Multiple material golf putter head

• US 6,984,181 B2
• Filed: 09/25/2002
• Issued: 01/10/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 09/25/2002
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Callaway Golf Company
• Original Assignee: Callaway Golf Company
• Inventors: Hettinger, Ronald K., Reyes, Herbert, Fox, Daniel T.
• Primary Examiner(s): Vidovich, Gregory
• Assistant Examiner(s): HUNTER, ALVIN A
• Application Number:
  US10/065,203
• Publication Number:
  US 20040058743A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,203 Days
• Field of Search: 473/313, 473/340
• US Class Current: 473/340
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 53/0408 characterised by specific dimensions, e.g. thickness
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 53/0437 with special crown configurations
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 53/0487 for putters A63B53/065 takes precedence

Abstract

A putter club head having a metal body and a non-metal crown portion is disclosed herein. The body has a front wall, a sole wall, a ribbon wall and a ledge. The crown portion is preferably composed of a composite material and has a top wall, a side wall and a front wall. The crown portion is preferably attached by a liquid adhesive to the ledge of the body.

Claims

1. A putter-type golf club head comprising:

a body composed of cast stainless steel, the body having a front wall, a bottom wall, a ribbon wall and a ledge, the front wall having a thickness in the range of 0.010 inch to 0.250 inch, the ledge extending inward a distance ranging from 0.05 inch to 0.25 inch from an exterior surface of the body, and the front wall, the bottom wall and the ribbon wall defining an internal cavity, the body having a heel mass and a toe mass; and

a crown portion composed of plies of pre-preg material over a bulk molding compound, the crown portion having a top wall, a side wall and a front wall, the crown portion attached to the ledge of the body,

wherein the golf club head has a moment of inertia about an Izz axis of the golf club head that ranges from 2800 grams-centimeter squared to 5000 grams-centimeter squared.