US 12,337,217 B2
Golf club head
Hiroshi Abe, Kobe (JP); and Kiyofumi Matsunaga, Kobe (JP)
Assigned to SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD., Kobe (JP)
Filed by Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd., Kobe (JP)
Filed on Dec. 2, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/073,949.
Application 18/073,949 is a continuation of application No. 17/471,375, filed on Sep. 10, 2021, granted, now 11,534,665.
Claims priority of application No. 2020-170694 (JP), filed on Oct. 8, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0101938 A1, Mar. 30, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A63B 53/04 (2015.01)
CPC A63B 53/047 (2013.01) [A63B 53/0408 (2020.08); A63B 53/042 (2020.08)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A golf club head comprising a head main body and a face member, wherein
the head main body is provided, on a front side of the head main body, with a face support surface to which the face member is fixed, and which has a width W1 when measured inwardly from an outer peripheral surface of the head main body, orthogonally to the outer peripheral surface of the head main body, and
the face member comprises:
a front plate portion having a front surface that forms at least a part of a surface for hitting a ball;
a backwardly directed first portion extending backwardly of the head main body from the front plate portion to form an outer peripheral surface on a back side of the face member; and
a centrally directed second portion extending from the backwardly directed first portion, inwardly towards a plane oriented perpendicular to the face member and intersecting the face member center to have an inner peripheral edge, and to have a width W2 when measured orthogonally to the outer peripheral surface of the face member from the outer peripheral surface of the face member to the inner peripheral edge, wherein a rear surface of the centrally directed second portion is fixed to the face support surface of the head main body, wherein
the rear surface of the centrally directed second portion is provided with a protrusion projecting to a rear of the head, and the face support surface is provided with a recess for fitting the protrusion,
the width W2 of the centrally directed second portion is larger than the width W1 of the face support surface,
the backwardly directed first portion and the centrally directed second portion are provided in at least one of an upper portion, a lower portion, a toe side portion and a heel side portion of the face member, and
the outer peripheral surface of the backwardly directed first portion of the face member is not fixed to the head main body.