Compound golf club head

• US 6,645,086 B1
• Filed: 06/27/2002
• Issued: 11/11/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 06/27/2002
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Arthur C.C. Chen
• Original Assignee: Arthur C.C. Chen
• Inventors: Chen, Arthur C. C.
• Primary Examiner(s): Passaniti, Sebastiano
• Application Number:
  US10/180,089
• Time in Patent Office: 502 Days
• Field of Search: 473/324, 473/345, 473/346, 473/347, 473/348, 473/349, 473/350, 473/342, 473/338, 473/335, 473/329, 473/326, 473/332, 473/305, 473/306, 473/307
• US Class Current: 473/335
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2053/0491 with added weights, e.g. changeable, replaceable
• 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 53/0433 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: A63B 60/02 Ballast means for adjusting the centre of mass A63B60/24, A63B60/54 take precedence

Abstract

A golf club head is constructed to include a hollow casing molded from a compound material, an L-shaped thin sheet of metal packing plate and a cover plate. The casing has a front face, a bottom face, a back face, a toe, a heel, a neck, and a top open side. The packing plate is fixedly fastened to the front face and bottom face of the casing, thereby forming a face panel and a sole for the golf club head. The cover plate is fixedly fastened to the casing and covered the top open side of the casing.

Claims

1. A golf club head comprising:

a hollow casing made from a compound material, said casing having a front face, a bottom face, a back face, a toe, a heel, a neck, and a top open side;

an L-shaped thin sheet of metal packing plate fixedly fastened to the front face and bottom face of said casing and forming a face panel and a sole for the golf club head; and

a cover plate fixedly fastened to said casing and covering the top open side of said casing.

2. The golf club head as claimed in claim 1 further comprising a metal axle tube fixedly fastened to the neck of said casing.

3. The golf club head as claimed in claim 1, wherein said casing is made from carbon fibers.

4. The golf club head as claimed in claim 1, wherein said casing is made from carbon fiber reinforced epoxy resin.

5. The golf club head as claimed in claim 1, wherein said cover plate is made from carbon fibers.

6. The golf club head as claimed in claim 1, wherein said cover plate is made from plastics.

7. The golf club head as claimed in claim 1, wherein said packing plate has a weight fixedly fastened to a part therefore for said sole.