GOLF CLUB HEAD

• US 20170173421A1
• Filed: 12/20/2016
• Published: 06/22/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 12/21/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sumitomo Rubber Industries Limited
• Original Assignee: Dunlop Sports Co. Ltd. (Sumitomo Rubber Industries Limited)
• Inventors: MIZUTANI, Naruhiro
• Granted Patent: US 9,931,551 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2053/0491 with added weights, e.g. changeable, replaceable
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 53/0433 with special sole configurations
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 53/0437 with special crown configurations
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 53/0466 wood-type
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 53/06 adjustable

Abstract

The golf club head includes a crown portion, a face portion, a sole portion, at least one recessed portion formed in one of the crown portion and the sole portion, at least one weight member configured to be attached to the recessed portion. The weight member has an upper surface, a lower surface and a side surface. The recessed portion is provided with a bottom surface correspond to the lower surface of the weight member, a first side wall surface that is continuous with the bottom surface and corresponds to the side surface of the weight member, and a second side wall surface that is continuous with the first side wall surface and constitutes an opening periphery of the recessed portion, and the second side wall surface is formed along the first side wall surface at a larger outer diameter than the first side wall surface.

Claims

1. A golf club head comprising:

a crown portion;

a face portion;

a sole portion;

at least one recessed portion formed in one of the crown portion and the sole portion;

at least one weight member configured to be attached to the recessed portion; and

a fixing member for fixing the weight member to the recessed portion,

wherein the weight member has an upper surface, a lower surface and a side surface, the upper surface and the lower surface being formed to have a polygonal shape in plane view, and is provided with a through hole for the fixing member to pass through,

the recessed portion is provided with a bottom surface formed to have a polygonal shape in plane view so as to correspond to the lower surface of the weight member, a first side wall surface that is continuous with the bottom surface and corresponds to the side surface of the weight member, and a second side wall surface that is continuous with the first side wall surface and constitutes an opening periphery of the recessed portion,

a fixing hole in which the fixing member is to be fixed is formed in the bottom surface, and

the second side wall surface is formed along the first side wall surface at a larger outer diameter than the first side wall surface.

2. A golf club head according to claim 1,

wherein the through hole of the weight member is provided with a large diameter portion that has a circular shape in plane view and is open in the upper surface, and a small diameter portion that has a circular shape in plane view and is open from a bottom surface of the large diameter portion to the lower surface of the weight member.

3. A golf club head according to claim 2,

wherein the fixing member is provided with a head portion being housed in the large diameter portion and a shaft portion extending from the head portion and being inserted into the small diameter portion.

10. The golf club head according to claim 1,

wherein the second side wall surface has a similar shape to the first side wall surface in plane view, and is formed in a position, centered on the fixing hole, rotated so as to incline from the first side wall surface in a manner that does not overlap with the first side wall surface.

11. The golf club head according to claim 10,

wherein the first side wall surface is disposed so as to be inscribed in the second side wall surface in plane view.

14. The golf club head according to claim 1,

wherein the fixing member is rotatably supported within the through hole of the weight member.

4. A golf club head comprising:

a crown portion;

a face portion;

a sole portion;

at least one recessed portion formed in one of the crown portion and the sole portion;

at least one weight member configured to be attached to the recessed portion; and

a fixing member for fixing the weight member to the recessed portion,

wherein the weight member is provided with a main body portion having an upper surface, a lower surface and a side surface, the upper surface and the lower surface being formed to have a polygonal shape in plane view, and a projecting portion projecting from the lower surface of the main body, and a through hole for the fixing member to pass through is provided in the main body portion and the projecting portion,

the projecting portion has a lower surface and a side surface that is continuous with the lower surface and connected to the lower surface of the main body portion,

the recessed portion is provided with a bottom surface and a side wall surface that is continuous with the bottom surface,

a recessed receiving portion into which the projecting portion of the weight member fits is formed in the bottom surface of the recessed portion,

the receiving portion is provided with a bottom surface in which a fixing hole in which the fixing member is to be fixed is formed, and a side wall surface that is continuous with the bottom surface, and

the golf club head is configured such that a gap is formed between the side surface of the main body portion of the weight member and the side wall surface of the recessed portion, when the projecting portion of the weight member rotates within the receiving portion centered on the fixing hole and the side surface of the projecting portion abuts the side wall surface of the receiving portion.

5. A golf club head according to claim 4,

wherein the through hole of the weight member is provided with a large diameter portion that has a circular shape in plane view and is open in the upper surface, and a small diameter portion that has a circular shape in plane view and is open from a bottom surface of the large diameter portion to the lower surface of the projecting portion.

6. A golf club head according to claim 5,

wherein the fixing member is provided with a head portion being housed in the large diameter portion and a shaft portion extending from the head portion and being inserted into the small diameter portion.

12. The golf club head according to claim 4,

wherein the side surface of the projecting portion is formed to have a rectangular shape in plane view, and

the side wall surface of the receiving portion is formed to have a rectangular shape in plane view, so as to correspond to the side surface of the projecting portion.

7. A golf club head comprising:

a crown portion;

a face portion;

a sole portion;

at least one recessed portion formed in one of the crown portion and the sole portion;

at least one weight member configured to be attached to the recessed portion; and

a fixing member for fixing the weight member to the recessed portion,

wherein the weight member has an upper surface, a lower surface and a side surface, a recessed receiving portion being formed in the lower surface, and is provided with a through hole that passes through the lower surface and is for the fixing member to pass through, and

the recessed portion is provided with a bottom surface formed to have a polygonal shape in plane view so as to correspond to the lower surface of the weight member, and a side wall surface that is continuous with the bottom surface,

a projecting portion that fits into the receiving portion is formed in the bottom surface of the recessed portion,

the projecting portion has an upper surface and a side surface that is continuous with the upper surface and connected to the bottom surface of the recessed portion,

the receiving portion is provided with a side wall surface that corresponds to the side surface of the projecting portion,

a fixing hole in which the fixing member is to be fixed is formed in the upper surface of the projecting portion, and

the golf club head is configured such that a gap is formed between the side surface of the weight member and the side wall surface of the recessed portion, when the weight member rotates within the recessed portion centered on the fixing hole and the side surface of the projecting portion abuts the side wall surface of the receiving portion.

8. A golf club head according to claim 7,

wherein the through hole of the weight member is provided with a large diameter portion that has a circular shape in plane view and is open in the upper surface, a small diameter portion extending from the large diameter portion, and the receiving portion is open from a bottom surface of the small diameter portion to the lower surface of the weight member.

9. A golf club head according to claim 8,

wherein the fixing member is provided with a head portion being housed in the large diameter portion and a shaft portion extending from the head portion and being inserted into the small diameter portion and the receiving portion.

13. The golf club head according to claim 7,

wherein the side surface of the projecting portion is formed to have a rectangular shape in plane view, and

the side wall surface of the receiving portion is formed to have a rectangular shape in plane view, so as to correspond to the side surface of the projecting portion.