Golf club head

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9770635-B2
Application number	US-201615053759-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 25, 2016
Priority date	Feb 26, 2015
Publication date	Sep 26, 2017
Grant date	Sep 26, 2017

Abstract

A golf club head is composed of a head main body comprising a face portion, a crown portion and a sole portion, and having a hollow, and a weight member disposed in the hollow of the head main body. The weight member is fixed to a toe side of the head main body at a toe side end portion and fixed to a heel side of the head main body at a heel side end portion so as not to contact with the inner surface of the head main body between the toe side end portion and heel side end portion. The cross-sectional area of the weight member is decreased in a central portion in the toe-heel direction than its heel side and toe side.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A golf club head comprising:
a head main body having a hollow therein, and
weight members disposed within the hollow, wherein
the weight members include a toe-side weight member and a heel-side weight member,
the toe-side weight member has a toe-side end portion fixed to a toe side part of the head main body, and extends from the toe-side end portion toward a heel side of the head main body without contacting with the inner surface of the head main body so as to have a heel-side end terminated within the hollow,
the heel-side weight member has a heel-side end portion fixed to a heel side part of the head main body, and extends from the heel-side end portion toward a toe side of the head main body without contacting with the inner surface of the head main body so as to have a toe-side end terminated within the hollow, and
the heel-side end and the toe-side end are spaced apart from each other.

2. The golf club head according to claim 1 , wherein between the heel-side end and the toe-side end, a space is formed in the toe-heel direction of the head, and the space is increased toward the backward of the head in its plan view.

3. The golf club head according to claim 1 , wherein in a plan view, the heel-side end and the toe-side end are curved along a circle arc whose center is located within 3 mm from the center of gravity of the head.

4. The golf club head according to claim 1 , wherein
between the heel-side end and the toe-side end, a space is formed in the toe-heel direction of the head, and the space is increased toward the backward of the head in its plan view, and
in the plan view, the heel-side end and the toe-side end are curved along a circle arc whose center is located within 3 mm from the center of gravity of the head.

5. The head golf club head according to claim 1 , wherein
a depth of the center of gravity of the head from the club face is not less than a progression of the club face and not more than 27.0 mm, and
a moment of inertia of the head around a vertical axis passing through the center of gravity of the head is not less than 2700 g sq. cm.

6. The head golf club head according to claim 5 , wherein the moment of inertia of the head around the vertical axis passing through the center of gravity of the head is not less than 2800 g sq. cm.

7. The head golf club head according to claim 1 , wherein
a percentage depth of the center of gravity is in a range of from {100×face progression (mm) / maximum dimension (mm) of the head in the front-back direction} % to 33.0%, wherein
the percentage depth of the center of gravity is 100×the depth of the center of gravity (mm) / the maximum dimension (mm) of the head in the front-back direction.

8. The head golf club head according to claim 1 , wherein the head comprises an adjuster for changing the position of the toe-side weight member or the heel-side weight member in at least one of the front-back direction of the head, the up-down direction of the head, and the toe-heel direction of the head.

Assignees

• Dunlop Sports Co Ltd

Inventors

• Motokawa Yuki
• Yamasawa Kota

Classifications

• A63B2053/0491

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

• A63B60/52

  with slits · CPC title

• A63B53/04

  Heads · CPC title

• A63B60/04

  Movable ballast means {(A63B15/005 takes precedence)} · CPC title

• A63B53/047

  iron-type · CPC title