Golf club heads and methods to manufacture golf club heads

• US 10,413,787 B2
• Filed: 07/09/2018
• Issued: 09/17/2019
• 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:
  US16/030,403
• Publication Number:
  US 20180318669A1
• Time in Patent Office: 435 Days
• Field of Search: 473334-339, 473341, 473344
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2053/0491 with added weights, e.g. changeable, replaceable
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 53/04 Heads
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 53/0408 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 53/0466 wood-type
• 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

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 having a front portion, a rear portion, a toe portion, a heel portion, a top portion, and a bottom portion. The golf club head may include a first weight port region on the bottom portion and a second weight port region on the bottom portion. The first weight port region may include a first set of weight portions. The second weight port region may include a second set 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;

a first weight port region on the bottom portion, the first weight port region being closer to the rear portion than the front portion, the first weight port region comprising a first set of weight portions; and

a second weight port region on the bottom portion, the second weight port region being closer to the front portion than the rear portion, the second weight port region comprising a second set of weight portions,

wherein a toe-side vertical plane intersects one weight portion of the first set of weight portions and intersects one weight portion of the second set of weight portions, the toe-side vertical plane being perpendicular to a front vertical plane, and

wherein a heel-side vertical plane intersects one weight portion of the first set of weight portions and intersects one weight portion of the second set of weight portions, the heel-side vertical plane being perpendicular to the front vertical plane.

2. A golf club head as defined in claim 1, wherein a center vertical plane intersects one weight portion of the first set of weight portions and intersects one weight portion of the second set of weight portions, the center vertical plane located between the toe-side vertical plane and the heel-side vertical plane and perpendicular to the front vertical plane.

3. A golf club head as defined in claim 1, wherein the first weight port region is wholly located less than or equal to 1.25 inches (31.75 millimeters) from a rear periphery of the bottom portion.

4. A golf club head as defined in claim 1, wherein the second weight port region is wholly located less than or equal to 1.25 inches (31.75 millimeters) from a front periphery of the bottom portion.

5. A golf club head as defined in claim 1, wherein the first weight port region has an area less than or equal to 0.75 square inches (4.84 square centimeters), and the second weight port region has an area less than or equal to 0.75 square inches (4.84 square centimeters).

6. A golf club head as defined in claim 1, further comprising a third weight port region on the bottom portion, the third weight port region located between the toe-side vertical plane and a toe-side periphery of the bottom portion, the third weight port region comprising a third set of weight portions.

7. A golf club head as defined in claim 1, further comprising a third weight port region on the bottom portion, the third weight port region located between the heel-side vertical plane and a heel-side periphery of the bottom portion, the third weight port region comprising a third set of weight portions.

8. 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;

a first weight port region on the bottom portion, the first weight port region being closer to the rear portion than the front portion, the first weight port region comprising a first set of weight portions; and

a second weight port region on the bottom portion, the second weight port region being closer to the front portion than the rear portion, the second weight port region comprising a second set of weight portions,

wherein a center vertical plane intersects one weight portion of the first set of weight portions and intersects one weight portion of the second set of weight portions, the center vertical plane being perpendicular to a front vertical plane, and

wherein a toe-side vertical plane intersects one weight portion of the first set of weight portions and intersects one weight portion of the second set of weight portions, the toe-side vertical plane being perpendicular to the front vertical plane.

9. A golf club head as defined in claim 8, wherein a heel-side vertical plane intersects one weight portion of the first set of weight portions and intersects one weight portion of the second set of weight portions, the heel-side vertical plane being perpendicular to the front vertical plane.

10. A golf club head as defined in claim 8, wherein the first weight port region is wholly located less than or equal to 1.25 inches (31.75 millimeters) from a rear periphery of the bottom portion.

11. A golf club head as defined in claim 8, wherein the second weight port region is wholly located less than or equal to 1.25 inches (31.75 millimeters) from a front periphery of the bottom portion.

12. A golf club head as defined in claim 8, wherein the first weight port region has an area of less than 0.75 square inches (4.84 square centimeters), and the second weight port region has an area of less than 0.75 square inches (4.84 square centimeters).

13. A golf club head as defined in claim 8, further comprising a third weight port region on the bottom portion, the third weight port region located between the toe-side vertical plane and a toe-side periphery of the bottom portion, the third weight port region comprising a third set of weight portions.

14. A golf club head as defined in claim 8, further comprising a third weight port region on the bottom portion, the third weight port region located between the center vertical plane and a heel-side periphery of the bottom portion, the third weight port region comprising a third set of weight portions.

15. 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;

a first weight port region on the bottom portion, the first weight port region being closer to the rear portion than the front portion, the first weight port region comprising a first set of weight portions; and

a second weight port region on the bottom portion, the second weight port region being closer to the front portion than the rear portion, the second weight port region comprising a second set of weight portions,

wherein a center vertical plane intersects one weight portion of the first set of weight portions and intersects one weight portion of the second set of weight portions, the center vertical plane being perpendicular to a front vertical plane, and

wherein a heel-side vertical plane intersects one weight portion of the first set of weight portions and intersects one weight portion of the second set of weight portions, the heel-side vertical plane being perpendicular to the front vertical plane.

16. A golf club head as defined in claim 15, wherein a toe-side vertical plane intersects one weight portion of the first set of weight portions and intersects one weight portion of the second set of weight portions, the toe-side vertical plane being perpendicular to the front vertical plane.

17. A golf club head as defined in claim 15, wherein the first weight port region is wholly located less than or equal to 1.25 inches (31.75 millimeters) from a rear periphery of the bottom portion, and the second weight port region is wholly located less than or equal to 1.25 inches (31.75 millimeters) from a front periphery of the bottom portion.

18. A golf club head as defined in claim 15, wherein the first weight port region has an area of less than 0.75 square inches (4.84 square centimeters), and the second weight port region has an area of less than 0.75 square inches (4.84 square centimeters).

19. A golf club head as defined in claim 15, further comprising a third weight port region on the bottom portion, the third weight port region located between the center vertical plane and a toe-side periphery of the bottom portion, the third weight port region comprising a third set of weight portions.

20. A golf club head as defined in claim 15, further comprising a third weight port region on the bottom portion, the third weight port region located between the heel-side vertical plane and a heel-side periphery of the bottom portion, the third weight port region comprising a third set of weight portions.