Golf Club Head Visual Alignment Guide and Weight Ports

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Solution Overview

Problem

Current golf club heads lack effective alignment aids that help golfers visualize the ball relative to the hole, which can affect performance and confidence during putting.

Innovation Solution

Incorporating a visual guide portion on the golf club head with parallel guide lines that extend between the front and rear portions, providing a mental image of the ball being smaller than the hole, manufactured using various methods such as casting or milling, and potentially including weight ports for adjusting the club's balance.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Ease of operation

If traditional golf club heads without alignment aids are used, then the club head structure remains simple, but the golfer's alignment capability and visual reference are insufficient

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvealignment capabilityVSAvoidclub head structure

Core Design Contradiction:

Ease of operationVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies visual guide portions with contrasting colors or patterns on the club head surface to create alignment references. These visual elements use color and geometric differences to help golfers align the club with the target, directly addressing the alignment capability issue without requiring complex mechanical additions

Inventive Principle:

Principle #32Color changes

Solution Approach 2:

The club head is segmented into functional zones including visual guide portions, weight ports, and structural components. This segmentation allows the addition of alignment aids and weight adjustment features while maintaining the integrity of the base club head structure, resolving the contradiction between enhanced functionality and structural simplicity

Inventive Principle:

Principle #1Segmentation

2Adaptability or versatility

If fixed weight distribution in golf club heads is used, then manufacturing is simplified, but customization for different golfer preferences and performance needs is limited

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveweight customizationVSAvoidmanufacturing process

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSEase of manufacture

Solution Approach 1:

The patent incorporates adjustable weight ports that allow the weight distribution to be dynamically changed by the user. This enables customization for different golfers' preferences and performance needs while using standardized manufacturing processes for the base club head, resolving the contradiction between adaptability and manufacturing simplicity

Inventive Principle:

Principle #15Dynamics

Solution Approach 2:

Weight ports are pre-positioned and pre-manufactured into the club head during standard production. This preliminary action allows for easy post-manufacturing weight adjustments without requiring complex manufacturing processes, enabling customization while maintaining manufacturing efficiency

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

Data Source

PatentUS9233283B2Golf club heads and methods to manufacture golf club heads

Publication Date: 2016.01.12 PARSONS XTREME GOLF LLC

AI summary

Embodiments of golf club heads and methods to manufacture golf club heads are generally described herein. In one example, a golf club head may include a body portion with a toe portion, a heel portion, a rear portion, a front portion with a strike face, a sole portion, and a top portion with a plurality of weight ports. The body portion may define a periphery of the golf club head. The golf club head may also include a plurality of weight portions with each weight portion disposed in one weight port of the plurality of weight ports. Other examples and embodiments may be described and claimed.