US 11,806,592 B2
Golf club head and method of manufacturing same
Kozue Wada, Tokyo (JP); and Takaharu Takechi, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to BRIDGESTONE SPORTS CO., LTD., Tokyo (JP)
Filed by BRIDGESTONE SPORTS CO., LTD., Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Dec. 8, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/643,211.
Claims priority of application No. 2020-214329 (JP), filed on Dec. 23, 2020; application No. 2020-214330 (JP), filed on Dec. 23, 2020; and application No. 2020-214331 (JP), filed on Dec. 23, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0193508 A1, Jun. 23, 2022
Int. Cl. A63B 53/06 (2015.01); A63B 53/04 (2015.01); A63B 53/08 (2015.01)
CPC A63B 53/06 (2013.01) [A63B 53/0412 (2020.08); A63B 53/0433 (2020.08); A63B 53/0466 (2013.01); A63B 53/08 (2013.01); A63B 2209/00 (2013.01)] 7 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A golf club head having a hollow structure, the golf club head comprising:
a crown that defines a top of the golf club head;
a sole that defines a bottom of the golf club head, the sole including an abutment structure; and
a face including a front surface and a back surface facing away from each other, wherein
the crown, the sole and the face surround the hollow structure,
a first recess is formed in the sole toward an inside of the hollow structure,
a fixing part is formed in the first recess, the fixing part being configured to fix the abutment structure,
the abutment structure includes
a metallic sole fixation member fixed to the sole,
a metallic pin member connected to the metallic sole fixation member, and
an elastic member interposed between the metallic sole fixation member and the metallic pin member,
the metallic pin member includes a shaft and a distal end portion, the distal end portion extending from a first end of the shaft and including a part thinner than the shaft,
the metallic sole fixation member includes a second recess that is open at an end of the metallic sole fixation member,
the elastic member is inserted in the second recess and in contact with a bottom surface of the second recess,
the shaft is inserted in the second recess, and a second end of the shaft opposite from the first end is in contact with the elastic member, and
the distal end portion is exposed outside the metallic sole fixation member on a side of the end of the metallic sole fixation member.