Golf club head comprising multiple materials

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9370697-B2
Application number	US-201414264147-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 29, 2014
Priority date	Apr 29, 2013
Publication date	Jun 21, 2016
Grant date	Jun 21, 2016

Abstract

A golf club head having an insert mechanically coupled to a frame. The construction allows a golf club head to be fabricated with a combination of dissimilar materials, resulting in a club head with improved performance. In some embodiments, the insert comprises an outer insert material, an inner insert material, and a sandwiched material. The sandwiched material may be constructed with a plurality of voids having a varying distribution, thereby resembling a biological structure. Methods for forming a golf club having an insert mechanically coupled to a frame are also disclosed.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A golf club head comprising:
a body, including a top line, a sole, and a frame; and
a face insert mechanically coupled to the frame with a forging process, wherein the frame and the face insert comprise different materials, wherein the face insert comprises a front insert material and a back insert material; and
a sandwiched material between the front and back insert materials;
wherein the face insert includes a target area intended to interact with a golf ball when the golf ball is hit with the club head, and wherein the sandwiched material comprises a pattern of voids having smaller diameters in the target area and larger diameters in the non-target area.

2. The golf club head of claim 1 , wherein the frame and the face insert each comprise a material selected from aluminum, steel, titanium, tungsten, magnesium, composite, and polymer.

3. The golf club head of claim 1 , wherein the frame comprises aluminum and the face insert comprises titanium.

4. The golf club head of claim 1 , wherein the front insert material comprises titanium, and the back insert material comprises a material selected from titanium, aluminum, steel, tungsten, magnesium, composite, and polymer.

5. The golf club head of claim 1 , wherein the outer insert material and the inner insert material comprise titanium, and the sandwiched material is elastic or viscoelastic.

6. The golf club head of claim 1 , wherein the forging process is a cold forging process.

7. The golf club head of claim 1 , wherein the frame and face insert are not welded or bonded together.

8. The golf club head of claim 1 , wherein the frame and face insert are welded at a back surface after being mechanically coupled.

Assignees

• Cobra Golf Inc

Inventors

• Beno Tim A
• Clausen Karl
• Sanchez Richard Romo
• Day Cameron J
• Preece Thomas W

Classifications

• A63B53/0466

  wood-type · CPC title

• A63B60/00 Primary

  Details or accessories of golf clubs, bats, rackets or the like · CPC title

• A63B53/0475

  with one or more enclosed cavities · CPC title

• A63B60/54

  with means for damping vibrations · CPC title

• A63B2053/0425

  Human Necessities · mapped topic