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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7351162 | Golf club head with alignment system A golf club head is disclosed. The golf club head includes a first body member and a second body member. The first body member includes a strike face and a top portion. The second body member is coupled to the first body member and extends away from the first body m... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7351159 | Complex hosel structure for a golf club head having a high degree of vibrational absorbability and elastic deformability A golf club head includes a golf club head body and a complex hosel. The golf club head body includes a neck portion located at a heel-side portion, and a connecting portion formed on the neck portion. The complex hosel is constructed from a one-piece tubular member... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7331877 | Golf club head A maximum resilience point (M) of a head (1) is positioned above a center (C) of a hitting surface. On the maximum resilience point (M), (t2−t1) measured in accordance with a pendulum test determined by USGA has a maximum value. When coordinat... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7311615 | Golf club head with ceramic layer A hollow club head having an aluminum alloy base material covered with another material layer of Ni or Ni/P with ceramic granules. The thickness of the material layer on the striking face is thicker than on the rest of the club head. The material layer has a hardnes... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7175537 | Golf putter with lift angle A putter has a center of gravity located rearward from the face and under the stroking pivot point. The polar moment of inertia of the putter is increased by moving the distribution of weight toward the rear of the head away from the contact surface. The sole of the... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7108613 | Golf club head A golf club head has two metal outer ends to and a mid-section composed of multiple side-by-side, polymeric laminations (14) directed substantially transversely to the club face (4). In one version the threaded rod (12) joins the ends compressin... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7087268 | Method of plating a golf club head A method (10 or 20) for plating a component of a golf club head (42) is disclosed herein. The component of the golf club head that is plated is preferably composed of a metal material selected from the group consisting of magnesium alloys, alumi... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7063628 | Plated magnesium golf club head A golf club (40) having a club head (42) with a face component (60) and an aft-body (61) is disclosed herein. The face component (60) has a striking plate portion (72) and a return portion (74). The aft-body (61 | 06/20/2006 |
| 7041005 | Method for manufacturing and golf club head A method for forming a golf club head comprises placing an uncured composite material between a core and a mold that comprises a first piece and a second piece. The second piece is moved towards the first piece such that the uncured composite material is compressed ... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7022030 | Golf club head A golf club head is disclosed. The golf club head includes a first body member and a second body member. The first body member includes a strike face and a top portion. The second body member is coupled to the first body member and extends away from the first body m... | 04/04/2006 |
| 6994636 | Golf club head A golf club head (20) having a body (22) with a front wall (30) with an opening (32) and a face component (40) is disclosed herein. The face component (40) preferably has a striking plate (50), a crown extension (5... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6945877 | Golf club A golf club is provided in which, whether the loft angle is small or large, backspin is reduced and there is no decrease in carry. A golf club construction is obtained wherein, in a driver club head (1) comprising a face section 4 having a striking sur... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6939248 | Wood golf club head designed to describe the optimum trajectory of a golf ball A wood golf club head is adapted to achieve the maximum flight distance or optimum trajectory of a golf ball, by incorporating features to achieve an appropriate correlation between launch angle and backspin speed of a golf ball that is struck by the club head. A wo... | 09/06/2005 |
| 5876293 | Golf putter head A golf putter head utilizing a dense, but yielding wooden impact bar that strikes a golf ball, with a pair of lead weights extending from the sides of the impact bar, and a shell enclosing the sides of the impact bar and the lead weights.... | 03/02/1999 |
| 5580322 | Wood golf clubhead assembly with peripheral weight on clubface A wooden golf clubhead assembly is provided having an obround swingweight carried in the clubface. The club assembly has a relatively narrow width relative to the length of the clubface. The clubface is flat and the overall assembly has a center of gravit... | 12/03/1996 |
| 5540437 | Perimeter weighted golf clubs Improved perimeter weighted golf clubs are disclosed. The perimeter weighted golf clubs of the present invention are provided with improved structures for distributing the weight at the perimeter of the club head. In one embodiment, the club head has a cl... | 07/30/1996 |
| 5511787 | Golf club A golf club head is formed with a ball impacting face having an outer layer of wood veneer bonded to an inner layer of synthetic resin reinforced fibers by a synthetic resin which impregnates both layers. In a wood-type version of the club head, the outer... | 04/30/1996 |
| 5489094 | Heads for golf clubs The invention provides a golf clubhead having a striking face that comprises at least two different materials so that a golf ball striking either material will give forth a different sound and feel such that the players will know when they have addressed ... | 02/06/1996 |
| 5395109 | Golf club hosel having depressions formed therein A golf club has a clubhead with a neck portion or hosel integrally formed therewith. The hosel has a generally cylindrical shape with a corresponding cylindrical concentric bore hole formed in a portion of the hosel. One or more depressions of a predeterm... | 03/07/1995 |
| 5207427 | Golf club head and manufacturing method thereof A partially or entirely exposed metal portion of a club head body is formed with a foundation layer on the surface thereof by means of electroplating, and the foundation layer is covered with a non-electrolytic nickel-boron plating. Moreover, this non-ele... | 05/04/1993 |
| 5076585 | Wood golf clubhead assembly with peripheral weight distribution and matched center of gravity location A wood golf clubhead assembly is provided having a substantial metal swingweight, located approximately parallel to the flat striking face, within a peripheral groove and bonded therein with adhesive. The new metal swingweight extends to the contour of th... | 12/31/1991 |
| 4804188 | Gold club head A golf club comprises the wood Balfourodendron Riedelianum, which wood is also known as Guatambu or Pau Marfim. The wooden part of the club can be shaped as the wooden part of persimmon clubs known in the prior art. The club head can have a notch in its f... | 02/14/1989 |
| 4651799 | Vented casting molds and process of making the same The mold body contains a cavity and at least one vent passage for venting gas from the cavity through the body. The vent passage has a portion of predetermined regular shape extending part-way through the cavity wall defining at one end an inlet portion o... | 03/24/1987 |
| 4568088 | Golf club head A golf club head of a wood-type golf club comprising a wooden club head body entirely reinforced by a wood-plastic combination, in which a predetermined thickness of a high density portion is impregnated with plastics at a percentage ranging from 10 to 60... | 02/04/1986 |
| 4555115 | Golf club head construction A composite construction of a golf club head including a plurality of laminated wooden layers and a plurality of resin impregnated fiber layers provided between said wooden layers characterized in that each of said wooden layers is provided with engagemen... | 11/26/1985 |
| 4504520 | Process and apparatus for producing wood heads of golf clubs A process for producing the wood head of a golf club by impregnating a wood head workpiece with a resin to give durability to the wood head, the process comprising the steps of forming the workpiece so that the hitting surface thereof extends in parallel ... | 03/12/1985 |
| 4496421 | Method of making a golf club A golf club, such as a driver, includes a body portion formed of natural uncompressed hard wood having an angled face on one side thereof. A wedge component formed of laminated highly compressed densified wood is bonded to the angled face of the body port... | 01/29/1985 |
| 4432550 | Golf club A golf club, such as a driver, includes a body portion formed of natural uncompressed hard wood having an angled face on one side thereof. A wedge component formed of laminated highly compressed densified wood is bonded to the angled face of the body port... | 02/21/1984 |
| 4241115 | Resin coated wooden articles produced by contacting a wooden article with a rather quick curing phenoxy or polyamide resin system Prepolymerized resins are applied to wooden articles to coat them and impart a tough and abrasive resistant surface which protects the articles from deterioration and delamination due to shock, impact and abrasive forces. The resins are applied by contact... | 12/23/1980 |
| 4123060 | Golf club and jig for making same A golf club of the type designated a wood is provided whose head has an index tooling hole therein to which all coordinates relating to the shape of the head are referenced. During construction, the head is first placed in a tooling hole drill jig and a p... | 10/31/1978 |
