Golf club head

• US 4,534,558 A
• Filed: 08/17/1983
• Issued: 08/13/1985
• Est. Priority Date: 12/28/1982
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Yonex Kabushiki Kaisha
• Original Assignee: Yonex Kabushiki Kaisha
• Inventors: Yoneyama, Minoru
• Primary Examiner(s): Grieb, William H.
• Application Number:
  US06/524,039
• Time in Patent Office: 727 Days
• Field of Search: 273/167 R, 273/167 F, 273/167 H, 273/167 J, 273/164, 273/78, 273/DIG. 8, 273/DIG. 23
• US Class Current: 473/348
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2209/02 with reinforcing fibres, e.g. carbon, polyamide fibres
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 53/04 Heads
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 53/0416 Heads having an impact surface provided by a face insert
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 53/0458 with non-uniform thickness of the impact face plate
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 53/047 iron-type
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 60/00 Details or accessories of golf clubs, bats, rackets or the like
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 273/08 Urethane
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 273/23 High modulus filaments

Abstract

A golf club head includes a core formed integrally with a sole of the head and extending upwardly therefrom in a triangular cross section. The core is formed of metal, such as soft iron or stainless steel. At least the front of the core is covered with fiber reinforced resin consisting principally of carbon fiber to form a clubface. The lower marginal edge of the clubface is formed flush with the sole.

Claims

1. A golf club head comprising:

a sole formed of metal material;

a core of metal material formed integrally with said sole, said core extending upwardly from said sole and having a substantially triangular shape in cross section, a lower end of said core having a thickness in a direction of swing of the head smaller than that of said sole to provide front and rear shoulders therebetween;

a hosel for receiving a shaft therein and formed of metal material integrally with said sole and said core, said hosel being connected to said sole and said core at a heel portion of the golf club head; and

an outer head member formed of carbon fiber reinforced resin material, said outer head member having a substantially inverted V-shaped cross-sectional configuration covering the entirety of said core, lower ends of said outer head member being in close contact with said shoulders with marginal edges of said lower ends being flush with said sole, and said outer head member including an integral tubular extension covering the entirety of said hosel.

2. A golf club head as claimed in claim 1, wherein said core is hollow.

3. A golf club head as claimed in claim 1, wherein a through hole is formed in said core to extend therethrough from the front to the back thereof, said through hole being filled with said carbon fiber reinforced resin material.

4. A golf club head as claimed in claim 3, wherein said through hole is substantially circular.

5. A golf club head as claimed in claim 3, wherein a recess of an area larger than said through hole is formed in the front of said core centrally thereof, and said through hole is formed to extend from the bottom of said recess.

6. A golf club head as claimed in claim 1, wherein a plurality of parallel slits are formed in said core to extent therethrough from the front to the back thereof, said slits being filled with said carbon fiber reinforced resin material.

7. A golf club head as claimed in claim 1, wherein a recess is formed in the front of said core centrally thereof, and further comprising a layer of a cushion material fitted in said recess between said core and said outer head member.