Multi-piece golf club head with separately cast hosel

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9682288-B2
Application number	US-201615149379-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 9, 2016
Priority date	Jan 20, 2012
Publication date	Jun 20, 2017
Grant date	Jun 20, 2017

Abstract

The present invention is directed to a multi-piece golf club head having a metal hosel with adjustability features that is cast separately from a face component, sole, and crown, and then is permanently affixed to those other parts after casting is complete. The face component, sole, and crown may be composed of any suitable materials, but preferably each of the face component, the sole, and the crown are stamped from a metal material and are welded to the hosel.

First claim

We claim as our invention:

1. A golf club head comprising:
a head upper surface;
a head lower surface;
a striking face comprising a face heel side extending from the head upper surface to the head lower surface, a face toe side extending from the head upper surface to the head lower surface, and a face center extending from the head upper surface to the head lower surface and disposed between the face heel side and face toe side;
a metal face component comprising a front portion, a return portion, and a first cutout disposed in the front portion such that the front portion forms the face toe side of the striking face and the face center of the striking face but not the face heel side of the striking face;
a metal sole comprising a second cutout;
a metal crown comprising a third cutout; and
a metal hosel comprising a hosel tube, a first extension, a second extension, and a third extension, the hosel cast separately from all other parts of the golf club head,
wherein the front portion comprises a first plurality of grooves,
wherein the first extension forms the face heel side of the striking face and comprises a second plurality of grooves,
wherein the first extension mates with the first cutout in the front portion to form the striking face such that the first plurality of grooves aligns with the second plurality of grooves, the second extension mates with the second cutout in the sole to form the head lower surface, and the third extension mates with the third cutout in the crown to form the head upper surface, and
wherein the metal hosel is welded to the face component, the sole, and the crown.

2. The golf club head of claim 1 , wherein the metal hosel is cast from stainless steel.

3. The golf club head of claim 1 , wherein the metal hosel is cast from titanium alloy.

4. The golf club head of claim 3 , wherein the titanium alloy is 6-4 titanium.

5. The golf club head of claim 1 , wherein the metal hosel further comprises an adjustability feature.

6. The golf club head of claim 5 , wherein the adjustability feature is selected from the group consisting of a plurality of teeth, a plurality of pins, a plurality of holes, and a plurality of ridges.

7. The golf club head of claim 6 , wherein the adjustability feature is a plurality of teeth.

8. The golf club head of claim 1 , wherein the hosel tube comprises a hosel bore sized to receive a shaft.

9. The golf club head of claim 8 , wherein the hosel tube comprises an internal flange.

10. The golf club head of claim 8 , wherein the hosel tube comprises an upper end and a lower end, wherein the sole comprises a sole opening, and wherein the lower end is disposed proximate the sole opening.

11. The golf club head of claim 1 , wherein the striking face comprises a variable thickness pattern.

12. The golf club head of claim 1 , wherein the sole comprises at least one weight port.

13. The golf club head of claim 12 , further comprising at least one removable weight.

14. The golf club head of claim 1 , wherein the face component and the sole are integrally cast.

Assignees

• Callaway Golf Co
• Callaway Wolf Company

Inventors

• Rice Bradley C
• Dawson Patrick
• Hohn M Grace

Classifications

• A63B60/00

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

• G06K7/1404 Primary

  Methods for optical code recognition · CPC title

• A63B53/02 Primary

  Joint structures between the head and the shaft · CPC title

• A63B53/0466

  wood-type · CPC title

• A63B2053/0491

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