Golf club head

• US 5,411,255 A
• Filed: 08/02/1993
• Issued: 05/02/1995
• Est. Priority Date: 09/22/1992
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: SRI Sports Limited (Sumitomo Rubber Industries Limited)
• Original Assignee: Sumitomo Rubber Industries Limited
• Inventors: Kurashima, Takao, Iwanaga, Takeshi
• Primary Examiner(s): Passaniti, Sebastiano
• Application Number:
  US08/100,157
• Time in Patent Office: 638 Days
• Field of Search: 273/167 R, 273/167 H, 273/171, 273/172, 273/173, 273/175, 273/167 F, 273/169, 273/78, 273/77 R
• US Class Current: 473/332
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 53/04 Heads
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 53/0437 with special crown configurations
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 53/0466 wood-type
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 53/047 iron-type
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 60/54 with means for damping vibrations

Abstract

In a metallic golf club head provided with a hollow chamber portion therein, a sheet body having vibration restraining characteristics or a coating material having vibration restraining characteristics is applied to an inner surface portion of a crown portion or other similar portion which is small in thickness. The sheet body or the coating material is 0.05 or above in the loss factor thereof.

Claims

1. A metallic golf club head formed by integrally arranged metal walls defining an enclosed hollow chamber portion, comprising a sheet body having sound attenuating, vibration restraining characteristics, said sheet body forming a layer disposed substantially within the perimeter of one of said walls of said club head and applied to the surface thereof.

2. The golf club head as set forth in claim 1, wherein the loss factor of the sheet body is 0.05 or above.

3. The golf club head as set forth in claim 1, wherein the sheet body comprises in laminated form a heat setting resin and a metallic foil.

4. The golf club head as set forth in claim 1, wherein the sheet body comprises in laminated form a rubber and a metallic foil.

5. The golf club head as set forth in claim 1, wherein said club head includes a crown portion and the sheet body is attached to an inner surface portion thereof.

6. The golf club head as set forth in claim 1, wherein said club head includes a back face wall portion and the sheet body is attached to an inner surface portion thereof.

7. A metallic golf club head formed by integrally arranged metal walls defining an enclosed hollow chamber portion, comprising a layer of coating material having sound attenuating, vibration restraining characteristics disposed substantially within the perimeter of one of said walls of said hollow chamber portion and applied to a surface thereof.

8. The golf club head as set forth in claim 7, wherein the coating material is 0.05 or above in the loss factor.

9. The golf club head as set forth in claim 7, wherein the coating material is 1.0 mm to 6.0 mm in the thickness thereof when said coating material dries.

10. The golf club head as set forth in claim 7, wherein said club head includes a crown portion and the coating material having vibration restraining characteristics is applied to an inner surface portion thereof.

11. The golf club head as set forth in claim 7, wherein said club head includes a back face wall portion and the coating material of vibration restraining characteristics is applied to an inner surface portion thereof.

12. The golf club head as set forth in claim 7, wherein the coating material having vibration restraining characteristics is applied to the portion of the club head other than a ball hitting surface thereof.