IP Library Granted Patent US 8,961,335
Granted Patent B2
US 8,961,335 · App. 13/768,194 · Granted Feb 24, 2015

Golf club head

Inventor: Yasushi Sugimoto (Kobe, JP)
Assignee: Dunlop Sports Co. Ltd.
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Patent No.
US 8,961,335
App. No.
13/768,194
Granted
Feb 24, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

A hollow golf club head comprises a face portion with a face for hitting a ball on its front and a crown portion forming a top surface of the head, wherein the head comprises a face member including the face portion and made of a metallic material and a crown member attached to the face member to form the crown portion at least partially, the crown member includes a first member made of a metal material and a second member made of a fiber reinforced resin for supporting the first member so that the first member does not directly contact with the face member, the head has a primary natural frequency of from 3800 to 6500 Hz and an antinode when the head vibrates in the primary natural mode appears in the first member.

Claims (12)

1. A hollow golf club head comprising

a face portion having a face for hitting a golf ball on its front and a crown portion forming a top surface of the head, wherein

the head comprises a face member including the face portion and made of a metallic material and a crown member attached to the face member to form the crown portion at least partially,

the crown member includes a first member made of a metal material and a second member made of a fiber reinforced resin for supporting the first member so that the first member does not directly contact with the face member,

the head has a primary natural frequency in a range of from 3800 to 6500 Hz and

an anti node when the head vibrates in the primary natural mode appears in the first member.

2. The head according to claim 1 , wherein

the second member comprises a first opening in which the first member is disposed and a first periphery annularly extending so as to surround the first opening.

3. The head according to claim 1 , wherein

the second member has a plate shape.

4. The head according to claim 1 , wherein

the head is a wood type golf club head.

Assignments (2)
MERGER Recorded Nov 7, 2018
From: DUNLOP SPORTS CO. LTD.
To: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
Reel/Frame 047440/0001 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 19, 2013
From: SUGIMOTO, YASUSHI
To: DUNLOP SPORTS CO. LTD.
Reel/Frame 029830/0609 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2012-031924 · Feb 16, 2012 · national
Continuity (1)
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