Wood-type golf club head

• US 20060100031A1
• 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: Lan, Shou-Te
• Application Number:
  US10/983,647
• Publication Number:
  US 20060100031A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 473/345
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2209/023 Long, oriented fibres, e.g. wound filaments, woven fabrics, mats
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 53/0408 characterised by specific dimensions, e.g. thickness
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 53/0437 with special crown configurations
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 53/0466 wood-type

Abstract

A wood-type golf club head includes a body and a crown plate. The body includes a striking face and a crown. An opening is defined in the crown of the body. The crown further includes an engaging section between a front edge delimiting the opening and a top end of the striking face. The crown plate is bonded to the crown of the body and covers the opening of the body. The crown plate includes a front engaging portion having a thickness greater than a remaining portion of the crown plate. The front engaging portion is bonded with the front engaging section of the body for improving impact-resistance property of the crown plate.

Claims

1. A wood-type golf club head comprising:

a body including a striking face and a crown, an opening being defined in the crown of the body, the crown further including an engaging section between a front edge delimiting the opening and a top end of the striking face; and

a crown plate bonded to the crown of the body and covering the opening of the body;

the crown plate including a front engaging portion having a thickness greater than a remaining portion of the crown plate, the front engaging portion being bonded with the front engaging section of the body for improving impact-resistance property of the crown plate.

2. The wood-type golf club head as claimed in claim 1 wherein the crown plate includes a plurality of layers made of one of light metals and light non-metal light materials.

3. The wood-type golf club head as claimed in claim 2 wherein the layers are made of materials selected from the group comprising aluminum, magnesium, titanium, aluminum alloy, magnesium alloy, titanium alloy, carbon fibers, and Kevlar fibers.

4. The wood-type golf club head as claimed in claim 1 wherein the front engaging portion of the crown plate includes a length ranging from 10 mm to 40 mm.

5. The wood-type golf club head as claimed in claim 1 wherein the front engaging portion of the crown plate includes a thickness ranging from 0.6 mm to 1 mm.

6. The wood-type golf club head as claimed in claim 1 wherein the front engaging portion of the crown plate includes a length greater than that of the engaging section of the body.

7. The wood-type golf club head as claimed in claim 1 wherein the front engaging portion of the crown plate includes a front end that is flush with the striking face of the body.

8. The wood-type golf club head as claimed in claim 1 wherein the engaging section of the body includes a recessed portion communicated with the opening, and wherein the front engaging portion of the crown plate is engaged with the recessed portion.

9. The wood-type golf club head as claimed in claim 1 wherein the front engaging portion of the crown plate is bonded with an upper face of the engaging section of the body.

10. The wood-type golf club head as claimed in claim 5 wherein the remaining portion of the crown plate includes a thickness ranging from 0.4 mm to 0.8 mm.

11. The wood-type golf club head as claimed in claim 4 wherein the front engaging portion of the crown plate includes a thickness ranging from 0.6 mm to 1 mm.

12. The wood-type golf club head as claimed in claim 11 wherein the remaining portion of the crown plate includes a thickness ranging from 0.4 mm to 0.8 mm.

13. The wood-type golf club head as claimed in claim 1 wherein the recessed portion of the engaging section of the body faces outward.

14. The wood-type golf club head as claimed in claim 13 wherein the front engaging portion of the crown portion has a length greater than that of the recessed portion of the engaging section of the body.