Structure of golf club head

• US 5,497,993 A
• Filed: 03/14/1994
• Issued: 03/12/1996
• Est. Priority Date: 03/14/1994
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Shiau S. Shan
• Original Assignee: Shiau S. Shan
• Inventors: Shan, Shiau S.
• Primary Examiner(s): Passaniti, Sebastiano
• Application Number:
  US08/209,319
• Time in Patent Office: 729 Days
• Field of Search: 273/167 R, 273/167 H, 273/167 J, 273/173, 273/175, 273/78, 273/DIG. 23, 273/169, 273/167 F
• US Class Current: 473/329
• 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 53/045 Strengthening ribs
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 53/0454 Strengthening ribs on the rear surface of the impact face plate
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 53/0458 with non-uniform thickness of the impact face plate
• 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 golf club head having a neck at one end for connecting the shaft and a face panel at one side for hitting the ball, wherein the face panel consists of a meshed member made of a rigid metal and defining a plurality of open spaces, and a flexible blocking material blocking up the open spaces.

Claims

1. A metal wood golf club head comprising a neck at one end for connecting a shaft and a face panel at one side for hitting a ball, wherein said face panel is comprised of a meshed member made of rigid metal bars defining a plurality of open spaces and a flexible blocking material filling said open spaces, at least a portion of said metal bars and said blocking material forming an exposed ball striking surface.

2. The golf club head of claim 1 wherein said meshed member includes a back side having a set of interconnected ribs.

3. The golf club head of claim 1 wherein said meshed member is a honeycomb structure.

4. A golf club, which is a composite high impact golf club head constructed of a metal, having a top wall, a bottom wall, a toe portion, a heel portion, a rear portion, and a front wall, said front wall including a recess accommodating an insert comprised of a plurality of bars forming an open ended cellular structure forming a plurality of cellular spaces and a flexible blocking material filling said cellular spaces, said insert forming the hitting surface of said club wherein a golf ball impacting said surface contacts an exposed portion of said open ended cellular structure and said flexible blocking material.

5. The club of claim 4 wherein said flexible blocking material is selected from the group consisting of carbon, ceramic, Kevlar, ABS, boron, glass, polyurethane, rubber fibers and mixtures thereof.

6. The club of claim 4 wherein said bars are comprised of stainless steel, aluminum, or a rigid alloy.

7. The club of claim 4 wherein said bars are interconnected.

8. The club of claim 4 wherein said bars comprise a honeycomb structure.

9. The club of claim 7 wherein said interconnected bars comprise a plurality of rectangular shaped cells.

10. The club of claim 4 wherein said bars have a back side including interconnected ribs.