Method for producing a wood-type golf club head

• US 4,803,023 A
• Filed: 02/19/1987
• Issued: 02/07/1989
• Est. Priority Date: 09/17/1985
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Nippon Gakki Seizo Kabushiki Kaisha 10-1 Nakazawa-Cho Hamamatsu-Shi Shizuoka-Ken Japan
• Original Assignee: Yamaha Corporation
• Inventors: Enomoto, Koichi, Nakanishi, Tatsuo
• Primary Examiner(s): Marlo, George J.
• Application Number:
  US07/016,242
• Time in Patent Office: 719 Days
• Field of Search: 273/167 H, 273/171, 273/171, 273/174, 273/169, 273/167 F, 273/167 A, 264/45.4, 264/46.6
• US Class Current: 264/45.4
• 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
• CPC Class Codes: B29C 44/18 Filling preformed cavities B29C44/1204 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: B29L 2031/5227 Clubs

Abstract

In production of a wood-type golf club head having a FRP shell and a foam resin core, a seat hole is formed in the sole portion of the club head and closed by a support plate having a threaded through hole at the center of gravity thereof; foamable resin is infused into the FRP shell cavity in the form of fine beads or solution, a plug as a weight balance adjusting piece is screwed into the support plate in direct contact with the foam resin core for secure holding of the weight balance adjusting piece during use of the club.

Claims

1. Method for producing a wood-type golf club head comprising the steps of

preparing a FRP shell having a cavity and defining a bottom section,

forming a seat hole in said bottom section of said FRP shell,

securedly closing said seat hole with a support plate having a threaded through hole at the position of the center of gravity thereof,

infusing foamable resin into said cavity of said FRP shell via said threaded through hole,

screwing a plug of a selected weight into said threaded through hole, and

developing foaming and hardening of said foamable resin for conversion into foam resin.

2. Method as claimed in claim 1 in which

said step of infusing includes infusing solution of said foamable resin.

3. Method as claimed in claim 1 in which

said step of infusing includes infusing beads of said foamable resin.

4. Method as claimed in claim 1, 2 or 3 in which

the apparent specific gravity of said foam resin is in a range from 0.05 to 0.45.

5. Method as claimed in claim 1, 2 or 3 in which

a filler is added to said foam resin and the apparent specific gravity of said foam resin is in a range from 0.05 to 1.5.