing. The weighting member is made of metal which has rigidity lower than that of the material made of the head, and the weighting member is evenly formed behind a striking face of the head. By such an arrangement, the head is able to provide a shock absorbability thoughout the entire striking faces.

Claims

1. A golf club head having a head body with a striking face and a neck securely formed on the head body and extending upward from the head body, wherein the improvements comprise:

a weighting member added inside the head body and having a tapered configuration to lower a center of gravity of the golf club head in order to maintain stability during a swing.

2. The golf club head as claimed in claim 1, wherein the weighting member is integrally formed inside the head body and the weighting member has a top portion with a thickness thinner than a thickness of a bottom portion of the weighting member.

3. The golf club head as claimed in claim 2, wherein the weighting member is made of a material having a rigidity lower than a rigidity of a material from which the head body is made.

4. The golf club head as claimed in claim 3, wherein the weighting member is made of a material having a density higher than a density of the material of the head body.

5. The golf club head as claimed in claim 4, wherein the head body has a front part and a rear part securely formed together.

6. The golf club head as claimed in claim 5, wherein a slot is defined in a bottom surface of the rear part, such that the weighting member is able to be inserted into the head body through the slot.