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US 7,455,597 · App. 11/451,402 · Granted Nov 25, 2008

Golf club head

Assignee: Bridgestone Sports Co., Ltd.
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Patent No.
US 7,455,597
App. No.
11/451,402
Granted
Nov 25, 2008
Kind
B2
Abstract

This invention provides a hollow golf club head having a face portion, a crown portion, a sole portion, and a side portion. The head has 0.3 to 0.6-mm thick thin-walled regions on the face side of the crown portion and the face side of the side portion, a medium-thick-walled region thicker than the thin-walled region of the crown portion at the back of the thin-walled region, and a high-rigidity region on the face side of the sole portion.

Claims (28)

1. A hollow golf club head having a face portion, a crown portion, a sole portion, and a side portion, wherein said head comprises:

a thin-walled region of said crown portion located adjacent to said face portion and having a thickness between 0.3 and 0.6 mm;

a thin-walled region of said side portion located nearest to said face portion and having a thickness between 0.3 and 0.6 mm;

a medium-thick-walled region, which is thicker than said thin-walled region of said crown portion, and is located behind said thin-walled region in a direction away from said face portion; and

a high-rigidity region of said sole portion located adjacent to said face portion.

2. The head according to claim 1 , comprising a thick-walled region of said face portion located adjacent to said crown portion and nearest said side portion and having a width of between 5 and 10 mm in a longitudinal direction of the head.

3. A hollow golf club head having a face portion, a crown portion, a sole portion, and a side portion, wherein said head comprises:

a thin-walled region of said crown portion located adjacent to said face portion and having a thickness between 0.3 and 0.6 mm;

a thin-walled region of said side portion located nearest to said face portion and having a thickness between 0.3 and 0.6 mm;

a medium-thick-walled region, which is thicker than said thin-walled region of said crown portion, and is located behind said thin-walled region in a direction away from said face portion; and

a thick-walled region, which is thicker than said medium-thick-walled region of said crown portion, and is located behind said medium-thick-walled region in the direction away from said face portion.

4. The head according to claim 3 , comprising a thick-walled region of said face portion located adjacent to said crown portion and nearest said side portion and having a width of between 5 and 10 mm in a longitudinal direction of the head.

5. The head according to claim 3 , comprising a high-rigidity region of said sole portion located adjacent to said face portion.

6. A hollow golf club head having a face portion, a crown portion, a sole portion, and a side portion, wherein said head comprises:

a thin-walled region of said crown portion located adjacent to said face portion;

a thin-walled region of said side portion located nearest to said face portion;

a medium-thick-walled region, which is thicker than said thin-walled regions of said crown portion and said side portion, and is located behind said thin-walled regions in a direction away from said face portion, said medium-thick-walled region having a thickness between 0.3 and 1.2 mm; and

a high-rigidity region of said sole portion located adjacent to said face portion.

7. The head according to claim 6 , wherein said medium-thick-walled region has a thickness between 0.6 and 0.8 mm.

8. The head according to claim 6 , comprising a thick-walled region of said face portion located adjacent to said crown portion and nearest said side portion and having a width of between 5 and 10 mm in a longitudinal direction of the head.

9. A hollow golf club head having a face portion, a crown portion, a sole portion, and a side portion, wherein said head comprises:

a thin-walled region of said crown portion located adjacent to said face portion;

a thin-walled region of said side portion located nearest to said face portion;

a medium-thick-walled region, which is thicker than said thin-walled regions of said crown portion and said side portion, and is located behind said thin-walled regions in a direction away from said face portion, said medium-thick-walled region having a thickness between 0.3 and 1.2 mm; and

a thick-walled region, which is thicker than said medium-thick-walled region of said crown portion, and is located behind said medium-thick-walled region in the direction away from said face portion.

10. The head according to claim 9 , wherein said medium-thick-walled region has a thickness between 0.6 and 0.8 mm.

11. The head according to claim 9 , comprising a thick-walled region of said face portion located adjacent to said crown portion and nearest said side portion and having a width of between 5 and 10 mm in a longitudinal direction of the head.

12. The head according to claim 9 , comprising a high-rigidity region of said sole portion located adjacent to said face portion.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 13, 2006
From: MATSUNAGA, HIDEO
To: BRIDGESTONE SPORTS CO., LTD.
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Priority Claims (1)
JP 2005-349784 · Dec 2, 2005 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20070129167A1 · Jun 7, 2007