Golf club head with a vibration-absorbing structure

• US 6,991,560 B2
• Filed: 11/21/2003
• Issued: 01/31/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 11/21/2003
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Kung-Wen Lee, Wen-Cheng Tseng
• Original Assignee: Kung-Wen Lee, Wen-Cheng Tseng
• Inventors: Tseng, Wen-Cheng
• Primary Examiner(s): Vidovich, Gregory
• Assistant Examiner(s): HUNTER, ALVIN A
• Application Number:
  US10/719,368
• Publication Number:
  US 20050113185A1
• Time in Patent Office: 802 Days
• Field of Search: 473324-350
• US Class Current: 473/332
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2053/0491 with added weights, e.g. changeable, replaceable
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 53/0416 Heads having an impact surface provided by a face insert
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 53/0433 with special sole configurations
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 53/0466 wood-type
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 60/54 with means for damping vibrations

Abstract

A golf club head includes a hollow body with a heel, a toe, a top, a bottom, a strike plate and a rear portion. A recess is defined at the bottom of the body and extends to the rear portion of the body. A strip is integrated with the body covering the recess. A tab is formed at the rear portion of the body, and has an inlet defined through the tab and in communication with the recess. Vibration-absorbing material is injected into the recess through the inlet. A sealing element is engaged in the inlet to enclose the recess.

Claims

1. A golf club head comprising:

a hollow body with a heel, a toe, a top, a bottom, a strike plate and a rear portion;

a recess defined by a periphery of the body;

a strip integrated with the body and covering the recess;

a tab formed on the body, and having an inlet defined through the tab and in communication with the recess;

vibration-absorbing material injected into the recess through the inlet; and

a sealing element engaged in the inlet to close the recess, wherein the periphery defining the recess has an aperture defined therethrough and in communication with the interior of the body.

2. The golf club head as claimed in claim 1, wherein the

recess defined by the periphery is at the bottom of the body and extending to the rear portion of the body, with the

tab formed at the rear portion of the body.

3. The golf club head as claimed in claim 2, wherein the sealing element has a passage longitudinally defined through the sealing element.

4. The golf club head as claimed in claim 1, wherein the

recess defined by the periphery is at the rear portion of the body, with the

tab formed at the top of the body.

5. The golf club head as claimed in claim 4, wherein the sealing element has a passage longitudinally defined through the sealing element.

6. The golf club head as claimed in claim 1, wherein the sealing element has a passage longitudinally defined through the sealing element.