Golf club head with multi-component construction

• US 8,147,354 B2
• Filed: 12/21/2009
• Issued: 04/03/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 12/21/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Cobra Golf Company (Puma SE)
• Original Assignee: Cobra Golf Company (Puma SE)
• Inventors: Hartwell, Bradford Hughes, McDonnell, Michael T., Roach, Ryan L., Soracco, Peter L.
• Primary Examiner(s): BLAU, STEPHEN LUTHER
• Application Number:
  US12/643,154
• Publication Number:
  US 20110152003A1
• Time in Patent Office: 834 Days
• Field of Search: 473/324, 473/344, 473/345, 473/347, 473/349
• US Class Current: 473/345
• 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 53/0416 Heads having an impact surface provided by a face insert
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 53/0433 with special sole configurations
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 53/0437 with special crown configurations
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 53/0458 with non-uniform thickness of the impact face plate
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 53/0466 wood-type

Abstract

A golf club head with multi-component construction. The golf club head includes a hollow body that is created from components constructed of different materials so that the weight distribution may be optimized.

Claims

1. A golf club head, comprising:

a body member including a crown portion, a sole portion, a face portion and a discontinuous skirt portion such that the skirt portion defines a gap, wherein the skirt portion extends aft-ward from at least one of a heel and toe ends of the body member;

a sole member coupled to the sole portion and the skirt portion such that a portion of the sole member is inserted into the gap to make the skirt continuous; and

a crown member coupled to the body member and the sole member.

2. The golf club head of claim 1, wherein the skirt portion includes a toe skirt portion.

3. The golf club head of claim 1, wherein the skirt portion includes a heel skirt portion.

4. The golf club head of claim 1, wherein the gap is disposed at an aft portion of the golf club head.

5. The golf club head of claim 1, wherein the portion of the sole member inserted into the gap includes a flange.

6. The golf club head of claim 5, wherein the flange has a cross-sectional shape that matches a cross-sectional shape of the adjacent skirt portion.