IP Library Granted Patent US 9,421,431
Granted Patent B2
US 9,421,431 · App. 14/453,743 · Granted Aug 23, 2016

Golf club head

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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 9,421,431
App. No.
14/453,743
Granted
Aug 23, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

A golf club head according to the present invention includes a golf club head body that has a crown portion, a sole portion, and a side portion, and has an opening surrounded by the crown portion, the sole portion, and the side portion; and a face portion that blocks the opening of the golf club head body. The face portion is shaped as cup that has a base portion shaped as a flat plate and a peripheral portion that extends from a periphery of the base portion. With respect to the face-back direction, the width of the peripheral portion on the toe side in a plan view is longer than the width of the peripheral portion on the heel side in a plan view.

Claims (9)

1. A golf club head comprising: a golf club head body that has a crown portion, a sole portion, and a side portion, and has an opening surrounded by the crown portion, the sole portion, and the side portion; and a face portion that blocks the opening of the golf club head body,

wherein the face portion is shaped as cup that has a base portion shaped as a flat plate and a peripheral portion that extends from a periphery of the base portion, and

wherein, with respect to a face-back direction, the width of the peripheral portion on a toe side in a plan view is longer than the width of the peripheral portion on a heel side in a plan view, the width of the peripheral portion at the crown portion side increases substantially continuously from the heel side to the toe side, the width of the peripheral portion at the sole portion side increases substantially continuously from the heel side to the toe side, and the entire peripheral portion is substantially forward of a plane P1 passing through an insertion hole for a shaft in said golf club head, said plane P1 being perpendicular to the ground when the sole portion of the golf club head is resting on the ground and said plane P1 extending in a heel-toe direction in the golf club head.

2. The golf club head according to claim 1 , wherein the width of the peripheral portion on the toe side in a plan view is 6 to 12 mm.

3. The golf club head according to claim 2 , wherein the width of the peripheral portion on the toe side in a plan view is longer than the width of the peripheral portion on the heel side in a plan view by 3 mm or more.

4. The golf club head according to claim 3 , wherein the width of the peripheral portion on the heel side in a plan view is 3 to 8 mm.

5. The golf club head according to claim 1 , wherein the width of the peripheral portion on the toe side in a plan view is longer than the width of the peripheral portion on the heel side in a plan view by 3 mm or more.

6. The golf club head according to claim 5 , wherein the width of the peripheral portion on the heel side in a plan view is 3 to 8 mm.

7. The golf club head according to claim 1 , wherein the width of the peripheral portion on the heel side in a plan view is 3 to 8 mm.

Assignments (2)
MERGER Recorded Apr 17, 2018
From: DUNLOP SPORTS CO. LTD.
To: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
Reel/Frame 045959/0204 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 8, 2014
From: NISHIO, MASAYOSHI
To: DUNLOP SPORTS CO. LTD.
Reel/Frame 033493/0504 →