Golf club heads and methods to manufacture golf club heads

• US 9,669,270 B2
• Filed: 09/21/2016
• Issued: 06/06/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 08/26/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Parsons Xtreme Golf, Llc
• Original Assignee: Parsons Xtreme Golf, Llc
• Inventors: Schweigert, Bradley D., Nicolette, Michael R., Kroloff, Caleb S.
• Primary Examiner(s): Layno, Benjamin
• Application Number:
  US15/271,574
• Publication Number:
  US 20170007892A1
• Time in Patent Office: 258 Days
• Field of Search: 473342, 473345, 473344, 473334, 473335
• 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 53/04 Heads
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 53/0408 characterised by specific dimensions, e.g. thickness
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 53/0412 Volume
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 53/0416 Heads having an impact surface provided by a face insert
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 53/0429 the face insert comprising two or more layers of material
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 53/0433 with special sole configurations
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 53/0454 Strengthening ribs on the rear surface of the impact face plate
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 53/0458 with non-uniform thickness of the impact face plate
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 53/0462 characterised by tapering thickness of the impact face plate
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 53/0466 wood-type
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 53/0475 with one or more enclosed cavities
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 60/00 Details or accessories of golf clubs, bats, rackets or the like

Abstract

Embodiments of golf club heads and methods to manufacture golf club heads are generally described herein. A golf club head may include a body portion having a face portion with regions of varying thickness. In one example, the golf club head may include a center portion with a first thickness, an outer wall portion with a second thickness less than the first thickness, and a plurality of inner wall portion with a third thickness less than the second thickness. The golf club head may include a body portion and a plurality of weight portions. Other examples and embodiments may be described and claimed.

Claims

1. A golf club head comprising:

a body portion having a front portion, a rear portion, a toe portion, a heel portion, a top portion, and a bottom portion, the front portion having a face portion comprising;

a center portion with a first thickness;

an outer wall portion at least partially surrounding the center portion and having a second thickness less than the first thickness; and

a plurality of inner wall portions comprising;

a first inner wall portion connecting the center portion to the outer wall portion and extending from the center portion toward the toe portion, the thickness of the first inner wall portion decreasing from the first thickness to the second thickness from the center portion to the outer wall portion;

a second inner wall portion connecting the center portion to the outer wall portion and extending from the center portion toward the heel portion, the thickness of the second inner wall portion decreasing from the first thickness to the second thickness from the center portion to the outer wall portion;

a third inner wall portion connecting the center portion to the outer wall portion and extending from the center portion toward the top portion, the thickness of the third inner wall portion decreasing from the first thickness to the second thickness from the center portion to the outer wall portion; and

a fourth inner wall portion connecting the center portion to the outer wall portion and extending from the center portion toward the bottom portion, the thickness of the fourth inner wall portion decreasing from the first thickness to the second thickness from the center portion to the outer wall portion,

wherein the face portion comprises a plurality of back portion regions, one of the plurality of back portion regions at least partially surrounding the outer wall portion, and each of the other back portion regions of the plurality of back portion regions being between the center portion, the outer wall portion and adjacent inner wall portions, and wherein the back portion regions have a thickness less than the first thickness and the second thickness.

2. A golf club head as defined in claim 1, further comprising a plurality of weight portions on the bottom portion.

3. A golf club head as defined in claim 1, wherein the back portion regions of the plurality of back portion regions have similar thicknesses.

4. A golf club head as defined in claim 1 further comprising a plurality of ports on the bottom portion and a plurality of weight portions, wherein each port of the plurality of ports is configured to receive a weight portion of the plurality of weight portions.

5. A golf club head as defined in claim 1, wherein a width of each of the inner wall portions of the plurality of inner wall portions varies between the center portion and the outer wall portion.

6. A golf club head as defined in claim 1, wherein a cross sectional configuration of each of the inner wall portions of the plurality of inner wall portions varies between the center portion and the outer wall portion.

7. A golf club head comprising:

a body portion having a front portion, a rear portion, a toe portion, a heel portion, a top portion, and a bottom portion, the front portion having a face portion comprising;

a first region having a first thickness, the first region at least partially located at or proximate to a center portion of the face portion;

a second region having a second thickness less than the first thickness and at least partially surrounding the first region;

a plurality of third regions, each of the third regions extending between the first region and the second region, each of the third regions having the first thickness at or proximate to the first region and the second thickness at or proximate to the second region;

a plurality of fourth regions, each of the fourth regions located between the first region, the second region, and adjacent third regions, each of the plurality of fourth regions having a thickness of less than the first thickness and the second thickness; and

a fifth region at least partially surrounding the second region and having a thickness of less than the first thickness and the second thickness.

8. A golf club head as defined in claim 7, wherein a width of each of the fourth regions varies between the first region and the second region.

9. A golf club head as defined in claim 7, wherein a cross sectional configuration of each of the fourth regions varies between the first region and the second region.

10. A golf club head as defined in claim 7, wherein the plurality of third regions comprises a first inner wall extending from the first region toward the toe portion and to the second region, a second inner wall extending from the first region toward the heel portion and to the second region, a third inner wall extending from the first region toward the top portion and to the second region, and a fourth inner wall extending from the first region toward the bottom portion and to the second region.

11. A golf club head as defined in claim 7 further comprising a plurality of ports on the bottom portion and a plurality of weight portions, wherein each port of the plurality of ports is configured to receive a weight portion of the plurality of weight portions.

12. A golf club head as defined in claim 7, wherein the first region, the second region and each of the third regions are defined by portions of the face portion projecting from a back side of the face portion into the body portion.

13. A golf club head as defined in claim 7, wherein the first region, the second region and each of the third regions are defined by walls on a back side of the face portion.

14. A golf club head comprising:

a body portion having a front portion, a rear portion, a toe portion, a heel portion, a top portion, and a bottom portion, the front portion having a face portion with a face portion thickness, the face portion comprising;

a center portion, the center portion having a first thickness greater than the face portion thickness;

an outer wall portion at least partially surrounding the center portion, the outer wall portion having a second thickness less than the first thickness and greater than the face portion thickness;

a plurality of inner wall portions extending from the center portion to the outer wall portion, each inner wall portion having a greater thickness at or proximate to the center portion than at or proximate to the outer wall portion, and

a plurality of back portion regions, one of the plurality of back portion regions at least partially surrounding the outer wall portion, and each of the other back portion regions of the plurality of back portion regions being between the center portion, the outer wall portion and adjacent inner wall portions, and wherein the back portion regions of the plurality of back portion regions have similar thicknesses.

15. A golf club head as defined in claim 14, wherein the back portion regions have a thickness less than the first thickness and the second thickness.

16. A golf club head as defined in claim 14, further comprising a plurality of weight portions on the bottom portion.

17. A golf club head as defined in claim 14 further comprising a plurality of ports on the bottom portion and a plurality of weight portions, wherein each port of the plurality of ports is configured to receive a weight portion of the plurality of weight portions.

18. A golf club head as defined in claim 14, wherein a width of each of the inner wall portions of the plurality of inner wall portions varies between the center portion and the outer wall portion.

19. A golf club head as defined in claim 14, wherein a cross sectional configuration of each of the inner wall portions of the plurality of inner wall portions varies between the center portion and the outer wall portion.

20. A golf club head as defined in claim 14, wherein the inner wall portions include at least four inner wall portions extending from the center portion toward the toe portion, the heel portion, the top portion, and the bottom portion, respectively.