IP Library Granted Patent US 7,946,931
Granted Patent B2
US 7,946,931 · App. 12/007,009 · Granted May 24, 2011

Golf club head

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Patent No.
US 7,946,931
App. No.
12/007,009
Granted
May 24, 2011
Kind
B2
Abstract

In a golf club head, a horizontal direction oriented from the toe side toward the heel side is defined as an X direction, while a vertical upward direction is defined as a Y direction; and the coordinate of the center of the hit face is defined as (0, 0); the coordinate of the sweet spot is defined as (x1, y1); and the coordinate of the maximum resilience point on the hit face is defined as (x2, y2). In this golf club head, x1 is +3 mm or greater and +8 mm or less, and x2 is −5 mm or greater and +2 mm or less. Preferably, the shortest distance D 1 between the axis line of the shaft hole and the center of gravity G of the head is 33 mm or greater and 44 mm or less. Preferably, when the face member is divided into a toe portion and a heel portion by a plane that passes the center of the hit face along the Y direction, the area mean thickness Tt of the toe portion is smaller than the area mean thickness Th of the heel portion.

Claims (13)

1. A golf club head comprising a face member having a hit face, a crown member, a sole member, a side member extending with the face member between the crown and sole members, and a hosel part, the hit face having a toe side and a heel side,

wherein a horizontal direction oriented from the toe side toward the heel side is defined as an X direction, while a vertical upward direction is defined as a Y direction; coordinates of a center of the hit face are defined as (0, 0); coordinates of a sweet spot are defined as (x1, y1); and coordinates of a maximum resilience point on the hit face are defined as (x2, y2), such that x1 is +3 mm or greater and +8 mm or less, and x2 is −5 mm or greater and +2 mm or less,

wherein the golf club head has a center of gravity that corresponds to the sweet spot such that a straight line extending from the center of gravity in a direction normal to the hit face intersects the sweet spot, and

wherein the toe side and the heel side of the face member are integrally formed, and different thermal treatment specifications are employed for the toe side and heel side of the face member.

2. The golf club head according to claim 1 , wherein a shortest distance D 1 between an axis line of a shaft hole in the hosel part and a center of gravity G of the head is 33 mm or greater and 44 mm or less.

3. The golf club head according to claim 2 , wherein the coordinate y2 of the maximum resilience point on the hit face is 1 mm or greater and 4 mm or less.

4. The golf club head according to claim 2 , wherein the coordinate y2 of the maximum resilience point on the hit face is 1 mm or greater and 3 mm or less.

5. The golf club head according to claim 1 wherein, if the face member is divided into a toe portion and a heel portion by a plane that passes a center of the hit face along the Y direction, an area mean thickness Tt of the toe portion is smaller than an area mean thickness Th of the heel portion.

6. The golf club head according to claim 5 , wherein the coordinate y2 of the maximum resilience point on the hit face is 1 mm or greater and 4 mm or less.

7. The golf club head according to claim 5 , wherein the coordinate y2 of the maximum resilience point on the hit face is 1 mm or greater and 3 mm or less.

8. The golf club head according to claim 1 , wherein a depth DG of a center of gravity is 36 mm or greater and 44 mm or less.

9. The golf club head according to claim 1 , wherein the coordinate y2 of the maximum resilience point on the hit face is 1 mm or greater and 4 mm or less.

10. The golf club head according to claim 1 , wherein the coordinate y2 of the maximum resilience point on the hit face is 1 mm or greater and 3 mm or less.

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 Jan 4, 2008
From: OYAMA, HITOSHI
To: SRI SPORTS LIMITED
Reel/Frame 020370/0683 →