GOLF CLUB HEAD

• US 20160354656A1
• Filed: 06/03/2016
• Published: 12/08/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 06/05/2015
• Status: Active Application

• Current Assignee: Sumitomo Rubber Industries Limited
• Original Assignee: Dunlop Sports Co. Ltd. (Sumitomo Rubber Industries Limited)
• Inventors: KATO, Masatoshi
• Application Number:
  US15/173,278
• Publication Number:
  US 20160354656A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 53/0408 characterised by specific dimensions, e.g. thickness
• 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 53/0458 with non-uniform thickness of the impact face plate
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 53/0466 wood-type

Abstract

Provided is a golf club head in which the restitution performance of a lower part of the face portion can be improved. The golf club head of the invention includes a head body having a crown portion, a sole portion and an opening surrounded by the crown portion and the sole portion, and a face member closing the opening of the head body. The face member is formed in a cup shape having a tabular face portion for hitting the ball and a peripheral portion extending from a periphery of the face portion and joined to an end surface of the opening. The peripheral portion includes a first peripheral region joined to the crown portion and a second peripheral region joined to the sole portion. The second peripheral region is more than 1.6 times larger in width than the first peripheral region, and has a width larger than 8 mm.

Claims

1. A golf club head comprising:

a golf club head body having a crown portion and a sole portion, and having an opening surrounded by the crown portion and the sole portion; and

a face member closing the opening of the golf club head body,

wherein the face member is formed in a cup shape having a tabular face portion that hits a ball and a peripheral portion that extends from a periphery of the face portion and is joined to an end surface of the opening,

the peripheral portion includes a first peripheral region joined to the crown portion and a second peripheral region joined to the sole portion, with a width of the second peripheral region being more than 1.6 times larger than a width of the first peripheral region, and

the width of the second peripheral region is larger than 8 mm.

2. The golf club head according to claim 1, wherein the width of the second peripheral region is 1.8 or more times larger than the width of the first peripheral region.

3. The golf club head according to claim 1,

wherein a frontal thick-walled portion is formed in an inner wall surface of the sole portion,

the frontal thick-walled portion is thicker than the second peripheral region,

a distance in a face-back direction between the frontal thick-walled portion and the second peripheral region is 10 mm or less, and

a ratio F2/F1 is 1.25 to 10.0, where F1 is a height of the frontal thick-walled portion from a undersurface of the sole portion, and F2 is a maximum length of the frontal thick-walled portion in the face-back direction.

4. The golf club head according to claim 3,

wherein a central thin-walled portion is further formed in the inner wall surface of the sole portion, the central thin-walled portion is arranged on the back side than the frontal thick-walled portion and is thinner than the frontal thick-walled portion.

5. The golf club head according to claim 4,

wherein a length of the central thin-walled portion in a toe-heel direction is formed so as to decrease toward the back side.

6. The golf club head according to claim 4,

wherein at least a part of the central thin-walled portion is placed on a placement surface in a reference state and the remaining portion of the central thin-walled portion inclines upward toward the back side.

7. The golf club head according to claim 3,

wherein a peripheral thick-walled portion is further formed in the inner wall surface of the sole portion, the peripheral thick-walled portion surrounds at least of the frontal thick-walled portion.

8. The golf club head according to claim 7,

wherein the peripheral thick-walled portion is thinner than the frontal thick-walled portion.

9. The golf club head according to claim 7,

wherein the peripheral thick-walled portion is at least partially larger in width on the heel side than on the toe side.

10. The golf club head according to claim 7, wherein the peripheral thick-walled portion is formed to have a substantially U-shape projecting toward the back side.

11. The golf club head according to claim 7,

wherein at least a part of the peripheral thick-walled portion is placed on a placement surface in a reference state and the remaining portion of the peripheral thick-walled portion inclines upward toward the back side.

12. The golf club head according to claim 7,

wherein a peripheral thin-walled portion is further formed in the inner wall surface of the sole portion, the peripheral thin-walled portion is arranged on the back side of the peripheral thick-walled portion, so as to surround the peripheral thick-walled portion, and is thinner than the peripheral thick-walled portion.

13. The golf club head according to claim 12,

wherein at least a part of the peripheral thin-walled portion is placed on a placement surface in a reference state and the remaining portion of the peripheral thin-walled portion inclines upward toward the back side.

14. The golf club head according to claim 1, wherein an end surface of the peripheral portion of the face member and the end surface of the opening of the golf club head body joined thereto are substantially the same thickness, and are joined by welding.

15. The golf club head according to claim 1, wherein an end surface of the first peripheral region of the face member is thicker than the end surface of the opening at the crown portion of the golf club head body.

16. A golf club head comprising:

a golf club head body having a crown portion and a sole portion, and having an opening surrounded by the crown portion and the sole portion; and

a face member closing the opening of the golf club head body,

wherein the face member is formed in a cup shape having a tabular face portion that hits a ball and a peripheral portion that extends from a periphery of the face portion and is joined to an end surface of the opening,

the peripheral portion includes a first peripheral region joined to the crown portion and a second peripheral region joined to the sole portion, with a width of the second peripheral region being more than 1.6 times larger than a width of the first peripheral region,

the width of the second peripheral region is larger than 8 mm, and

the sole portion includes a joining portion that is joined to the second peripheral region and extends on a back side, and a frontal thick-walled portion that is thicker than the joining portion and the second peripheral region and is arranged on the back side.

17. The golf club head according to claim 16, wherein a length of the frontal thick-walled portion in a toe-heel direction is formed so as to decrease toward the back side.