US 11,141,633 B2Granted

Golf club heads and methods to manufacture golf club heads

AssigneeParsons Xtreme Golf, LLC

InventorsRobert R. Parsons, Michael R. Nicolette, Bradley D. Schweigert

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Abstract

Embodiments of golf club heads and methods to manufacture golf club heads are generally described herein. In one example, a method of manufacturing a golf club head includes forming a body portion with an interior cavity, forming a face portion, attaching the face portion to the body portion to close the interior cavity, injecting a polymer material into the interior cavity from a port on the body portion, and inserting a first mass portion into the port to close the port. The method further includes attaching a second mass portion to the body portion below a horizontal midplane of the body portion. A total mass of the second mass portion may be greater than or equal to five times a total mass of the first mass portion. Other examples and embodiments may be described and claimed.

Claims20

Dependent claims

A method comprising:

forming a body portion of a golf club head, the body portion having a front portion, a toe portion with a toe portion edge, a heel portion with hosel portion, a back portion with a back wall portion, a top portion with a top portion edge, a sole portion with a sole portion edge, an interior cavity, and a cylindrical port connected having an opening on an exterior of the body portion and connected to the interior cavity;
forming a face portion of the golf club head;
attaching the face portion to the front portion to close the interior cavity;
injecting a polymer material into the interior cavity from the cylindrical port to partially or fully fill the interior cavity;
inserting a cylindrical first mass portion into the cylindrical port to close the cylindrical port;
and
attaching a second mass portion to the body portion below a horizontal midplane of the body portion, the second mass portion having a first end, a second end, a width, and a length defined by a distance between the first end and the second end, the length of the second mass portion being greater than the width of the second mass portion,
wherein the cylindrical port is located above the second mass portion at or proximate to the toe portion edge,
wherein a distance between the first end of the second mass portion and the toe portion edge is less than a distance between the second end of the second mass portion and the toe portion edge,
wherein the second mass portion is made from a material having a greater density than a material of the body portion,
wherein the second mass portion is made from a material having a greater density than a material of the cylindrical first mass portion,
wherein the cylindrical first mass portion and the second mass portion are spaced apart from the face portion, and
wherein a total mass of the second mass portion is greater than or equal to five times a total mass of the cylindrical first mass portion.

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A method comprising:

providing a body portion of a golf club head, the body portion having a front portion, a toe portion with a toe portion edge, a heel portion with hosel portion, a back portion with a back wall portion, a top portion with a top portion edge, a sole portion with a sole portion edge, an interior cavity, and a port having an opening on an exterior surface of the body portion and connected to the interior cavity;
providing a face portion of the golf club head;
providing a first mass portion having a cylindrical shape;
attaching the face portion to the front portion to close the interior cavity;
providing a second mass portion having a first end, a second end, a width, and a length defined by a distance between the first end and the second end, the length of the second mass portion being greater than the width of the second mass portion;
attaching the second mass portion to the body portion below a horizontal midplane of the body portion;
injecting a polymer material into the interior cavity from the port;
and
inserting the first mass portion into the port to close the port,
wherein the port is above the second mass portion,
wherein a distance between the port and the toe portion edge is substantially less than a distance between the port and the hosel portion,
wherein a distance between the first end of the second mass portion and the horizontal midplane is less than a distance between the second end of the second mass portion and the horizontal midplane,
wherein the second mass portion is located on the body portion such that a greater portion of a total mass of the second mass portion is closer to the toe portion edge than the hosel portion,
wherein at least a portion of the length of the second mass portion extends in the same direction as the sole portion edge,
wherein the first mass portion is made from a material having a smaller density than a material of the body portion,
wherein the second mass portion is made from a metallic material having a greater density than a material of the body portion, and
wherein a total mass of the second mass portion is greater than or equal to five times a total mass of the first mass portion.

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A method comprising:

providing a shaft of a golf club head of a golf club;
forming a body portion of the golf club head, the body portion having a front portion, a toe portion with a toe portion edge, a heel portion with hosel portion, a back portion with a back wall portion, a top portion with a top portion edge, a sole portion with a sole portion edge, an interior cavity, and a cylindrical port connected having an opening on an exterior of the body portion and connected to the interior cavity;
forming a face portion of the golf club head;
attaching the face portion to the front portion to close the interior cavity;
injecting a polymer material into the interior cavity from the cylindrical port to partially or fully fill the interior cavity;
attaching the shaft to the golf club head;
inserting a cylindrical first mass portion into the cylindrical port to close the cylindrical port;
and
attaching a second mass portion to the body portion below a horizontal midplane of the body portion, the second mass portion having a first end, a second end, a width, and a length defined by a distance between the first end and the second end, the length of the second mass portion being greater than the width of the second mass portion,
wherein the cylindrical port is located above the second mass portion at or proximate to the toe portion edge,
wherein a distance between the first end of the second mass portion and the toe portion edge is less than a distance between the second end of the second mass portion and the toe portion edge,
wherein the second mass portion is made from a material having a greater density than a material of the body portion,
wherein the second mass portion is made from a material having a greater density than a material of the cylindrical first mass portion,
wherein the cylindrical first mass portion and the second mass portion are spaced apart from the face portion, and
wherein a total mass of the second mass portion is greater than or equal to five times a total mass of the cylindrical first mass portion.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 17/038,155Filed 30 Sep 2020 · continuation in part
Priority: 20 Feb 2014
Published: US 2021/0008420 A114 Jan 2021
Granted: 12 Oct 2021
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification14 codes

A63B 53/0475
Iron-type: with one or more enclosed cavities
A63B 53/0466
Heads: wood-type
A63B 53/047
Heads: iron-type
A63B 53/0487
Heads: for putters

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