Golf club heads and methods to manufacture golf club heads

• US 9,795,843 B2
• Filed: 02/28/2017
• Issued: 10/24/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 01/21/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Parsons Xtreme Golf, Llc
• Original Assignee: Parsons Xtreme Golf, Llc
• Inventors: Parsons, Robert R., Schweigert, Bradley D., Nicolette, Michael R.
• Primary Examiner(s): Layno, Benjamin
• Application Number:
  US15/445,253
• Publication Number:
  US 20170209752A1
• Time in Patent Office: 238 Days
• Field of Search: 473334-339, 473345, 473346, 473349
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2053/0491 with added weights, e.g. changeable, replaceable
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 53/04 Heads
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 53/0433 with special sole configurations
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 53/045 Strengthening ribs
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 53/0466 wood-type
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 53/0475 with one or more enclosed cavities
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 53/06 adjustable
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 60/02 Ballast means for adjusting the centre of mass A63B60/24, A63B60/54 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 60/52 with slits

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 hollow body portion having a front portion, a rear portion, a toe portion, a heel portion, a bottom portion, a top portion, a plurality of ports on the bottom portion and a plurality of inner support portions in the hollow body portion. Other examples and embodiments may be described and claimed.

Claims

1. A golf club head comprising:

a hollow body portion having a front portion, a rear portion, a toe portion, a heel portion, a top portion, and a bottom portion having an inner surface and an outer surface;

a plurality of inner support portions extending into the hollow body portion from the inner surface of the bottom portion;

a first plurality of ports having at least three ports being closer to the front portion than the rear portion, each port of the first plurality of ports extending from the outer surface of the bottom portion into the hollow body portion;

a second plurality of ports having at least three ports being closer to the rear portion than the front portion, each port of the second plurality of ports extending from the outer surface of the bottom portion into the hollow body portion;

wherein each port of the at least three ports of the first plurality of ports is connected to an adjacent port of the at least three ports of the first plurality of ports by an inner support portion of the plurality of inner support portions, and

wherein each port of the at least three ports of the second plurality of ports is connected to an adjacent port of the at least three ports of the second plurality of ports by an inner support portion of the plurality of inner support portions.

2. A golf club head as defined in claim 1 further comprising an outer support portion extending on the outer surface of the bottom portion between the front portion and the rear portion near the toe portion.

3. A golf club head as defined in claim 1, wherein each port of the first plurality of ports is connected to an adjacent port of the first plurality of ports by an inner support portion of the plurality of inner support portions.

4. A golf club head as defined in claim 1, wherein each port of the second plurality of ports is connected to an adjacent port of the second plurality of ports by an inner support portion of the plurality of inner support portions.

5. A golf club head as defined in claim 1, wherein at least a pair of non-adjacent ports of the plurality of ports is connected by an inner support portion of the plurality of inner support portions.

6. A golf club head as defined in claim 1 further comprising a hosel assembly comprising a hosel on the top portion, and a hosel sleeve extending from the hosel into the hollow body portion, the sleeve having an outer wall, wherein the outer wall of the portion of the sleeve that is in the hollow body portion is exposed to the hollow interior of the hollow body portion.

7. A golf club head as defined in claim 1, wherein each inner support portion of the plurality of inner support portions is defined by a wall projecting into the hollow body portion from an inner surface of the bottom portion.

8. A golf club head as defined in claim 1 further comprising a plurality of weight portions, each port of the plurality of ports configured to receive a weight portion of the plurality of weight portions.

9. A golf club head comprising:

a hollow body portion having a front portion, a rear portion, a toe portion, a heel portion, a top portion, and a bottom portion having an inner surface and an outer surface;

a plurality of inner support portions extending into the hollow body portion from the inner surface of the bottom portion;

a first plurality of ports having at least three ports being closer to the toe portion than the heel portion, each port of the first plurality of ports extending from the outer surface of the bottom portion into the hollow body portion;

a second plurality of ports having at least three ports being closer to the heel portion than the toe portion, each port of the second plurality of ports extending from the outer surface of the bottom portion into the hollow body portion;

wherein each port of the at least three ports of the second plurality of ports is connected to an adjacent port of the at least three ports of the second plurality of ports by an inner support portion of the plurality of inner support portions, and

wherein at least two non-adjacent ports of the second plurality of ports are connected by an inner support portion of the plurality of inner support portions.

10. A golf club head as defined in claim 9, wherein each port of the at least three ports of the first plurality of ports is connected to an adjacent port of the at least three ports of the first plurality of ports by an inner support portion of the plurality of inner support portions.

11. A golf club head as defined in claim 9, wherein the plurality of inner support portions further comprises inner support portions extending from one or more ports of the first plurality of ports and one or more ports of the second plurality of ports toward a periphery of the hollow body portion.

12. A golf club head as defined in claim 9, wherein each port of the first plurality of ports and the second plurality of ports is connected to an adjacent port by an inner support portion of the plurality of inner support portions.

13. A golf club head as defined in claim 9 further comprising a plurality of weight portions, each port of the plurality of ports configured to receive a weight portion of the plurality of weight portions.

14. A golf club head as defined in claim 9 further comprising an outer support portion is defined by an indentation in the outer surface of the bottom portion extending on the outer surface of the bottom portion between the front portion and the rear portion near the toe portion.

15. A golf club head comprising:

a hollow body portion having a front portion, a rear portion, a toe portion, a heel portion, a top portion, and a bottom portion having an inner surface and an outer surface;

a plurality of inner support portions extending into the hollow body portion from the inner surface of the bottom portion;

a first plurality of ports having at least three ports being closer to the front portion than the rear portion, each port of the first plurality of ports extending from the outer surface of the bottom portion into the hollow body portion; and

a second plurality of ports having at least three ports being closer to the rear portion than the front portion, each port of the second plurality of ports extending from the outer surface of the bottom portion into the hollow body portion,

wherein at least one port of the first plurality of ports and at least one port of the second plurality of ports are connected by an inner support portion of the plurality of inner support portions.

16. A golf club head as defined in claim 15, further comprising an outer support portion defined by an indentation in the bottom portion extending on the outer surface of the bottom portion between the front portion and the rear portion near the toe portion.

17. A golf club head as defined in claim 15, wherein each pair of adjacent ports of the plurality of ports is connected by an inner support portion of the plurality of inner support portions.

18. A golf club head as defined in claim 15, wherein the plurality of inner support portions further comprises inner support portions extending from ports of the plurality of ports toward a periphery of the hollow body portion.

19. A golf club head as defined in claim 15, wherein each inner support portion is defined by a wall projecting from an inner surface of the bottom portion.

20. A golf club head as defined in claim 15 further comprising a plurality of weight portions, each port of the plurality of ports configured to receive a weight portion of the plurality of weight portions.