Wood-type golf club head

• US 4,795,159 A
• Filed: 07/08/1987
• Issued: 01/03/1989
• Est. Priority Date: 07/11/1986
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Yamaha Corporation
• Original Assignee: Yamaha Corporation
• Inventors: Nagamoto, Itsushi
• Primary Examiner(s): Marlo, George J.
• Application Number:
  US07/070,958
• Time in Patent Office: 545 Days
• Field of Search: 273/167 H, 273/172, 273/174, 273/171, 273/167 A, 273/167 F, 273/169, 273/173, 273/167 R
• US Class Current: 473/338
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2053/0491 with added weights, e.g. changeable, replaceable
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2209/00 Characteristics of used materials
• 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 53/0433 with special sole configurations
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 53/0466 wood-type
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 60/00 Details or accessories of golf clubs, bats, rackets or the like

Abstract

A hollow golf club head made from fiber reinforced plastic is provided with a sole plate of composite construction. The sole plate includes an inner resin block interengaged with an outer metal layer. A projection on the resin block extends upward into an opening in the bottom surface of the club head. An aperture passes through the center of the sole plate and through a nut embedded in the resin block. A threaded bolt is screwed into the embedded nut for weight adjustment.

Claims

1. A golf club head comprising a fiber reinforced plastic shell, said shell including a front wall forming an impact face, and a bottom surface including a recess, and a sole plate attached to said bottom surface of said shell, said sole plate comprising an outer metallic substrate having top and bottom surfaces and an inner resin block substrate having top and bottom surfaces, said bottom surface of said inner resin block substrate being attached to said top surface of said outer metallic substrate, and said top surface of said inner substrate resin block including an integral projection snugly fitting into said recess in said bottom surface of said shell so as to firmly anchor said sole plate in said shell.

2. The golf club head of claim 1 wherein said inner resin block substrate covers substantially the entire area of said bottom of said shell.

3. The golf club head of claim 1 wherein at least a portion of said outer metallic substrate includes at least one cutout portion, and wherein said inner resin block substrate includes projection means corresponding to said at least one cutout portion, said projection means including a surface portion corresponding to said bottom surface of said outer metallic substrate.

4. The golf club head of claim 3 wherein said at least one cutout portion includes first and second cutout portions, and wherein said projection means includes corresponding first and second projection members.

5. The golf club head of claim 4 wherein said first and second output portions are located on opposite sides of said outer metallic substrate with respect to a direction extending substantially perpendicular to said front wall of said shell.

6. The golf club head of claim 5 wherein each of said first and second cutout portions and said first and second projection members have corresponding semi-circular shapes.

7. The golf club head of claim 1, wherein said integral projection of said inner resin block substrate is cylindrical.

8. The golf club head of claim 7, wherein said cylindrical integral projection of said inner resin block substrate includes a through-hole and amass for weight adjustment snugly fitted in said through-hole.

9. The golf club head of claim 8 wherein said comprises an anchor nut embedded in said inner resin block substrate concentrically with said through-hole and a threaded bolt engaged with said anchor nut.

10. A golf club head comprising a fiber-reinforced plastic shell, said shell including a front wall forming an impact face and a bottom surface, and a sole plate attached to said bottom surface of said shell, said sole plate comprising an outer metallic substrate having top and bottom surfaces, and an inner resin block substrate having top and bottom surfaces, said bottom surface of said inner resin block substrate being attached to said top surface of said outer metallic substrate, at least a portion of said outer metallic substrate including at least one cutout portion, and said inner resin block substrate including projection means corresponding to said at least one cutout portion, said projection means including a surface portion corresponding to said bottom surface of said outer metallic substrate.

11. The golf club head of claim 10, wherein said inner resin block substrate covers substantially the entire area of said bottom of said shell.

12. The golf club head of claim 10, wherein said plastic shell bottom surface includes a recess, said top surface of said inner substrate resin block includes an integral projection and said integral projection snugly fits into said recess in said bottom surface of said shell so as to firmly anchor said sole plate in said shell.

13. The golf club head of claim 12, wherein said integral projection of said inner resin block substrate is cylindrical.

14. The golf club head of claim 13, wherein said cylindrical inner projection of said inner resin block substrate includes a through-hole and a mass for weight adjustment snugly fitted in said through-hole.

15. The golf club head of claim 14, wherein said mass comprises an attachment embedded in said inner resin block substrate concentrically with said through-hole and a threaded bolt engaged with said anchor nut.

16. The golf club head of claim 10 wherein said at least one cutout portion includes first and second cutout portions, and wherein said projection means includes corresponding first and second projection means.

17. The golf club head of claim 16 wherein said first and second cutout portions are located on opposite sides of said outer metallic substrate with respect to a direction extending substantially perpendicular to said front wall of said shell.

18. The golf club head of claim 17 wherein each of said first and second cutout portions and said first and second projection members have corresponding semicircular shapes.