Golf club having concentrated weighting

• US 9,908,013 B2
• Filed: 12/30/2015
• Issued: 03/06/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 12/30/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Acushnet Company (FILA Holdings Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Acushnet Company (FILA Holdings Corp.)
• Inventors: Hettinger, Ronald K., Deshmukh, Uday V., Ferguson, Gentry, Perez, Eddie G.
• Primary Examiner(s): WONG, STEVEN B
• Application Number:
  US14/985,043
• Publication Number:
  US 20170189770A1
• Time in Patent Office: 797 Days
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2053/0491 with added weights, e.g. changeable, replaceable
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 53/0462 characterised by tapering thickness of the impact face plate
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 53/0466 wood-type

Abstract

A golf club head including a multi-piece construction. The golf club head includes a plurality of body components coupled at a seam. A weight member is coupled to the golf club head so that it overlaps a seam.

Claims

1. A golf club head, comprising:

a hosel;

a ball striking face member;

a sole member extending aftward from a lower edge of the face, wherein the sole member defines a perimeter edge, wherein a portion of the perimeter edge includes a shoulder that is recessed toward the interior of the golf club head;

a crown member extending aftward from an upper edge of the face, wherein the crown member defines a perimeter edge, wherein a portion of the perimeter edge includes a shoulder that is recessed toward the interior of the golf club head, wherein the perimeter edge of the crown member is coupled to the perimeter edge of the sole member to form a seam, and wherein the shoulder of the sole member combines with the shoulder of the crown member to form an elongate weight recess; and

a weight member, wherein the weight member includes a portion that extends into the weight recess,

wherein the weight member includes a weight body and a plurality of projections extending outward from an outer surface of the weight body, wherein the projections space the weight body from an interior surface of the weight cavity.

2. The golf club head of claim 1, wherein the sole member includes an exterior wall portion disposed at the perimeter edge and spaced from the shoulder that combines with the shoulder to form a double walled portion, wherein the crown member includes an exterior wall portion disposed at the perimeter edge that combines with the shoulder to form a double walled portion.

3. The golf club head of claim 2, wherein the double walled portion of the sole member aligns with the double walled portion of the crown member to define a weight cavity, and wherein the weight member is disposed inside the weight cavity.

4. The golf club head of claim 1, further comprising an encasing material disposed in the space between the weight body and the interior surface of the weight cavity.

5. The golf club head of claim 1, wherein the weight body includes an aperture extending through the thickness of the weight body.