Golf club head and a method for producing the same

• US 5,499,819 A
• Filed: 01/07/1994
• Issued: 03/19/1996
• Est. Priority Date: 01/08/1993
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Yamaha Corporation
• Original Assignee: Yamaha Corporation
• Inventors: Nagamoto, Itsushi
• Primary Examiner(s): Passaniti, Sebastiano
• Application Number:
  US08/178,758
• Time in Patent Office: 802 Days
• Field of Search: 273/167 R, 273/77 R, 273/167 H, 273/167 F, 273/169, 273/170, 273/171, 273/172, 273/173, 273/175, 273/194 B, 273/194 R, 273/193 R
• US Class Current: 473/346
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 53/04 Heads
• 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

In construction of a shell-type golf club head having a cavity and a hosel shaft hole communicating with the cavity, a mass made of solidified low melting point metal or synthetic resin containing dispersed metallic balls is provided at a selected position within the cavity through infusion via the shaft hole. Supplemental mass addition and weight distribution adjustment can be both carried out very simply without any substantial rise in cost. When located on an internal wall of the cavity contiguous to the club head face, the mass provides enlarged sweet spot on the face.

Claims

1. A golf club head comprising:

a main body having a cavity encompassing substantially the entire volume of the body;

a mass made of solidified low melted point metal and fixed at a selected position within said cavity, said mass filling substantially less than the entire said cavity, and

at least one block made of light metal which is substantially lighter than said low melting point metal and which is fixed at a selected position within said cavity.

2. A golf club head comprising:

a main body having a cavity;

a block made of metal and fixed on an internal wall of said cavity contiguous to a face of said club head; and

a mass having an average weight per unit volume which is heavier than the average weight per unit volume of said block, said mass being fixed on said internal wall and surrounding said block.

3. A golf club head as claimed in claim 2 in which

said mass is made of solidified low melting point metal.

4. A golf club head as claimed in claim 2 in which

said mass is made of solidified synthetic resin containing dispersed metallic balls.

5. A method for producing a golf club head, said method comprising the steps of:

preparing a main body with a hosel defining shaft hole communicating with a cavity in said main body;

infusing molten low melting point metal into said cavity via said shaft hole in said hosel;

locating said molten low melting point metal at a selected position within said cavity; and

solidifying said low melting point metal at said selected position;

locating and fixing at least one block made of a metal which is lighter than said low melting point metal at a selected position within said cavity.

6. A method as claimed in claim 5, and with said low melting point metal is chosen from a group consisting of Pb, Cu, Be--Cu, Zn and brass.

7. A method as claimed in claim 5 or 6, further comprising the step of infusing molten synthetic resin into said cavity via said shaft hole in said hosel after solidification of said low melting point metal.

8. A golf club head, comprising:

a main body having a cavity;

a block made of light metal and fixed on an internal wall of said cavity contiguous to a face of said club head; and

a mass made of solidified low melting point metal, said mass being fixed on said internal wall and surrounding said block.

9. A golf club head, comprising:

a main body having a cavity;

a block made of a light metal and fixed on an internal wall of said cavity contiguous to a face of said club head; and

a mass made of solidified synthetic resin containing dispersed metallic balls fixed on said internal walls surrounding said block.