Iron clud head

• US 20050255936A1
• Filed: 05/14/2004
• Published: 11/17/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 05/14/2004
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: FU Sheng Industrial Company Limited (Cooperative Valiant APO Global UA)
• Original Assignee: FU Sheng Industrial Company Limited (Cooperative Valiant APO Global UA)
• Inventors: Huang, Chung-Yung
• Application Number:
  US10/845,105
• Publication Number:
  US 20050255936A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 473/329
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2053/0491 with added weights, e.g. changeable, replaceable
• 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 53/047 iron-type
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 60/02 Ballast means for adjusting the centre of mass A63B60/24, A63B60/54 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 60/54 with means for damping vibrations

Abstract

An iron club head includes a striking plate for striking a golf ball and a body. The body includes an elastically deformable thin wall. An opening is defined in a front side of the body and surrounded by the thin wall. The striking plate is bonded in the opening. The thin wall has a thickness smaller than that of the striking plate. When the iron club head hits a golf ball, a momentum of striking generated as a result of hitting the golf ball causes elastic deformation of the striking plate and the thin wall to increase an overall deformation of the iron club head.

Claims

1. An iron club head comprising:

a striking plate adapted to strike a golf ball; and

a body including an elastically deformable thin wall, an opening being defined in a front side of the body and surrounded by the thin wall, the striking plate being bonded in the opening;

wherein the thin wall has a thickness smaller than that of the striking plate; and

wherein when the iron club head hits a golf ball, a momentum of striking generated as a result of hitting the golf ball causes elastic deformation of the striking plate and the thin wall to increase an overall deformation of the iron club head.

2. The iron club head as claimed in claim 1, wherein the thickness of the thin wall is between 0.5 mm and 2.0 mm.

3. The iron club head as claimed in claim 1, wherein the thickness of the striking plate is between 2.0 mm and 3.5 mm.

4. The iron club head as claimed in claim 1, wherein the iron club head further comprises a weight member fixed to an inner face of the thin wall at a position behind a lower portion of the striking plate.

5. The iron club head as claimed in claim 4, wherein a weight ratio of the body and the weight member is smaller than 5.5.

6. The iron club head as claimed in claim 1, wherein the iron club head further comprises a weight member integrally formed on an inner face of the thin wall at a position behind a lower portion of the striking plate.

7. The iron club head as claimed in claim 6, wherein a weight ratio of the body and the weight member is smaller than 5.5.

8. The iron club head as claimed in claim 1, wherein the thin wall has a closed rear side.

9. The iron club head as claimed in claim 1, wherein the thin wall has a rear side, the rear side of the thin wall having an opening in an upper section thereof.