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Hideo Matsunaga, Chichibu-Shi JP

Hideo Matsunaga, Chichibu-Shi JP

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20080220894GOLF CLUB HEAD - This invention provides a hollow metal golf club head including at least a face portion, sole portion, side portion, and crown portion. This golf club head includes a head main body having an opening in the face portion, and a face plate engaged and welded with the opening. The head main body comprises a protruding portion which forms a part of the face portion and protrudes upward from a central portion, in a toe-and-heel direction, of a corner portion between the face portion and the sole portion in the golf club head. The face plate comprises s a recessed portion which extends upward from the lower edge of the face plate and engages with the protruding portion.09-11-2008
20080227565Golf Club Head and Golf Club - This invention provides a wood golf club head having a loft angle of not more than 15°. In this golf club head, a progression length FP from a leading edge of a face to an axis line of a shaft axis and a horizontal length VZG from the leading edge of the face to a center of gravity of the head in a depth direction satisfy the following expression; −209-18-2008
20080261720GOLF CLUB HEAD - This invention provides a golf club head including a head main body, a face plate and a hollow portion. The head main body includes an opening in a face portion, and the opening is provided with a plurality of pawls to receive the face plate which is to fit in the opening. The pawls include a large pawl and a small pawl. The large pawl is arranged in each of a heel-side upper portion and a toe-side lower portion and the small pawl is arranged in at least either one of a heel-side lower portion and a toe-side upper portion when the opening is divided into four vertically and horizontally about a face center as the center. The face plate is fitted in the opening and fixed by welding.10-23-2008
20090082134GOLF CLUB HEAD - A golf club head includes a face member having a ball-striking face and an oval thick portion positioned in a central portion of the ball-striking face. The oval thick portion has an oval shape having recesses formed by recessing both sides in a major axis direction in an arc-shaped fashion. The recesses are directed to a toe-side upper portion and a heel-side lower portion. The thickness of the thick portion becomes thickest at a central portion and is gradually reduced from the central portion towards the periphery. The face member is formed such that a portion outside the thick portion is thinner than the thick portion. An occupancy rate of the oval thick portion in the ball-striking face is in a range of 25 to 45%.03-26-2009
20090221383Wood Club Head - A wood club head having a loft angle of not less than 13° is provided. The hosel length is not less than 20 mm. The face progression is set to fall within a range of 12 mm to 16 mm (both exclusive). The barycenter depth is set to fall within a range of 20 mm to 25 mm (both exclusive).09-03-2009
20090247321Golf Club Head - This invention provides a golf club head including a face member. The face member includes a face portion forming a face, and a crown extending portion extending backward from the upper edge of the face portion. The width of the crown extending portion in a face to back direction at the toe side is larger than that in the face to back direction at the heel side.10-01-2009
20100056292GOLF CLUB AND SHAFT REPLACING METHOD - According to an aspect of the invention, a golf club includes: a head having a hosel; a shaft; a shaft case fixed to one end of the shaft, and configured to be inserted into the hosel, the shaft case being formed in a substantially cylindrical shape; and a ring-shaped screw member configured to be screwed into one end of the hosel to fix the shaft case in the hosel, and to be fitted with an outer face of an one end of the shaft case, the ring-shaped screw member being noncontact with the shaft.03-04-2010
20100105501GOLF 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
20100144459GOLF CLUB AND METHOD FOR ADJUSTING PROPERTIES THEREOF - According to one aspect of the invention, a golf club includes: a head having a hosel having a hosel hole; a shaft; a shaft case having a shaft insertion hole to which one end of the shaft is inserted and configured to be inserted to the hosel hole; and a ring-shaped screw member configured to be screwed into one end of the hosel to fix the shaft case in the hosel hole, and to be fitted with an outer face of an one end of the shaft case so as not to contact with the shaft directly, wherein an axis of the shaft insertion hole is nonparallel to an axis of the hosel hole, and an inner face of the hosel hole and an outer face of the shaft case includes a triangular or more polygonal cross-sectional face that is perpendicular to the axis of the hosel hole.06-10-2010
20100160072METHOD 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
20100160074GOLF 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
20100161294METHOD 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
20100234123GOLF CLUB, METHOD FOR CHANGING SHAFT INSERTION DEPTH OF GOLF CLUB, AND METHOD FOR REPLACING SHAFT OF GOLF CLUB - A golf club, includes: a head; a shaft; a shaft case, having a cylindrical shape and fixed to a leading end of the shaft, a hosel, mounted on the head, wherein: the shaft case is inserted into the hosel from an upper end of the hosel; and the shaft case is fixed to the hosel so that an insertion depth of the shaft into the hosel is changed.09-16-2010
20100304889GOLF 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
20100317454GOLF CLUB, HEAD OF GOLF CLUB AND METHOD FOR ADJUSTING PROPERTIES OF GOLF CLUB - A golf club head with a leading end of a shaft mountable thereon, the golf club head includes: a head main body, formed with a hosel insertion hole; a hosel, formed with a shaft case insertion hole and removably mounted in the hosel insertion hole; and a shaft case, formed with a shaft insertion hole and removably mounted in the shaft case insertion hole.12-16-2010
20100323808GOLF CLUB, HEAD OF GOLF CLUB AND METHOD FOR ADJUSTING PROPERTY OF GOLF CLUB - A golf club includes: a head, formed with a hosel insertion hole, including: a female screw, formed in an inner peripheral surface of the entrance portion of the hosel insertion hole; a hosel, formed with a shaft case insertion hole and mounted on a deep portion of the hosel insertion hole; a shaft case, formed with a shaft insertion hole, a leading end portion of the shaft case being mounted into the shaft case insertion hole; a ring holder, fitted with an outer surface of the shaft case; a screw member, fitted with an outer surface of the ring holder in a peripheral direction of the ring holder; and a male screw, formed on an outer peripheral surface of the screw member so that the screw member is engaged with the female screw; and a shaft, inserted into the shaft insertion hole of the head.12-23-2010
20100331101GOLF CLUB HEAD - A golf club head according to this invention includes a hollow head body, cylindrical body, weight member, and fixing member. The hollow head body has a projection formed along the periphery of the sole, a recess formed inside the projection, and an opening formed in the projection so as to extend from the toe side to the back side. The cylindrical body is provided in the recess of the head body, and includes its one end which engages with the inner wall of the projection on the heel side, and its other end which extends to the vicinity of the opening and can move along the opening. The weight member is retractably, detachably inserted in the cylindrical body. The fixing member is a detachable member which fixes the other end of the cylindrical body onto the projection.12-30-2010
20110028243GOLF CLUB HEAD - A golf club head includes a face member having a ball-striking face and an oval thick portion positioned in a central portion of the ball-striking face. The oval thick portion has an oval shape having recesses formed by recessing both sides in a major axis direction in an arc-shaped fashion. The recesses are directed to a toe-side upper portion and a heel-side lower portion. The thickness of the thick portion becomes thickest at a central portion and is gradually reduced from the central portion towards the periphery. The face member is formed such that a portion outside the thick portion is thinner than the thick portion. An occupancy rate of the oval thick portion in the ball-striking face is in a range of 25 to 45%.02-03-2011
20110118044GOLF CLUB HEAD AND GOLF CLUB - A golf club head includes: a head main body having a shaft holder inserting hole; a shaft holder which has a shaft inserting hole and is attachably and detachably installed in the shaft holder inserting hole; a bolt inserting hole which penetrates from a sole side of the head main body to the shaft holder inserting hole; and a bolt which is inserted into the bolt inserting hole, screwed into the shaft holder, and fixes the shaft holder to the head main body, an axis center of the shaft inserting hole and an axis center of the shaft holder inserting hole being non-coaxial shapes, wherein a lower end side of the shaft holder and an inner portion of the shaft holder inserting hole are polygonal sectional shape portions and are engaged with each other.05-19-2011
20110118045GOLF 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
20110130215GOLF 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
20110159987GOLF 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

Patent applications by Hideo Matsunaga, Chichibu-Shi JP