Golf club head with damping member

• US 20060100029A1
• Filed: 11/09/2004
• Published: 05/11/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 11/09/2004
• 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: Lo, Lai-Fa
• Application Number:
  US10/983,651
• Publication Number:
  US 20060100029A1
• 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 53/0416 Heads having an impact surface provided by a face insert
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 53/0433 with special sole configurations
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 53/0466 wood-type
• 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

A golf club head includes a body having at least one compartment and at least one damping member removably mounted in the at least one compartment. The damping member includes a receptacle, and a damping block is mounted in the receptacle for absorbing vibrations during a swing. The damping member includes an outer threading, and an inner periphery delimiting the compartment includes an inner threading for threadedly engaging with the outer threading of the damping member, allowing easy mounting and removal of the damping member.

Claims

1. A golf club head comprising:

a body including at least one compartment; and

at least one damping member removably mounted in said at least one compartment, said at least one damping member including a receptacle, a damping block being mounted in the receptacle for absorbing vibrations during a swing.

2. The golf club head as claimed in claim 1 wherein said at least one damping member includes an outer threading, and wherein an inner periphery delimiting said at least one compartment includes an inner threading for threadedly engaging with the outer threading of said at least one damping member.

3. The golf club head as claimed in claim 1 wherein said at least one damping member is made of a material selected from the group comprising epoxy, polyurethane, rubber, thermoplastic elastomers, foam materials, foamable resins, polyethylene, polyamides, and mixtures thereof.

4. The golf club head as claimed in claim 1 wherein said at least one damping member further includes a driving portion allowing rotation of said at least one damping member for mounting or disengaging said at least one damping member into or from said at least one compartment.

5. The golf club head as claimed in claim 1 wherein said at least one damping member further includes at least one weight member mounted in the receptacle.

6. The golf club head as claimed in claim 5 wherein said at least one weight member includes a first end in contact with an end wall delimiting the receptacle and a second end flush with an outer end face of said at least one damping member.

7. The golf club head as claimed in claim 5 wherein said at least one weight member is embedded in the damping block and includes an end in contact with an end wall delimiting the receptacle.

8. The golf club head as claimed in claim 5 wherein said at least one weight member is completely embedded in the damping block.

9. The golf club head as claimed in claim 5 wherein an inner periphery delimiting the receptacle of said at least one damping member includes an inner threading, and wherein said at least one weight member includes an outer threading for threadedly engaging with the inner threading of the receptacle.

10. The golf club head as claimed in claim 9 wherein said at least one weight member further includes a driving portion on an outer end thereof, allowing rotation of said at least one weight member for mounting or disengaging said at least one weight member into or from the receptacle.

11. The golf club head as claimed in claim 2 wherein said at least one damping member further includes at least one weight member mounted in the receptacle.

12. The golf club head as claimed in claim 11 wherein said at least one weight member includes a first end in contact with an end wall delimiting the receptacle and a second end flush with an outer end face of said at least one damping member.

13. The golf club head as claimed in claim 11 wherein said at least one weight member is embedded in the damping block and includes an end in contact with an end wall delimiting the receptacle.

14. The golf club head as claimed in claim 11 wherein said at least one weight member is completely embedded in the damping block.

15. The golf club head as claimed in claim 11 wherein an inner periphery delimiting the receptacle of said at least one damping member includes an inner threading, and wherein said at least one weight member includes an outer threading for threadedly engaging with the inner threading of the receptacle.

16. The golf club head as claimed in claim 15 wherein said at least one weight member further includes a driving portion on an outer end thereof, allowing rotation of said at least one weight member.

17. The golf club head as claimed in claim 2 wherein said at least one damping member is made of a material selected from the group comprising epoxy, polyurethane, rubber, thermoplastic elastomers, foam materials, foamable resins, polyethylene, polyamides, and mixtures thereof.

18. The golf club head as claimed in claim 2 wherein said at least one damping member further includes a driving portion allowing rotation of said at least one damping member for mounting or disengaging said at least one damping member into or from said at least one compartment.

19. The golf club head as claimed in claim 5 wherein said at least one damping member is made of a material selected from the group comprising epoxy, polyurethane, rubber, thermoplastic elastomers, foam materials, foamable resins, polyethylene, polyamides, and mixtures thereof.

20. The golf club head as claimed in claim 5 wherein said at least one damping member further includes a driving portion allowing rotation of said at least one damping member for mounting or disengaging said at least one damping member into or from said at least one compartment.