# US 5,704,850 A · Structure of golf club head

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- Number: US 5,704,850 A
- Document ID: US5704850A
- Status: Granted
- Kind: A
- Application number: 08/756,874
- Filed: 1996-09-12
- Granted: 1998-01-06
- Earliest claimed: 1996-09-12
- Inventors: Tien Wu Shieh
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US5704850A

## CPC

- A63B 53/04: Heads
- A63B 53/0466: {wood-type}
- A63B 60/00: Details or accessories of golf clubs, bats, rackets or the like
- A63B 53/0437: {with special crown configurations}
- A63B: APPARATUS FOR PHYSICAL TRAINING, GYMNASTICS, SWIMMING, CLIMBING, OR FENCING; BALL GAMES; TRAINING EQUIPMENT (apparatus for passive exercising, massage A61H)

## Abstract

A golf club head including a bowl-like casing integrally made from metal by forging, having a front side forming a face panel, and a smoothly curved coupling receptacle disposed at one end of the face panel at the back side; a top cover plate welded to the bowl-like casing at the top in a flush manner, the top cover plate having a plurality of rear projections raised from the rear side and supported on the top edge of the bowl-like casing at the back and then fixedly secured thereto by welding, and a plurality of smoothly and downwardly curved front projecting blocks respectively abutted against the back side of the face panel and then fixedly secured thereto by welding; and, a neck tube inserted through the side notch of the top cover plate into the coupling receptacle of the bowl-like casing and then fixedly welded thereto at the desired angle.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A golf club head comprising a bowl-like casing integrally made from metal by forging, having a front side forming a face panel, and a smoothly curved coupling receptacle disposed at one end of a back side of said face panel; a top cover plate covered on said bowl-like casing and welded thereto in a flush manner, said top cover plate comprising a plurality of rear projections raised from a rear side thereof and respectively supported on and welded to said bowl-like casing at one side remote from said face panel, a side notch fitting over the coupling receptacle of said bowl-like casing, and a plurality of smoothly and downwardly curved front projecting blocks at a front side thereof respectively welded to the back side of said face panel; and a neck tube inserted through the side notch of said top cover plate into the coupling receptacle of said bowl-like casing and then welded thereto at the desired angle.