Golf club heads and methods to manufacture golf club heads

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9550096-B2
Application number	US-201615040892-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 10, 2016
Priority date	Aug 26, 2014
Publication date	Jan 24, 2017
Grant date	Jan 24, 2017

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 and a plurality of weight portions. The body portion may include a front portion, a rear portion, a toe portion, a heel portion, a top portion, a bottom portion having an outer surface associated with an outer surface curve, and a weight port region located at or proximate to the bottom portion. Other examples and embodiments may be described and claimed.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A golf club head comprising:
a hollow body portion having a first interior cavity portion, a toe portion, a heel portion, a top portion, a bottom portion, a rear portion, and a front portion having a face portion;
a second interior cavity portion extending at or proximate to the bottom portion; and
a plurality of ports on the hollow body portion, each port extending into the second interior cavity portion, the plurality of ports comprising:
a first port region near the toe portion and having a plurality of first ports of the plurality of ports, the first port region being substantially L-shaped; and
a second port region near the heel portion and having a plurality of second ports of the plurality of ports, the second port region being substantially L-shaped;
wherein each port of the plurality of first ports or the plurality of second ports is configured to receive a weight portion of a plurality of weight portions, and

wherein the second interior cavity portion is at least 50% filled with an elastic polymer material.

2. A golf club head as defined in claim 1 , wherein each port is fully surrounded by the elastic polymer material.

3. A golf club head as defined in claim 1 , wherein the second interior cavity portion is within the hollow body portion and separate from the first interior cavity portion.

4. A golf club head as defined in claim 1 ,
wherein the first port region comprises a first protruded portion of the bottom portion, and
wherein the second port region comprises a second protruded portion of the bottom portion.

5. A golf club head as defined in claim 1 , wherein
the first port region has a first portion of the first port region extending between the front portion and the rear portion and a second portion of the first port region extending between the toe portion and the heel portion and being transverse to the first portion of the first port region; and
wherein the second port region has a first portion of the second port region extending between the front portion and the rear portion and a second portion of the second port region extending between the toe portion and the heel portion and being transverse to the first portion of the second port region.

6. A golf club head as defined in claim 1 further comprising a plurality of support portions in the hollow body portion extending between the toe portion and the heel portion.

7. A golf club head as defined in claim 1 further comprising a plurality of support portions in the hollow body portion extending between the front portion and the rear portion.

8. A golf club head comprising:
a hollow body portion having a toe portion, a heel portion, a top portion, a bottom portion, a rear portion, and a front portion having a face portion, a cavity portion extending near at least one of a region between the toe portion and the front portion, a region between the heel portion and the front portion, a region between the top portion and the front portion, a region between the bottom portion and the front portion, or the bottom portion, and a port region located at or proximate to the bottom portion, the port region comprising:
a first port region near the toe portion and having a plurality of first ports of the plurality of ports, the first port region being substantially L-shaped; and
a second port region near the heel portion and having a plurality of second ports of the plurality of ports, the second port region being substantially L-shaped;
wherein each port of the plurality of first ports or the plurality of second ports is configured to receive a weight portion of a plurality of weight portions, and

wherein the cavity portion is at least 50% filled with an elastic polymer material.

9. A golf club head as defined in claim 8 , wherein each port is at least partially surrounded by the elastic polymer material.

10. A golf club head as defined in claim 8 ,
wherein the first port region comprises a first protruded portion of the bottom portion; and
wherein the second port region comprises a second protruded portion of the bottom portion.

11. A golf club head as defined in claim 8 further comprising a plurality of support portions in the hollow body portion extending between the toe portion and the heel portion.

12. A golf club head as defined in claim 8 further comprising a plurality of support portions in the hollow body portion extending between the front portion and the rear portion.

13. A golf club head comprising:
a hollow body portion having a toe portion, a heel portion, a top portion, a bottom portion, a rear portion, and a front portion having a face portion, and a port region located at or proximate to the bottom portion,
a first port region near the toe portion and having a plurality of first ports of the plurality of ports, the first port region being substantially L-shaped; and
a second port region near the heel portion and having a plurality of second ports of the plurality of ports, the second port region being substantially L-shaped;
wherein each port of the plurality of first ports or the plurality of second ports is configured to receive a weight portion of a plurality of weight portions, and
an elastic polymer material at least partially surrounding each port of the plurality of first ports and the plurality of second ports.

14. A golf club head as defined in claim 13 further comprising:
a first cavity portion at least 50% filled with the elastic polymer material; and
a second cavity portion at least 50% filled with the elastic polymer material,
wherein the plurality of first ports extend from the bottom portion into the first cavity, and
wherein the plurality of second ports extend from the bottom portion into the second cavity.

15. A golf club head as defined in claim 13 , wherein each port of the plurality of first ports and the plurality of second ports is fully surrounded by the elastic polymer material.

16. A golf club head as defined in claim 13 further comprising a plurality of support portions in the hollow body portion extending along the bottom portion.

17. A golf club head as defined in claim 13 further comprising a plurality of support portions in the hollow body portion extending between the toe portion and the heel portion or between the front portion and the rear portion.

Assignees

• Parsons Xtreme Golf Llc

Inventors

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

Classifications

• A63B2060/002

  Human Necessities · mapped topic

• A63B2209/00

  Characteristics of used materials · CPC title

• A63B53/04 Primary

  Heads · CPC title

• A63B60/54

  with means for damping vibrations · CPC title

• A63B2053/0433

  Human Necessities · mapped topic