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US 9,616,302 · App. 15/227,281 · Granted Apr 11, 2017

Golf club heads and methods to manufacture golf club heads

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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 9,616,302
App. No.
15/227,281
Filed
Aug 3, 2016
Granted
Apr 11, 2017
Kind
B2
Art Unit
3711
USPC
473/338
Abstract

Embodiments of golf club heads and methods to manufacture golf club heads are generally described herein. In one example, a golf club head may include a hollow body portion having a front portion, a rear portion, a toe portion, a heel portion, a bottom portion, a top portion, a plurality of ports on the bottom portion and a plurality of inner support portions in the hollow body portion. Other examples and embodiments may be described and claimed.

Claims (32)

1. A golf club head comprising:

a hollow body portion having a front portion, a rear portion, a toe portion, a heel portion, a top portion, and a bottom portion having an inner surface and an outer surface;

a plurality of ports extending from the outer surface of the bottom portion into the hollow body portion; and

a plurality of inner support portions extending from the inner surface of the bottom portion into the hollow body portion, the plurality of inner support portions including a first plurality of inner support portions and a second plurality of inner support portions, each inner support portion of the first plurality of inner support portions connecting two ports of the plurality of ports, and each inner support portion of the second plurality of inner support portions extending from a port of the plurality of ports toward a periphery of the hollow body portion.

2. A golf club head as defined in claim 1 further comprising an outer support portion extending on the outer surface of the bottom portion between the front portion and the rear portion near the toe portion.

3. A golf club head as defined in claim 1 , wherein each inner support portion of the first plurality of inner support portions extends between two adjacent ports of the plurality of ports.

4. A golf club head as defined in claim 1 , wherein at least a pair of non-adjacent ports of the plurality of ports is connected by an inner support portion of the first plurality of inner support portions.

5. A golf club head as defined in claim 1 , wherein the first plurality of inner support portions and the second plurality of inner support portions are closer to the heel portion than to the toe portion.

6. A golf club head as defined in claim 1 further comprising a hosel assembly comprising a hosel on the top portion, and a hosel sleeve extending from the hosel into the hollow body portion, the sleeve having an outer wall, wherein the outer wall of the portion of the sleeve that is in the hollow body portion is exposed to the hollow interior of the hollow body portion.

7. A golf club head as defined in claim 1 , wherein each inner support portion of the plurality of inner support portions is defined by a wall projecting from an inner surface of the bottom portion.

8. A golf club head as defined in claim 1 further comprising a plurality of weight portions, each port of the plurality of ports configured to receive a weight portion of the plurality of weight portions.

9. A golf club head comprising:

a hollow body portion having a front portion, a rear portion, a toe portion, a heel portion, a top portion, and a bottom portion having an inner surface and an outer surface;

a plurality of weight portions;

a plurality of ports extending from the outer surface of the bottom portion into the hollow body portion, each port of the plurality of ports configured to receive a weight portion of the plurality of weight portions;

a plurality of inner support portions extending from the inner surface of the bottom portion into the hollow body portion and extending around a region of the inner surface of the bottom portion to substantially surround the region of the inner surface of the bottom portion; and

an outer support portion extending on the outer surface of the bottom portion between the front portion and the rear portion near the toe portion.

10. A golf club head as defined in claim 9 , wherein the plurality of inner support portions further comprises a first plurality of inner support portions and a second plurality of inner support portions, and wherein each inner support portion of the first plurality of inner support portions extends between two ports of the plurality of ports.

11. A golf club head as defined in claim 9 , wherein the plurality of inner support portions further comprises a first plurality of inner support portions and a second plurality of inner support portions, and wherein each inner support portion of the second plurality of inner support portions extends from a port of the plurality of ports toward a periphery of the hollow body portion.

12. A golf club head as defined in claim 9 , wherein the plurality of inner support portions further comprises a first plurality of inner support portions and a second plurality of inner support portions, and wherein each inner support portion of the first plurality of inner support portions extends between adjacent ports of the plurality of ports.

13. A golf club head as defined in claim 9 , wherein the plurality of inner support portions is closer to the heel portion than to the toe portion.

14. A golf club head as defined in claim 9 wherein the outer support portion is defined by an indentation in the bottom portion extending on the outer surface of the bottom portion between the front portion and the rear portion near the toe portion.

15. A golf club head comprising:

a hollow body portion having a front portion, a rear portion, a toe portion, a heel portion, a top portion, and a bottom portion having an inner surface and an outer surface;

a plurality of inner support portions extending from the inner surface of the bottom portion into the hollow body portion; and

a plurality of ports extending from the bottom portion into the hollow body portion, at least one pair of ports of the plurality of ports being connected by an inner support portion of the plurality of inner support portions,

wherein each inner support portion of the plurality of inner support portions is connected to two ports of the plurality of ports.

16. A golf club head as defined in claim 15 , further comprising an outer support portion defined by an indentation in the bottom portion extending on the outer surface of the bottom portion between the front portion and the rear portion near the toe portion.

17. A golf club head as defined in claim 15 , wherein each pair of adjacent ports of the plurality of ports is connected by an inner support portion of the plurality of inner support portions.

18. A golf club head as defined in claim 15 , wherein the plurality of inner support portions further comprises inner support portions extending from ports of the plurality of ports toward a periphery of the hollow body portion.

19. A golf club head as defined in claim 15 , wherein each inner support portion is defined by a wall projecting from an inner surface of the bottom portion.

20. A golf club head as defined in claim 15 further comprising a plurality of weight portions, each port of the plurality of ports configured to receive a weight portion of the plurality of weight portions.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 16, 2016
From: SCHWEIGERT, BRADLEY D., MR.; NICOLETTE, MICHAEL R., MR.; PARSONS, ROBERT R., MR.
To: PARSONS XTREME GOLF, LLC
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