Golf club head

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10874914-B2
Application number	US-201815860534-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 2, 2018
Priority date	Aug 14, 2015
Publication date	Dec 29, 2020
Grant date	Dec 29, 2020

Abstract

Disclosed herein is a golf club head comprising at least one crown opening and at least one crown insert attached to the body and covering the at least one crown opening. The golf club head further comprises at least one sole opening and at least one sole insert attached to the body and covering the at least one sole opening. The golf club head additionally includes at least one weight member configured to clamp first and second ledges at selected locations along a sliding weight track. The golf club head also comprise a coefficient of restitution (COR) feature located on the sole of the golf club head. The at least one crown insert is formed from a composite material having a density between 1 g/cc and 2 g/cc. The at least one sole insert is formed from a composite material having a density between 1 g/cc and 2 g/cc.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A golf club head comprising:
a body having a face, a crown and a sole together defining an interior cavity, the body having a sliding weight track with first and second opposing ledges extending within the sliding weight track;
at least one crown opening and at least one crown insert attached to the body and covering the at least one crown opening;
at least one sole opening and at least one sole insert attached to the body and covering the at least one sole opening;
at least one weight member configured to clamp the first and second ledges at selected locations along the sliding weight track wherein the at least one weight member is located entirely external to the interior cavity of the body and comprises an outer member, an inner member, and a threaded fastening bolt that connects the outer member to the inner member;
a coefficient of restitution (COR) feature located on the sole of the golf club head;
a weight installation cavity located in a portion of a channel in which the first and second opposing ledges extend, wherein the weight installation cavity is configured to allow angled insertion of at least the inner member through an opening adjacent to at least one of the first and second opposing ledges within the channel, and the weight installation cavity is located in one of the selected locations that the at least one weight member is configured to clamp;
a heel opening located on a heel end of the body, the heel opening configured to receive a fastening member; and
a head-shaft connection system including a sleeve that is secured by the fastening member in a locked position, the head-shaft connection system configured to allow the golf club head to be adjustably attachable to a golf club shaft in a plurality of different positions resulting in an adjustability range of different combinations of loft angle, face angle, or lie angle;
wherein the at least one crown insert formed from a composite material having a density between 1 g/cc and 2 g/cc;
wherein the at least one sole insert formed from a composite material having a density between 1 g/cc and 2 g/cc;
wherein at least one of the inner member and the outer member are noncircular and shaped to prevent rotation upon tightening the threaded fastening bolt;
wherein the COR feature has a length and is offset an offset distance from a leading edge of the golf club head, where the offset distance is a minimum distance from the leading edge of the golf club head to the COR feature;
wherein a ratio of the COR feature length to the offset distance is greater than 4 and less than 15 and the offset distance is no less than 4 mm and no more than 12.5 mm; and
wherein the sliding weight track extends further heel-ward than the COR feature.

2. The golf club head of claim 1 , wherein the sliding weight track extends further toe-ward than the COR feature.

3. The golf club head of claim 1 , wherein the outer member comprises a central protrusion that extends into a space between the first and second ledges, the outer member further comprising first and second recessed surfaces on opposite sides of the central protrusion, the first recessed surface being configured to contact the first ledge and the second recessed surface being configured to contact the second ledge.

4. The golf club head of claim 3 , wherein when the at least one weight member is secured to the sliding weight track the outer member engages an outward facing surface of the at least one ledge and the inner member engages an inward-facing surface of the at least one ledge, and the threaded fastening bolt has a threaded shaft that extends through a first aperture of the outer member and engages mating threads located in a second aperture of the inner member.

5. The golf club head of claim 1 , wherein the sliding weight track and the heel opening are separated by a first portion of the sole.

6. The golf club head of claim 5 , wherein the heel opening and the COR feature are separated by a second portion of the sole.

7. The golf club head of claim 1 , wherein the body is formed of steel, the golf club head has a volume between 80 cm 3 and 220 cm 3 , the sole insert has an area of at least 1,250 mm 2 and a mass less than 3.0 grams and at least 1.75 grams, and the crown insert has an area of at least 3,000 mm 2 and a mass less than 8.0 grams and at least 4.5 grams, and wherein the area of the sole insert is less than the area of the crown insert.

8. The golf club head of claim 7 , wherein the mass of the at least one weight member exceeds the combined mass of the crown insert and the sole insert.

9. The golf club head of claim 8 , wherein at least one of the at least one sole insert and the at least one crown insert includes a woven layer.

10. The golf club head of claim 1 , wherein the body is formed of titanium, the golf club head has a volume between 80 cm 3 and 220 cm 3 , the sole insert has an area of at least 1,250 mm 2 and a mass less than 3.0 grams and at least 1.75 grams, and the crown insert has an area of at least 3,000 mm 2 and a mass less than 8.0 grams and at least 4.5 grams, and wherein the area of the sole insert is less than the area of the crown insert.

11. The golf club head of claim 10 , wherein the mass of the at least one weight member exceeds the combined mass of the crown insert and the sole insert.

12. The golf club head of claim 1 , wherein:
the at least one crown insert and the at least one sole insert each having a thickness ranging from about 0.195 mm to about 0.9 mm; and
the at least one crown insert and the at least one sole insert being comprised of at least four plies of uni-tape standard modulus graphite being oriented at any combination of 0°, +45°, −45° and 90°.

13. The golf club head of claim 12 , wherein the body is formed of steel, the golf club head has a volume between 80 cm 3 and 220 cm 3 , the sole insert has an area of at least 1,250 mm 2 and a mass less than 3.0 grams and at least 1.75 grams, and the crown insert has an area of at least 3,000 mm 2 and a mass less than 8.0 grams and at least 4.5 grams, and wherein the area of the sole insert is less than the area of the crown insert.

14. The golf club head of claim 12 , wherein the body is formed of titanium, the golf club head has a volume between 80 cm 3 and 220 cm 3 , the sole insert has an area of at least 1,250 mm 2 and at most 2,000 mm 2 and a mass less than 3.0 grams and at least 1.75 grams, and the crown insert has an area of at least 3,000 mm 2 and at most 4,000 mm 2 and a mass less than 8.0 grams and at least 4.5 grams, and wherein the area of the sole insert is less than the area of the crown insert.

15. The golf club head of claim 1 , wherein the COR feature is a channel.

16. The golf club head of claim 1 , wherein the COR feature is a through slot.

17. A golf club head comprising:
a body having a face, a crown and a sole together defining an interior cavity, a sliding weight track with first and second opposing ledges extending within the sliding weight track;
at least one weight member movably positioned within the sliding weight track and configured to clamp the first and second ledges at selected locations along the sliding weight track;
a weight installation cavity located in a portion of a channel in which the first and second ledges extend, wherein the weight installation cavity is configured to allow angled insertion of at least a portion of the at least one weight member through an opening adjacent to at least one of the first and second opposing ledges within the channel, and the weight installation cavity is loc

Assignees

• Taylor Made Golf Co

Inventors

• Johnson Matthew
• Bennett David
• Hoffman Joseph
• Nielson Joseph R
• Sargent Nathan T
• Harbert Christopher J
• Guttmann Jared
• Wester Christian R

Classifications

• A63B2209/00

  Characteristics of used materials · CPC title

• A63B53/0433

  with special sole configurations · CPC title

• A63B53/0412

  Volume · CPC title

• A63B60/04

  Movable ballast means {(A63B15/005 takes precedence)} · CPC title

• A63B53/06

  adjustable · CPC title