Golf club head and manufacturing method therefor

• US 6,955,612 B2
• Filed: 05/28/2003
• Issued: 10/18/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 05/05/2003
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Fusheng Precision Co., Ltd
• Original Assignee: FU Sheng Industrial Company Limited (Cooperative Valiant APO Global UA)
• Inventors: Lu, Yuan-Ping
• Primary Examiner(s): Passaniti, Sebastiano
• Application Number:
  US10/445,960
• Publication Number:
  US 20040224790A1
• Time in Patent Office: 874 Days
• Field of Search: 219/121.69, 219/121.85, 219/121.59, 295/276, 473/324, 473/409, 473/342, 473/345, 473/346, 473/349, 473/339, 473/332
• US Class Current: 473/324
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2209/023 Long, oriented fibres, e.g. wound filaments, woven fabrics, mats
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 53/0437 with special crown configurations
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 53/045 Strengthening ribs
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 53/0466 wood-type
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 60/54 with means for damping vibrations
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 29/49989 Followed by cutting or removing material

Abstract

A manufacturing method for a golf club head. The method includes the steps of: casting a cast body provided with a recession thereon; cutting the cast body to form with at least one cut opening in the recession on the golf club head; adhering a carbon-fiber plate to the recession to seal the cut opening; defining a buffer groove between the carbon-fiber plate and the cast body; and filling with an elastic material into the buffer groove; processing the cast body to an end product.

Claims

1. A manufacturing method for a golf club head, comprising the steps of:

casting a body formed with a recession, said recession integrally provided with a support rib which supports the recession to avoid deformation;

defining a stepped portion along the edges of the body delimiting the recession;

cutting said support rib of the body, said recession and the step portion defining the at least one opening;

depositing an adhesive along the stepped portion;

inserting a cover plate into the recession in a substantially abutting relation with the stepped portion to seal the opening, said opening having a dimension greater than the cover plate to form a buffer groove between the cover plate and the body; and

depositing an elastic material along the buffer groove, the elastic material selected from the group consisting of thermoplastic, rubber, high polymer and PU filler.

2. The manufacturing method as defined in claim 1, wherein the recession is provided with the support rib which is integrally connected to an inner edge of the recession, the support rib being formed during the casting step.

3. The manufacturing method as defined in claim 1, wherein the cut opening is processed with a laser beam cutting machine, a plasma arc cutting machine or a water-jet cutting machine.

4. The manufacturing method as defined in claim 1, wherein the cover plate is a carbon-fiber plate which is prefabricated.

5. The manufacturing method as defined in claim 1, wherein the cover plate is made of light metal, high polymer plastic or high strength glass fiber.

6. A golf club head comprising:

a body including a striking plate, and defining at least one recession and a support rib integrally formed therein, said support rib shaped to a desired configuration running across a crown portion of the body for reinforcing the entire structure of the crown portion, the body further defining a stepped portion located along the edges of the body delimiting the recession;

at least one cover plate being inserted into the recession to thereby form a buffer groove between an outer periphery of the cover plate and an inner periphery of the recession, said support rib abutting against the cover plate for precise positioning in the recession;

an adhesive securing the body to the cover plate, the adhesive deposited along the stepped portion, and located between the stepped portion and the cover plate; and

an elastic material positioned within the buffer groove, and between the body and the cover plate, the elastic material selected from the group consisting of thermoplastic, rubber, high polymer and PU filler.

7. The golf club head as defined in claim 6, wherein the cover plate is a carbon-fiber plate which is prefabricated.

8. The golf club head as defined in claim 6, wherein the cover plate is made of light metal, high polymer plastic or high strength glass fiber.