Golf club head

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12318670-B2
Application number	US-202418429775-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 1, 2024
Priority date	Dec 16, 2022
Publication date	Jun 3, 2025
Grant date	Jun 3, 2025

Abstract

A golf club head with a central body component is disclosed herein. The central body component includes a crown portion and a sole portion. The crown portion is composed of a continuous carbon fiber reinforced epoxy material. The sole portion is composed of a chopped carbon fiber reinforced vinyl ester sheet molding compound material. The central body component has a front opening and a rear opening with a hollow interior.

First claim

We claim as our invention the following:

1. A component for a golf club head comprising:
a crown portion composed of a continuous carbon fiber reinforced epoxy material, wherein the crown portion has a thickness ranging from 0.025 inch to 0.040 inch; and
a sole portion composed of a chopped carbon fiber reinforced vinyl ester sheet molding compound material, the sole portion having a thickness ranging from 0.040 inch to 0.240 inch;
wherein the crown portion is attached to the sole portion;
wherein the component has a front opening and a rear opening with a hollow interior.

2. The component according to claim 1 wherein the sole portion is thicker than the crown portion.

3. The component according to claim 1 wherein the first carbon based material has continuous fibers and the second carbon based material has chopped fibers.

4. The component according to claim 1 wherein the sole portion has a toe edge wall and a heel edge wall.

5. The component according to claim 1 wherein the crown portion has a radius of curvature.

6. The component according to claim 1 wherein the sole portion has a plurality of facets.

7. A golf club head comprising:
a face component;
a central body component comprising
a crown portion composed of a continuous carbon fiber reinforced epoxy material, wherein the crown portion has a thickness ranging from 0.025 inch to 0.040 inch,
a sole portion composed of a chopped carbon fiber reinforced vinyl ester sheet molding compound material, the sole portion having a thickness ranging from 0.040 inch to 0.240 inch,
wherein the crown portion is attached to the sole portion,
wherein the component has a front opening and a rear opening with a hollow interior;

an aft-component;
wherein the face component is attached to a front opening of the central body and the aft component is attached to a rear opening of the central body.

8. The golf club head according to claim 7 wherein the face component is composed of a metal material.

9. The golf club head according to claim 7 wherein the face component is composed of a titanium alloy material.

10. The golf club head according to claim 7 wherein the aft-component is composed of a metal material.

Assignees

• Topgolf Callaway Brands Corp

Inventors

• Demille Brandon D
• Watson William C
• Leblanc Dominic

Classifications

• A63B2209/02

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

• A63B53/0466 Primary

  wood-type · CPC title

• A63B53/0412

  Volume · CPC title

• A63B53/0437

  with special crown configurations · CPC title

• A63B53/0454

  Strengthening ribs on the rear surface of the impact face plate · CPC title