Golf club heads and methods to manufacture golf club heads

• US 9,895,585 B2
• Filed: 11/16/2016
• Issued: 02/20/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 06/20/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Parsons Xtreme Golf, Llc
• Original Assignee: Parsons Xtreme Golf, Llc
• Inventors: Kroloff, Caleb S.
• Primary Examiner(s): HUNTER, ALVIN A
• Application Number:
  US15/352,846
• Publication Number:
  US 20170361180A1
• Time in Patent Office: 461 Days
• Field of Search: 473324-350
• 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 53/0437 with special crown configurations
• 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 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 ports. The body portion may define a periphery of the golf club head, and a height of the body portion proximate to the toe portion may be greater than a height of the body portion proximate to the heel portion. The golf club head may also include a plurality of weight portions with each weight portion disposed in one port of the plurality of 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 center portion between the toe portion and the heel portion, a front portion with a strike face, a rear portion having a back end, a sole portion, a top portion, and a back wall portion between the strike face and the back end of the rear portion; and

a plurality of ports, each port having an opening on the top portion and extending into the body portion from the opening toward the sole portion, the plurality of ports comprising a first set of ports and a second set of ports, the first set of ports being proximate to the toe portion and extending between the toe portion and the heel portion, the second set of ports being proximate to the heel portion and extending between the toe portion and the heel portion,

wherein a height of the body portion between the center portion and the toe portion and between the back wall portion and the back end of the rear portion is greater than a height of the body portion between the center portion and the heel portion and between the back wall portion and the back end of the rear portion such that the mass of the toe portion is greater than a mass of the heel portion.

2. A golf club head as defined in claim 1, wherein the plurality of ports is located less than or equal to 0.5 inch from a periphery of the body portion at or proximate to the rear portion.

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

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

5. A golf club head as defined in claim 1, wherein the first set of ports and the second set of ports are separated by a distance greater than or equal to a diameter of a golf ball.

6. A golf club head as defined in claim 1, wherein the back wall portion comprises at least one port extending in a direction from the back wall portion to the front portion.

7. A golf club head as defined in claim 1, further comprising a visual guide portion extending between the front portion and the rear portion, the visual guide portion being substantially equidistant relative to the first set of ports and the second set of ports.

8. A golf club head comprising:

a plurality of weight portions;

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

a plurality of ports comprising a first set of ports and a second set of ports, the first set of ports extending from a location proximate to the toe portion toward the heel portion, the second set of ports extending from a location proximate to the heel portion toward the toe portion, each port of the plurality of ports configured to receive a weight portion of the plurality of weight portions,

wherein a mass of the body portion at or proximate to the toe portion is greater than a mass of the body portion at or proximate to the heel portion such that a center of gravity of the golf club head is between a vertical center line of the body portion and the toe portion, and

wherein a height of the body portion at or proximate to the toe portion is greater than a height of the body portion at or proximate to the heel portion such that the mass of the body portion at or proximate to the toe portion is greater than the mass of the body portion at or proximate to the heel portion.

9. A golf club head as defined in claim 8, wherein the mass of the body portion at or proximate to the toe portion is greater than the mass of the body portion at or proximate to the heel portion by one of (i) 5% to 15% more, (ii) 10% to 25% more, (iii) 15% to 50% more, or (iv) 50% more.

10. A golf club head as defined in claim 8, wherein the plurality of weight portions comprises a first set of weight portions and a second set of weight portions, wherein an overall mass of the second set of weight portions is different than an overall mass of the first set of weight portions, wherein each weight portion of the second set of weight portions is disposed in a port of the second set of ports, and wherein each weight portion of the first set of weight portions is disposed in a port of the first set of ports.

11. A golf club head as defined in claim 8, wherein the body portion comprises a back wall portion having at least one port extending in a direction from the back wall portion to the front portion.

12. A golf club head comprising:

a plurality of weight portions;

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

a plurality of ports comprising a first set of ports and a second set of ports, the first set of ports extending from a location proximate to the toe portion toward the heel portion, the second set of ports extending from a location proximate to the heel portion toward the toe portion, each port of the plurality of ports configured to receive a weight portion of the plurality of weight portions,

wherein a mass of the body portion at or proximate to the toe portion is greater than a mass of the body portion at or proximate to the heel portion such that a center of gravity of the golf club head is between a vertical center line of the body portion and the toe portion, and

wherein the plurality of ports is located less than or equal to 0.5 inch from a periphery of the body portion at or proximate to the rear portion.

13. A golf club head comprising:

a plurality of weight portions;

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

a plurality of ports comprising a first set of ports and a second set of ports, the first set of ports extending from a location proximate to the toe portion toward the heel portion, the second set of ports extending from a location proximate to the heel portion toward the toe portion, each port of the plurality of ports configured to receive a weight portion of the plurality of weight portions,

wherein a mass of the body portion at or proximate to the toe portion is greater than a mass of the body portion at or proximate to the heel portion such that a center of gravity of the golf club head is between a vertical center line of the body portion and the toe portion, and

wherein at least one port of the first set of ports is located less than or equal to 0.5 inch from a periphery of the body portion at or proximate to the toe portion and at least one port of the second set of ports is located less than or equal to 0.5 inch from the periphery of the body portion at or proximate to the heel portion.

14. A golf club head comprising:

a plurality of weight portions;

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

a plurality of ports comprising a first set of ports and a second set of ports, the first set of ports extending from a location proximate to the toe portion toward the heel portion, the second set of ports extending from a location proximate to the heel portion toward the toe portion, each port of the plurality of ports configured to receive a weight portion of the plurality of weight portions,

wherein a mass of the body portion at or proximate to the toe portion is greater than a mass of the body portion at or proximate to the heel portion such that a center of gravity of the golf club head is between a vertical center line of the body portion and the toe portion, and

wherein the first set of ports and the second set of ports are separated by a distance greater than or equal to a diameter of a golf ball.

15. A golf club head comprising:

a body portion having a toe portion, a heel portion, a center portion between the toe portion and the heel portion, a front portion with a strike face, a rear portion having a back end, a sole portion, a top portion, and a back wall portion between the strike face the back end of the rear portion,

wherein a distance between the bottom portion and the top portion at or proximate to the toe portion and between the back wall portion and the back end of the rear portion is at least about 25% greater than a distance between the bottom portion and the top portion at or proximate to the heel portion and between the back wall portion and the back end of the rear portion such that a mass of the body portion between a vertical center line of the body portion and the toe portion is greater than a mass of the body portion between a vertical center line of the body portion and the heel portion.

16. A golf club head as defined in claim 15, further comprising:

a plurality of ports comprising a first set of ports extending in a direction from the toe portion to the heel portion and a second set of ports extending in a direction from the heel portion to the toe portion;

wherein at least one port of the first set of ports is located less than or equal to 0.5 inch from a periphery of the body portion at or proximate to the toe portion;

wherein at least one port of the second set of ports is located less than or equal to 0.5 inch from the periphery of the body portion at or proximate to the heel portion;

wherein adjacent ports of the first set of ports are separated by a distance less than or equal to a port diameter of any of the ports of the first set of ports;

wherein adjacent ports of the second set of ports are separated by a distance less than or equal to a port diameter of any of the ports of the second set of ports, and

wherein the first set of ports and the second set of ports are separated by a distance greater than or equal to one inch.

17. A golf club head as defined in claim 15 further comprising:

a plurality of ports on the top portion, the plurality of ports comprising a first set of ports and a second set of ports;

a plurality of weight portions having a first set of weight portions and a second set of weight portions;

wherein each weight portion of the second set of weight portions is disposed in a port of the second set of ports, and

wherein each weight portion of the first set of weight portions is disposed in a port of the first set of ports.

18. A golf club head as defined in claim 15, further comprising a plurality of ports on the top portion, the plurality of ports comprising a first set of ports and a second set of ports, wherein each port of the plurality of ports extends from an opening on the top portion toward the bottom portion.

19. A golf club head as defined in claim 15, further comprising a plurality of ports on the top portion, the plurality of ports comprising a first set of ports and a second set of ports, wherein the first set of ports and the second set of ports are separated by a distance greater than or equal to a diameter of a golf ball.

20. A golf club head as defined in claim 15, wherein the rear portion comprises a back wall portion having at least one port extending in a direction from the back wall portion to the front portion.