US20190054353A1

US20190054353A1 - Head of a golf club with high coefficient of restitution

Info

Publication number: US20190054353A1
Application number: US16/054,159
Authority: US
Inventors: Wen-Cheng Tseng
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 2017-08-21
Filing date: 2018-08-03
Publication date: 2019-02-21
Also published as: CN109420301A; TWI620584B; JP3218509U; TW201912219A

Abstract

A head of a golf club is provided with a high coefficient of restitution. The head has a club head, a shaft, and a buffer element. The club head has a face panel and an installing seat. The face panel is mounted on one side of the club head. The installing seat is formed on another side of the club head and has a through hole. The shaft is an elongated body, is mounted in the club head, and has a cavity and a mounting portion on two ends of the shaft. The mounting portion is securely mounted on the installing seat. The buffer element is a compressible and resilient body, and abuts the face panel. When hitting a golf, the face panel deforms concavely, and the impulse force is conserved by the buffer element so that the face panel may not split or break.

Description

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS

This application is based upon and claims priority under 35 U.S.C. 119 from Taiwan Patent Application No. 106128252 filed on Aug. 21, 2017, which is hereby specifically incorporated herein by this reference thereto.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

1. Field of the Invention

The present invention relates to a head of a golf club, especially to a head of a golf club with a high coefficient of restitution.

2. Description of the Prior Arts

A conventional golf club comprises a club and a head mounted on one end of the club. The head has a face panel mounted on one side of the head. The face panel has a specific thickness. A handle is formed on another end of the club. When a player grips the handle with hands and hits the golf, the golf club is swung and hits the golf at 45 meters per second, and the face panel with a coefficient of restitution approximately from 0.825 to 0.83 impacts the golf. At that time, the impact force makes the face panel slightly deform concavely by 0.2 to 0.25 millimeters at a striking point, and the golf also deforms by a reaction force and further, the golf pops out because of the reaction force.
According to experience and skill level, a golf player may be sorted as a professional golf player or an amateur. Besides, there are various types of golf clubs, one of which comprises a wood club with a hollow head, and this wood club is utilized to strike out for longer distances. A professional player can accurately adjust the hitting force and control movement in hitting the golf, so the professional player is able to strike out the golf to a longer desired distance. In contrast, an amateur cannot control movement and strike force as accurately as the professional player, so even using the same golf club and the same face panel, the amateur still cannot strike out the golf to the longer desired distance. In other words, the amateur using a conventional golf club may not reach a desired striking effect.
To overcome the shortcomings, the present invention provides a head of a golf club to mitigate or obviate the aforementioned problems.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

The main objective of the present invention is to provide a head of a golf club, the head having a face panel with a high coefficient of restitution. With the face panel with a high coefficient of restitution, an amateur can easily strike out the golf for a long distance.
The head has a club head, a shaft, and a buffer element. The club head is a hollow body and has a face panel and an installing seat. The face panel is mounted on one side of the club head. The face panel is made of a board and has an inner surface and an outer surface. The installing seat is formed on another side of the club head and has a through hole communicating with an interior of the club head. The shaft is an elongated body, is mounted in the club head, and has a cavity and a mounting portion. The cavity is formed at one end of the shaft. The mounting portion is formed on another end of the shaft and securely mounted on the installing seat of the club head. The buffer element is a compressible and resilient body and has two ends. One of the ends of the buffer element is mounted in the cavity of the shaft, and an end surface of the other end of the buffer element abuts the inner surface of the face panel. An axis of a combination of the shaft and the buffer element is perpendicular to the inner surface of the face panel.
Therefore, as the shaft is mounted in the club head and the buffer element is mounted on the shaft and abuts the inner surface of the face panel, when the golf is hit by a golf club with aforesaid head, the outer surface of the face panel is impacted and deforms concavely and the golf is popped out immediately. Meanwhile, the compressible and resilient buffer element may conserve the impulse and prevent the face panel from splitting or breaking. Therefore, a thickness of the face panel may be lower than that of a conventional face panel and thereby increasing coefficient of restitution to pop out the golf for longer distance.
With the aforesaid structures, i.e. the shaft is mounted inside the club head, the buffer element is mounted on the shaft and adjacent to the face panel, and the buffer element abuts the inner surface of the face panel, when the golf is being hit, the outer surface of the face panel may deform concavely by the impulse and the golf may also deform at the same time so that the golf is struck out. Being a compressible and resilient body, the buffer element may conserve the impulse and prevent the face panel from being broken by the impulse. Therefore, a thicker face panel than a conventional face panel may be mounted on the head, and the head with a high coefficient of restitution may assist the golf to be struck out to a longer distance.
Other objectives, advantages and novel features of the invention will become more apparent from the following detailed description when taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a head of a golf club in accordance with a first embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is an exploded perspective view of the head in accordance with the first embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 3 is a sectional view of the head in FIG. 2;

FIG. 4 is a perspective view of the head in FIG. 2 when hitting a golf;

FIG. 5 is an exploded perspective view of the head in accordance with a second embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 6 is a sectional view of the head in FIG. 5;

FIG. 7 is a sectional view of the head in accordance with the second embodiment of the present invention; and

FIG. 8 is a sectional view of the head in accordance with the second embodiment of the present invention.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS

With reference to FIGS. 1, 2, and 3, a head of a golf club in accordance with the present invention has a high coefficient of restitution. In a first embodiment, the head comprises a club head 10, a shaft 20, and a buffer element 30.
The club head 10 is a hollow body. The club head 10 has a face panel 11 mounted on one side of the club head 10. The face panel 11 is made of a board and has an inner surface 111 and an outer surface 112. The outer surface of the face panel 11 is configured to hit the golf. A thickness of the board is lower than that of the conventional, which makes the face panel 11 have a high coefficient of restitution. The club head 10 has an installing seat 12 formed on another side of the club head 10. The installing seat 12 comprises a through hole communicating with an interior of the club head 10.
The shaft 20 is an elongated body. The shaft 20 comprises a cavity 21 at one end of the elongated body and a mounting portion 22 at another end of the elongated body.
The buffer element 30 is a compressible, resilient, and elongated body. The buffer element 30 has two ends, one of the ends is mounted in and combined with the cavity 21 of the shaft 20, and thus axes of the combined shaft 20 and buffer element 30 are perpendicular to the inner surface 111 of the face panel 11. The other end of the buffer element 30 protrudes out of the shaft 20 and an end surface of the other end of the buffer element 30 abuts the inner surface 111 of the face panel 11. The shaft 20 is mounted into the club head 10 through the through hole of the installing seat 12. The mounting portion 22 is mounted on and combined with the installing seat 12 of the club head 10.
Then please refer to FIGS. 1 to 3. In this embodiment, the shaft 20 is a hollow tube. Therefore, the cavity 21 is formed at one end of the tube. An outer wall of the mounting portion 22 has outer threads 221 and the through hole of the installing seat 12 has inner threads, so that the outer threads 221 of the mounting portion 22 and the inner thread of the installing seat 12 are securely threaded together. One end of the elongated body (i.e. the shaft 20) forms a positioning sleeve 223, and the positioning sleeve 223 is utilized to abut an exterior of the installing seat 12; the end of the elongated body is said another end comprising the mounting portion 22.
Then please also refer to FIG. 4. When a user swings the golf club and hits a golf, the face panel 11 of the club head 10 strikes the golf 40. Meanwhile, the outer surface 112 of the face panel 11 is impacted and deformed slightly and concavely. Because the inner surface 111 of the face panel 11 is abutted and supported by the resilient buffer element 30, the face panel 11 may not over deform to split or break but is capable of reverting to the original shape after hitting the golf.
The first embodiment of the present invention further comprises a cap 50. The cap 50 has outer threads 51 and the shaft 20 as the hollow tube has inner threads 222, so that the inner thread 222 of the shaft 20 and the outer thread 51 of the cap 50 are securely threaded together and thereby the shaft 20 is fixed.
Then please refer to FIG. 5 and FIG. 6. The second embodiment of the present invention is provided. In the second embodiment, the club head 10 is identical to the club head 10 in the first embodiment. One of the differences between the first embodiment and the second embodiment is that the shaft 20A in the second embodiment is a hollow tube. The shaft 20A comprises an opening 21A at one end of the shaft 20A and a mounting portion 22A at another end of the shaft 20A. A structure of the mounting portion 22A is identical to that of the mounting portion 22 in the first embodiment. The head according to the second embodiment of the present invention further comprises a receiving seat 60. The receiving seat 60 is a hollow body, one end of the receiving seat 60 is a closed end and another end of the receiving seat 60 is an open end. Therefore, the open end of the receiving seat 60 is concaved and forms a cavity 61. The receiving seat 60 has a positioning sleeve 62 formed on an outer surface of the receiving seat 60 and close to the open end. The receiving seat 60 is utilized to be mounted into the opening 21A of the shaft 20A and combined with the shaft 20A. One end of the buffer element 30 is mounted in the cavity 61 of the receiving seat 60 and another end of the buffer element 30 protrudes out of the shaft 20A and the receiving seat 60.
Then please refer to FIG. 7. The third embodiment of the present invention is provided. In the second embodiment, the club head 10 is identical to the club head 10 in the first embodiment. One of the differences between the first embodiment and the third embodiment is that the shaft 20B in the third embodiment is a hollow tube. The buffer element 30 is mounted at one end of the shaft 20B, and said end of the shaft 20B may be identical to that of the first embodiment or the second embodiment in structure. The shaft 20B comprises an assembling portion 201B formed at another end of the shaft 20B. The head according to the third embodiment of the present invention further comprises a mounting seat 22B. The mounting seat 22B is mounted on and combined with the assembling portion 201B. The shaft 20B is mounted into the club head 10 and the mounting seat 22B is mounted on and combined with the installing seat 12 of the club head 10. The assembling portion 201B has outer threads, and the mounting seat 22B is a hollow body and has inner threads and outer threads, so that the inner threads at one end of the mounting seat 22B and the outer threads of the assembling portion 201B are threaded together. The inner threads at another end of the mounting seat 22B are configured to be threaded with a cap 50B.
Then please refer to FIG. 8. The fourth embodiment of the present invention is provided. In the fourth embodiment, the club head 10 is identical to the club head 10 in the first embodiment. One of the differences between the first embodiment and the fourth embodiment is that the shaft 20C is a solid body. The shaft 20C comprises a cavity 21C formed at one end of the shaft 20C and a mounting portion 22C at another end of the shaft 20C. The cavity 21C is configured to be mounted with the buffer element 30. The shaft 20C is mounted into the club head 10, and thus the mounting seat 22C is mounted on and combined with the installing seat 12 of the club head 10.
Even though numerous characteristics and advantages of the present invention have been set fourth in the foregoing description, together with details of the structure and features of the invention, the disclosure is illustrative only. Changes may be made in the details, especially in matters of shape, size, and arrangement of parts within the principles of the invention to the full extent indicated by the broad general meaning of the terms in which the appended claims are expressed.

Claims

What is claimed is:

1. A head of a golf club, the head comprising:

a club head being a hollow body and comprising:

a face panel mounted on one side of the club head, the face panel having an inner surface and an outer surface; and

an installing seat formed on another side of the club head and comprising:

a through hole communicating with an interior of the club head;

a shaft being an elongated body, mounted in the club head, and comprising:

a cavity formed at one end of the shaft; and

a mounting portion formed on another end of the shaft and securely mounted on the installing seat of the club head;

a buffer element being a compressible and resilient body and having two ends; one of the ends of the buffer element mounted in the cavity of the shaft, an end surface of the other end of the buffer element abutting the inner surface of the face panel; an axis of the shaft and an axis of the buffer element being perpendicular to the inner surface of the face panel.

2. The head of a golf club as claimed in claim 1, wherein a coefficient of restitution of the face panel ranges from 0.88 to 0.89.

3. The head of a golf club as claimed in claim 1, wherein:

the shaft is a hollow tube;

the mounting portion forms:

outer threads on an outer wall of the mounting portion; and

a positioning sleeve on an end of the mounting portion and abutting the installing seat; and

the installing seat has inner threads in the through hole of the installing seat;

wherein the mounting portion and the installing seat are threaded to each other via the inner threads of the installing seat and the outer threads of the mounting portion.

4. The head of a golf club as claimed in claim 1, wherein the shaft is a hollow tube and further comprises:

a receiving seat being a hollow body and mounted into one end of the shaft; the receiving seat having a closed end and an open end, and comprising:

a positioning sleeve protruding out of an outer annular surface of the open end;

wherein the cavity of the shaft is formed inward at the open end of the receiving seat, and the buffer element is mounted in the cavity.

5. The head of a golf club as claimed in claim 1, wherein the shaft is a hollow tube and comprises:

an assembling portion formed on said another end of the shaft, said another end being the end opposite said end of the shaft mounted with the buffer element; and

a mounting seat securely mounted on the assembling portion and the installing seat of the club head.

6. The head of a golf club as claimed in claim 5 wherein:

the assembling portion of the shaft has outer threads;

the mounting seat is a hollow body and has inner threads; the inner threads of the mounting seat are threaded with the outer threads of the assembling portion.

7. The head of a golf club as claimed in claim 5 wherein:

the installing seat has inner threads in the through hole of the installing seat; and

the mounting seat has outer threads; the outer threads of the mounting seat are threaded with the inner threads of the installing seat.

8. The head of a golf club as claimed in claim 1 further comprising:

a cap having outer threads;

wherein the shaft has inner threads and thereby the outer threads of the cap are threaded with the inner threads of the shaft.

9. The head of a golf club as claimed in claim 6 further comprising:

a cap having outer threads;

wherein the outer threads of the cap are threaded with the inner threads of the mounting seat.

10. The head of a golf club as claimed in claim 1, wherein the shaft is a solid body.