Golf club head with composite weight port

• US 8,197,357 B1
• Filed: 02/01/2012
• Issued: 06/12/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 12/16/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Callaway Golf Company
• Original Assignee: Callaway Golf Company
• Inventors: Rice, Bradley C., Watson, William C., Dawson, Patrick, Ivanova, Irina
• Primary Examiner(s): Passaniti, Sebastiano
• Application Number:
  US13/363,551
• Publication Number:
  US 20120129625A1
• Time in Patent Office: 132 Days
• Field of Search: 473324-350, 473287-292, 473/256
• US Class Current: 473/334
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2053/0491 with added weights, e.g. changeable, replaceable
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2209/02 with reinforcing fibres, e.g. carbon, polyamide fibres
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 53/04 Heads
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 53/0433 with special sole configurations
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 53/0437 with special crown configurations
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 53/0466 wood-type
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 60/00 Details or accessories of golf clubs, bats, rackets or the like
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 60/02 Ballast means for adjusting the centre of mass A63B60/24, A63B60/54 take precedence

Abstract

A golf club head having a face component, a crown, and a composite sole or a composite body patch with one or more weight ports for receiving one or more weight inserts is disclosed herein. At least part of each of the weight ports is integrally formed in the composite sole or composite body patch, and each of the weight ports include a weight receiving region for receiving a weight and a screw receiving region for receiving a screw that secures the weight in the weight port.

Claims

1. A wood-type golf club head comprising:

a metal face component comprising a striking surface and a face extension

an aft body comprising a crown, a sole, an interior surface, an exterior surface, and a cutout portion; and

a composite body patch comprising an interior surface, an exterior surface, and at least one, integrally formed weight port,

wherein the weight port comprises a composite component and a metal boss, and

wherein the composite body patch is affixed to the aft body and covers the cutout portion.

2. The wood-type golf club head of claim 1, wherein the metal boss is affixed to the interior surface of the composite body patch.

3. The wood-type golf club head of claim 2, wherein the metal boss is affixed to the exterior surface of the composite body patch.

4. The wood-type golf club head of claim 1, wherein the aft body further comprises a ledge surrounding the cutout portion, and wherein a portion of the interior surface of the composite body patch is affixed to the exterior surface of the ledge with an adhesive.

5. The wood-type golf club head of claim 1, wherein the composite body patch further comprises a ledge, and wherein the exterior surface of the ledge is affixed to the interior surface of the aft body with an adhesive.

6. The wood-type golf club head of claim 1, further comprising a weight insert, wherein the weight insert is affixed to the weight port with a screw.

7. The wood-type golf club head of claim 6, wherein the weight port has a conical shape and wherein the weight insert has a shape that fits within the weight port.

8. The wood-type golf club head of claim 1, further comprising a weight screw comprising a head portion and a screw portion.

9. The wood-type golf club head of claim 8, wherein the weight screw has a weight of at least 1 gram and no more than 20 grams.

10. The wood-type golf club head of claim 1, wherein the golf club head is a driver having a volume of 400 to 500 cubic centimeters.

11. A golf club head comprising:

a metal face component;

an aft body comprising a crown, a sole, and a cutout portion;

a composite body patch;

a threaded boss composed of a metal material; and

a weight screw,

wherein the composite body patch comprises an exterior surface, an interior surface, and at least one, integrally formed weight port,

wherein the threaded boss is affixed to the at least one weight port with an adhesive,

wherein the composite body patch is affixed to the aft body with an adhesive and covers the cutout portion, and

wherein the golf club head has a volume of 400 to 500 cubic centimeters.

12. The golf club head of claim 11, wherein the cutout portion is located on a toe section of the aft body.

13. The golf club head of claim 11, wherein the face component and the aft body are composed of a titanium alloy.

14. The golf club head of claim 11, wherein the crown is composed of a composite material, the sole is composed of a metal alloy, and the cutout is located on the sole.

15. The golf club head of claim 11, wherein the aft body comprises at least one integrally formed weight port.

16. The golf club head of claim 11, wherein the composite body patch has an asymmetrical shape.

17. The golf club head of claim 11, wherein the aft body further comprises a ledge surrounding the cutout portion, and wherein the interior surface of the composite body patch is affixed to the exterior surface of the ledge.

18. The golf club head of claim 11, wherein the composite body patch further comprises a ledge, and wherein the external surface of the ledge is affixed to the interior surface of the aft body.

19. A driver-type golf club head comprising:

a face component comprising a striking surface and a return portion, the face component composed of a titanium alloy;

an aft body comprising a toe side, a heel side, a crown, a sole, and a cutout portion, the aft body composed of a titanium alloy;

a composite body patch comprising an exterior surface, an interior surface, a ledge, and at least one, integrally formed weight port;

a threaded boss composed of a metal material; and

a weight screw comprising threads sized to fit within the threaded boss,

wherein the threaded boss is affixed to the weight port,

wherein an exterior surface of the ledge is affixed to the interior surface of the aft body with an adhesive material such that the composite patch fully covers the cutout portion, and

wherein the golf club head has a mass of 180 grams to 215 grams.

20. The driver-type golf club head of claim 19, wherein the cutout portion is located in the sole proximate a toe side of the golf club head.