Golf club head with a face insert

• US 7,214,143 B2
• Filed: 03/18/2005
• Issued: 05/08/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 03/18/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Callaway Golf Company (Topgolf Callaway Brands Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Callaway Golf Company (Topgolf Callaway Brands Corp.)
• Inventors: Deshmukh, Uday V.
• Primary Examiner(s): Kim; Eugene
• Assistant Examiner(s): Hunter, Jr.; Alvin A.
• Application Number:
  US10/907,066
• Publication Number:
  US 20060211514A1
• Time in Patent Office: 781 Days
• Field of Search: 473324-350
• US Class Current: 473/342
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2209/00 Characteristics of used materials
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2209/023 Long, oriented fibres, e.g. wound filaments, woven fabrics, mats
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 53/0408 characterised by specific dimensions, e.g. thickness
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 53/0412 Volume
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 53/0416 Heads having an impact surface provided by a face insert
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 53/0466 wood-type

Abstract

A golf club head (20) having a body (22) with a front wall (30) with an opening (32) and a striking plate insert (40) is disclosed herein. The striking plate insert (40) has a substrate base layer (40a) and a second layer (40b). The second layer (40b) is preferably composed of a nickel-iron alloy material. The golf club head (20) preferably has a volume between 200 cubic centimeters and 600 cubic centimeters. The golf club head (20) preferably has a mass between 140 grams and 215 grams.

Claims

1. A golf club head comprising:

a body comprising a crown, a sole, and a front wall with an opening; and

a striking plate insert positioned within the opening and attached to the body, the striking plate insert having a thickness in the range of 0.075 inch to 0.090 inch, the striking plate insert comprising a substrate base layer and a second layer, the substrate base layer composed of a material selected from the group consisting of titanium, titanium alloy, steel alloy, magnesium, magnesium alloy, aluminum and aluminum alloy, the substrate base layer having a thickness ranging from 0.035 inch to 0.060 inch, the second layer composed of a nickel-iron alloy material, the second layer having a thickness ranging from 0.005 inch to 0.050 inch,

wherein the golf club head has a volume ranging from 250 cubic centimeters to 460 cubic centimeters and a mass ranging from 185 grams to 215 grams, and the golf club head has a coefficient of restitution ranging from 0.80 to 0.85.

2. The golf club head according to claim 1 wherein the second layer of the striking plate insert is the interior layer and the substrate base layer is the exterior layer.

3. The golf club head according to claim 1 wherein the second layer of the striking plate insert is the exterior layer and the substrate base layer is the interior layer.

4. The golf club head according to claim 1 wherein striking plate insert has a mass ranging from 25.0 grams to 39.0 grams.

5. The golf club head according to claim 1 wherein the body is composed of a cast metal material.

6. The golf club head according to claim 1 wherein the body is composed of a cast titanium alloy material.

7. The golf club head according to claim 1 wherein the body is composed of a magnesium alloy material.

8. The golf club head according to claim 1 wherein the body is composed of plies of pre-preg material.

9. The golf club head according to claim 1 wherein the substrate base layer has a thickness of 0.065 inch and the second layer has a thickness of 0.010 inch.

10. A golf club head comprising:

a body having a crown, a sole, a ribbon, and a front wall with an opening, the body composed of a cast titanium alloy material; and

a striking plate insert positioned within the opening, the striking plate insert having a thickness in the range of 0.075 inch to 0.090 inch and a mass ranging from 25.0 grams to 39.0 grams, the striking plate insert composed of a substrate base layer and a second layer, the substrate base layer composed of a titanium alloy material and having a thickness ranging from 0.035 inch to 0.070 inch, the second layer composed of a nickel-iron alloy material, the second layer having a thickness ranging from 0.005 inch to 0.050 inch,

wherein the golf club head has a volume ranging from 300 cubic centimeters to 465 cubic centimeters, and the golf club head has a coefficient of restitution ranging from 0.80 to 0.85.

11. The golf club head according to claim 10 wherein the second layer of the striking plate insert is the interior layer and the substrate base layer is the exterior layer.

12. The golf club head according to claim 10 wherein the second layer of the striking plate insert is the exterior layer and the substrate base layer is the interior layer.

13. A golf club head comprising:

a body comprising a crown, a sole, and a front wall with an opening; and

a striking plate insert positioned within the opening and attached to the body, the striking plate insert comprising a substrate base layer and a second layer, the substrate base layer composed of a material selected from the group consisting of titanium, titanium alloy, steel alloy, magnesium, magnesium alloy, aluminum and aluminum alloy, the second layer composed of a nickel-iron alloy material, the second layer having a thickness less than the thickness of the substrate base layer,

wherein the golf club head has a volume ranging from 250 cubic centimeters to 460 cubic centimeters.

14. The golf club head according to claim 13 wherein the second layer has a thickness that is less than eighty percent of the thickness of the substrate base layer.

15. The golf club head according to claim 13 wherein the second layer has a thickness that is less than fifty percent of the thickness of the substrate base layer.

16. The golf club head according to claim 13 wherein the second layer has a thickness that is less than twenty-five percent of the thickness of the substrate base layer.

17. The golf club head according to claim 13 wherein the second layer has a thickness that is less than fifty percent of the thickness of the substrate base layer and more than ten percent of the thickness of the substrate base layer.

18. The golf club head according to claim 13 wherein the second layer has a mass that is greater than the mass of the substrate base layer.

19. The golf club head according to claim 13 wherein the second layer has a mass ranging from 3 grams to 13 grams.

20. The golf club head according to claim 13 wherein the substrate base layer has a mass ranging from 25 grams to 35 grams.