Golf club head and removable weight

• US 8,951,145 B2
• Filed: 09/20/2013
• Issued: 02/10/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 05/30/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Acushnet Company (FILA Holdings Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Acushnet Company (FILA Holdings Corp.)
• Inventors: Bezilla, Stephanie, Bennett, Thomas Orrin, Murphy, Stephen S., Zimmerman, Gery M.
• Primary Examiner(s): HUNTER, ALVIN A
• Application Number:
  US14/033,282
• Publication Number:
  US 20140018184A1
• Time in Patent Office: 508 Days
• Field of Search: 473324-350
• US Class Current: 473/334
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2053/0491 with added weights, e.g. changeable, replaceable
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2053/0495 moving on impact, slidable, spring or otherwise elastically biased
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 53/04 Heads
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 53/0433 with special sole configurations
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 53/0466 wood-type
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 53/047 iron-type
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 53/0487 for putters A63B53/065 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 53/06 adjustable
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 60/00 Details or accessories of golf clubs, bats, rackets or the like
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 60/02 Ballast means for adjusting the centre of mass A63B60/24, A63B60/54 take precedence

Abstract

A golf club head and a removable weight that is received in a receptacle of the golf club head. The weight includes a cap and a slug. The cap is removably coupled to the receptacle and includes a recess that receives a portion of the slug so that the cap and slug are able to rotate relative to each other. The slug includes an anti-rotation feature that prevents relative rotation between the slug and the receptacle and a lead-in portion.

Claims

1. A golf club head, comprising:

a body including a weight receptacle; and

a weight member removably coupled to the weight receptacle,

wherein the weight receptacle is partially constructed from a receptacle component that is separate from the body and coupled to the body, wherein the receptacle component is constructed of a material that is different than a material of the club head, and

wherein the receptacle component is staked to the body.

2. The golf club head of claim 1, wherein the receptacle component forms only a partial weight receptacle.

3. The golf club head of claim 1, wherein the weight receptacle includes a cap portion and a seat portion.

4. The golf club head of claim 3, wherein the receptacle component forms only the cap portion.

5. The golf club head of claim 3, wherein the receptacle component forms only the seat portion.

6. The golf club head of claim 3, wherein the weight member includes a cap that engages the cap portion and a slug that engages the seat portion.

7. The golf club head of claim 6, wherein the cap includes a base and a sidewall that extends from the base to define a recess, and the cap is removably coupled to the cap portion of the receptacle,

wherein the slug includes a retention portion and an extension portion, wherein at least a portion of the retention portion is disposed in the recess.

8. A golf club head, comprising:

a body including a weight receptacle; and

a weight member removably coupled to the weight receptacle,

wherein the weight receptacle is constructed from a receptacle component that is separate from the body and coupled to the body, wherein the receptacle component is constructed of a material that is different than a material of the club head, wherein the receptacle component includes a cap portion and a seat portion,

wherein the receptacle component is threaded to the body, and

wherein a cap of the weight member includes a base and a sidewall that extends from the base to define a recess, and the cap is removably coupled to the cap portion of the receptacle.

9. A golf club head, comprising:

a body including a weight receptacle; and

a weight member removably coupled to the weight receptacle,

wherein the weight receptacle is only partially constructed from a receptacle component that is separate from the body and coupled to the body, wherein the receptacle component is constructed of a material that is different than a material of the club head,

wherein the receptacle component includes a cap portion and a seat portion, and

wherein a cap of the weight member includes a base and a sidewall that extends from the base to define a recess, and the cap is removably coupled to the cap portion of the receptacle.

10. A golf club head, comprising:

a body including a weight receptacle; and

a weight member removably coupled to the weight receptacle,

wherein the weight receptacle is constructed from a receptacle component that is separate from the body and coupled to the body, wherein the receptacle component is constructed of a material that is different than a material of the club head,

wherein the receptacle component is threaded to the body, and

wherein the receptacle component forms only the seat portion.