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Wooden club head

a wood-based club head and golf club technology, applied in the field of golf clubs, can solve the problems of adversely affecting the sound quality, low assembling tolerance, high manufacturing cost, etc., and achieve the effect of increasing the volume of the overall club head

Inactive Publication Date: 2008-08-14
FUSHENG IND CO LTD
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Benefits of technology

The present invention provides a wooden club head made of a thin body component and a thin faceplate component made of steel alloy. The thin body component has a front engaging opening, a crown, a sidewall, and a sole. The thin faceplate component is coupled with the front engaging opening of the thin body component to form the wooden club head. The thin body component has a thickness between 0.25 mm and 0.8 mm, and the thin faceplate component has a thickness between 1.5 mm and 3.0 mm. The wooden club head has an overall volume between 380 cc and 500 cc and an overall weight between 180 g and 220 g. The technical effects of this invention include a thinner and lighter wooden club head with improved performance and durability.

Problems solved by technology

Namely, the light components cannot be directly formed on the steel body 7, leading to high manufacturing costs and low assembling tolerance.
Furthermore, the golf club head made of different materials has reduced resonance frequency between the materials, adversely affecting the quality of the sound generated during striking.

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[0018]Referring to FIGS. 2 and 3, a wooden club head of a first embodiment in accordance with the present invention includes a thin body component 1 and a thin faceplate component 2 coupled to a front side of the thin body component 1 to form a two-piece type golf club head. The thin body component 1 and the thin faceplate component 2 are made of steel alloy such as stainless steel (e.g., 17-4PH stainless steel), martensite steel, carbon steel, low-carbon steel, alloy steel, low-alloy steel, structural steel, super alloy steel or a combination thereof. The thickness W1 of the thin body component 1 is preferably between 0.25 mm and 0.8 mm. The thickness W2 of the thin faceplate component 2 is preferably between 1.5 mm and 3.0 mm.

[0019]The thin body component 1 includes a front engaging opening 11, a crown 12, a sidewall 13, a sole 14, and a front abutting face 15. The front engaging opening 11 is formed on the front side of the thin body component 1 for coupling with the thin facepla...

second embodiment

[0022]FIGS. 4 and 5 show a wooden club head of the present invention. Compared to the first embodiment, the thin body component 1 of the second embodiment is comprised of a thin crown component 16 and a thin sole component 17. The thin crown component 16 is coupled to a top side of the thin sole component 17 and forming the crown 12, which is shown in FIG. 1, of the thin body component 1. And the thin sole component 17 below the thin crown component 16 forms the sidewall 13 and the sole 14, which are also shown in FIG. 1, of the thin body component 1. Furthermore, the thin crown component 16 includes a front engaging face 161 and a coupling skirt 162. The front engaging face 161 is formed on a front edge of the thin crown component 16, and the coupling skirt 162 extends along a bottom edge of the thin crown component 16. Further, the thin faceplate component 2 in the second embodiment has no stepped portion 23 but has a rear coupling face 25.

[0023]The thin sole component 17 includes...

third embodiment

[0025]FIGS. 6 and 7 show a wooden club head of the present invention. Compared to the second embodiment, most part of the bend 22 of the thin faceplate component 2 is omitted in the third embodiment. In particular, only a portion of the bend 22 adjacent to the neck 24 is kept to reinforce the structural strength of the neck 24. Furthermore, the thin crown component 16 includes an opening 163 on a side corresponding to the neck24 of the thin faceplate component 2 for receiving the neck 24 when the thin faceplate component 2 is coupled with the thin body component 1. Thus, the overall volume of the golf club head can be increased under the preset overall weight limitation while the assembling tolerances of the golf club head is increased.

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Abstract

A wooden club head includes a thin body component and a thin faceplate component. The thin body component has a front engaging opening, a crown, a sidewall, and a sole. The thin faceplate component is coupled with the front engaging opening of the thin body component to form the wooden club head. The thin body component and the thin faceplate component are made of steel alloy having a specific gravity between 6.0 g / cm3 and 10.0 g / cm3. The thin body component has a thickness between 0.25 mm and 0.8 mm, and the thin faceplate component has a thickness between 1.5 mm and 3.0 mm. The wooden club head has an overall volume between 380 cc and 500 cc and an overall weight between 180 g and 220 g.

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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0001]1. Field of the Invention[0002]The present invention relates to a combination of a golf club head and, more particularly, to a wooden club head having a plurality of components made of steel material to increase the volume of the club head under a preset overall weight limitation of the club head.[0003]2. Description of Related Art[0004]Taiwan Utility Model No. M283662 discloses a large golf club head including a steel body 7, a light cover 8, and a light faceplate 9, as shown in FIG. 1. The steel body 7 is made of metal or alloy with a high specific gravity, such as stainless steel, carbon steel, low-carbon steel, and alloy steel. The light cover 8 and the light faceplate 9 are respectively attached to a top opening 71 and a front opening 72 of the body 7 to form a golf club head. The steel body 7 further has a neck 73 on a side thereof.[0005]The light cover 8 and the light faceplate 9 are made of light, composite plates such as carbon fiber plates ...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(United States)
IPC IPC(8): A63B53/04
CPCA63B53/0466A63B2053/0408A63B2053/0437A63B2209/00A63B2053/0433A63B2053/0416A63B53/0408A63B53/0416A63B53/0437A63B53/0433
Inventor LO, CHIH-WEI
Owner FUSHENG IND CO LTD
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