Golf club head

• US 9,138,619 B2
• Filed: 10/08/2013
• Issued: 09/22/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 12/05/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Bridgestone Sports Co Limited (Bridgestone Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Bridgestone Sports Co Limited (Bridgestone Corporation)
• Inventors: Takechi, Takaharu
• Primary Examiner(s): Passaniti, Sebastiano
• Application Number:
  US14/048,891
• Publication Number:
  US 20140155193A1
• Time in Patent Office: 714 Days
• Field of Search: 473324-350, 473287-292
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2209/00 Characteristics of used materials
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 53/0408 characterised by specific dimensions, e.g. thickness
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 53/0433 with special sole configurations
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 53/0437 with special crown configurations
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 53/045 Strengthening ribs
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 53/0466 wood-type
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 60/52 with slits

Abstract

A golf club head includes: a face portion; a crown portion, furrows being formed on an interior surface of at least a part of the crown part in a mesh-like pattern; a side portion; a sole portion, at least a front part of the sole portion being made of metal, and furrows being formed on an interior surface of at least a part of the front part in a mesh-like pattern; and a hosel portion.

Claims

1. A golf club head comprising:

a face portion;

a crown portion, furrows being formed on an interior surface of at least a part of the crown part in a mesh-like pattern;

a side portion;

a sole portion, at least a front part of the sole portion being made of metal, and furrows being formed on an interior surface of at least a part of the front part in a mesh-like pattern; and

a hosel portion,

wherein the furrows of the crown portion are formed on a front part thereof, and a dent forming area having a plurality of dents is formed behind the furrows of the crown portion,

wherein furrows are further formed on at least a part of an interior surface of the face portion in a mesh-like pattern,

wherein the mesh-like pattern of the furrows of the face portion comprises a polygonal pattern, and the furrows of the face portion are entirely formed on the interior surface thereof so that the average area of polygons in the polygonal pattern is larger on a central area of the face portion than on a toe side and a heel side of the face portion.

2. The golf club head according to claim 1, wherein the mesh-like pattern of the furrows comprises a polygonal pattern.

3. The golf club head according to claim 2, wherein the furrow has a depth of 10 to 40% of an average thickness of the front part of the sole portion except the furrows and has a width of 0.1 to 0.6 mm.

4. The golf club head according to claim 2, wherein the furrows are entirely formed on the front part of the sole portion so that the average area of polygons in the polygonal pattern is larger on a central area of the front part than on a toe side and a heel side of the front part.

5. The golf club head according to claim 1, wherein the furrows are formed on a toe side and a heel side of the front part of the sole portion.

6. The golf club head according to claim 1, wherein the furrows are formed on a toe side and a heel side of the interior surface of the face portion.

7. The golf club head according to claim 1, wherein a plurality of dents of a polygon are further formed in the dent forming area.

8. The golf club head according to claim 1, wherein the dent forming area further has convexities combining the dents.

9. The golf club head according to claim 8, wherein the convexities are a mesh-like pattern.

10. The golf club head according to claim 8, wherein the convexities have a height of 0.1 to 0.4 mm from a surface of the dent forming area, and the convexities have a width of 0.2 to 0.8 mm.

11. The golf club head according to claim 1, wherein the crown portion has a thickness of 0.3 to 0.8 mm at the dent forming area.

12. The golf club head according to claim 1, wherein the dent forming area has an area of 50 to 90% of an area of the crown portion.

13. The golf club head according to claim 1, wherein no furrow is formed in an area adjacent the face portion relative to an area where furrows are formed in the crown portion and a flat area is provided in the area adjacent the face portion.