Golf club heads and methods to manufacture golf club heads

• US 9,387,375 B2
• Filed: 07/29/2015
• Issued: 07/12/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 07/30/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Parsons Xtreme Golf, Llc
• Original Assignee: Parsons Xtreme Golf, Llc
• Inventors: Schweigert, Bradley
• Primary Examiner(s): DENNIS, MICHAEL DAVID
• Application Number:
  US14/812,212
• Publication Number:
  US 20160030816A1
• Time in Patent Office: 349 Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2053/0491 with added weights, e.g. changeable, replaceable
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 53/0408 characterised by specific dimensions, e.g. thickness
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 53/0441 with visual indicators for aligning the golf club
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 53/0487 for putters A63B53/065 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 53/065 for putters
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 60/02 Ballast means for adjusting the centre of mass A63B60/24, A63B60/54 take precedence

Abstract

Embodiments of golf club heads and methods to manufacture golf club heads are generally described herein. In one example, a golf club head may include a body portion with a toe portion, a heel portion, a rear portion, a front portion with a strike face, a sole portion, and a top portion with a plurality of weight ports. The body portion may define a periphery of the golf club head. The golf club head may also include a plurality of weight portions with each weight portion disposed in one weight port of the plurality of weight ports. Other examples and embodiments may be described and claimed.

Claims

1. A golf club head comprising:

a body portion having a toe portion, a heel portion, a rear portion, a front portion with a strike face, a back wall portion, a sole portion, and a top portion;

a first plurality of weight ports on the back wall portion, each weight port of the first plurality of weight ports extending in a direction from the back wall portion to the front portion, the first plurality of weight ports comprising a first set of weight ports and a second set of weight ports, the first set of weight ports of the first plurality of weight ports extending between the toe portion and the heel portion and located between the second set of weight ports of the first plurality of weight ports and the top portion, the second set of weight ports of the first plurality of weight ports extending between the toe portion and the heel portion and located between the sole portion and the first set of weight ports of the first plurality of weight ports;

a second plurality of weight ports on the top portion, each weight port of the second plurality of weight ports extending in a direction from the top portion to the sole portion, the second plurality of weight ports comprising a first set of weight ports and a second set of weight ports, the first set of weight ports of the second plurality of weight ports located between the first plurality of weight ports and the toe portion, and the second set of weight ports of the second plurality of weight ports located between the first plurality of weight ports and the heel portion;

wherein the weight ports of the first plurality of weight ports and the second plurality of weight ports have a substantially similar port diameter;

wherein adjacent weight ports of the first plurality of weight ports and adjacent weight ports of the second plurality of weight ports are separated by a distance less than or equal to the port diameter;

wherein the weight ports of the first plurality of of weight ports and the weight ports of the second plurality of of weight ports have substantially the same depth.

2. A golf club head as defined in claim 1, wherein the second set of weight ports of the first plurality of weight ports includes a greater number of weight ports than the first set of weight ports of the first plurality of weight ports.

3. A golf club head as defined in claim 1 comprising a plurality of weight portions with each weight portion disposed in one weight port of the first plurality of weight ports and the second plurality of weight ports.

4. A golf club head as defined in claim 1 comprising a plurality of weight portions having a first set of weight portions with each weight portion of the first set of weight portions disposed in one weight port of the first set of weight ports of the first plurality of weight ports, and a second set of weight portions with each weight portion of the second set of weight portions disposed in one weight port of the second set of weight ports of the first plurality of weight ports, wherein an overall mass of the second set of weight portions is greater than the overall mass of the first set of weight portions.

5. A golf club head as defined in claim 1, wherein each weight port of the first set of weight ports of the first plurality of weight ports is staggered relative to the adjacent weight ports of the second set of weight ports of the first plurality of weight ports.

6. A golf club head as defined in claim 1, wherein the second plurality of weight ports extend in a direction from the toe portion to the heel portion.

7. A golf club head as defined in claim 1, comprising a plurality of weight portions with each weight portion disposed in one weight port of the first plurality of weight ports and the second plurality of weight ports, wherein each weight portion of the plurality of weight portions comprises a tungsten-based material.

8. A putter-type club head comprising:

a body portion having a toe portion, a heel portion, a rear portion, a front portion with a strike face, a back wall portion opposite to the strike face and being substantially parallel to the strike face, a sole portion, and a top portion;

a first plurality of weight ports on the back wall portion and extending between the toe portion and the heel portion and between the top portion and the sole portion;

a second plurality of weight ports on the top portion, the second plurality of weight ports comprising a first set of weight ports and a second set of weight ports, the first set of weight ports located between the first plurality of weight ports and the toe portion, and the second set of weight orts located between the first s plurality of weight s orts and the heel portion;

wherein adjacent weight ports of the first plurality of weight ports extending in a direction from the toe portion to the heel portion are separated by a distance less than or equal to a port diameter of any of the adjacent weight ports of the first plurality of weight ports; and

wherein adjacent weight ports of the first plurality of weight ports extending in a direction from the top portion to the sole portion are separated by a distance less than or equal to a port diameter of any of the adjacent weight ports of the first plurality of weight ports.

9. A putter-type club head as defined in claim 8, wherein a greater number of weight ports of the first plurality of weight ports are closer to the top portion than the sole portion.

10. A putter-type club head as defined in claim 8 comprising a plurality of weight portions with each weight portion disposed in one weight port of the first plurality of weight ports and the second plurality of weight ports.

11. A putter-type club head as defined in claim 8 comprising a plurality of weight portions having a first set of weight portions with each weight portion of the first set of weight portions disposed in one weight port of the first plurality of weight ports, and a second set of weight portions with each weight portion of the second set of weight portions disposed in one weight port of the first plurality of weight ports, wherein an overall mass of the second set of weight portions is greater than the overall mass of the first set of weight portions.

12. A putter-type club head as defined in claim 8, wherein each weight port of the first plurality of weight ports that is closer to the top portion than the sole portion is staggered relative to an adjacent weight port of the first plurality of weight ports that is closer to the sole portion than the top portion.

13. A putter-type club head as defined in claim 8, wherein the body portion comprises an interior cavity partially or entirely filled with an elastic polymer.

14. A putter-type club head as defined in claim 8, comprising a plurality of weight portions with each weight portion disposed in one weight port of the first plurality of weight ports and the second plurality of weight ports, wherein each weight portion of the plurality of weight portions comprises a tungsten-based material.

15. A putter-type club head as defined in claim 8, wherein the diameters of the plurality of weight ports of the first plurality of weight ports and the second plurality of weight ports are substantially similar.