Golf club heads and methods to manufacture golf club heads

• US 9,999,814 B2
• Filed: 10/03/2017
• Issued: 06/19/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 08/26/2014
• 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:
  US15/724,035
• Publication Number:
  US 20180021640A1
• Time in Patent Office: 259 Days
• Field of Search: 473334-339, 473341, 473344, 473345, 473346, 473349
• 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 53/0433 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 60/002 Resonance frequency related characteristics
• 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 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 first port region having a first set of ports on the bottom portion extending into the hollow body portion from the outer surface of the bottom portion, the first port region being closer to the rear portion than the front portion;

a second port region having a second set of ports on the bottom portion extending into the hollow body portion from the outer surface of the bottom portion, the second port region being closer to the heel portion than the toe portion and being closer to the front portion than the first port region;

a first outer support portion on the outer surface of the bottom portion extending between the toe portion and the heel portion and being closer to the front portion than the second port region; and

a second outer support portion on the outer surface of the bottom portion extending between the toe portion and the heel portion and being between the first port region and the second port region.

2. A golf club head as defined in claim 1 further comprising an inner wall portion extending from the inner surface of the bottom portion into the hollow body portion.

3. A golf club head as defined in claim 1 further comprising an elastic polymer material in the hollow body portion at least partially surrounding the first port region and the second port region.

4. A golf club head as defined in claim 1 further comprising an inner wall portion extending from the inner surface of the bottom portion into the hollow body portion, and wherein the inner wall portion is closer to the front portion than the first port region.

5. A golf club head as defined in claim 1 further comprising an inner wall portion extending from the inner surface of the bottom portion into the hollow body portion, and an elastic polymer material in the hollow body portion between the first port region, the second port region, and the inner wall portion.

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

7. A golf club head as defined in claim 1 further comprising a plurality of weight portions, wherein each weight portion includes a visual indicator configured to indicate a mass of the weight portion, wherein each port of the first set of ports and each port of the second set of ports is configured to receive a weight portion of the plurality of weight portions such that the visual indicator of each weight portion is visible when viewed from the bottom portion of the body portion.

8. A golf club head comprising:

a plurality of weight portions, each weight portion having a visual indicator configured to indicate a mass of the weight portion;

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 first port region having a first set of ports on the bottom portion extending into the hollow body portion from the outer surface of the bottom portion, the first port region being closer to the rear portion than the front portion; and

a second port region having a second set of ports on the bottom portion extending into the hollow body portion from the outer surface of the bottom portion, the second port region being closer to the front portion than the first port region;

wherein each port of the first set of ports and each port of the second set of ports is configured to receive a weight portion of the plurality of weight portions such that the visual indicator of each weight portion is visible when viewed from the bottom portion of the body portion.

9. A golf club head as defined in claim 8 further comprising at least one outer support portion on the outer surface of the bottom portion extending between the toe portion and the heel portion.

10. A golf club head as defined in claim 8 further comprising an inner wall portion extending from the inner surface of the bottom portion into the hollow body portion.

11. A golf club head as defined in claim 8 further comprising an elastic polymer material in the hollow body portion at least partially surrounding the first port region and the second port region.

12. A golf club head as defined in claim 8 further comprising an inner wall portion extending from the inner surface of the bottom portion into the hollow body portion, and wherein the inner wall portion is closer to the front portion than the first port region.

13. A golf club head as defined in claim 8 further comprising an inner wall portion extending from the inner surface of the bottom portion into the hollow body portion, and an elastic polymer material in the hollow body portion between the first port region, the second port region, and the inner wall portion.

14. A golf club head as defined in claim 8 further comprising an elastic polymer material in the hollow body portion attached to the inner surface of the bottom portion and at least partially surrounding the first port region and the second port region.

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 ports on the bottom portion extending into the hollow body portion from the outer surface of the bottom portion;

at least one outer support portion on the outer surface of the bottom portion extending between the toe portion and the heel portion and being closer to the front portion than at least three ports of the plurality of ports;

an inner wall portion extending from the inner surface of the bottom portion into the hollow body portion and between the toe portion and the heel portion; and

an elastic polymer material in the hollow body portion between the inner wall portion and the rear portion of the body portion.

16. A golf club head as defined in claim 15, wherein the elastic polymer material at least partially surrounds the plurality of ports.

17. A golf club head as defined in claim 15, wherein the inner wall portion is closer to the front portion than at least three ports of the plurality of ports.

18. A golf club head as defined in claim 15, wherein the elastic polymer material is attached to the inner surface of the bottom portion, and wherein the inner wall portion at least partially surrounds the elastic polymer material.

19. A golf club head as defined in claim 15, wherein the plurality of ports includes at least three ports proximate to the rear portion and at least three ports proximate to the heel portion.

20. A golf club head as defined in claim 15 further comprising a plurality of weight portions, wherein each weight portion includes a visual indicator configured to indicate a mass of the weight portion, wherein each port of the plurality of ports is configured to receive a weight portion of the plurality of weight portions such that the visual indicator of each weight portion is visible when viewed from the bottom portion of the body portion.