Golf club head

• US 8,944,934 B2
• Filed: 12/12/2012
• Issued: 02/03/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 12/13/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sumitomo Rubber Industries Limited
• Original Assignee: Dunlop Sports Co. Ltd. (Sumitomo Rubber Industries Limited)
• Inventors: Yamamoto, Akio
• Primary Examiner(s): Passaniti, Sebastiano
• Application Number:
  US13/711,853
• Publication Number:
  US 20130150180A1
• Time in Patent Office: 783 Days
• Field of Search: 473324-350, 473287-292, 473/256, 411337-339, 411/354, 411/432
• US Class Current: 473/334
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2053/0491 with added weights, e.g. changeable, replaceable
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2209/00 Characteristics of used materials
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 53/0433 with special sole configurations
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 53/0466 wood-type
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 60/02 Ballast means for adjusting the centre of mass A63B60/24, A63B60/54 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 60/42 Devices for measuring, verifying, correcting or customising the inherent characteristics of golf clubs, bats, rackets or the like, e.g. measuring the maximum torque a batting shaft can withstand

Abstract

A head 4 includes a head body h1, a socket 10, and a weight body 12. The weight body 12 has an engaging part 32. The socket 10 has a first hole part 18 and a second hole part 20. The engaging part 32 can take an engaging position EP and a non-engaging position NP in the second hole part 20 by relative rotation of an angle θ. Hardness Hs of the second hole part 20 is D40 or greater and D58 or less. The second hole part 20 has a resistance surface 84 elastically deformed in the middle of the relative rotation. A longest sectional size of the engaging part 32 is defined as d1, and a distance between the resistance surfaces 84 opposed to each other is defined as F1, a ratio (F1/d1) is 0.935 or greater and 0.965 or less.

Claims

1. A golf club head comprising:

a head body;

a socket attached to the head body; and

a weight body capable of being attached to or detached from the socket,

wherein the weight body can be attached or detached by relative rotation of an angle θ

to the socket;

the weight body has an engaging part;

the socket has a first hole part and a second hole part;

hardness Hs of the second hole part is D40 or greater and D58 or less;

the engaging part can take an engaging position EP and a non-engaging position NP in the second hole part by the relative rotation of the angle θ

;

the second hole part has a resistance surface elastically deformed in the middle of the relative rotation; and

when a longest sectional size of the engaging part is defined as d1, and a distance between the resistance surfaces opposed to each other is defined as F1, F1/d1 is 0.935 or greater and 0.965 or less; and

when a distance between opposed surfaces of the engaging part is defined as c1, and an opening width of the first hole part is defined as K1, a difference (K1−

c1) is 0.3 mm or greater and 0.6 mm or less.

2. The golf club head according to claim 1, wherein when a cross length of the second hole part between positions with which both end points p1 of a longest cross line Lm of the engaging part are brought into contact at the engaging position EP is defined as G1, G1/d1 is 0.987 or greater and 0.996 or less.

3. The golf club head according to claim 1, further comprising a bottom face forming part made of the same kind of material as that of the socket.

4. The golf club head according to claim 1, wherein when maximum torque required in attaching/detaching under an environment of 40°

C. is defined as T40, and maximum torque required in attaching/detaching under an environment of 5°

C. is defined as T5, T40/T5 is equal to or greater than 0.30.

5. The golf club head according to claim 4, wherein the maximum torque T5 is equal to or less than 6.3 (N·

m), and the maximum torque T40 is equal to or greater than 1.0 (N·

m).

6. The golf club head according to claim 4, wherein the maximum torque T5 is equal to or less than 6.3 (N·

m), and the maximum torque T40 is equal to or greater than 1.0 (N·

m).

7. The golf club head according to claim 1, wherein a material of the second hole part is an urethane-based polymer.

8. The golf club head according to claim 7, wherein the urethane-based polymer is a thermoplastic polyurethane elastomer.

9. The golf club head according to claim 7, wherein the urethane-based polymer is a thermoplastic polyurethane elastomer.

10. The golf club head according to claim 1, wherein when a length of a shortest cross line of the second hole part is defined as H1, H1/d1 is 0.785 or greater and 0.915 or less.

11. The golf club head according to claim 1, wherein when maximum torque (N·

m) required in attaching/detaching under an environment of 25°

C. is defined as T25, and maximum torque (N·

m) required in attaching/detaching under an environment of 5°

C. is defined as T5, a ratio (T25/T5) is equal to or greater than 0.57.

12. The golf club head according to claim 1, wherein when the distance of the engaging part is defined as c1, and an opening width of the first hole part is defined as K1, a difference (K1−

c1) is 0.3 mm or greater and 0.6 mm or less.

13. The golf club head according to claim 1, wherein when a cross length of the second hole part between positions with which both end points p1 of a longest cross line Lm of the engaging part are brought into contact at the engaging position EP is defined as G1, G1/d1 is 0.987 or greater and 0.996 or less.

14. The golf club head according to claim 1, wherein when maximum torque required in attaching/detaching under an environment of 40°

C. is defined as T40, and maximum torque required in attaching/detaching under an environment of 5°

C. is defined as T5, T40/T5 is equal to or greater than 0.30.

15. The golf club head according to claim 1, wherein a material of the second hole part is an urethane-based polymer.

16. The golf club head according to claim 1, wherein when a length of a shortest cross line of the second hole part is defined as H1, H1/d1 is 0.785 or greater and 0.915 or less.

17. The golf club head according to claim 1, wherein when maximum torque (N·

m) required in attaching/detaching under an environment of 25°

C. is defined as T25, and maximum torque (N·

m) required in attaching/detaching under an environment of 5°

C. is defined as T5, a ratio (T25/T5) is equal to or greater than 0.57.

18. A golf club head comprising:

a head body;

a socket attached to the head body; and

a weight body capable of being attached to or detached from the socket,

wherein the weight body can be attached or detached by relative rotation of an angle θ

to the socket;

the weight body has an engaging part;

the socket has a first hole part, a second hole part and a bottom face forming part made of the same kind of material as that of the socket;

hardness Hs of the second hole part is D40 or greater and D58 or less;

the engaging part can take an engaging position EP and a non-engaging position NP in the second hole part by the relative rotation of the angle θ

;

the second hole part has a resistance surface elastically deformed in the middle of the relative rotation; and

when a longest sectional size of the engaging part is defined as d1, and a distance between the resistance surfaces opposed to each other is defined as F1, F1/d1 is 0.935 or greater and 0.965 or less.