Patent application number | Description | Published |
20090143165 | GOLF CLUB HEAD - This invention provides a golf club head including a plurality of score lines on a face. In the golf club head according to this invention, the angle between each side surface of the score lines and the face is 48° or more. Edges of the score lines are formed to be positioned within a second virtual circle with a radius of 0.011 inches, the second virtual circle being concentric with a first virtual circle which internally touches the side surface of the score line and the face with a radius of 0.010 inches. | 06-04-2009 |
20090143166 | Golf Club Head - This invention provides a golf club head including a plurality of score lines on a face. In the golf club head according to this invention, the angle between each side surface of the score lines and the face is 48° or more. Edges of the score lines are formed to be positioned within a second virtual circle with a radius of 0.011 inches, the second virtual circle being concentric with a first virtual circle which internally touches the side surface of the score line and the face with a radius of 0.010 inches. | 06-04-2009 |
20090247318 | Golf Club Head - This invention provides a golf club head including a plurality of score lines on the face. The golf club head includes a plurality of striations formed on the face and extending from a toe side to a heel side. The cross-sectional shape of each of the striations is a triangle asymmetric with regard to a virtual center line in the width direction, and the smallest interior angle among three interior angles of the triangle is placed at the sole side of the golf club head. A depth D from the face to the deepest portion of each of the striation satisfies 10 μm≦D≦40 μm. | 10-01-2009 |
20090247320 | GOLF CLUB HEAD - A golf head club has a high moment of inertia and thus produces a pleasing hitting sound. A metallic golf club head | 10-01-2009 |
20100048324 | GOLF CLUB HEAD - There is provided a golf club head that produces a loud hitting sound satisfying the golfer even if the volume of the golf club head having a hollow structure is increased to at least about 400 cc. A golf club head | 02-25-2010 |
20100056295 | GOLF CLUB HEAD - A golf club head according to the present invention comprises a plurality of score lines on a face, and a stair-shaped portion comprising a plurality of steps formed on a side wall of the score line from a face side end of the side wall in a depth direction of the score line. | 03-04-2010 |
20100087270 | GOLF CLUB HEAD - This invention provides a golf club head including a plurality of score lines on the face. The golf club head includes a plurality of striations formed on the face and extending from a toe side to a heel side. A depth Dp of each striation satisfies 10 μm≦Dp≦40 μm. A cross-sectional shape of each striation is an isosceles trapezoid having an upper base at the face side and a lower base at the back side of the golf club head. The upper base and lower base satisfy the upper base>the lower base. A width Pb of the bottom portion of each protrusion formed between the striations and a width Wb of the lower base satisfy Pb04-08-2010 | |
20100105501 | GOLF CLUB HEAD - A golf club head maintains a low weight of a face part, keeps the resilience property of the face part in the rule conformity range, and prevents the resilience performance from decreasing even when a ball is hit by a face part deviating from the sweet spot. The golf club head has a sole, a crown, a toe, and a heel and comprises a face part formed of a metallic material. The face part comprising: an outer peripheral portion; a thick-walled portion having a wall thickness greater than that of the outer peripheral portion, the wall thickness of the thick-walled portion being greatest in a central portion of the face part and decreasing gradually from the central portion toward the outer peripheral portion, wherein the thick-walled portion is positioned over a region having a shape formed by depressing a circular or elliptical shape from two opposite sides thereof, the first depression on the toe side being directed orthogonal in the sole direction, and the second depression on the heel side being directed orthogonal in the crown direction; and at least two thin-walled portions having a wall thickness less than that of the outer peripheral portion, the thin-walled portions being positioned over a region surrounded by the two opposite sides of the circular or elliptical shape and the depressions. | 04-29-2010 |
20100160072 | METHOD OF ANALYSIS FOR KINETIC PROPERTIES OF GOLF CLUB HEAD AND GOLF CLUB THEREFOR - The accuracy or computation speed of analysis of a club head using the finite element method is improved. In a method of analysis of a golf club head, a model of the golf club head represented by a set of elements including tetrahedral solid elements | 06-24-2010 |
20100160074 | GOLF CLUB HEAD - A golf club head having a hollow construction produces a characteristic low ball hitting sound to accommodate the diversity of golfers' preferences for ball hitting sounds even if the volume of the golf club head is increased to 430 to 500 cc and the weight thereof is decreased to 160 to 220 g. In a golf club head having a hollow construction and including a face part, a sole part, a crown part, and a side part, in which the head volume is 430 to 500 cc, and the head weight is 160 to 220 g, the area of the sole part is increased so that the primary natural frequency of the sole part is 2400 Hz or less, and a weight is formed at a position of the center of vibration in the sole part on the inner surface on the hollow construction side of the sole part. | 06-24-2010 |
20100161294 | METHOD OF ANALYSIS FOR KINETIC PROPERTIES OF GOLF CLUB HEAD AND GOLF CLUB THEREFOR - The accuracy or computation speed of analysis of a club head using the finite element method is increased. In a method of analysis of a golf club head, a model of a golf club head represented by the collection of elements including polygonal shell elements | 06-24-2010 |
20100261549 | Golf club head - A golf head club has a high moment of inertia and thus produces a pleasing hitting sound. A metallic golf club head | 10-14-2010 |
20100304889 | GOLF CLUB HEAD - A golf club head having a hollow construction includes a face part having a ball-impacting surface and a first main rib and a second main rib disposed on the inner surface of the face part. The first main rib extends from a crown side to a sole side, and the second main rib extends from a hosel side to a toe-side part of the sole side, the first and second main ribs intersecting each other. The material thickness on a toe side of the face part, with the first main rib being the boundary, is formed so as to be thinner than the material thickness on a heel side of the face part. | 12-02-2010 |
20110014995 | GOLF CLUB HEAD - A golf club head according to this invention is a hollow golf club head including a face portion, a crown portion, and a sole portion. The sole portion includes a first region which starts from the boundary portion between the sole portion and the face portion, and a second region which is spaced apart from the boundary portion toward the back side, and is adjacent to the first region. The second region is thinner than the first region and a third region adjacent to the back-side periphery of the second region. The second region includes the position of an antinode of the primary vibration mode of the sole portion at the time of impact. | 01-20-2011 |
20110118045 | GOLF CLUB HEAD AND GOLF CLUB - A golf club head includes: a head main body formed with a hosel column inserting hole; a hosel column which is formed with a shaft inserting hole and is installed on the hosel column inserting hole; a bolt inserting hole penetrating from a sole side of the head main body to the hosel column inserting hole; and a bolt which is inserted into the bolt inserting hole and is screwed into the hosel column, wherein: the hosel column includes a trunk portion provided with a shaft inserting hole, and a leg portion which protrudes from a lower end surface of the trunk portion and is inserted into the hosel column inserting hole; and at least a lower end side of the leg portion and an inner portion of the hosel column inserting hole are polygonal sectional shape portions and are engaged with each other. | 05-19-2011 |
20110130215 | GOLF CLUB HEAD - A hollow golf club head according to this invention includes a face portion, a crown portion, a sole portion, and a side portion. This golf club head includes a head body that forms the crown portion, the sole portion, and the side portion and has an opening portion in a portion corresponding to the face portion, and a face member that is joined to the opening portion and forms the face portion. The head body includes a first notch portion formed in a heel-side portion of the peripheral edge of the opening portion, which is on the side of the crown portion, and a second notch portion formed in a toe-side portion of the peripheral edge, which is on the side of the sole portion. The face member includes a first extending portion that seals the first notch portion, and a second extending portion that seals the second notch portion. The first extending portion is more rigid than a portion of the peripheral edge, which is on the side of the crown portion and on the toe side with respect to the first extending portion. The second extending portion is more rigid than a portion of the peripheral edge, which is on the side of the sole portion and on the heel side with respect to the second extending portion. | 06-02-2011 |
20110152004 | GOLF CLUB HEAD - A golf club head includes: a face portion; a sole portion; a side portion; a crown portion defining a hollow portion with the face portion, the sole portion and the side portion; a hosel portion; an adhesive material provided on an inner surface of the hollow portion; and a protruding portion for dividing an arrangement area of the adhesive material, the protruding portion being provided on the sole portion. | 06-23-2011 |
20110159987 | GOLF CLUB HEAD - A hollow golf club head has a head body having a face aperture part and a face member held to the face aperture part by welding, the face member formed by forging a rolled material of a titanium alloy having an α phase, and the face member comprising a thick-material part positioned in the center of the face member, an outer peripheral part positioned at the periphery of the thick-material part, and a thin-material part partially positioned between the thick-material part and the outer peripheral part. The thick-material part is formed in an area having a shape obtained by depressing a substantially elliptical or substantially circular shape in a substantially arcuate shape toward the center of the ellipse at two opposite sides thereof. The thick-material part, the thin-material part, and the peripheral part are formed by the forging so as to destroy an orientation of the α-phase. | 06-30-2011 |
20110201451 | GOLF CLUB HEAD - A face portion of a golf club head includes first to fourth main ribs on an inner surface of the head. The first main rib extends from a center portion of the face portion toward a crown, and the second main rib extends from the center portion toward a sole. The face portion is formed to have such a thickness that the center portion, the first main rib, and the second main rib become thinner in this order. The third and fourth main ribs extend from the center portion in outward directions of the face portion. | 08-18-2011 |
20110312440 | GOLF CLUB HEAD - A hollow golf club head according to this invention includes a face portion, a crown portion, and a sole/side portion including a sole portion and a side portion. The sole/side portion includes a thin region formed to traverse at least the sole portion from the toe side to the heel side, and thick regions formed on the side of the face portion and the back side, respectively, with respect to the thin region to be adjacent to the thin region. The golf club head further includes a rib which extends from the toe side to the heel side only in the thin region of the thin region and the thick region, and is connected to the side portion on the toe side and the side portion on the heel side. | 12-22-2011 |
20110319190 | GOLF CLUB HEAD - A golf club head has a face portion with a thick-walled portion located in the center of the face portion and an outer peripheral portion located on an outer periphery of the thick-walled portion. The thick-walled portion has a central portion of the face portion having a largest thickness, a first ridge which surrounds the central portion and has a smaller thickness than the central portion, and a first valley which is located between the central portion and the first ridge and has a smaller thickness than the first ridge. The golf club head maintains a low weight of a face portion and suppresses dispersion of CT values at each hitting point so that the CT values at hitting points other than a sweet spot are substantially equal to the CT value at the sweet spot. | 12-29-2011 |
20120004049 | GOLF CLUB HEAD - A golf head club has a high moment of inertia and thus produces a pleasing hitting sound. A metallic golf club head | 01-05-2012 |
20120064994 | GOLF CLUB HEAD - A face member of a golf club head includes first and second main ribs disposed inside thereof. The first main rib is extended from a crown side to a sole side and the second main rib is extended from a hosel side to a toe side of the sole. The first and the second main ribs intersect with each other at an intersection portion. Additionally, a first groove is provided from the intersection portion of the rib toward the sole side, and a second groove is provided from the intersection portion of the rib toward the toe side. | 03-15-2012 |
20120142450 | GOLF CLUB HEAD - This invention provides a hollow golf club head including a face portion, a crown portion, and a sole/side portion including a sole portion and a side portion. This golf club head includes a rib which extends from the toe side to the heel side in the sole portion, and a weight portion which is provided in the sole portion on the side of the face portion with respect to the rib or the back side with respect to the rib, and increases the amplitude of vibration of the sole portion. | 06-07-2012 |
20120149495 | GOLF CLUB HEAD - A golf club head is provided that includes a face part formed of a metallic material. The face part includes a thick-walled portion centrally located in the face part and configured as an elliptical or circular shape having depressions on two opposite sides thereof, and an outer peripheral portion located on the outer periphery thereof. The thick-walled portion includes a central portion having a first thickness which is greatest in the face part; a first ridge surrounding the central portion and having a second thickness less than the first thickness; and a first valley located between the central portion and the first ridge and having a third thickness less than the second thickness. The outer peripheral portion includes two first areas respectively adjacent to the two depressions of the thick-walled portion and having a fourth thickness less than the third thickness. | 06-14-2012 |