IP Library Granted Patent US 8,864,603
Granted Patent B2
US 8,864,603 · App. 12/501,172 · Granted Oct 21, 2014

Golf club head

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Patent No.
US 8,864,603
App. No.
12/501,172
Granted
Oct 21, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

A head of a first aspect is provided with a head body h 1 x , a double-stick tape t 1 , and an adherend s 1 x bonded to the head body h 1 x by the double-stick tape t 1 . The double-stick tape t 1 has a first adhesive layer 30 provided as an innermost layer, a second adhesive layer 36 provided as an outermost layer, and intermediate layers 32 and 34 provided between the first adhesive layer 30 and the second adhesive layer 36 . The intermediate layer includes a fiber layer 34 and/or a resin layer 32 . The resin layer 32 is free of bubbles. In a head of a second aspect, a head body h 1 y or an adherend s 1 y has a recessed part 27 y . In a head of a third aspect, an adherend s 1 has a metal member 27 and an elastic member 29 . The elastic member 29 has a peripheral part 29 a directly or indirectly abutting on a side surface 31 of the metal member 27.

Claims (23)

1. A golf club head comprising: a head body having a face surface, a back surface located on a back of the face surface, a top surface, and a sole surface,

said top surface and sole surface providing permanent weighting in defining a cavity on the back surface of the head body,

a double-stick tape,

an adherend bonded to the back surface of the head body in said cavity by said double-stick tape, said adherend having a metal member and an elastic member which has a peripheral part directly or indirectly abutting on a side surface of the metal member, wherein

the double-stick tape includes a first adhesive layer provided as an innermost layer, a second adhesive layer provided as an outermost layer, and an intermediate layer provided between the first adhesive layer and the second adhesive layer;

the intermediate layer includes a fiber layer and/or a resin layer; the resin layer is free of bubbles;

the head body and the adherend have a bonded surface bonded to the double-stick tape;

the adherend includes a recessed part on an inner surface thereof and a corresponding protruding part on an outer surface thereof;

the inner surface of the adherend comprising the recessed part and the bonded surface are adjacent to each other; and

an enclosed space exists between the double-stick tape and the recessed part.

2. The golf club head according to claim 1 , wherein the intermediate layer consists of only a nonwoven fabric layer and a resin layer free of bubbles.

3. The golf club head according to claim 1 , wherein the intermediate layer consists of only a nonwoven fabric layer.

4. The golf club head according to claim 1 , wherein the adherend has an approximately plate shape and an existence region of the adherend includes a back surface point of a sweet spot of the golf club head.

5. The golf club head according to claim 1 , wherein the elastic member has an interposition part interposed between the metal member and the back surface of the head body.

6. The golf club head according to claim 5 , wherein: the elastic member has a back surface having a recessed part; the metal member is disposed inside the recessed part; a peripheral wall of the recessed part is the peripheral part; and a bottom part of the recessed part is the interposition part.

7. The golf club head according to claim 5 , wherein: the metal member has a front surface having a recessed part; and the interposition part of the elastic member extends in the recessed part.

8. The golf club head according to claim 1 , wherein the peripheral part of the elastic member extends further backward relative to a back of the side surface of the metal member.

9. The golf club head according to claim 1 , wherein: the adherend is bonded to the head body by a double-stick tape; and a thickness of the double-stick tape is equal to or less than 0.4 mm.

10. A golf club head according to claim 1 , wherein: a ratio of a projection area of the recessed part to a projection area of the adherend is equal to or greater than 0.13 and equal to or less than 0.4.

11. The golf club head of claim 1 , wherein the face surface and the cavity on the back surface of the head body define a wall portion therebetween with a thickness of 1.5-3.0 mm.

12. The golf club head of claim 11 , wherein the surface of the cavity contains a recessed part with a depth greater than the thickness of the double-stick tape.

13. The golf club head of claim 1 , wherein the double-stick tape has a five-layered structure wherein the intermediate layer is a fiber layer disposed between adjacent resin layers.

14. The golf club head of claim 1 , wherein the adherend contains a plurality of recessed parts.

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 Jul 15, 2009
From: KUMAMOTO, TOMIO; NAKANO, TAKASHI; SUGIMOTO, YASUSHI
To: SRI SPORTS LIMITED
Reel/Frame 022961/0819 →