IP Library Granted Patent US 8,876,624
Granted Patent B2
US 8,876,624 · App. 13/599,347 · Granted Nov 4, 2014

Golf club head

Inventors: Wataru Ban (Chichibu, JP); Kozue Wada (Minato-ku, JP)
Assignee: Bridgestone Sports Co., Ltd.
A63B53/06
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Patent No.
US 8,876,624
App. No.
13/599,347
Granted
Nov 4, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

This invention provides a golf club head including a face surface and sole portion. This golf club head includes a main body member, a face member, a sole member, and a fastening structure which fastens the main body member, the face member, and the sole member to be separable from each other. The main body member, the face member, and the sole member include stack portions, respectively, which are stacked on each other. The fastening structure fastens the main body member, the face member, and the sole member together in the stack portions.

Claims (27)

1. A golf club head including a face surface and a sole portion, comprising:

a main body member;

a face member which at least partially forms the face surface;

a sole member which at least partially forms the sole portion; and

a fastening structure which fastens said main body member, said face member, and said sole member to be separable from each other,

wherein said main body member, said face member, and said sole member include stack portions, respectively, which are stacked on each other,

wherein said stack portion of said main body member is positioned between said stack portion of said face member and said stack portion of said sole member,

wherein said face member includes a boss portion which is formed in said stack portion of said face member and protrudes from a back surface of said face member,

wherein said main body member includes a hole into which said boss portion is inserted,

wherein said sole member includes a hole formed in said stack portion of said sole member,

wherein said main body member includes a projecting portion,

wherein said sole member includes a recessed portion into which said projecting portion is inserted, and

wherein said fastening structure comprises

a screw hole formed in said boss portion, and

a bolt which threadably engages with said screw hole through said hole of said sole member and said hole of said main body so as to fasten said main body member, said face member, and said sole member together in said stack portions.

2. The head according to claim 1 , wherein said head includes a plurality of said fastening structures.

3. The head according to claim 1 , wherein said sole member is made of a material harder than a material of said main body member.

4. The head according to claim 1 , wherein a difference between a specific gravity of a material of said main body member and a specific gravity of a material of said sole member is not less than 1.

5. The head according to claim 1 , wherein said sole member includes a lower portion of the face surface.

6. The head according to claim 1 , wherein a buffer member is interposed between said main body member, said face member, and said sole member that are adjacent to each other.

7. The head according to claim 1 , wherein said face member is made of a material softer than a material of said main body member.

8. The head according to claim 1 , wherein said face member has a quadrangular outer shape including

an upper side parallel to a scoreline formed in the face surface,

a pair of lateral sides perpendicular to said upper side, and

a lower side having one of a linear shape and an arcuated shape.

9. The head according to claim 1 , wherein said sole member includes recessed portions which form closed spaces with a black surface of said main body member, and

said closed spaces are adapted to contain weight distribution adjusting members.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 30, 2012
From: BAN, WATARU; WADA, KOZUE
To: BRIDGESTONE SPORTS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 028877/0819 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2011-236440 · Oct 27, 2011 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20130109497A1 · May 2, 2013