Wood golf club head

• US 7,056,229 B2
• Filed: 03/04/2004
• Issued: 06/06/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 03/04/2004
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Archer C.C. Chen
• Original Assignee: Archer C.C. Chen
• Inventors: Chen, Archer C. C.
• Primary Examiner(s): Passaniti, Sebastiano
• Application Number:
  US10/791,701
• Publication Number:
  US 20050197207A1
• Time in Patent Office: 824 Days
• Field of Search: 473345-346, 473/329, 473/350
• US Class Current: 473/346
• 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 53/045 Strengthening ribs
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 53/0466 wood-type

Abstract

A golf club head includes a housing and a reinforced elastic supporting member. The housing has a front portion on which a face is disposed, a sole portion, a rear portion, a crown portion, a toe portion, a heel portion, a neck, and a chamber inside. The reinforced elastic supporting member has an end bonded to the sole portion or the rear portion of the housing, the other end bonded to the front portion or the crown portion of the housing, and a middle portion suspended in the chamber of the housing.

Claims

1. A golf club head, comprising:

a housing having a front portion on which a face is disposed, a sole portion, a rear portion, a crown portion, a toe portion, a heel portion, a neck, a chamber inside and an opening into the chamber;

a reinforced elastic supporting member having an end bonded to the sole portion or the rear portion of the housing, the other end bonded to an upper portion of the crown portion behind the front portion of the housing, and a middle portion suspended in the chamber of the housing;

wherein the end of the supporting member is bonded to the crown portion of the housing adjacent to the face and the other end of the supporting member is bonded to the sole portion of the housing adjacent to the rear portion of the housing.

2. The golf club head as defined in claim 1, wherein the elastic reinforced supporting member is an elongated piece.

3. The golf club head as defined in claim 1, wherein the elastic reinforced supporting member has a hardness greater than HRC 35.

4. The golf club head as defined in claim 1, wherein the elastic reinforced supporting member has a shape of X.

5. The golf club head as defined in claim 1, wherein the housing has a crown plate bonded to the crown portion of the housing to cover the opening, and two bonding portions;

wherein one of the bonding portions is disposed at a periphery of the opening on the upper portion of the crown portion, and the other one of the bonding portions is disposed at the sole portion of the housing adjacent to the rear portion of the housing;

wherein the ends of the elastic reinforced supporting member are bonded to the bonding portions respectively.

6. The golf club head as defined in claim 5, wherein the elastic reinforced supporting member is bonded to the bonding portions by welding.

7. The golf club head as defined in claim 5, wherein the elastic reinforced supporting member is made of metal.

8. The golf club head as defined in claim 1 comprising at least two said reinforced supporting members.

9. The golf club head as defined in claim 8, wherein said reinforced supporting members are parallel to each other and each of said reinforced supporting members has an end bonded to the upper portion of the crown portion of the housing and the other end bonded to the sole portion of the housing adjacent to the rear portion of the housing.

10. The golf club head as defined in claim 8, wherein each of the elastic reinforce supporting members has a hardness greater than HRC 35.