US 11,786,785 B2
Golf club head
Masatoshi Kato, Hyogo (JP)
Assigned to SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD., Hyogo (JP)
Filed by SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD., Hyogo (JP)
Filed on Jul. 20, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/380,162.
Claims priority of application No. 2020-131908 (JP), filed on Aug. 3, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0032135 A1, Feb. 3, 2022
Int. Cl. A63B 53/04 (2015.01); A63B 53/08 (2015.01)
CPC A63B 53/0437 (2020.08) [A63B 53/0466 (2013.01); A63B 53/08 (2013.01); A63B 2053/0491 (2013.01); A63B 2209/00 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A golf club head having a hollow portion therein, the golf club head comprising:
a head main body comprising a striking face portion, a crown portion and a sole portion, the head main body being provided with a recess extending in a toe-heel direction of the club head on at least one of the crown portion and the sole portion; and
a reinforcing rod being fixed to the recess and extending in the toe-heel direction of the club head, wherein
the reinforcing rod comprises a toe-side fixing portion fixed to a toe side of the head main body, a heel-side fixing portion fixed to a heel side of the head main body, and a bar main body extending in the toe-heel direction between the toe-side fixing portion and the heel-side fixing portion,
the bar main body is, at least partially, disposed in the recess, and
a filler made of an elastic material is placed between the bar main body and the recess.