Golf club head with sliding weight and cover

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12434110-B2
Application number	US-202318142324-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 2, 2023
Priority date	Mar 24, 2020
Publication date	Oct 7, 2025
Grant date	Oct 7, 2025

Abstract

A golf club head includes: a head body that includes a cavity; a weight that is detachably attached to the cavity; and a cover that is openably and closably attached to the head body and that covers at least a part of the cavity when the cover is in a closed state. The weight is attached to the cavity in a state where the weight is slidingly movable in the cavity. In the closed state, the cover applies a pressing force to the weight. The weight may be fixed to the cavity by a static frictional force increased by the pressing force. The cavity may form a slide groove.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A golf club head comprising:
a head body that includes a groove shaped cavity and a cover receiving portion;
a weight that is detachably attached to the cavity; and
a cover that is attached to the head body, covers at least a part of the cavity when the cover is in a closed state and does not cover at least part of the cavity in an open state, wherein
the weight is attached to the cavity in a state where the weight is slidingly movable in the cavity,
an elastic part is disposed between the cover and the weight,
in the closed state, the cover inner surface applies a pressing force indirectly to the weight,
the cover engages with the weight,
the cover includes a portion attached to the head body with a screw and a portion inserted into the cover receiving portion, wherein these portions fix the cover to the head body,
the weight has a shape that includes corners or projections and the cavity includes projections, and
the weight contacts the cavity at a total of three or more contact points.

2. The golf club head according to claim 1 , wherein
the cover includes a cover engaging shape that engages with the weight at a plurality of positions in a path of the slide movement of the weight, and
the weight includes a weight engaging shape that engages with the cover engaging shape when the cover is in the closed state.

3. The golf club head according to claim 1 , wherein when the cover is in the closed state, a part of the weight is exposed outside the golf club head.

4. The golf club head according to claim 1 , wherein
the cover includes a window portion, and
when the cover is in the closed state, a part of the weight is visually recognizable through the window portion when the weight is located at any position within a movable range of the slide movement of the weight.

5. The golf club head according to claim 1 , wherein
at least a part of the cover has transparency, and
when the cover is in the closed state, at least a part of the weight is visually recognizable through the cover when the weight is located at any position within a movable range of the slide movement of the weight.

6. The golf club head according to claim 1 , wherein
the weight includes a weight engaging portion that engages with the cover,
the cover includes a cover engaging portion that engages with the weight engaging portion,
an engagement between the weight engaging portion and the cover engaging portion is maintained when the weight is located at any position within a movable range of the slide movement of the weight,
in the engagement between the weight engaging portion and the cover engaging portion, the cover engaging portion is sandwiched by the weight engaging portion.

7. The golf club head according to claim 1 , wherein the elastic part is provided on the cover inner surface at a position at which a contact pressure increased by the pressing force is applied to the weight.

8. A golf club head comprising:
a head body that includes a groove shaped cavity;
a weight that is detachably attached to the cavity; and
a cover that is attached to the head body, covers at least a part of the cavity when the cover is in a closed state and does not cover at least part of the cavity in an open state, wherein
the weight is attached to the cavity in a state where the weight is slidingly movable in the cavity,
an elastic part is disposed between the cover and the weight,
the cover engages with the weight,
the weight has a shape that includes corners or projections and the cavity includes projections, and
the weight contacts the cavity at a total of three or more contact points.

9. The golf club head according to claim 8 , wherein
the cover includes a cover engaging shape that engages with the weight at a plurality of positions in a path of the slide movement of the weight, and
the weight includes a weight engaging shape that engages with the cover engaging shape when the cover is in the closed state.

10. The golf club head according to claim 8 , wherein when the cover is in the closed state, a part of the weight is exposed outside the golf club head.

11. The golf club head according to claim 8 , wherein
the cover includes a window portion, and
when the cover is in the closed state, a part of the weight is visually recognizable through the window portion when the weight is located at any position within a movable range of the slide movement of the weight.

12. The golf club head according to claim 8 , wherein
at least a part of the cover has transparency, and
when the cover is in the closed state, at least a part of the weight is visually recognizable through the cover when the weight is located at any position within a movable range of the slide movement of the weight.

13. The golf club head according to claim 8 , wherein
the weight includes a weight engaging portion that engages with the cover,
the cover includes a cover engaging portion that engages with the weight engaging portion,
an engagement between the weight engaging portion and the cover engaging portion is maintained when the weight is located at any position within a movable range of the slide movement of the weight, and
in the engagement between the weight engaging portion and the cover engaging portion, the cover engaging portion is sandwiched by the weight engaging portion.

14. The golf club head according to claim 8 , wherein the elastic part is provided on the cover inner surface at a position at which a contact pressure increased by a pressing force is applied to the weight.

Assignees

• Sumitomo Rubber Ind

Inventors

• Mizutani Naruhiro
• Nakamura Hirotaka
• Matsunaga Kiyofumi
• KOHNO Daisuke
• Motokawa Yuki

Classifications

• A63B2053/0495

  moving on impact, slidable, spring or otherwise elastically biased · CPC title

• A63B2102/32

  Golf · CPC title

• A63B53/04

  Heads · CPC title

• A63B53/0466 Primary

  wood-type · CPC title