Hollow golf club head
AssigneeK.K. Endo Seisakusho
InventorsDaisuke Tsukada, Tomonari Funayama, Toshimitsu Oyamatsu
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Abstract
There is provided a Ti alloy hollow club head which is more lightweight yet capable of realizing a better repulsion force by adjusting weight and thickness of a club head plate, with its strength ensured. Ribs are formed by chemically polishing the inner surface of a material of a crown plate to a 0.3 to 0.9 mm thickness, and a 0.3 to 4 mm width, and then first concave portions are formed to a 0.2 to 0.5 mm thickness. Thus, strength of the crown plate can be ensured by the ribs, while making the thickness thereof as thin as possible.
Claims18
A hollow golf club head comprising a club head plate including thinned parts and ribs protruded therefrom, said thinned parts and ribs being formed by chemically polishing a certain area on a surface of a material of said club head plate to adjust weight and thickness of said club head plate;
- wherein the chemically-polished area on the surface of the material of said club head plate comprises:
- a first area on which a plurality of said ribs are formed, and
- a second area surrounded with the plurality of said ribs to define said thinned parts, wherein the thickness of the material of said club head plate is greater than that of said first area, and that of said first area is greater than that of said second area;
- and
- wherein the surface of the material of said club head plate is located on an inside of a crown plate, and said ribs are formed to have a thickness not less than 0.4 mm but less than the thickness of the material for the club head plate as well as a width in a range of from 0.4 to 4 mm, while said thinned parts are formed to have a thickness in a range of from 0.2 to 0.5 mm.
A hollow golf club head comprising a club head plate including thinned parts and ribs protruded therefrom, said thinned parts and ribs being formed by chemically polishing a certain area on a surface of a material of said club head plate to adjust weight and thickness of said club head plate;
- wherein the chemically-polished area on the surface of the material of said club head plate comprises:
- a first area on which a plurality of said ribs are formed, and
- a second area surrounded with the plurality of said ribs to define said thinned parts,
- wherein the thickness of the material of said club head plate is greater than that of said first area, and that of said first area is greater than that of said second area;
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- wherein the chemically-polished area on the surface of the material of said club head plate encompasses an uppermost inner area located corresponding to a top of the crown plate in a planar view such that the chemically-polished area makes up more than or equal to 60% of a whole inner surface of the crown when the club head is disposed on a horizontal plane at predetermined loft and lie angles.
A hollow golf club head comprising a club head plate including thinned parts and ribs protruded therefrom, said thinned parts and ribs being formed by chemically polishing a certain area on a surface of a material of said club head plate to adjust weight and thickness of said club head plate;
- wherein the chemically-polished area on the surface of the material of said club head plate comprises:
- a first area on which a plurality of said ribs are formed, and
- a second area surrounded with the plurality of said ribs to define said thinned parts,
- wherein the thickness of the material of said club head plate is greater than that of said first area, and that of said first area is greater than that of said second area
- wherein said ribs are arranged in a shape of a regular hexagon, and each of said ribs is continuously arranged back and forth, and right and left to be arranged in a honeycomb pattern;
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- wherein the material of said club head plate is that for a crown plate.
A hollow golf club head comprising a club head plate including thinned parts and ribs protruded therefrom, said thinned parts and ribs being formed by chemically polishing a certain area on a surface of a material of said club head plate to adjust weight and thickness of said club head plate;
- wherein the chemically-polished area on the surface of the material of said club head plate comprises:
- a first area on which a plurality of said ribs are formed and
- a second area surrounded with the plurality of said ribs to define said thinned parts,
- wherein the thickness of the material of said club head plate is greater than that of said first area, and that of said first area is greater than that of said second area;
- wherein said ribs are arranged in a shape of a regular hexagon, and each of said ribs is continuously arranged back and forth, and right and left to be arranged in a honeycomb pattern;
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- wherein the material of said club head plate is that for a sole-periphery plate.
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