Golf club head

• US 4,667,963 A
• Filed: 10/10/1985
• Issued: 05/26/1987
• Est. Priority Date: 03/18/1985
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Yonex Sports Kabushiki Kaisha 900-1 Tsukanoyama AZA Koshiji-Machi Santo-Gun Niigata-Ken Japan
• Original Assignee: Yonex Kabushiki Kaisha
• Inventors: Yoneyama, Minoru
• Primary Examiner(s): Marlo, George J.
• Application Number:
  US06/786,308
• Time in Patent Office: 593 Days
• Field of Search: 273/167 F, 273/169, 273/167 R, 273/167 A, 273/167 J, 273/78, 273/170, 273/171, 273/172, 273/175, 273/168
• US Class Current: 473/348
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2209/02 with reinforcing fibres, e.g. carbon, polyamide fibres
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 53/04 Heads
• 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 53/045 Strengthening ribs
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 53/047 iron-type
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 60/00 Details or accessories of golf clubs, bats, rackets or the like

Abstract

A golf club head includes a sole formed of metal material such as soft iron, stainless steel, and the like; a hosel for receiving a shaft therein and formed of metal material integrally with the sole; a filler member having a specific gravity of 5 to 7 and formed by mixing fiber reinforced resin material with weighty material, the filler member having a substantially triangular shape in cross section and secured to the sole; and a fiber reinforced resin layer having a substantially inverted V shape in cross section, the layer being fitted over and enclosing the filler member, and lower marginal edges of the layer being substantially flush with upper edges of the sole.

Claims

1. A golf club head of the iron type and comprising:

a sole formed of a metal material;

a hosel for receiving a shaft therein and formed of said metal material integrally with said sole;

a rib formed on an upper surface of said sole integrally therewith, said rib extending from a heel portion to a toe portion of the golf club head along the longitudinal direction of said sole;

a filler member having a specific gravity of 5 to 7 and formed by a mixture of fiber reinforced resin material with weighty material, said filler member having a cross-sectional shape with a wider base and a narrower apex, said filler member being integrally fixed over said sole with said rib being embedded within said filler member, a lower end of said filler member having a thickness in a direction of swing of the head smaller than the thickness of said sole to provide front and rear shoulders therebetween; and

a fiber reinforced resin layer having a substantially inverted V-shape in cross section, said layer being fitted over and enclosing said filler member, said layer and said filler member being bonded together during the molding thereof, and lower marginal edges of said layer being substantially flush with upper edges of said sole at said shoulders.

2. A golf club head as claimed in claim 1, wherein said weighty material comprises powdered heavy metal such as powdered lead, tungsten and the like.

3. A golf club head as claimed in claim 1, wherein said sole has a thickness gradually increasing towards the back of the head and an inclined upper surface.

4. A golf club head as claimed in claim 1, wherein the reinforcing fiber of said fiber reinforced resin layer comprises long carbon fiber.