Golf club heads and methods to manufacturing golf club heads

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9345938-B2
Application number	US-201514736098-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 10, 2015
Priority date	May 13, 2014
Publication date	May 24, 2016
Grant date	May 24, 2016

Abstract

Embodiments of golf club heads and methods to manufacture golf club heads are generally described herein. In one example, a golf club head may include a body portion with a toe portion, a heel portion, a top portion, a sole portion, a back portion, a front portion having a face portion with a front surface and a back surface, an interior cavity extending between the top and sole portions and between the face and back portions, and an elastic polymer material in the interior cavity, and a bonding portion. Other examples and embodiments may be described and claimed.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A golf club head comprising:
a body portion having a face portion, a toe portion, a heel portion, a top portion, a sole portion, a back portion, and an interior cavity extending between the top and sole portions and being partially or entirely filled with an elastic polymer material;
a plurality of weight portions; and
a plurality of weight ports comprising a first set of weight ports located along a periphery of the back portion proximate to the sole portion and extending between the toe portion and the heel portion and a second set of weight ports located along the periphery of the back portion proximate to the top portion, the weight ports of the first set of weight ports being substantially similarly spaced apart, each of the weight ports of the first set of weight ports having a substantially similar port diameter as an adjacent weight port a the first set of weight ports and being separated by less than the port diameter from the adjacent weight port, each weight port of the plurality of weight ports configured to receive at least one weight portion of the plurality of weight portions, the interior cavity being accessible through at least one of the weight ports of the plurality of weight ports.

2. A golf club head as defined in claim 1 , wherein the interior cavity comprises a cavity separating the face portion and the plurality of weight ports.

3. A golf club head as defined in claim 1 , wherein each of the plurality of exterior weight ports comprises a port wall separated from a back surface of the face portion by the interior cavity.

4. A golf club head as defined in claim 1 , wherein the plurality of weight portions comprises a first weight portion having a first weight portion mass and a second weight portion having a second weight portion mass, wherein the first weight portion mass is relatively less than the second weight portion mass.

5. A golf club head as defined in claim 1 , wherein the face portion comprises a thickness of less than or equal to 1.5 millimeters (0.060 inch).

6. A golf club head as defined in claim 1 , wherein the elastic polymer material comprises a non-foaming injection moldable elastic polymer material.

7. A golf club head comprising:
a body portion having a face portion, a toe portion, a heel portion, a top portion, a sole portion, and a back portion; and
a plurality of weight ports located along a periphery of the back portion, the plurality of weight ports comprising:
a first set of weight ports located above a horizontal midplane of the golf club head and being proximate to the top portion and extending between the toe portion and the heel portion, the first set of weight ports being substantially similarly spaced apart, each of the weight ports of the first set of weight ports having a substantially similar first port diameter as an adjacent weight port and being separated by less than the first port diameter from the adjacent weight port, and
a second set of weight ports located below a horizontal midplane of the golf club head and being proximate to the sole portion and extending between the toe portion and the heel portion, the second set of weight ports being substantially similarly spaced apart, each of the weight ports of the second set of weight ports having substantially similar second port diameter as an adjacent weight port and being separated by less than the second port diameter from the adjacent weight port,

wherein the first set of weight ports has less weight ports than the second set of weight ports.

8. A golf club head as defined in claim 7 , the body portion comprising an interior cavity extending between the top and sole portions and being partially or entirely filled with an elastic polymer material, the interior cavity being accessible through at least one of the weight ports of the plurality of weight ports.

9. A golf club head as defined in claim 7 , comprising a plurality of weight portions, each weight port of the plurality of weight ports configured to receive a weight portion of the plurality of weight portions.

10. A golf club head as defined in claim 7 , comprising a plurality of weight portions, each weight port of the plurality of weight ports configured to receive a weight portion of the plurality of weight portions, wherein the plurality of weight portions comprises weight portions with more than about 85% of the total weight portion mass being below the horizontal midplane of the golf club head.

11. A golf club head as defined in claim 7 , the body portion comprising an interior cavity extending between the top and sole portions and being partially or entirely filled with an elastic polymer material, wherein the interior cavity comprises a cavity height extending between the top portion and the sole portion, the cavity height being at least 50% of a body height of the hollow body portion.

12. A golf club head as defined in claim 7 , the body portion comprising an interior cavity extending between the top and sole portions and being partially or entirely filled with an elastic polymer material, wherein the interior cavity comprises a cavity being at least 50% filled with a non-foaming injection moldable elastic polymer material.

13. A golf club head as defined in claim 7 , the body portion comprising an interior cavity extending between the top and sole portions and being partially or entirely filled with an elastic polymer material, wherein the interior cavity comprises a cavity separating the face portion and the back portion.

14. A golf club head as defined in claim 7 , wherein the face portion comprises a thickness of less than or equal to 1.5 millimeters (0.060 inch).

15. A golf club head comprising:
a hollow body portion having a face portion with a thickness of less than or equal to 1.5 millimeters (0.060 inch), a toe portion, a heel portion, a top portion, a sole portion, a back portion, and an interior cavity extending between the top and sole portions;
an elastic polymer material in the interior cavity configured to partially or entirely fill the interior cavity by injection molding, the elastic polymer material being attached to the face portion and configured to structurally support the face portion during impact of the face portion with a golf ball; and
a plurality of weight portions coupled to the hollow body portion and located above and below a horizontal midplane of the golf club head;
wherein the number of weight portions below the horizontal midplane is greater than the number of weight portions above the horizontal midplane.

16. A golf club head as defined in claim 15 , wherein the interior cavity comprises a cavity having at least 50% filled with a thermoplastic elastomer material.

17. A golf club head as defined in claim 15 , wherein the hollow body portion comprises an interior cavity separating the face portion and the plurality of weight portions.

18. A golf club head as defined in claim 15 comprising a plurality of weight ports on the back portion, each weight port configured to receive a weight portion of the plurality of weight portions, wherein the interior cavity is partially or entirely filled by injection molding the elastic polymer material from at least one weight port of the plurality of weight ports having access to the interior cavity.

19. A golf club head as defined in claim 15 , wherein the elastic polymer material comprises a non-foaming injection moldable elastic polymer material.

20. A golf club head as defined in claim 15 , wherein the plurality of weight portions comprises a fi

Assignees

• Parsons Xtreme Golf Llc

Inventors

• Parsons Robert R
• Nicolette Michael R
• Schweigert Bradley D

Classifications

• B29C45/20

  Injection nozzles {(B29C45/1603 takes precedence)} · CPC title

• A63B53/0466

  wood-type · CPC title

• A63B2053/0491

  with added weights, e.g. changeable, replaceable · CPC title

• A63B53/047

  iron-type · CPC title

• B29L2031/5227

  Clubs · CPC title