US 11,298,597 B2Granted

Golf club heads and methods to manufacture golf club heads

AssigneeParsons Xtreme Golf, LLC

InventorsRobert R. Parsons, Matthew T. Andrews

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Abstract

Examples of golf club heads and methods to manufacture golf club heads are generally described herein. In one example, a top portion of a golf club head may include an alignment aid having a first plurality of strip portions and a second plurality of strip portions. Each strip portion of the first plurality of strip portions and each strip portion of the second plurality of strip portions have a quadrilateral shape with a diagonal side. The diagonal sides of the first plurality of strip portions are aligned with one another to generate a first focal axis and the diagonal sides of the second plurality of strip portions are aligned with one another to generate a second focal axis that meets with the first focal axis at a focal point. Other examples and examples may be described and claimed.

Claims20

Dependent claims

A golf club head comprising:

a body portion having a toe portion, a heel portion, a front portion with a face portion, a rear portion, a top portion, and a sole portion, the top portion comprising:
a first surface portion adjacent to the face portion, the first surface portion corresponding to an uppermost extent of the top portion;
a second surface portion adjacent to the rear portion, the second surface portion corresponding to a lowermost extent of the top portion;
a third surface portion adjacent to the toe portion, the third surface portion being raised relative to the second surface portion;
a fourth surface portion adjacent to the heel portion, the fourth surface portion being raised relative to the second surface portion;
a first contoured transition portion separating the third surface portion and the second surface portion, the first contoured transition portion extending inwardly from the toe portion toward the face portion;
and
a second contoured transition portion separating the fourth surface portion and the second surface portion, the second contoured transition portion extending inwardly from the heel portion toward the face portion;
a visual aid at the first surface portion, the visual aid extending across the first surface portion in a rear-to-front direction and aligned with a center longitudinal axis of the body portion;
and
an alignment aid at the second surface portion and located rearward of the visual aid, the alignment aid comprising:
a first plurality of strip portions located between the toe portion and the center longitudinal axis of the body portion, each strip portion of the first plurality of strip portions having a quadrilateral shape with a diagonal side;
a second plurality of strip portions located between the heel portion and the center longitudinal axis of the body portion, each strip portion of the second plurality of strip portions having a quadrilateral shape with a diagonal side,
wherein the diagonal sides of the strip portions of the first plurality of strip portions are aligned with one another to generate a first focal axis that extends diagonally across the second surface portion of the top portion and meets the center longitudinal axis at a focal point located forward of the face portion,
wherein the diagonal sides of the strip portions of the second plurality of strip portions are aligned with one another to generate a second focal axis that extends diagonally across the second surface portion of the top portion and meets the center longitudinal axis at the focal point,
wherein the first focal axis is parallel or substantially parallel with the first contoured transition portion, and
wherein the second focal axis is parallel or substantially parallel with the second contoured transition portion.

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A golf club head comprising:

a body portion having a toe portion, a heel portion, a front portion with a face portion configured to impact a golf ball, a rear portion, a top portion, and a sole portion, the top portion comprising:
a first surface portion adjacent to the face portion, the first surface portion corresponding to an uppermost extent of the top portion;
a second surface portion adjacent to the rear portion, the second surface portion corresponding to a lowermost extent of the top portion;
a third surface portion adjacent to the toe portion, the third surface portion being raised relative to the second surface portion;
a fourth surface portion adjacent to the heel portion, the fourth surface portion being raised relative to the second surface portion;
a first contoured transition portion separating the third surface portion and the second surface portion, the first contoured transition portion extending inwardly from the toe portion toward the face portion;
and
a second contoured transition portion separating the fourth surface portion and the second surface portion, the second contoured transition portion extending inwardly from the heel portion toward the face portion;
a visual aid at the first surface portion, the visual aid extending across the first surface portion in a rear-to-front direction;
and
an alignment aid located rearward of the visual aid, the alignment aid comprising:
a first plurality of strip portions having a first strip portion, a second strip portion, a third strip portion, and a fourth strip portion spaced apart from one another in a longitudinal direction across the second surface portion of the top portion;
and
a second plurality of strip portions having a first strip portion, a second strip portion, a third strip portion, and a fourth strip portion spaced apart from one another in a longitudinal direction across the second surface portion,
wherein each strip portion of the first plurality of strip portions has a different surface area,
wherein each strip portion of the second plurality of strip portions has a different surface area,
wherein each strip portion of the first plurality of strip portions has a quadrilateral shape having a diagonal side,
wherein each strip portion of the second plurality of strip portions has a quadrilateral shape having a diagonal side,
wherein the diagonal sides of the strip portions of first plurality of strip portions are aligned with one another to generate a first focal axis,
wherein the diagonal sides of the strip portions of the second plurality of strip portions are aligned with one another to generate a second focal axis that meets the first focal axis at a focal point located forward of the first plurality of strip portions and the second plurality of strip portions,
wherein the first focal axis is parallel or substantially parallel with the first contoured transition portion, and
wherein the second focal axis is parallel or substantially parallel with the second contoured transition portion.

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A golf club head comprising:

a body portion having a toe portion, a heel portion, a front portion with a face portion, a rear portion, a top portion, and a sole portion, the top portion comprising:
a first surface portion adjacent to the face portion, the first surface portion corresponding to an uppermost extent of the top portion;
a second surface portion adjacent to the rear portion, the second surface portion corresponding to a lowermost extent of the top portion;
a third surface portion adjacent to the toe portion, the third surface portion being raised relative to the second surface portion;
a fourth surface portion adjacent to the heel portion, the fourth surface portion being raised relative to the second surface portion;
a first contoured transition portion separating the third surface portion and the second surface portion, the first contoured transition portion extending inwardly from the toe portion toward the face portion;
and
a second contoured transition portion separating the fourth surface portion and the second surface portion, the second contoured transition portion extending inwardly from the heel portion toward the face portion;
a visual aid at the first surface portion, the visual aid extending across the first surface portion in a rear-to-front direction and aligned with a center longitudinal axis of the body portion;
and
an alignment aid at the second surface portion of the top portion and located rearward of the visual aid, the alignment aid comprising:
a first plurality of strip portions including a first strip portion, a second strip portion, a third strip portion, and a fourth strip portion spaced apart from one another in a longitudinal direction across the second surface portion of the top portion and located between the toe portion and the center longitudinal axis of the body portion, the first strip portion located toward the rear portion, the fourth strip portion located toward the front portion, and the second strip portion and third strip portion located between the first and fourth strip portions;
and
a second plurality of strip portions including a first strip portion, a second strip portion, a third strip portion, and a fourth strip portion spaced apart from one another in a longitudinal direction across the second surface portion and located between the heel portion and the center longitudinal axis, the first strip portion located toward the rear portion, the fourth strip portion located toward the front portion, and the second strip portion and third strip portion located between the first and fourth strip portions,
wherein the strip portions of the first plurality of strip portions are spaced apart by decreasing surface area, the first strip portion of the first plurality of strip portions having the largest surface area followed in turn by the second strip portion of the first plurality of strip portions, the third strip portion of the first plurality of strip portions, and the fourth strip portion of the first plurality of strip portions,
wherein the strip portions of the second plurality of strip portions are spaced apart by decreasing surface area, the first strip portion of the second plurality of strip portions having the largest surface area followed in turn by the second strip portion of the second plurality of strip portions, the third strip portion of the second plurality of strip portions, and the fourth strip portion of the second plurality of strip portions,
wherein each strip portion of the first plurality of strip portions is configured as a right trapezoid defined by two adjacent right angles and a diagonal leg,
wherein each strip portion of the second plurality of strip portions is configured as a right trapezoid defined by two adjacent right angles and a diagonal leg,
wherein the diagonal legs of the first plurality of strip portions are parallel or substantially parallel with the first contoured transition portion, and
wherein the diagonal legs of the second plurality of strip portions are parallel or substantially parallel with the second contoured transition portion.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 17/474,925Filed 14 Sep 2021 · continuation in part
Priority: 28 Apr 2014
Published: US 2021/0245019 A130 Dec 2021
Granted: 12 Apr 2022
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification13 codes

A63B 53/0487
Heads: for putters
A63B 53/0416
Heads: heads having an impact surface provided by a face insert
A63B 53/0445
Heads: details of grooves or the like on the impact surface
A63B 53/065
Adjustable: for putters

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