Golf club heads

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10874922-B2
Application number	US-201916283527-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 22, 2019
Priority date	Jun 5, 2017
Publication date	Dec 29, 2020
Grant date	Dec 29, 2020

Abstract

Some disclosed golf club heads include body having at least one raised sole portion and a cantilevered ledge extending down around a perimeter of the club head below the level of the raised sole portion. Some disclosed golf club heads include one or more sole openings in the body and a sole insert that is mounted inside the body over the sole openings. The sole can include weight tracks as well, and a rear weight track can extend between a toe side sole opening and a heel side sole opening. A crown insert can also be included that is mounted over an upper opening in the body.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A golf club head comprising:
a club head body and a smart feature coupled to the club head body, the smart feature comprising a battery and at least one additional electrical device;
a club head cover that is placeable over the golf club head and removeable from the golf club head, wherein the club head cover comprises a magnet and the smart feature comprises a magnetometer or magnetic field sensor, such that the smart feature can detect whether the club head cover is positioned over the golf club head or not;
wherein the smart feature is configured to be in a sleep mode when the smart feature detects that the club head cover is positioned over the golf club head, and to awaken from sleep mode when the smart feature detects that the club head cover is removed from the golf club head;
wherein the golf club head has a club head mass and the smart feature has a smart feature mass of from 1 gram to 50 grams, and a ratio of the smart feature mass to the club head mass is from 1% to 25%; and
wherein the golf club head has a club head volume and the smart feature has a smart feature volume, and a ratio of the smart feature volume to the club head volume is from 0.1% to 10%.

2. The golf club head of claim 1 , wherein the at least one additional electrical device comprises a sensor, a measurement system, a data transmission system, a data storage system, or a computing system.

3. The golf club head of claim 1 , wherein the body defines an internal cavity and the smart feature is positioned within the internal cavity.

4. The golf club head of claim 1 , wherein the smart features is coupled to an exterior of the body.

5. The golf club head of claim 1 , wherein the golf club head is not a putter head.

6. The golf club head of claim 1 , wherein the smart feature is removable from the body and replaceable.

7. The golf club head of claim 1 , wherein the battery is rechargeable.

8. The golf club head of claim 1 , wherein the smart feature comprises a smart weight that is adjustable relative to the body to adjust mass distribution characteristics of the club head.

9. The golf club head of claim 8 , wherein the smart weight is swappable with a dummy weight.

10. The golf club head of claim 8 , wherein the smart weight is part of a set of weights having differing masses that are interchangeably couplable to the body.

11. The golf club head of claim 1 , wherein the ratio of the smart feature mass to the club head mass is from 2% to 20%.

12. The golf club head of claim 11 , wherein the golf club head volume ranges from 110 cc to 600 cc, the smart feature volume ranges from about 4 cc to about 10 cc.

13. A golf club head comprising:
a club head body and a smart feature coupled to the club head body, the smart feature comprising a battery and at least one additional electrical device; and
a club head cover that is placeable over the golf club head and removeable from the golf club head, wherein the club head cover comprises a magnet and the smart feature comprises a magnetometer or magnetic field sensor, such that the smart feature can detect whether the club head cover is positioned over the golf club head or not;
wherein the golf club head has a club head mass and the smart feature has a smart feature mass of from 1 gram to 50 grams, and a ratio of the smart feature mass to the club head mass is from 1% to 25%; and
wherein the smart feature is configured to be in a sleep mode when the smart feature detects that the club head cover is positioned over the golf club head, and to awaken from sleep mode when the smart feature detects that the club head cover is removed from the golf club head.

14. The golf club head of claim 13 , wherein the smart feature comprises a smart weight that is swappable with a dummy weight.

15. The golf club head of claim 13 , wherein the golf club head has a club head volume and the smart feature has a smart feature volume, and a ratio of the smart feature volume to the club head volume is from 0.1% to 10%.

Assignees

• Taylor Made Golf Co

Inventors

• Harbert Christopher John
• Sargent Nathan T
• Kleinert Justin David
• Beach Todd P
• Bazzel Brian
• Nunez Robert
• Cornish James Edward Michael
• Robbie Nick

Classifications

• A63B2220/833

  Sensors arranged on the exercise apparatus or sports implement · CPC title

• A63B2225/50

  Wireless data transmission, e.g. by radio transmitters or telemetry · CPC title

• A63B2220/803

  Motion sensors · CPC title

• A63B2209/00

  Characteristics of used materials · CPC title

• A63B2209/02

  with reinforcing fibres, e.g. carbon, polyamide fibres · CPC title