GOLF CLUB HEAD

• US 20140024475A1
• Filed: 07/16/2013
• Published: 01/23/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 07/17/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sumitomo Rubber Industries Limited
• Original Assignee: Dunlop Sports Co. Ltd. (Sumitomo Rubber Industries Limited)
• Inventors: MOTOKAWA, Yuki
• Granted Patent: US 9,168,439 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 473/338
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 53/02 Joint structures between the head and the shaft
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 53/04 Heads
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 53/0408 characterised by specific dimensions, e.g. thickness
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 53/0433 with special sole configurations
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 53/0466 wood-type
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 53/047 iron-type
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 53/0487 for putters A63B53/065 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 60/54 with means for damping vibrations

Abstract

A recess 14 is formed in a sole 9 of a head 4. The recess 14 is an example of an opening part. A socket 10 is mounted to the recess 14. A weight body 12 capable of being attached/detached is attached to the socket 10. The weight body 12 has an engaging part 32 and an exposed part E1. The socket 10 has an interposition part 11. The interposition part 11 is interposed in at least a part between the exposed part E1 and a head body h1 in an attached state where the engaging part 32 is placed at an engaging position EP. The exposed part E1 is exposed to the outside in the attached state. The interposition part 11 does not fix the weight body 12.

Claims

1. A golf club head comprising:

a head body having a sole;

an opening part formed in the sole and opened to the outside;

a socket mounted to the opening part; and

a weight body capable of being attached/detached to/from the socket,

wherein the weight body can be attached/detached by relative rotation of an angle θ

to the socket;

the weight body has an engaging part and an exposed part;

the socket has a first hole part, a second hole part, and an interposition part;

the engaging part can take an engaging position EP and a non-engaging position NP in the second hole part by the relative rotation of the angle θ

;

the interposition part is interposed in at least a part between the exposed part and the head body in an attached state where the engaging part is placed at the engaging position EP;

the exposed part is exposed to the outside in the attached state; and

the interposition part does not fix the weight body.

2. The golf club head according to claim 1, wherein a length B1 in an insertion direction of the interposition part is 0.5 mm or greater and 5 mm or less;

a full length S1 in an insertion direction of the socket is 5 mm or greater and 13 mm or less;

the interposition part does not protrude to the outside with respect to the weight body in the attached state; and

the weight body does not protrude to the outside of the opening part in the attached state.

3. The golf club head according to claim 1, wherein a thickness B2 of the interposition part is 0.4 mm or greater and 1 mm or less;

and

an outer diameter B3 of the interposition part is 13 mm or greater and 17 mm or less.

4. The golf club head according to claim 1, wherein a material of the socket is an urethane-based polymer;

and

a hardness Hs of the socket is D40 or greater and D80 or less.

5. The golf club head according to claim 1, wherein a weight W1 of the weight body is 1 g or greater and 15 g or less.

6. The golf club head according to claim 1, wherein the head body further has a crown;

and

a shortest distance T1 between an inner surface of the crown and a bottom face of the socket in the attached state is 5 mm or greater and 15 mm or less.

7. The golf club head according to claim 1, wherein a head maximum thickness is 35 mm or greater and 70 mm or less.

8. The golf club head according to claim 1, wherein the second hole part has a resistance surface pressed by the engaging part in the middle of the relative rotation;

the plurality of resistance surfaces opposed to each other are provided; and

if a distance between the resistance surfaces is defined as F1, and a longest sectional size of the engaging part is defined as d1, F1/d1 is 0.935 or greater and 0.965 or less.

9. The golf club head according to claim 1, wherein if both end points of a longest cross line of the engaging part are defined as p1;

a cross length of the second hole part between positions with which the both end points p1 are brought into contact at the engaging position is defined as G1; and

a longest sectional size of the engaging part is defined as d1,

G1/d1 is 0.987 or greater and 0.996 or less.

10. The golf club head according to claim 1, wherein if a length of a shortest cross line of the second hole part is defined as H1, and a longest sectional size of the engaging part is defined as d1,

H1/d1 is 0.785 or greater and 0.915 or less.

11. The golf club head according to claim 1, wherein if a maximum torque (N·

m) required in attaching/detaching under an environment of 40°

C. is defined as T40, and a maximum torque (N·

m) required in attaching/detaching under an environment of 5°

C. is defined as T5,

T40/T5 is 0.30 or greater and 1 or less.

12. The golf club head according to claim 1, wherein if a maximum torque (N·

m) required in attaching/detaching under an environment of 25°

C. is defined as T25, and a maximum torque (N·

m) required in attaching/detaching under an environment of 5°

C. is defined as T5,

T25/T5 is 0.57 or greater and 1 or less.

13. The golf club head according to claim 1, wherein if a maximum torque (N·

m) required in attaching/detaching under an environment of 40°

C. is defined as T40, and a maximum torque (N·

m) required in attaching/detaching under an environment of 5°

C. is defined as T5,

T40 is equal to or greater than 1.0 (N·

m), and T5 is equal to or less than 6.3 (N·

m).