Golf club heads and methods to manufacture golf club heads

• US 9,427,634 B2
• Filed: 02/10/2015
• Issued: 08/30/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 08/25/2014
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Parsons Xtreme Golf, Llc
• Original Assignee: Parsons Xtreme Golf, Llc
• Inventors: Parsons, Robert R., Nicolette, Michael R., Schweigert, Bradley D.
• Primary Examiner(s): Passaniti, Sebastiano
• Application Number:
  US14/618,501
• Publication Number:
  US 20160051867A1
• Time in Patent Office: 567 Days
• Field of Search: 473324-350, 473287-292
• US Class Current: 1/1
• 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 53/0408 characterised by specific dimensions, e.g. thickness
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 53/0445 Details of grooves or the like on the impact surface
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 53/0475 with one or more enclosed cavities
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 60/002 Resonance frequency related characteristics
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 60/02 Ballast means for adjusting the centre of mass A63B60/24, A63B60/54 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 60/54 with means for damping vibrations

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 face portion, a toe portion, a top portion, a sole portion, and a back portion. The back portion may include a plurality of exterior ports. Other examples and embodiments may be described and claimed.

Claims

1. A golf club head comprising:

a body portion having a face portion with a thickness of less than or equal to 0.060 inch, a toe portion, a heel portion, a top portion, a sole portion, and a back portion; and

a plurality of exterior ports located along a periphery of the back portion, each exterior port of the plurality of exterior ports having a port diameter,

wherein the plurality of exterior ports is located below a horizontal midplane of the golf club head,

wherein a greater number of exterior ports of the plurality of exterior ports are closer to the toe portion than to the heel portion, and

wherein each exterior port of the plurality of exterior ports is separated from an adjacent exterior port by a distance of less than or equal to the port diameter.

2. A golf club head as defined in claim 1, wherein the plurality of exterior ports comprises at least three exterior ports.

3. A golf club head as defined in claim 1, wherein the plurality of exterior ports comprises at least one exterior port configured to receive a weight portion.

4. A golf club head as defined in claim 1, wherein the plurality of exterior ports comprises at least one exterior port configured to receive a weight portion partially or entirely made of a non-metal material.

5. A golf club head as defined in claim 1 further comprising an interior cavity partially or entirely filled with a thermoplastic elastomer material.

6. A golf club head as defined in claim 1, wherein the face portion comprises a loft angle between forty-eight degrees and sixty-two degrees.

7. A golf club head comprising:

a body portion having an interior cavity, a face portion, a toe portion, a top portion, a sole portion, and a back portion;

a first exterior port located along a periphery of the body portion, the first exterior port having a first port diameter;

a second exterior port located along the periphery of the body portion, the second exterior port having a second port diameter; and

a third exterior port located along the periphery of the body portion, the third exterior port having a third port diameter,

wherein the second exterior port is located between the first exterior port and the third exterior port,

wherein the first exterior port and the second exterior port are separated by a distance of less than or equal to the first port diameter or the second port diameter,

wherein the second exterior port and the third exterior port are separated by a distance of less than or equal to the second port diameter or the third port diameter, and

wherein at least one of the first exterior port, the second exterior port, or the third exterior port is connected to the interior cavity.

8. A golf club head as defined in claim 7, wherein at least one of the exterior ports is configured to receive a weight portion.

9. A golf club head as defined in claim 7, wherein at least one of the exterior ports is configured to receive a weight portion partially or entirely made of a non-metal material.

10. A golf club head as defined in claim 7, wherein the interior cavity is partially or entirely filled with a thermoplastic elastomer material.

11. A golf club head as defined in claim 7, wherein the face portion comprises a loft angle between forty-eight degrees and sixty-two degrees.

12. A golf club head as defined in claim 7, wherein the face portion comprises a thickness of less than or equal to 0.060 inch.

13. A wedge-type golf club head comprising:

a body portion having an interior cavity, a face portion, a toe portion, a heel portion, a top portion, a sole portion, and a back portion; and

a plurality of exterior ports extending between the toe and heel portions, each port of the plurality of exterior ports being associated with a port diameter,

wherein any two adjacent exterior ports of the plurality of exterior ports are separated by a distance of less than or equal to the port diameter of any exterior port of the two adjacent weight ports,

wherein at least one exterior port of the plurality of exterior ports is connected to the interior cavity, and

wherein a greater number of exterior ports of the plurality of exterior ports are closer to the toe portion than to the heel portion.

14. A wedge-type golf club head as defined in claim 13 further comprising an integral mass portion located at or proximate to a top-and-toe transition region between the top and toe portions.

15. A wedge-type golf club head as defined in claim 13, wherein the plurality of exterior ports comprises at least three exterior ports.

16. A wedge-type golf club head as defined in claim 13, wherein the plurality of exterior ports comprises at least one exterior port configured to receive a weight portion.

17. A wedge-type golf club head as defined in claim 13, wherein the plurality of exterior ports comprises at least one exterior port configured to receive a weight portion made of a non-metal material.

18. A wedge-type golf club head as defined in claim 13, wherein the face portion comprises a loft angle between forty-eight degrees and sixty-two degrees.

19. A wedge-type golf club head as defined in claim 13, wherein the face portion comprises a thickness of less than or equal to 0.060 inch.