Golf club head

• US 7,798,917 B2
• Filed: 10/31/2006
• Issued: 09/21/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 10/31/2006
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Bridgestone Sports Co Limited (Bridgestone Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Bridgestone Sports Co Limited (Bridgestone Corporation)
• Inventors: Nguyen, Vinh-Duy Thai, Ban, Wataru
• Primary Examiner(s): Passaniti; Sebastiano
• Application Number:
  US11/554,821
• Publication Number:
  US 20080102981A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,421 Days
• Field of Search: 473324-350, 473287-292
• US Class Current: 473/330
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 53/0408 characterised by specific dimensions, e.g. thickness
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 53/0445 Details of grooves or the like on the impact surface
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 53/0466 wood-type
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 53/047 iron-type

Abstract

This invention provides a golf club head having a groove formed on a face of the golf club head. Each of a pair of side surfaces of the groove has a first surface leading to the face and a second surface leading to the first surface in the depth direction of the groove. A first angle between the first surfaces of each of the pair of the side surfaces is larger than a second angle between the second surfaces of each of the pair of the side surfaces.

Claims

1. A golf club head comprising:

a plurality of grooves formed on a face of the golf club head; and

a pair of side surfaces of said groove, each side surface having a first flat surface contiguous with the face and a second flat surface contiguous with said first flat surface from an end of said first flat surface in a depth direction of said groove,

wherein a first angle between said first flat surfaces of each of said pair of side surfaces is larger than a second angle between said second flat surfaces of each of said pair of side surfaces, and

said second flat surfaces of the pair of side surfaces are contiguous with each other at the deepest point of said groove.

2. The golf club head according to claim 1, wherein said groove comprises said pair of side surfaces and a bottom surface, and

a width Wr (mm) of said groove measured based on a 30 degrees measurement rule and a cross section area S (mm²) of said groove are expressed as follows:

S/(Wr×

0.5)×

100≧

70(%).

3. The golf club head according to claim 2, wherein said first angle is greater than or equal to 50 degrees and not more than 100 degrees.

4. The golf club head according to claim 2, wherein said first angle is greater than or equal to 10 degrees and not more than 50 degrees, and a boundary portion between said first flat surface and said face is rounded with a radius of equal to or more than 0.05 (mm) and not more than 0.3 (mm).

5. The golf club head according to claim 4, wherein said width Wr (mm) and said cross section area S (mm²) are expressed as follows:

S/(Wr×

0.5)×

100≧

80(%).

6. The golf club head according to claim 2, wherein said first angle is greater than or equal to 50 degrees and not more than 100 degrees, and a boundary portion between said first flat surface and said face is not rounded.

7. The golf club head according to claim 1, wherein said second angle is not more than 30 degrees.

8. The golf club head according to claim 1, wherein a boundary portion between said first flat surface and said face is rounded with a radius of not more than 0.3 (mm).

9. The golf club head according to claim 1, wherein a width Wr (mm) of said groove measured based on a 30 degrees is greater than or equal to 0.6 (mm) and not more than 0.9 (mm).

10. The golf club head according to claim 1, wherein a width Wr (mm) of said groove measured based on a 30 degrees measurement rule and a cross section area S (mm²) of said groove are expressed as follows:

S/(Wr×

0.5)×

100≧

80(%),

wherein said first angle is greater than or equal to 10 degrees and not more than 50 degrees, and

wherein a boundary portion between said first flat surface and said face is rounded.

11. The golf club head according to claim 1,

wherein a boundary area between the first flat surface and said face is rounded, and

the first flat surface is larger than the boundary area.

12. The golf club head according to claim 11, wherein the second flat surface is larger than the boundary area.