IP Library Granted Patent US 8,740,722
Granted Patent B2
US 8,740,722 · App. 13/232,168 · Granted Jun 3, 2014

Clubhead of iron golf club

Inventor: Fumiaki Sato (Chichibu, JP)
Assignee: Bridgestone Sports Co., Ltd
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Patent No.
US 8,740,722
App. No.
13/232,168
Granted
Jun 3, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

A clubhead of an iron golf club includes: a head main body including a face portion and a hosel portion; a back member including a sole surface and a back surface; and a fixing member configured to detachably fix the back member to the head main body.

Claims (47)

1. A clubhead of an iron golf club comprising:

a head main body including a face portion and a hosel portion;

a back member including a sole surface and a back surface; and

a fixing member configured to detachably fix the back member to the head main body, wherein a height of an intermediate portion of the back member is lower than a height of a toe-side portion of the back member and a height of a heel-side portion of the back member, and a recess is provided in a head main body side surface of the intermediate portion of the back member.

2. The clubhead according to claim 1 , wherein

the back member is located at a central portion of the clubhead in a toe-to-heel direction.

3. The clubhead according to claim 2 , wherein

a length of the back member in the sole surface with respect to the toe-to-heel direction is in a range of 25 to 80 mm.

4. The clubhead according to claim 1 , wherein

a toe side, a heel side and a face portion side of the sole surface of the clubhead are defined by a sole surface of the head main body, and a portion of the sole surface of the clubhead, which is surrounded by the toe side, the heel side and the face portion side of the sole surface, is defined by a sole surface of the back member.

5. The clubhead according to claim 4 , wherein

a part of the sole surface of the back member projects toward a downside of the sole surface of the head main body.

6. The clubhead according to claim 4 , wherein

a part of the sole surface of the back member recedes toward an upside of the sole surface of the head main body.

7. The clubhead according to claim 1 , wherein

an intermediate portion of the sole surface of the back member with respect to a face-to-back direction projects toward a downside of a face-side portion and a back-side portion of the surface of the back member.

8. The clubhead o according to claim 1 , wherein

the fixing member is a bolt.

9. The clubhead according to claim 8 , wherein:

a projecting portion is provided at a part of a back surface of the head main body;

a recess hole is provided in a front surface of the back member so that the projecting portion fits the recess hole;

a bolt insertion hole is provided so as to pass from the recess hole to a back surface of the back member; and

the back member is fixed to the head main body when the bolt, passed through the bolt insertion hole, is screwed into an internally threaded hole provided in the projecting portion.

10. A clubhead of an iron golf club comprising:

a head main body including a face portion and a hosel portion;

a back member including a sole surface and a back surface;

a fixing member configured to detachably fix the back member to the head main body;

a projecting portion is provided at a part of a back surface of the head main body;

a recess hole is provided in a front surface of the back member so that the projecting portion fits the recess hole; and

a bolt insertion hole is provided so as to pass from the recess hole to a back surface of the back member,

wherein the back member is fixed to the head main body when the bolt, passed through the bolt insertion hole, is screwed into an internally threaded hole provided in the projecting portion, and the fixing member is a bolt.

11. The clubhead according to claim 10 , wherein

the back member is located at a central portion of the clubhead in a toe-to-heel direction.

12. The clubhead according to claim 11 , wherein

a length of the back member in the sole surface with respect to the toe-to-heel direction is in a range of 25 to 80 mm.

13. The clubhead according to claim 10 , wherein

a height of an intermediate portion of the back member is lower than a height of a toe-side portion of the back member and a height of a heel-side portion of the back member.

14. The clubhead according to claim 13 , wherein

a recess is provided in a head main body side surface of the intermediate portion of the back member.

15. The clubhead according to claim 10 , wherein

a toe side, a heel side and a face portion side of the sole surface of the clubhead are defined by a sole surface of the head main body, and a portion of the sole surface of the clubhead, which is surrounded by the toe side, the heel side and the face portion side of the sole surface, is defined by a sole surface of the back member.

16. The clubhead according to claim 15 , wherein

a part of the sole surface of the back member projects toward a downside of the sole surface of the head main body.

17. The clubhead according to claim 15 , wherein

a part of the sole surface of the back member recedes toward an upside of the sole surface of the head main body.

18. The clubhead according to claim 10 , wherein

an intermediate portion of the sole surface of the back member with respect to a face-to-back direction projects toward a downside of a face-side portion and a back-side portion of the surface of the back member.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 14, 2011
From: SATO, FUMIAKI
To: BRIDGESTONE SPORTS CO., LTD.
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Priority Claims (1)
JP 2010-206909 · Sep 15, 2010 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20120064997A1 · Mar 15, 2012