Multi-component golf club head with adjustable mass
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current golf club heads, particularly all-metal designs, lack the ability to maximize discretionary weight for optimal performance, as they struggle to adjust moment of inertia (MOI) and center of gravity (CG) effectively, leading to suboptimal golf ball flight and spin characteristics.
Innovation Solution
A multi-component golf club head design featuring a metallic first component and a non-metallic second component, combined with removable weights and mass pads, allows for precise adjustment of CG and MOI, reducing golf ball spin and enhancing launch angle and distance.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Weight of moving object
If all-metal club head design is used, then structural strength is maintained, but discretionary weight cannot be maximized for optimal performance
Solution Approach 1:
The club head is divided into multiple components: a metallic first component providing structural strength and a non-metallic second component allowing weight customization. This segmentation enables independent optimization of structural integrity and discretionary weight placement for adjusted MOI and CG.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent combines metallic and non-metallic materials in a multi-component construction. The metallic component ensures structural strength while the non-metallic component provides adjustable weight, allowing maximization of discretionary weight without compromising structural integrity.
2Adaptability or versatility
If discretionary mass is moved to portions of the golf club head to attain preferred MOI and CG values, then club performance is customized, but mass is removed from areas that provide flexural strength
Solution Approach 1:
By separating the club head into structural and weight components, the design allows discretionary mass to be concentrated in specific portions for MOI and CG customization without compromising the structural integrity of the metallic framework.
Solution Approach 2:
Different portions of the club head have different material properties: the metallic first component provides structural strength in critical areas, while the non-metallic second component allows localized weight addition for performance customization without affecting overall structural strength.
3Manufacturing precision
If multi-component design with removable weights is implemented, then precision adjustment of CG and MOI is achieved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The club head incorporates removable weights that allow dynamic adjustment of CG and MOI based on player preferences and performance needs. This dynamic configuration capability enables precise customization while maintaining a relatively simple overall structure.
Data Source
AI summary
Embodiments of wood-type club heads comprising one or more components are described herein. The wood-type club head comprises a first, metallic component, and a second, non-metallic component. The first component comprises the load bearing structure that forms the striking face, and portions of the crown, the heel, the toe, and the sole. The second component comprises a lightweight structure that wraps around the first component to form portions of the crown, the heel, the toe, and the sole. The first component comprises mass pads and receives removable weights to adjust the weight properties of the club head. The two-component design allows for additional discretionary mass redistribution to improve center of gravity location and moment of inertia.