IP Library Granted Patent US 7,578,755
Granted Patent B2
US 7,578,755 · App. 11/889,506 · Granted Aug 25, 2009

Wood-type hollow golf club head

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Patent No.
US 7,578,755
App. No.
11/889,506
Granted
Aug 25, 2009
Kind
B2
Abstract

A wood-type hollow golf club head comprises a face having a specific thickness distribution, wherein average thicknesses tUTP, tUCP, tUHP, tMTP, tMCP, tMHP, tLTP, tLCP and tLHP of an upper toe portion UTP, upper central portion UCP, upper heel portion UHP, middle toe portion MTP, middle central portion MCP, middle heel portion MHP, lower toe portion LTP, lower central portion LCP, and lower heel portion LHP, respectively, of the face satisfy the following conditions: (a) tUTP<tUCP>tUHP; (b) tMTP<tMCP>tMHP; (c) tLTP<tLCP>tLHP; (d) tUTP>tMTP<tLTP; and (e) tUHP>tMHP<tLHP, and further, in the above nine average thicknesses, (f) the largest average thickness is 2.8 to 3.5 mm; and (g) the smallest average thickness is 1.6 to 2.3 mm.

Claims (4)

1. A wood-type hollow golf club head comprising a face having a front surface forming a clubface and a backside facing a hollow, said face having a thickness distribution satisfying the following conditions: (a) tUTP<tUCP>tUHP; (b) tMTP<tMCP>tMHP; (c) tLTP<tLCP>tLHP, wherein tUTP is an average thickness of an upper toe portion UTP, tUCP is an average thickness of an upper central portion UCP, tUHP is an average thickness of an upper heel portion UHP, tMTP is an average thickness of a middle toe portion MTP, tMCP is an average thickness of a middle central portion MCP, tMHP is an average thickness of a middle heel portion MHP, tLTP is an average thickness of a lower toe portion LTP, tLCP is an average thickness of a lower central portion LCP, and tLHP is an average thickness of a lower heel portion LHP, and further (d) tUTP>tMTP<tLTP; and (e) tUHP>tMHP<tLHP; and in the above nine average thicknesses, (f) the largest average thickness is 2.8 to 3.5 mm; and (g) the smallest average thickness is 1.6 to 2.3 mm, wherein said wood-type hollow golf club head further satisfies the following condition: (h) tUCP>tMCP<tLCP.

2. The wood-type hollow golf club head according to claim 1 , which further satisfy the following condition: (i) tUCP>tLCP.

3. The wood-type hollow golf club head according to claim 1 , which further satisfy the following condition: (j) tMTP>tMHP.

4. The wood-type hollow golf club head according to claim 1 , which further satisfy the following conditions: (k) tUTP>tUHP; and (l) tLTP>tLHP.

Assignments (3)
MERGER Recorded Apr 17, 2018
From: DUNLOP SPORTS CO. LTD.
To: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
Reel/Frame 045959/0204 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Apr 12, 2018
From: SRI SPORTS LIMITED
To: DUNLOP SPORTS CO. LTD.
Reel/Frame 045932/0024 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 14, 2007
From: OYAMA, HITOSHI
To: SRI SPORTS LIMITED
Reel/Frame 019741/0334 →