Golf club head with composite weight port

• US 8,235,843 B1
• Filed: 04/03/2012
• Issued: 08/07/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 12/16/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Callaway Golf Company (Topgolf Callaway Brands Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Callaway Golf Company (Topgolf Callaway Brands Corp.)
• Inventors: Rice, Bradley C., Watson, William C., Dawson, Patrick, Ivanova, Irina
• Primary Examiner(s): Passaniti, Sebastiano
• Application Number:
  US13/438,585
• Publication Number:
  US 20120190479A1
• Time in Patent Office: 126 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 golf club head comprising:

a striking face;

an aft body comprising 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,

wherein the metal boss is affixed to the exterior surface of the composite body patch, and

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

2. The 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.

3. The 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 a portion of the interior surface of the aft body with an adhesive.

4. The golf club head of claim 1, wherein the aft body comprises a crown, a ribbon, and a sole.

5. The golf club head of claim 4, wherein the cutout portion is located in the sole.

6. The golf club head of claim 4, wherein the cutout portion is located in the ribbon.

7. The golf club head of claim 4, wherein the cutout portion is located in both the sole and the ribbon.

8. The golf club head of claim 1, further comprising a composite crown,

wherein the aft body comprises a sole and a ribbon, and wherein the aft body is composed of a metal material.

9. The golf club head of claim 1, further comprising a removable weight screw comprising a head portion and a screw portion.

10. The golf club head of claim 1, wherein the golf club head is selected from the group consisting of a fairway wood, a hybrid, and a driver.

11. A golf club head comprising:

a metal striking face;

a crown;

a sole comprising a cutout portion;

a composite body patch;

a threaded boss; and

a weight screw,

wherein the composite body patch comprises at least one, integrally formed weight port,

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

wherein the composite body patch is affixed to the sole and covers the cutout portion, and

wherein the cutout portion is located on a toe section of the sole.

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

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

14. A wood-type golf club head comprising:

a metal face component comprising a striking surface and a return portion;

a metal aft body comprising a toe side, a heel side, a crown, a sole, a ribbon, and a cutout portion;

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

a threaded boss; 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 volume of 200 cubic centimeters to 500 cubic centimeters.

15. The wood-type golf club head of claim 14, wherein the cutout portion is located in the sole proximate a toe side of the golf club head.

16. The wood-type golf club head of claim 14, wherein the cutout portion is located in both the sole and the ribbon.

17. The wood-type golf club head of claim 14, wherein the threaded boss is composed of a lightweight metal alloy.