Weight number for a golf club head

• US 6,881,158 B2
• Filed: 07/24/2003
• Issued: 04/19/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 07/24/2003
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Fusheng Precision Co., Ltd
• Original Assignee: FU Sheng Industrial Company Limited (Cooperative Valiant APO Global UA)
• Inventors: Chen, Chan-Tung, Yang, Shun-Fa, Su, Yan-Zheng
• Primary Examiner(s): Passaniti, Sebastiano
• Application Number:
  US10/625,602
• Publication Number:
  US 20050020377A1
• Time in Patent Office: 635 Days
• Field of Search: 473324-350
• US Class Current: 473/324
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2053/0491 with added weights, e.g. changeable, replaceable
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2209/00 Characteristics of used materials
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 53/0433 with special sole configurations
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 53/047 iron-type
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 53/06 adjustable
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 60/00 Details or accessories of golf clubs, bats, rackets or the like

Abstract

A golf club head includes a golf club head body and a weight member. The golf club head member has a recession in which the weight member is mounted. The weight member is securely mounted in the recession of the golf club head body by a welding procedure that uses a welding material. The weight member is made of a material having a melting point higher than that of the golf club head body, avoiding melting of the weight member during the welding procedure. Only a portion of the golf club head body fuses with the welding material while using the welding material for proceeding with the welding procedure for the weight member.

Claims

1. A golf club head comprising:

a golf club head body including a recession; and

a weight member mounted in said recession of said golf club head body, said weight member being securely mounted in said recession of said golf club head body by a welding procedure using a part of a welding material melting from said recession of said golf club head body in the welding step, said weight member being made of a material having a melting point higher than that of said golf club head body, avoiding melting of said weight member during said welding procedure, only a portion of said golf club head body fusing with said welding material to provide an engaging flange while using said welding material for proceeding with said welding procedure for said weight member, said weight member includes a protrusion and an engaging portion thereof correspondingly engaged with said engaging flange of said golf club head after the welding step.

2. The golf club head as claimed in claim 1, wherein said weight member is made of a material including tungsten, tantalum, molybdenum, and niobium.

3. The golf club head as claimed in claim 1, wherein said weight member is made of a material including tungsten, tantalum, molybdenum, niobium, and a small amount of other metals and formed by powder metallurgy.

4. The golf club head as claimed in claim 1, wherein said gold club head body is made of one of titanium and an alloy using titanium as its main composition.

5. The golf club head as claimed in claim 1, wherein said golf club head body is made of one of low carbon steel and low alloy steel.

6. The golf club head as claimed in claim 1, wherein said golf club head is made of stainless steel.

7. The golf club head as claimed in claim 1, wherein said golf club head includes a flange acting as said welding material.

8. The golf club head as claimed in claim 1, wherein said welding material is the same as a material for said golf club head body.

9. The golf club head as claimed in claim 1, wherein said protrusion forms a shoulder to constitute said engaging portion on said weight member.

10. The golf club head as claimed in claim 1, wherein said protrusion of said weight member includes a peripheral inclined face to constitute said engaging portion.