US 11,684,832 B2 · Golf club heads with apertures and methods to manufacture golf club heads

Abstract

Embodiments of golf club heads with apertures and methods to manufacture golf club heads are generally described herein. In some embodiments, a golf club head comprises a face portion, a back portion generally opposite the face portion, a heel portion extending between the face portion and the back portion, a toe portion opposite the heel portion and extending between the face portion and the back portion, and a crown portion extending between the face portion, the back portion, the heel portion, and the toe portion, the crown portion comprising a plurality of crown aperture. The crown portion comprises a first region and a second region, wherein the first region is nearer to the face portion than the second region, the first region and the second region are separated by a bell-shaped curve. The bell-shaped curve is located a distance D1 from the face portion and the second region comprises a recess portion. The plurality of crown apertures is defined within the recessed portion. In some embodiments, the golf club head comprises both metal and fiber-based composite portions. In other embodiments, the golf club head comprises a plurality of sole apertures. Other embodiments may be described and claimed.

Claims15

Dependent claims

A golf club head comprising:

a face portion, a back portion generally opposite the face portion;
a heel portion extending between the face portion and the back portion;
a toe portion opposite the heel portion and extending between the face portion and the back portion;
and
a crown portion extending between the face portion, the back portion, the heel portion, and the toe portion, the crown portion comprising a plurality of crown apertures;
wherein the crown portion comprises a first region and a second region;
wherein the first region is nearer to the face portion than the second region;
the first region and the second region are separated by a bell-shaped curve;
wherein the bell-shaped curve is located a distance D1 from the face portion;
and
the second region comprises a recess portion;
wherein the plurality of crown apertures is defined within the recessed portion;
wherein the plurality of crown apertures has a maximum dimension being less than or equal to 0.40 inch;
and
wherein the golf club head comprises both metal and fiber-based composite portions.

12 more elements

A golf club head comprising:

a face portion, a back portion generally opposite the face portion;
a heel portion extending between the face portion and the back portion;
a toe portion opposite the heel portion and extending between the face portion and the back portion;
a crown portion extending between the face portion, the back portion, the heel portion, and the toe portion, the crown portion comprising a plurality of crown apertures;
and
a sole portion opposite the crown portion, the sole portion comprising a plurality of sole apertures;
wherein the plurality of crown apertures satisfies the relationship PP=DA·R;
wherein PP is a distance between a perimeter of a first aperture of the plurality of apertures and a perimeter of a second aperture of the plurality of apertures;
DA is a diameter of the first aperture and the second aperture of the plurality of apertures;
and
R is a constant of 1.23 inches;
and
wherein the crown portion comprises a first region and a second region;
wherein the first region is nearer to the face portion than the second region;
the first region and the second region are separated by a bell-shaped curve;
wherein the bell-shaped curve is located a distance D1 from the face portion;
and
the second region comprises a recess portion;
wherein the plurality of crown apertures is defined within the recessed portion.

16 more elements

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

17/302,497Filed 4 May 2021 · continuation

Priority

4 Jan 2011

Published

US 2021/0252348 A119 Aug 2021

Granted

27 Jun 2023

Term ends

Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification14 codes

A63B 53/0466
Heads: wood-type
A63B 53/08
Golf clubs: with special arrangements for obtaining a variable impact
A63B 60/00
Details or accessories of golf clubs, bats, rackets or the like
A63B 60/52
Details or accessories of golf clubs, bats, rackets or the like: with slits

Family

Application61/429,692Us provisional application · filed 4 Jan 2011

Application13/342,847Parent of this continuation-in-part · filed 3 Jan 2012

Application61/774,224Us provisional application · filed 7 Mar 2013

Application14/064,528Parent of this continuation · filed 28 Oct 2013

Application14/312,087Parent of this continuation · filed 23 Jun 2014

US 8,777,778 B2Parent of this continuation-in-part · filed 15 Jul 2014

US 8,790,196 B2Parent of this continuation · filed 29 Jul 2014

Application14/815,275Parent of this continuation · filed 31 Jul 2015

Application15/490,161Parent of this continuation · filed 18 Apr 2017

US 9,776,052 B1Parent of this continuation · filed 3 Oct 2017

Application16/230,931Parent of this continuation · filed 21 Dec 2018

US 10,195,498 B2Parent of this continuation · filed 5 Feb 2019

US 10,238,927 B2Parent of this continuation · filed 26 Mar 2019

Application16/808,229Parent of this continuation · filed 3 Mar 2020

US 10,576,336 B2Parent of this continuation · filed 3 Mar 2020

US 2021/0252348 A1Pre-grant publication · published 19 Aug 2021

US 10,994,177 B2Parent of this continuation

Application14/064,528Parent of this continuation-in-part

US 2012/0178550 A1Published application

US 2014/0057737 A1Published application

US 2016/0016053 A1Published application

US 2017/0225048 A1Published application

US 2019/0126109 A1Published application

US 2020/0197765 A1Published application

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Golf club heads with apertures and methods to manufacture golf club heads

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Golf club heads with apertures and methods to manufacture golf club heads

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Abstract

Claims15