CN100358601C - Shock-absorbing structure of golf club head - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention discloses a shock absorption structure of a golf club head, which comprises a club head body and at least one damping element. The club head body is provided with at least one assembling hole, and an internal thread is arranged in the assembling hole. The damping element is provided with an external thread and a groove, and the groove can contain a shock absorption block. The damping element is screwed with the internal thread of the assembling hole of the club head body by utilizing the external thread so as to assemble a golf club head. Therefore, the shock absorption block of the damping element can be used for absorbing the hitting shock of the golf club head.

Description

Shock-absorbing structure of golf club heads

technical field

The invention relates to a shock-absorbing structure of a golf club head, in particular to a club head body screwed and combined with a damping element, the damping element is used to improve the shock-absorbing ability of the club head body, so as to provide a golf club with both shock absorption and assembly convenience. Head construction.

Background technique

The shock-absorbing structure of the conventional golf club head, as shown in the invention patent of U.S. Patent No. 6,409,612 "Weighting Member for a Golf Club Head", it includes a club head body, at least one elastic block and several a weighted sphere. The club head body is provided with at least one assembly hole for embedding the elastic block. The inner surface of the elastic block is provided with several blind holes for selecting and embedding an appropriate number of the balancing balls. In this way, the elastic block and the weight ball can not only adjust the overall center of gravity of the golf club head, but also increase the overall shock absorption effect. However, since the elastic block is elastic and easily deformed, no matter whether the elastic block is selected to be mechanically fixed or chemically adhered to the assembly hole, the elastic block is likely to be temporarily elastically deformed when hitting the ball, which will affect the connection with the ball. The bonding reliability between the assembly holes. At the same time, the above combination method is also extremely unfavorable for frequent disassembly and replacement of the type or quantity of the counterweight spheres. Furthermore, the elastic block is not only light in specific gravity but also large in volume, which greatly reduces the counterweight effect of the counterweight sphere. In addition, the weighted sphere is easy to roll in the blind hole of the elastic body to generate abnormal sound when hitting the ball. Based on the above factors, it is indeed necessary to further improve the shock-absorbing structure of the above-mentioned golf club head.

In view of this, the present invention is produced in order to improve the above-mentioned shortcoming.

Contents of the invention

The main technical problem to be solved by the present invention is to provide a shock-absorbing structure of a golf club head, wherein a club head body is screwed together with a damping element, and a shock-absorbing block is arranged inside the damping element, so that the present invention has the advantages of increasing shock-absorbing effects, ease of assembly, reliability of assembly, and the ability to improve shot audio.

The secondary technical problem to be solved by the present invention is to provide a shock-absorbing structure of a golf club head, wherein a club head body is screwed together with a damping element, and a shock-absorbing block and a counterweight insert are arranged inside the damping element , so that the present invention has the effect of increasing shock absorption and counterweight margin.

Another technical problem to be solved by the present invention is to provide a shock-absorbing structure of a golf club head, wherein a club head body is screwed together with a damping element, and the inside of the damping element is screwed together with a shock-absorbing block in a detachable way And a counterweight insert, so that the present invention has the effect of increasing the convenience of assembly and the margin of counterweight.

For this reason, the present invention proposes a shock-absorbing structure of a golf club head, which includes:

a club head body, which is provided with at least one assembly hole;

at least one damping element provided with a groove; and

a shock-absorbing block, which is accommodated in the groove of the damping element;

Wherein the damping element is assembled and combined in the assembly hole of the club head body to form a golf club head, and the damping element adds at least one weight insert in the groove, and the shock absorbing block at least partially embeds the weight and the shock-absorbing block can be used to absorb the impact vibration of the golf club head.

In the shock-absorbing structure of the golf club head described above, the damping element is in the shape of a screw and is provided with an external thread, and an internal thread is provided in the assembly hole of the club head body, and the damping element is screwed and combined with the assembly hole by the external thread. The internal thread of the hole.

As for the shock-absorbing structure of the golf club head described above, the shock-absorbing block is made of shock-absorbing damping material, and the damping material can be epoxy resin, polyurethane, rubber, thermoplastic elastomer, foam, foamed resin, polyethylene or One or a mixture of polyamides.

As mentioned above in the shock-absorbing structure of the golf club head, the damping element is additionally provided with several unlocking parts for rotating the damping element.

In the above-mentioned shock-absorbing structure of the golf club head, one end of the counterweight insert abuts against the inner bottom surface of the groove, and the other end is exposed outside the shock-absorbing block.

According to the above-mentioned shock-absorbing structure of the golf club head, the weight insert is entirely embedded in the inner bottom surface of the groove, and is completely embedded by the shock-absorbing block.

According to the above-mentioned shock-absorbing structure of the golf club head, the counterweight insert is completely embedded by the shock-absorbing block and does not contact the inner wall of the groove.

In the shock-absorbing structure of the golf club head described above, the groove of the damping element is further provided with an internal thread on the inner peripheral surface, and the shock-absorbing block is additionally provided with an external thread on the outer peripheral surface, so that the shock-absorbing block can be detachably combined with the inside this groove.

In the above-mentioned shock-absorbing structure of the golf club head, the counterweight insert partly embedded by the shock-absorbing block is provided with several unlocking parts at one end.

Therefore, the shock-absorbing structure of the golf club head of the present invention includes a club head body and at least one damping element. The rod head body is provided with at least one assembly hole, and an internal thread is provided in the assembly hole. The damping element is provided with an external thread and a groove, and the groove can accommodate a shock-absorbing block. The damping element utilizes the external thread to be threaded and combined with the internal thread of the assembling hole of the club head body to assemble a golf club head. In this way, the shock-absorbing block of the damping element can be used to absorb the impact shock of the golf club head.

That is to say, one of the damping elements is screwed onto a club head body, and a shock-absorbing block [and a counterweight insert] can be arranged inside the damping element, so that the present invention can increase the shock-absorbing effect , assembly convenience and assembly reliability and other advantages.

Description of drawings

1 is an exploded sectional view of a shock-absorbing structure of a golf club head according to a first embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a combined cross-sectional view of the shock-absorbing structure of the golf club head according to the first embodiment of the present invention;

3 is an exploded sectional view of a shock-absorbing structure of a golf club head according to a second embodiment of the present invention;

4 is an exploded perspective view of a shock-absorbing structure of a golf club head according to a third embodiment of the present invention;

5 is a combined cross-sectional view of a shock-absorbing structure of a golf club head according to a third embodiment of the present invention;

6 is an exploded sectional view of a shock-absorbing structure of a golf club head according to a fourth embodiment of the present invention;

7 is an exploded sectional view of a shock-absorbing structure of a golf club head according to a fifth embodiment of the present invention;

8 is an exploded sectional view of a shock-absorbing structure of a golf club head according to a sixth embodiment of the present invention;

Fig. 9 is an exploded sectional view of a shock-absorbing structure of a golf club head according to a seventh embodiment of the present invention.

Explanation of reference numbers:

2 rod head body 21 assembly hole 22 internal thread

3 damping element 31 external thread 32 groove

321 internal thread 33 shock-absorbing block 331 external thread

34 Unlatching part 35 Counterweight insert 351 Unlatching part

35' Weight Insert 35" Weight Insert

Detailed ways

In order to make the above and other objects, features, and advantages of the present invention more comprehensible, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be exemplified below and described in detail in conjunction with the accompanying drawings.

Please refer to FIG. 1 , the shock-absorbing structure of the golf club head according to the first embodiment of the present invention includes a club head body 2 and at least one damping element 3 . The rod head body 2 is made of metal materials such as stainless steel, carbon steel, alloy steel, iron-manganese-aluminum alloy or non-metallic materials such as carbon fiber, and can be made by casting, forging or machining. The club head body 2 has the basic structure of a general wood-type club head, which will not be described in detail here, but the club head body 2 is further provided with at least one assembly hole 21 at an appropriate position, such as preferably behind the bottom The assembly hole 21 is provided on the side. An internal thread 22 is formed on the inner peripheral surface of the assembly hole 21 , and the internal thread 22 can be used for combining with the damping element 3 .

Please refer to Fig. 1 again, the damping element 3 of the first embodiment of the present invention is generally in the shape of a screw, which is made of the same or different metal or alloy material as the club head body 2, such as tungsten, iron, Nickel, titanium, copper and their alloys, wherein the iron alloy can also be selected from stainless steel, carbon steel, alloy steel, iron-manganese-aluminum alloy. The damping element 3 is provided with an external thread 31 , a groove 32 , a shock-absorbing block 33 and several unlatching portions 34 . The external thread 31 corresponds to the internal thread 22 of the assembly hole 21 of the head body 2 . The groove 32 is recessed at one end of the damping element 3 . The shock-absorbing block 33 can be directly filled into the groove 32 , or prefabricated and then glued into the groove 32 . The material of the shock-absorbing block 33 is selected from damping materials with shock-absorbing effects, such as epoxy resin (epoxy), polyurethane [Polyurethane, PU], rubber, thermoplastic elastomer (thermoplasticelastomer), foam cotton, foamable resin, polyethylene One or more mixtures of [polyethylene] or polyamide [polyamides]. The disposition of the unlocking portion 34 is convenient to use a suitable wrench [not shown] to rotate the damping element 3 .

Please refer to FIG. 2 , during assembly, use a suitable wrench to insert the unlatch portion 34 of the damping element 3 to rotate the damping element 3, so that the external thread 31 of the damping element 3 is gradually screwed and combined with the assembly hole 21 The internal thread 22. After the damping element 3 is firmly embedded in the assembly hole 21, the club head body 2 and the damping element 3 form a golf club head. At this time, if the golf club head is used to hit the golf ball [not shown], the shock-absorbing block 33 in the groove 32 of the damping element 3 can be used to absorb the shock of hitting the ball, which can not only reduce the noise of hitting the ball and improve the impact of the ball. Ball audio, and can also relatively avoid the vibration of the damping element 3 from loosening. At the same time, by properly controlling the counterweight of the damping element 3, it can also be used to adjust the overall center of gravity [center of gravity, CG] to a certain extent, so as to increase the moment of inertia [moments of Inertia, MOI] of the swing. On the other hand, since the damping element 3 has a detachable structure [external thread 31 and unlatching portion 34], it is beneficial for the present invention to quickly replace and use several damping elements 3 with different shock-absorbing and counterweight effects, so it also increases Assembly convenience and use margin.

Please refer to FIG. 3 , which discloses the shock-absorbing structure of the golf club head according to the second embodiment of the present invention. Compared with the first embodiment, the club head body 2 of the second embodiment is also a wooden club head, but the assembly hole 21 is further provided at other positions on the bottom of the club head body 2, for example, it is preferably located at The central position of the bottom, or it can also be appropriately transferred to the bottom near the toe [toe], the heel [heel] or the strike panel and other positions. Thereby, the assembly hole 21 and the damping element 3 can be used to properly adjust the shock absorption and counterweight of different parts, so as to meet the design requirements of shock absorption and center of gravity of different products.

Please refer to FIGS. 4 and 5 , which disclose the shock-absorbing structure of the golf club head according to the third embodiment of the present invention. Compared with the first embodiment, the club head body 2 of the third embodiment is an iron-type club head. The club head body 2 is provided with several assembly holes 21 on the back of the bottom, and the inner peripheral surface of the assembly holes 21 The internal thread 22 is provided, and the internal thread 22 can be used to combine with the damping element 3 . The damping element 3 is also provided with the external thread 31 , the groove 32 , the shock absorbing block 33 and the unlatching portion 34 . By providing multiple sets of assembling holes 21 and damping elements 3, the club head body 2 will have a larger margin, so as to adjust the shock absorption and the overall center of gravity.

Please refer to FIGS. 6 to 8 , which disclose the shock-absorbing structure of the golf club head according to the fourth to sixth embodiments of the present invention. Compared with the first embodiment, the damping element 3 of the fourth to sixth embodiments further adds at least one counterweight insert 35, 35', 35" in the groove 32, and the shock-absorbing block 33 at least partially embeds the The counterweight inserts 35, 35', 35", and the material of the counterweight inserts 35, 35', 35" can be selected from the same or different metal and alloy materials of the damping element 3. As shown in Figure 6, One end of the counterweight insert 35 of the fourth embodiment abuts against the inner bottom surface of the groove 32, and the other end is exposed outside the shock-absorbing block 33. As shown in Figure 7, the counterweight insert 35 of the fifth embodiment 'The whole is embedded in the inner bottom surface of the groove 32, and is completely embedded by the shock-absorbing block 33. As shown in Figure 8, the counterweight insert 35" of the sixth embodiment is completely embedded by the shock-absorbing block 33, And does not contact the inner wall of the groove 32 . By arranging the counterweight inserts 35, 35', 35" in the above-mentioned manner, and properly selecting their materials, the present invention can prefabricate several damping elements 3 with different shock absorption and counterweight effects for quick replacement. Increase the convenience of assembly and use margin.

Please refer to FIG. 9 , which discloses the shock-absorbing structure of the golf club head according to the seventh embodiment of the present invention. Compared with the fourth embodiment, the damping element 3 of the seventh embodiment further designs the shock-absorbing block 33 and the counterweight insert 35 to be a detachable structure, and an internal thread 321 is provided on the inner peripheral surface of the groove 32, An external thread 331 is correspondingly provided on the outer peripheral surface of the shock absorbing block 33 . At the same time, one end of the counterweight insert 35 is provided with a plurality of unlocking parts 351 for rotating the shock-absorbing block 33 and the counterweight insert 35 . Thereby, the shock-absorbing block 33 and the counterweight insert 35 can utilize the external thread 331 to screw the internal thread 321 combined with the groove 32 of the shock-absorbing block 33 . That is, the same damping element 3 can be optionally combined with different shock-absorbing blocks 33 and counterweight inserts 35 , thereby relatively reducing the number of the damping element 3 used, and increasing the convenience of assembly and the use margin.

As mentioned above, compared with the disadvantages of the conventional golf club head, where the elastic block is directly combined with the club head body, it is easy to loosen and fall off, and the ball of the counterweight is easy to roll inside, resulting in abnormal sound when hitting the ball. By arranging the shock-absorbing block 33 inside the damping element 3 and selectively embedding the counterweight insert 35, it can indeed increase the shock-absorbing effect relatively, and simultaneously improve the convenience of assembly, the reliability of assembly, and the balance weight margin, and improved golf club head impact audio.

Although the present invention has been disclosed in detail using the aforementioned preferred embodiments, it is not intended to limit the present invention. Any person skilled in the art can make various changes and modifications without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention. Therefore, the scope of protection of the present invention should be defined by the scope of the patent application.

Claims (9)

1, a kind of shock absorption structure of golf driver head, it comprises:

One rod head noumenon, it is provided with at least one assembly hole;

At least one damping element, it is provided with a groove; And

One earthquake absorption block, it is placed in the groove of this damping element;

Wherein this damping element is assembled in the assembly hole of this rod head noumenon, to form a golf driver head, and this damping element is set up at least one counterweight abaculus in this groove, this earthquake absorption block is to this counterweight abaculus of small part embedding, and this earthquake absorption block then can be in order to absorb the batting vibrations of this golf driver head.

2, the shock absorption structure of golf driver head as claimed in claim 1, it is characterized in that this damping element is arachnoid, it is provided with an external screw thread, and establish an internal thread in the assembly hole of this rod head noumenon, this damping element utilizes this external screw thread spiral shell to establish internal thread in conjunction with this assembly hole.

3, the shock absorption structure of golf driver head as claimed in claim 1, it is characterized in that, this earthquake absorption block is made by the damping material of shock-absorbing, and its damping material is one or more the mixture in epoxy resin, polyurethane, rubber, thermoplastic elastomer (TPE), foam, foaminess resin, polyethylene or the polyamide.

4, the shock absorption structure of golf driver head as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that, this damping element is provided with several in addition and separates door bolt portion, so that rotate this damping element.

5, the shock absorption structure of golf driver head as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that, an end of this counterweight abaculus is connected to the inner bottom surface of this groove, and the other end exposes outside this earthquake absorption block.

6, the shock absorption structure of golf driver head as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that, the whole inner bottom surface that is embedded at this groove of this counterweight abaculus, and be subjected to the complete embedding of this earthquake absorption block.

7, the shock absorption structure of golf driver head as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that, this counterweight abaculus is subjected to the complete embedding of this earthquake absorption block, and does not contact the inwall of this groove.

8, the shock absorption structure of golf driver head as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that, the groove of this damping element is provided with an internal thread in addition at inner peripheral surface, and this earthquake absorption block is provided with an external screw thread in other correspondence of outer peripheral face, so that removable being combined in this groove of this earthquake absorption block.

9, the shock absorption structure of golf driver head as claimed in claim 8 is characterized in that, be subjected to this earthquake absorption block partly the counterweight abaculus of embedding several at one end be set in addition separate door bolt portion.

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