CN104511145A

CN104511145A - Golf club head having rib-shaped members and relevant method therefor

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Publication number: CN104511145A
Application number: CN201410525715.9A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 埃里克·V·科尔; 马蒂·R·杰特森
Original assignee: Karsten Manufacturing Corp
Current assignee: Karsten Manufacturing Corp
Priority date: 2013-10-02
Filing date: 2014-10-08
Publication date: 2015-04-15
Anticipated expiration: 2034-10-08
Also published as: TWI564058B; CN107930041B; CN104511145B; CN107930041A; TW201521838A

Abstract

The application describes a golf club head having a rib-shaped members and a relevant method therefor. The invention discloses a golf club head comprising a main body and rib-shaped members protruding from surfaces of the rib-shaped members. The main body comprises a heelpiece end, a toe part end, a crown part, a bottom part, a front wall having a striking face, and a rear side; an inner surface which is limited by the heelpiece end, the toe part end, the crown part, the bottom part, the front wall and the rear side is also included; an inner part cavity limited by the inner surface is also comprised. The rib-shaped members comprise a first rib-shaped member, a second rib-shaped member and a third rib-shaped member; each of the first rib-shaped member, the second rib-shaped member and the third rib-shaped member comprises a first end point, a second end point and a rib-shaped member axis that is intersected with the first end point and the second end point. According to a top view of the golf club head, a first rib-shaped member axis, a second rib-shaped member axis and a third rib-shaped member axis are intersected with one another and are tangent with a trajectory limited by a conic curve edge. The application also discloses other embodiments and relevant methods.

Description

There is glof club head and the correlation technique of rib-shaped piece

Prioity claim

This application claims the 13/768th in submission on February 15th, 2013, the priority of No. 624 U.S. Patent applications, wherein the 13/768th, No. 624 U.S. Patent applications require on December 14th, 2012 submit to the 61/737th, the rights and interests of No. 716 U.S. Provisional Patent Application.13/768th, No. 624 U.S. Patent applications are still in the 13/196th of submission on August 2nd, 2011, No. 488 U.S. Patent applications (are the 8th now, 523, No. 704 United States Patent (USP)s) part continuation application, 13/196th, No. 488 U.S. Patent applications be on August 14th, 2009 submit to the 12/541st, No. 817 U.S. Patent applications (are the 8th now, 206, No. 242 United States Patent (USP)s) part continuation application, 12/541st, No. 817 U.S. Patent applications be on April 27th, 2009 submit to the 12/430th, No. 821 U.S. Patent applications (are the 7th now, 874, No. 935 United States Patent (USP)s) part continuation application, 12/430th, No. 821 U.S. Patent applications be on March 13rd, 2008 submit to the 12/047th, No. 957 U.S. Patent applications (are the 7th now, 563, No. 177 United States Patent (USP)s) continuation application, 12/047th, No. 957 U.S. Patent applications be on July 31st, 2006 submit to the 11/496th, No. 216 U.S. Patent applications (are the 7th now, 396, No. 298 United States Patent (USP)s) continuation application.Listed disclosed content is incorporated to herein by reference above.

Technical field

The present invention relates generally to golf equipment, is specifically related to glof club head.

Background technology

All almost be made up of metal instead of the persimmon timber that gives club title before the modern wood golf bar head.These club head are made into the metal shell of hollow usually, and wherein the metal shell of this hollow has thicker surface to resist the shock of ball, and thicker bottom to be impacted with the friction on ground for resisting and to prevent the reduction of club head center of gravity.The remainder of club head is thinly as much as possible processed, is exclusively used in surface and base section to allow material as much as possible.Although the bizet of modern club head and skirt section are very thin, they still must have enough rigidity on the direction of maximum stress, think that the surface of club head provides support.

Usually in the bizet of club head, adopt rib-shaped piece, to make the weight of bizet light as much as possible, and provide enough hardness in the longitudinal direction simultaneously.The 4th of Zebelean, 214, No. 754 U.S. patents disclose the hollow club head with a kind of like this bizet, and wherein said bizet comprises the parallel rib-shaped piece perpendicular to club head surface, and described parallel rib-shaped piece extends and the thin transition of bridge joint and bizet in inside.Similarly, the 6th, 595, No. 871 of Sano U.S. patents disclose and have the surface of separate connection and the hollow club head of bizet, and wherein bizet comprises the multiple parallel rib-shaped piece extended perpendicular to surface.The 5th of the people such as Schmidt, 067, No. 715 U.S. patents disclose a kind of hollow club head comprising bizet, wherein bizet have multiple to be bonded in club head surface and perpendicular to club head surface parallel rib-shaped piece and to be multiplely bonded in the rear wall of club head and the rib-shaped piece of rear wall perpendicular to club head.

Prior art is not recognized, the club head with bizet (bizet has the parallel rib-shaped piece as one man strengthening club head surface) is not effective structure, because the surface of club head is not as one man bearing load, but is subject to substantial shock near the main heart wherein.

Accompanying drawing explanation

Fig. 1 is the front perspective view of the glof club head comprising feature of the present invention;

Fig. 2 is the sectional view of the glof club head of the Fig. 1 observed from below;

Fig. 3 is the phantom of the glof club head of Fig. 1 from forward observation;

Fig. 4 is the top view of the glof club head according to the second embodiment;

Fig. 5 is the complete sectional view of the glof club head of Fig. 4 from forward observation;

Fig. 6 is the top view of the glof club head according to the 3rd embodiment;

Fig. 7 is the complete sectional view of the glof club head of the Fig. 6 observed from side;

Fig. 8 is the top view of the glof club head according to the 4th embodiment;

Fig. 9 is the complete sectional view of the glof club head of the Fig. 8 observed from side;

Figure 10 is the top view of the glof club head according to the 5th embodiment;

Figure 11 is the complete sectional view of the glof club head of Figure 10 from forward observation;

Figure 12 is the top view of the glof club head according to the 6th embodiment;

Figure 13 is the complete sectional view of the glof club head of Figure 12 from forward observation;

Figure 14 is the partial elevational sectional view of the glof club head according to another embodiment;

Figure 15 is the vertical view cutaway drawing of the glof club head of Figure 14 about the line XV-XV in Figure 14;

Figure 16 shows the flow chart of the method for providing the glof club head according to example of the present disclosure and embodiment;

Figure 17 shows but the vertical view cutaway drawing of glof club head according to another embodiment similar to the glof club head of Figure 14-15;

Figure 18 shows the vertical view cutaway drawing of the glof club head according to another embodiment;

Figure 19 shows the vertical view cutaway drawing of the glof club head according to another embodiment;

Figure 20 shows the flow chart of the method for providing the glof club head according to example of the present disclosure and embodiment;

Figure 21 shows the side view of the glof club head of the Figure 18 being in address position;

Figure 22 shows the front view of the glof club head with rib-shaped piece;

What Figure 23 showed the glof club head of Figure 22 overlooks X ray picture;

Figure 24 shows the bottom internal view upwards of the bizet of the glof club head of Figure 22;

Figure 25 shows the bottom of the glof club head of Figure 22 and the top internal view upwards in skirt section;

Figure 26 shows the side view of the rib-shaped piece of the glof club head of the Figure 22 of the line XXVI-XXVI about Figure 23;

Figure 27 shows the side view of the rib-shaped piece of the glof club head of the Figure 22 of the line XXVII-XXVII about Figure 23;

Figure 28 shows the side view of the rib-shaped piece of the glof club head of the Figure 22 of the line XXVIII-XXVIII about Figure 23;

The FEA that overlooks that Figure 29 shows the bizet of the glof club head of the Figure 22 identifying high amplitude region schemes;

The FEA that looks up that Figure 30 shows the bottom of the glof club head of the Figure 22 identifying high amplitude region schemes;

Figure 31 shows the flow chart of the method for providing the glof club head according to example of the present disclosure and embodiment;

What Figure 32 showed the glof club head with rib-shaped piece overlooks X ray picture;

What Figure 33 showed the glof club head with rib-shaped piece overlooks X ray picture;

What Figure 34 showed the glof club head with rib-shaped piece overlooks X ray picture;

What Figure 35 showed the glof club head with rib-shaped piece overlooks X ray picture;

What Figure 36 showed the glof club head with rib-shaped piece overlooks X ray picture;

What Figure 37 showed the glof club head with rib-shaped piece overlooks X ray picture;

What Figure 38 showed the glof club head with rib-shaped piece overlooks X ray picture; And

Figure 39 shows the flow chart of the method for providing the glof club head according to example of the present disclosure and embodiment.

In order to illustrate simple and clear for the purpose of, accompanying drawing shows the general fashion of structure, and can omit description and the details of well-known characteristic and technology, to avoid unnecessarily fuzzy the present invention.In addition, the element in accompanying drawing is not necessarily to scale.Such as, the size of some elements in figure may be exaggerated relative to other elements, to contribute to improving the understanding to embodiment of the present invention.In different figures, identical Reference numeral represents identical element.

Description and the term " first " that may exist, " second ", " the 3rd ", " the 4th " etc. in claims for by similar element region separately, and not necessarily for describing concrete continuous order or chronological order.It should be understood that the term used like this is interchangeable under suitable environment, can operate with the such as non-order illustrated herein or describe in addition to make embodiment described herein.In addition, term " comprises (include) " and " having (have) " and any modification thereof are all intended to contain comprising of nonexcludability, these elements might not be limited to make to comprise the device of series of elements, equipment, goods, system, method or process, but other elements that this device, equipment, goods, system, method or process are original or clearly do not enumerate can be comprised.

The term "left", "right", "front", "rear" that may exist in description and claims, " top ", " end ", " in ... top ", " ... under " etc. be all object for describing, and not necessarily for describing permanent relative position.It should be understood that the term used like this is interchangeable under suitable environment, can operate with the such as non-orientation illustrated herein or describe in addition to make embodiment of the present invention described herein.

Term " connect (couple) ", " connecting (coupled) ", " connecting (couples) ", " connecting (coupling) " etc. should broadly be understood, and refer to and electrically or mechanically or otherwise connect two or more elements or signal.Two or more electricity elements can be electrically coupled, instead of mechanically or otherwise connect; Two or more mechanical elements can be mechanically linked, instead of electrically or otherwise connect; Two or more electricity elements can mechanically be connected, instead of electrically or otherwise connect.Connect (no matter machinery, electricity, or other modes) can be length any time, such as permanent or semipermanent or moment.

As defined herein, if two or more elements are made up of same material, then these two or more elements are one.As defined herein, if wherein each element is made up of different part material, then these two or more elements are non-integral.

Detailed description of the invention

In a first example, glof club head can comprise multiple rib-shaped pieces of main body and the rib-shaped piece protrusion of surface from main body.Main body can comprise heel end, toe end, bottom, front surface and rear surface.The plurality of rib-shaped piece can comprise first rib-shaped piece with the first longitudinal axis, second rib-shaped piece with the second longitudinal axis and have the 3rd rib-shaped piece of the 3rd longitudinal axis.First longitudinal axis, the second longitudinal axis and the 3rd longitudinal axis can intersect being positioned at the common point place outside main body.

In the second example, glof club head can comprise multiple rib-shaped pieces of main body and the rib-shaped piece protrusion of surface from main body.Main body can comprise heel end, toe end, bizet, bottom, front surface and rear surface.The plurality of rib-shaped piece can be substantially straight and non-intersect, and/or can comprise hithermost first rib-shaped piece and second rib-shaped piece hithermost with the toe end of main body with the heel end of main body.The plurality of rib-shaped piece also can be arranged to radial pattern pattern substantially, to form fan shape between the first rib-shaped piece and the second rib-shaped piece.

In the 3rd example, method can comprise (a) provides the main body of glof club head with heel end, toe end, bottom, front surface and rear surface, and (b) provides multiple rib-shaped pieces of the rib-shaped piece protrusion of surface from main body.The plurality of rib-shaped piece can comprise: have the first rib-shaped piece of the first longitudinal axis extending through common point, have the second rib-shaped piece of the second longitudinal axis extending through common point and have the 3rd rib-shaped piece of the 3rd longitudinal axis extending through common point, wherein this common point can be positioned at outside main body.

In one embodiment, glof club head comprises: the main body with heel end, toe end, bottom and front surface, and multiple rib-shaped pieces of rib-shaped piece protrusion of surface from main body.The plurality of rib-shaped piece comprises: (a) first rib-shaped piece, comprises the first-the first rib-shaped piece end, first-the second rib-shaped piece end relative with the first-the first rib-shaped piece end and extend through the first axle of the first-the first rib-shaped piece end and the first-the second rib-shaped piece end; (b) second rib-shaped piece, comprise the second-the first rib-shaped piece end, second-the second rib-shaped piece end relative with the second-the first rib-shaped piece end and extend through the second axis of the second-the first rib-shaped piece end and the second-the second rib-shaped piece end, and (c) the 3rd rib-shaped piece, comprise the three-the first rib-shaped piece ends, relative with the three-the first rib-shaped piece ends the three-the second rib-shaped piece ends and extend through the 3rd axis of the three-the first rib-shaped piece ends and the three-the second rib-shaped piece ends.Front surface comprises the impact surface with impact surface central point, and the high strike face tangent with impact surface central point (loft plane) defines the front of glof club head.First rib-shaped piece can between the second rib-shaped piece and the 3rd rib-shaped piece.Between front and the first-the first rib-shaped piece end, first axle can have the first distance.Between front and the second-the first rib-shaped piece end, the second axis can have second distance.Between front and the three-the first rib-shaped piece ends, the 3rd axis can have the 3rd distance.One of at least at least can be greater than in the first distance, second distance or the 3rd distance in first distance, second distance or the 3rd distance another.

In one embodiment, glof club head can comprise: the main body with heel end, toe end, bottom and front surface, and multiple rib-shaped pieces of rib-shaped piece protrusion of surface from main body.The plurality of rib-shaped piece can comprise: (a) first rib-shaped piece, comprises the first-the first rib-shaped piece end, first-the second rib-shaped piece end relative with the first-the first rib-shaped piece end and extend through the first axle of the first-the first rib-shaped piece end and the first-the second rib-shaped piece end; B () second rib-shaped piece, comprises the second-the first rib-shaped piece end, second-the second rib-shaped piece end relative with the second-the first rib-shaped piece end and extends through the second axis of the second-the first rib-shaped piece end and the second-the second rib-shaped piece end; And (c) the 3rd rib-shaped piece, comprise the three-the first rib-shaped piece ends, relative with the three-the first rib-shaped piece ends the three-the second rib-shaped piece ends and extend through the 3rd axis of the three-the first rib-shaped piece ends and the three-the second rib-shaped piece ends.First rib-shaped piece can between the second rib-shaped piece and the 3rd rib-shaped piece.Between front surface and the first-the first rib-shaped piece end, first axle can have the first distance.Between front surface and the second-the first rib-shaped piece end, the second axis can have second distance.Between front surface and the three-the first rib-shaped piece ends, the 3rd axis can have the 3rd distance.One of at least at least can be greater than in the first distance, second distance or the 3rd distance in first distance, second distance or the 3rd distance another.

In one example, can comprise for providing the method for glof club head: the main body with heel end, toe end, bottom and front surface is provided, and multiple rib-shaped pieces of the rib-shaped piece protrusion of surface from main body are provided.There is provided multiple rib-shaped piece to comprise: (a) provides the first rib-shaped piece, wherein this first rib-shaped piece comprises the first-the first rib-shaped piece end, first-the second rib-shaped piece end relative with the first-the first rib-shaped piece end and extends through the first axle of the first-the first rib-shaped piece end and the first-the second rib-shaped piece end; B () provides the second rib-shaped piece, wherein this second rib-shaped piece comprises the second-the first rib-shaped piece end, second-the second rib-shaped piece end relative with the second-the first rib-shaped piece end and extends through the second axis of the second-the first rib-shaped piece end and the second-the second rib-shaped piece end; And (c) provides the 3rd rib-shaped piece, wherein the 3rd rib-shaped piece comprises the three-the first rib-shaped piece ends, relative with the three-the first rib-shaped piece ends the three-the second rib-shaped piece ends and extends through the 3rd axis of the three-the first rib-shaped piece ends and the three-the second rib-shaped piece ends.Provider can comprise: connect impact surface at front surface place, wherein this impact surface comprises impact surface central point.The high strike face of glof club head can be tangent with impact surface central point.When glof club head addresses above ground level, high strike face is crossing with ground level along front intersecting lens, and front the past intersecting lens extends perpendicular to ground level.First rib-shaped piece can between the second rib-shaped piece and the 3rd rib-shaped piece.The first-the first rib-shaped piece end and before comprising high strike face, one of front or front surface with reference between, first axle can have the first distance.Between the second-the first rib-shaped piece end and front reference, the second axis can have second distance.Between the three-the first rib-shaped piece ends and front reference, the 3rd axis can have the 3rd distance.The plurality of rib-shaped piece interlocks relative to front reference, another to make one of at least at least can be greater than in the first distance, second distance or the 3rd distance in the first distance, second distance or the 3rd distance.

In one embodiment, glof club head can comprise main body and the first rib-shaped piece.Main body can to comprise in heel end, toe end, bizet, bottom, front-end and back-end and skirt section or hosel one of at least.First rib-shaped piece can from the rib-shaped piece protrusion of surface of main body, and a first rib-shaped piece-end respect to one another and the 2nd the first rib-shaped piece-end can be comprised, and from the first-rib-shaped piece part of the rib-shaped piece protrusion of surface of main body, the 2nd the first-rib-shaped piece part and the 3rd the first-rib-shaped piece part.One the first-rib-shaped piece part can between first the first-rib-shaped piece end and the 3rd the first-rib-shaped piece part.2nd the first-rib-shaped piece part can between second the first-rib-shaped piece end and the 3rd the first-rib-shaped piece part.One the first-rib-shaped piece part can comprise the first-rib-shaped piece size, wherein the first-rib-shaped piece size comprises substantially vertical with rib-shaped piece surface the first-rib-shaped piece height (when the first-rib-shaped piece size comprises the first-rib-shaped piece height), or substantially with one of the first-rib-shaped piece thickness of the first-rib-shaped piece high perpendicular.2nd the first-rib-shaped piece part can comprise the 2nd the first-rib-shaped piece size, wherein the 2nd the first-rib-shaped piece size comprises substantially vertical with rib-shaped piece surface the 2nd the first-rib-shaped piece height (when the first-rib-shaped piece size comprises the first-rib-shaped piece height), or substantially with one of the 2nd the first-rib-shaped piece thickness (when the first-rib-shaped piece size comprises the first-rib-shaped piece thickness) of the 2nd the first-rib-shaped piece high perpendicular.3rd the first-rib-shaped piece part can comprise the 3rd the first-rib-shaped piece size, wherein the 3rd the first-rib-shaped piece size comprises substantially vertical with rib-shaped piece surface the 3rd the first-rib-shaped piece height (when the first-rib-shaped piece size comprises the first-rib-shaped piece height), or substantially with one of the 3rd the first-rib-shaped piece thickness (when the first-rib-shaped piece size comprises the first-rib-shaped piece thickness) of the 3rd the first-rib-shaped piece high perpendicular.One the first-rib-shaped piece size and the 2nd the first-rib-shaped piece size can be greater than the 3rd the first-rib-shaped piece size.

In one embodiment, glof club head can comprise main body and the first rib-shaped piece.Main body can comprise heel end, toe end, bizet, bottom, front end and rear end.First rib-shaped piece can from the rib-shaped piece protrusion of surface of main body.First rib-shaped piece can comprise the first-rib-shaped piece end respect to one another and the 2nd the first-rib-shaped piece end, and from the first-rib-shaped piece part of the rib-shaped piece protrusion of surface of main body and the 2nd the first-rib-shaped piece part.One the first-rib-shaped piece end can be arranged in first place of bizet or bottom.2nd the first-rib-shaped piece end can be arranged in second place of bizet or bottom.One the first-rib-shaped piece part between first the first-rib-shaped piece end and the 2nd the first-rib-shaped piece part, and/or can be located along first in bizet or bottom.2nd the first-rib-shaped piece part between second the first-rib-shaped piece end and the first-rib-shaped piece part, and/or can be located along second in bizet or bottom.

In implementing one, method can comprise: provider and provide the first rib-shaped piece of the rib-shaped piece protrusion of surface from main body.Main body can comprise heel end, toe end, bizet, bottom, front end and rear end.First rib-shaped piece can comprise the first-rib-shaped piece end respect to one another and the 2nd the first-rib-shaped piece end, and from the first-rib-shaped piece part of the rib-shaped piece protrusion of surface of main body, the 2nd the first-rib-shaped piece part and the 3rd the first-rib-shaped piece part.One the first-rib-shaped piece part can between first the first-rib-shaped piece end and the 3rd the first-rib-shaped piece part.2nd the first-rib-shaped piece part can between second the first-rib-shaped piece end and the 3rd the first-rib-shaped piece part.One the first-rib-shaped piece part can comprise the first-rib-shaped piece size, wherein the first-rib-shaped piece size comprises substantially vertical with rib-shaped piece surface the first-rib-shaped piece height, or substantially with one of the first-rib-shaped piece thickness of the first-rib-shaped piece high perpendicular.2nd the first-rib-shaped piece part can comprise the 2nd the first-rib-shaped piece size, wherein the 2nd the first-rib-shaped piece size comprises substantially vertical with rib-shaped piece surface the 2nd the first-rib-shaped piece height (when the first-rib-shaped piece size comprises the first-rib-shaped piece height), or substantially with the 2nd the first-rib-shaped piece thickness (when the first-rib-shaped piece size comprises the first-rib-shaped piece thickness) of the 2nd the first-rib-shaped piece high perpendicular.3rd the first-rib-shaped piece part can comprise the 3rd the first-rib-shaped piece size, wherein the 3rd the first-rib-shaped piece size comprises substantially vertical with rib-shaped piece surface the 3rd the first-rib-shaped piece height (when the first-rib-shaped piece size comprises the first-rib-shaped piece height), or substantially with the 3rd the first-rib-shaped piece thickness (when the first-rib-shaped piece size comprises the first-rib-shaped piece thickness) of the 3rd the first-rib-shaped piece high perpendicular.One the first-rib-shaped piece size and the 2nd the first-rib-shaped piece size can be greater than the 3rd the first-rib-shaped piece size.

In one embodiment, glof club head can comprise: main body, inner surface and the inner chamber limited by inner surface.Main body can comprise heel end, toe end, bizet, bottom, the antetheca with impact surface and rear side.Inner surface can be limited by heel end, toe end, bizet, bottom, antetheca and/or rear side.Glof club head also can comprise the rib-shaped piece of the rib-shaped piece protrusion of surface from main body, and wherein rib-shaped piece can comprise the first rib-shaped piece, the second rib-shaped piece and the 3rd rib-shaped piece.First rib-shaped piece can comprise the first-rib-shaped piece end points, the 2nd the first-rib-shaped piece end points and the first rib-shaped piece axis crossing with the first-rib-shaped piece end points and the 2nd the first-rib-shaped piece end points.Second rib-shaped piece can comprise the second-rib-shaped piece end points, the 2nd the second-rib-shaped piece end points and the second rib-shaped piece axis crossing with the second-rib-shaped piece end points and the 2nd the second-rib-shaped piece end points.3rd rib-shaped piece can comprise three-rib-shaped piece end points, the 2nd three-rib-shaped piece end points and the three rib-shaped piece axis crossing with three-rib-shaped piece end points and the 2nd three-rib-shaped piece end points.According to the top view of glof club head, the first rib-shaped piece axis, the second rib-shaped piece axis and the 3rd rib-shaped piece axis intersect each other and tangent with the trajectory edge limited by conic section.

In implementing one, can comprise for providing the method for glof club head: provider, and the rib-shaped piece of the rib-shaped piece protrusion of surface from main body is provided.Main body can comprise heel end, toe end, bizet, bottom, antetheca, rear side, inner surface and inner chamber, wherein antetheca comprises impact surface, inner surface is limited by heel end, toe end, bizet, bottom, antetheca and/or rear side, and inner chamber is limited by inner surface.Rib-shaped piece can comprise the first rib-shaped piece, the second rib-shaped piece and the 3rd rib-shaped piece.First rib-shaped piece can comprise the first-rib-shaped piece end points, the 2nd the first-rib-shaped piece end points and the first rib-shaped piece axis crossing with the first-rib-shaped piece end points and the 2nd the first-rib-shaped piece end points.Second rib-shaped piece can comprise the second-rib-shaped piece end points, the 2nd the second-rib-shaped piece end points and the second rib-shaped piece axis crossing with the second-rib-shaped piece end points and the 2nd the second-rib-shaped piece end points.3rd rib-shaped piece can comprise three-rib-shaped piece end points, the 2nd three-rib-shaped piece end points and the three rib-shaped piece axis crossing with three-rib-shaped piece end points and the 2nd three-rib-shaped piece end points.According to the top view of glof club head, the first rib-shaped piece axis, the second rib-shaped piece axis and the 3rd rib-shaped piece axis intersect each other and tangent with the trajectory edge limited by conic section.

In one embodiment, glof club head can comprise multiple rib-shaped pieces of main body and the rib-shaped piece protrusion of surface from main body.Main body can comprise heel end, toe end, bizet, bottom, the antetheca with impact surface and rear side.The plurality of rib-shaped piece can comprise first rib-shaped piece with the first longitudinal axis, second rib-shaped piece with the second longitudinal axis and have the 3rd rib-shaped piece of the 3rd longitudinal axis.First longitudinal axis, the second longitudinal axis and the 3rd longitudinal axis can intersect being positioned at the common point place outside main body.The plurality of rib-shaped piece can be not convex relative to the bizet of glof club head.

Also disclose other examples and embodiment herein.This example and embodiment can be found in accompanying drawing, claim and/or this description.

With reference to Fig. 1-3, golf clubs 10 comprises club head 12, hosel (hosel) 14 and the body of rod 16.Club head 12 is made up of hollow body 18, usually makes by having the stainless steel of high shear elastic modelling quantity and high strength-weight ratio, titanium or other materials.Hollow body 18 comprises the antetheca or face 20 that are suitable for clashing into golf.Hollow body 18 also comprises upper wall or bizet 22, lower wall or bottom 24 and face 20 is connected to sidewall or the skirt section 26 of bizet 22 and bottom 24.Club head 12 also comprises heel end 30 and toe end 32.Skirt section 26 reels club head 12 to form rear wall 28 between heel end 30 and toe end 32.Glof club head 12 can be the glof club head for rod-type golf clubs of kicking off, Fairway Woods type golf clubs or hybrid type golf clubs.

Bizet 22 comprises thin-wall construction, and wherein this thin-wall construction is preferably cast into a part for hollow body 18.Bizet 22 is preferably the titanium that relative thin gauge thickness is 0.076 centimetre of (cm) ± 0.013cm.Bizet 22 utilizes to be strengthened from the lower surface 36 of bizet 22 to multiple rib-shaped pieces 34 of downward-extension.Each rib-shaped piece 34 is from extending near rear wall 28 but the second end isolated with rear wall 28 with the isolated first end of antetheca 20 near antetheca 20.Rib-shaped piece 34 at its second end place than spaced apart at its first end place larger (preferably large percent 20).Contiguous rib-shaped piece 34 from its first end towards its second end with the angle of at least 5 degree separately.Rib-shaped piece 34 comprises and has height dimension and be 0.051cm ± 0.013cm and width dimensions is narrow, elongated, substantially straight, metal, the shock wave distribution member of 0.178cm ± 0.013cm.When observing in cross-section, rib-shaped piece 34 is convex substantially downwards, and is bonded to glossily in the lower surface 36 of bizet 22.Should be understood that, the rib-shaped piece that bizet 22 does not laterally extend between rib-shaped piece 34.

The lower surface 36 of bizet 22 have as center line the front and rear that limits, wherein center line is basically parallel to 1/2nd places that antetheca 20 is in the spacing of the First Point on antetheca 20 and the rearmost point on rear wall 28.The first end of rib-shaped piece 34 ends in the front portion of bizet 22, and the second end of rib-shaped piece 34 ends in the rear portion of bizet 22.

Can be clear that from Fig. 2, rib-shaped piece 34 is arranged to pattern, and giving off from point 40 to make the longitudinal axis 38 of rib-shaped piece 34 and intersect at point 40, wherein this point 40 is spatially positioned at antetheca 20 front.Point 40 is preferably located in the centre 1/3rd (W/3) of antetheca 20 width, and before the preferred center line being substantially positioned at antetheca 20.Note, as used herein, because club head 12 is three-dimensional body, so as shown in Figure 2, when observing in plan view, point 40 refers to a single point.Alternately, point 40 can regard such vertical line as, and it comprises the trajectory of the cross-shaped portion of the vertical plane of the center line by rib-shaped piece 34.

Rib-shaped piece 34 originates near the first position of the rear surface 44 of antetheca 20 with the cross-shaped portion 42 of the lower surface 36 of bizet 22, and extends to the second position near rear wall 28.In the exemplary embodiment, at least half and preferred all rib-shaped pieces 34 extend from antetheca 20, through the mid point (L/2) of club head 12, and do not interconnect with any transverse ribs part.Therefore, other rib-shaped pieces 34 of interconnecting independent of the thin section of the bizet 22 by means of only therebetween insertion of each rib-shaped piece 34.Preferably, 40 are also positioned at L/2 place, antetheca 20 front at the most.So just form the pattern of ten rib-shaped pieces 34 of the angle of about 60 degree or the angular divergence (being preferably close to the deflection of between rib-shaped piece 34 about 6 degree) of 4 degree to 8 degree.

The surprising result of this layout of rib-shaped piece 34 is: compared with unstrengthened crown areas, although the array of the vertical rib-shaped piece that 0.051cm is high, 0.178cm is wide makes maximum stress only reduce 9%, the maximum stress in crown areas is almost reduced 36% by the rib-shaped piece 34 being arranged to radiation scallop according to the present invention.Although do not wish to be confined to any concrete theory of operation, it is believed that because face 20 itself non-uniform to be out of shape, so load is transferred to crown areas from rum point to extraradial non-uniform mode with similar from rum point is outside with extending.Therefore, the radiation pattern that rib-shaped piece 34 is arranged to extend near rum point is created the bizet 22 of more effectively bearing-surface 20 knockout process.

Except such as except the straight linear rib-shaped piece with somewhat constant width and height shown in the example of Fig. 1-Fig. 3, the substituting embodiment of the glof club head with rib-shaped piece also can be there is.Such as, rib-shaped piece can be bending or the height of rib-shaped piece and/or width can change.

Exemplarily, Fig. 4 shows another embodiment of glof club head.Fig. 5 shows the sectional view of the embodiment of the Fig. 4 along the line being labeled as " 5 ".Glof club head 412 (Fig. 4) comprises hollow body 418 (Fig. 4), and this hollow body 418 (Fig. 4) has antetheca 420 (Fig. 4), bizet 422 (Fig. 4), bottom 524 (Fig. 5), the sidewall 526 (Fig. 5) connecting bizet 422 and bottom 524, heel end 430 (Fig. 4), toe end 432 (Fig. 4) and the rear side 428 (Fig. 4) relative with antetheca 420.In addition, glof club head 412 also can comprise the rib-shaped piece 440 (Fig. 4) from the lower surface of bizet 422 to downward-extension.In the example of the embodiment shown in Fig. 4, rib-shaped piece 440 comprises and has the first end near antetheca 420 and the rib-shaped piece 441 near the second end of rear side 428, rib-shaped piece 442, rib-shaped piece 443, rib-shaped piece 444, rib-shaped piece 445 and rib-shaped piece 446.

In some instances, one or more in rib-shaped piece 440 can be bending.Exemplarily, each in rib-shaped piece 441, rib-shaped piece 442, rib-shaped piece 443, rib-shaped piece 444, rib-shaped piece 445 and rib-shaped piece 446 is bending in the example of fig. 4.But in other examples, some in rib-shaped piece 440 may not be bending.Such as, rib-shaped piece 441 can be linear.When rib-shaped piece 440 is bending, the length of rib-shaped piece 440 can be increased.Longer rib-shaped piece allows more rib-shaped piece to absorb vibration.

Each in the rib-shaped piece 440 of Fig. 4 is bending.In some instances, rib-shaped piece 440 can bend in a different direction.Such as, rib-shaped piece 441, rib-shaped piece 442 and rib-shaped piece 443 can bend in one direction, and rib-shaped piece 444, rib-shaped piece 445 and rib-shaped piece 446 can bend in the opposite direction.Relative to toe end 432, rib-shaped piece 441, rib-shaped piece 442 and rib-shaped piece 443 convexly bend.Therefore, the first end of rib-shaped piece 441, rib-shaped piece 442 and rib-shaped piece 443 and the second end bending away from toe end 432 and towards heel end 430.On the other hand, rib-shaped piece 444, rib-shaped piece 445 and rib-shaped piece 446 convexly bend relative to heel end 430.Therefore, the first end of rib-shaped piece 444, rib-shaped piece 445 and rib-shaped piece 446 and the second end bending away from heel end 430 but towards toe end 432.In one example, if at least two in rib-shaped piece 440 extend towards antetheca 420 forward in linear or bending mode, then it will intersect.Such as, the linear extension of rib-shaped piece 442 will extend near antetheca 420 crossing with rib-shaped piece 444 linear, or in different embodiments, crossing above at antetheca 420.It should be noted there is the substitutability curved arrangement for rib-shaped piece 440.Such as, compared with other curved arrangement, in rib-shaped piece 440, more rib-shaped piece can bend facing one direction, or all rib-shaped pieces can bend at equidirectional.In addition, the rib-shaped piece more more or less than 6 rib-shaped pieces 440 can be there is.

Each in rib-shaped piece 440 have radius of curvature.Radius of curvature is the radius of a circle formed by the extrapolation of rib-shaped piece.In some instances, each in rib-shaped piece 440 have different radius of curvature.In other examples, some in radius approximately can be equal to each other.

In the example of the glof club head 412 shown in Fig. 4, rib-shaped piece 441 has maximum radius of curvature.Relative to rib-shaped piece 441, rib-shaped piece is subsequently the closer to heel end 430 or toe end 432, and its radius of curvature is less.Such as, the radius of curvature of rib-shaped piece 442 is less than the radius of curvature of rib-shaped piece 441, and the radius of curvature of rib-shaped piece 443 is less than the radius of curvature of rib-shaped piece 442.In addition, the radius of curvature of rib-shaped piece 444 is less than the radius of curvature of rib-shaped piece 441; The radius of curvature of rib-shaped piece 445 is less than the radius of curvature of rib-shaped piece 444; The radius of curvature of rib-shaped piece 446 is less than the radius of curvature of rib-shaped piece 445; In other examples, relative to rib-shaped piece 441, rib-shaped piece 440 is the closer to heel end 430 or toe end 432, and its radius of curvature is larger.In other example, the radius of curvature of rib-shaped piece 440 can have nothing to do with the position of rib-shaped piece relative to rib-shaped piece 441.

In identical or other examples, according to its position relative to rib-shaped piece 441, the radius of curvature of rib-shaped piece can be mutually symmetrical.Such as, the radius of curvature of rib-shaped piece 442 can approximate the radius of curvature of rib-shaped piece 444, and the radius of curvature of rib-shaped piece 443 can approximate the radius of curvature of rib-shaped piece 445.In other examples, the radius of curvature of rib-shaped piece 440 can be asymmetrical relative to one another.

Each in rib-shaped piece 440 have width dimensions.In the example of fig. 4, each width with the width approximating other rib-shaped pieces in rib-shaped piece 440.In other examples, rib-shaped piece 440 can have the width of the width being not equal to other all rib-shaped pieces.In some instances, each in rib-shaped piece 440 have the first end of convergent and the second end of convergent.In other examples, first end and/or the second end not convergent.

In addition, each in rib-shaped piece 440 have height dimension.Height dimension is that rib-shaped piece extends to the measured value of the distance hollow body 418 from bizet 422.In the example of hgure 5, each in rib-shaped piece 550 have the height approximating height each in other rib-shaped pieces.In other examples, rib-shaped piece 440 can have the height of the height being not equal to other rib-shaped pieces.

Each in rib-shaped piece 440 also have length dimension.Length dimension is the measured value of (bending) distance between the first end of rib-shaped piece and its second end.In the example of fig. 4, the rib-shaped piece towards the mid point between toe end 432 and heel end 430 has maximum length.In addition, rib-shaped piece is the closer to heel end 430 or toe end 432, and its length is less.Exemplarily, rib-shaped piece 441 has maximum length; The length of rib-shaped piece 442 is greater than the length of rib-shaped piece 443; The length of rib-shaped piece 444 is greater than the length of rib-shaped piece 445; The length of rib-shaped piece 445 is greater than the length of rib-shaped piece 446.In other examples, all rib-shaped pieces 440 have approximately equal length.

Fig. 6 shows another embodiment of glof club head.Fig. 7 shows the sectional view of the embodiment of the Fig. 6 along the line being labeled as " 7 ".Glof club head 612 (Fig. 6) comprises hollow body 618 (Fig. 6), and this hollow body 618 (Fig. 6) has antetheca 620 (Fig. 6), bizet 622 (Fig. 6), bottom 724 (Fig. 7), the sidewall 726 (Fig. 7) connecting bizet 622 and bottom 624, heel end 630 (Fig. 6), toe end 632 (Fig. 6) and rear side 628 (Fig. 6).In addition, glof club head 612 also can comprise the rib-shaped piece 640 (Fig. 6) from the lower surface of bizet 622 to downward-extension.In the example of the embodiment shown in Fig. 6, rib-shaped piece 640 comprises and has the first end near toe end 632 and the rib-shaped piece 641 near the second end of heel end 630, rib-shaped piece 642, rib-shaped piece 643, rib-shaped piece 646, rib-shaped piece 645 and rib-shaped piece 646.

In some instances, one or more in rib-shaped piece 640 can be bending.Exemplarily, in the example of fig. 6, each in rib-shaped piece 641, rib-shaped piece 642, rib-shaped piece 643, rib-shaped piece 644, rib-shaped piece 645 and rib-shaped piece 646 is bending.But in other examples, some in rib-shaped piece 640 may not be bending.Such as, rib-shaped piece 641 can be linear.

Each in the rib-shaped piece 640 of Fig. 6 is bending.In some instances, rib-shaped piece 640 all bends in the same direction.Such as, rib-shaped piece 641, rib-shaped piece 642, rib-shaped piece 643, rib-shaped piece 644, rib-shaped piece 645 and rib-shaped piece 646 convexly bend relative to antetheca 620.Therefore, the first end of rib-shaped piece 640 and the second end bending away from antetheca 620.It should be noted there is the substitutability curved arrangement for rib-shaped piece 640.Such as, if the size of glof club head 612 reduces relative to antetheca 620 significantly at rear side 628 place, then some in rib-shaped piece 640 can bend relative to antetheca 602 spill.In other embodiments, some in rib-shaped piece 640 can have near the first end of antetheca 620 and the second end near rear side 628.In addition, the rib-shaped piece more more or less than six rib-shaped pieces 440 can be there is.

Each in rib-shaped piece 640 have radius of curvature.In some instances, each in rib-shaped piece 640 have different radius of curvature.In other examples, some in radius of curvature approximately can be equal to each other.

In the example of the glof club head 612 shown in Fig. 6, rib-shaped piece 641 has maximum radius of curvature.Rib-shaped piece is subsequently the closer to rear end 628, and the radius of curvature of rib-shaped piece is less.Such as, the radius of curvature of rib-shaped piece 642 is less than the radius of curvature of rib-shaped piece 641; The radius of curvature of rib-shaped piece 643 is less than the radius of curvature of rib-shaped piece 642; The radius of curvature of rib-shaped piece 644 is less than the radius of curvature of rib-shaped piece 643; The radius of curvature of rib-shaped piece 645 is less than the radius of curvature of rib-shaped piece 644; And the radius of curvature of rib-shaped piece 646 is less than the radius of curvature of rib-shaped piece 645.In other examples, for each rib-shaped piece, the closer to rear side 628, the radius of curvature of rib-shaped piece 640 is larger.In other example, the radius of curvature of rib-shaped piece 640 can have nothing to do with the position of rib-shaped piece relative to rear end 628.

Each in rib-shaped piece 640 have width dimensions.In the example of fig. 6, each width with the width approximating other rib-shaped pieces in rib-shaped piece 640.In other examples, rib-shaped piece 640 can have the width of the width being not equal to other rib-shaped pieces.In some instances, each in rib-shaped piece 640 have the first end of convergent and the second end of convergent.In other examples, first end and/or the second end not convergent.

In addition, each in rib-shaped piece 640 have height dimension.Height dimension is that rib-shaped piece extends to the measured value of the distance hollow body 618 from bizet 622.In the example in figure 7, each in rib-shaped piece 640 have the height approximating height each in other rib-shaped pieces.In other examples, rib-shaped piece 640 can have the height of the height being not equal to other rib-shaped pieces.

Each in rib-shaped piece 640 also have length dimension.Length dimension is the measured value of (bending) distance between the first end of rib-shaped piece and its second end.In the example of fig. 6, the rib-shaped piece closer to antetheca 620 has the length larger than the length of the rib-shaped piece closer to rear side 628 usually.Exemplarily, the length of rib-shaped piece 642 is greater than the length of rib-shaped piece 643; The length of rib-shaped piece 643 is greater than the length of rib-shaped piece 644; The length of rib-shaped piece 644 is greater than the length of rib-shaped piece 645; The length of rib-shaped piece 645 is greater than the length of rib-shaped piece 646.But the length of rib-shaped piece 642 is greater than the length of rib-shaped piece 641.In other examples, all rib-shaped pieces 640 have approximately equal length.

Fig. 8 shows another embodiment of glof club head.Fig. 9 shows the sectional view of the embodiment of the Fig. 8 along the line being labeled as " 9 ".Glof club head 812 (Fig. 8) comprises hollow body 818 (Fig. 8), and this hollow body 818 (Fig. 8) has antetheca 820 (Fig. 8), bizet 822 (Fig. 8), bottom 924 (Fig. 9), the sidewall 926 (Fig. 9) connecting bizet 422 and bottom 524, heel end 830 (Fig. 8), toe end 832 (Fig. 8) and the rear side 828 (Fig. 8) relative with antetheca 820.In addition, glof club head 812 also can comprise the rib-shaped piece 840 (Fig. 8) from the lower surface of bizet 822 to downward-extension.In the example of the embodiment shown in Fig. 8, rib-shaped piece 840 comprises and has the first end near toe end 832 and the rib-shaped piece 841 near the second end of heel end 830, rib-shaped piece 842, rib-shaped piece 843, rib-shaped piece 844 and rib-shaped piece 845.

In some instances, one or more in rib-shaped piece 840 can be bending.Exemplarily, in the example of fig. 8, each in rib-shaped piece 841, rib-shaped piece 842, rib-shaped piece 843, rib-shaped piece 844 and rib-shaped piece 845 is bending.But in other examples, some in rib-shaped piece 840 may not be bending.Such as, rib-shaped piece 841 can be linear.

Each in the rib-shaped piece 840 of Fig. 8 is bending.In some instances, rib-shaped piece 840 all bends in the same direction.Such as, rib-shaped piece 841, rib-shaped piece 842, rib-shaped piece 843, rib-shaped piece 844 and rib-shaped piece 845 bend relative to antetheca 820 spill.Therefore, the first end of rib-shaped piece 840 and the second end bend towards antetheca 820.It should be noted that the substituting curved arrangement that can exist for rib-shaped piece 840.Such as, some in rib-shaped piece 840 can have near the first end of antetheca 820 and the second end near rear side 828.In addition, the rib-shaped piece more more or less than six rib-shaped pieces 840 can be there is.

Each in rib-shaped piece 840 have radius of curvature.In some instances, each in rib-shaped piece 840 have different radius of curvature.In other examples, some in radius can approximately equal.

In the example of the glof club head 812 shown in Fig. 8, rib-shaped piece 841 has minimum radius of curvature.Rib-shaped piece is subsequently the closer to rear end 828, and the radius of curvature of rib-shaped piece is larger.Such as, the radius of curvature of rib-shaped piece 842 is greater than the radius of curvature of rib-shaped piece 841; The radius of curvature of rib-shaped piece 843 is greater than the radius of curvature of rib-shaped piece 842; The radius of curvature of rib-shaped piece 844 is greater than the radius of curvature of rib-shaped piece 843; The radius of curvature of rib-shaped piece 845 is greater than the radius of curvature of rib-shaped piece 844.In other examples, for each rib-shaped piece, the closer to rear end 628, the radius of curvature of rib-shaped piece 840 is less.In other example, the radius of curvature of rib-shaped piece 840 can have nothing to do with the position of rib-shaped piece relative to rear end 828.

In identical or other examples, the radius of curvature of rib-shaped piece can make rib-shaped piece be concentric.If by each extrapolation in rib-shaped piece 840 to form circle, the circle obtained will be concentric.In other examples, the radius of curvature of rib-shaped piece 840 can decentraction.

Each in rib-shaped piece 840 have width dimensions.In the example of fig. 8, each width with the width approximating other rib-shaped pieces in rib-shaped piece 840.In other examples, rib-shaped piece 840 can have the width of the width being not equal to other rib-shaped pieces.In some instances, each in rib-shaped piece 840 have the first end of convergent and the second end of convergent.In other examples, first end and/or the second end not convergent.

In addition, each in rib-shaped piece 840 have height dimension.Height dimension is that rib-shaped piece extends to the measured value of (bending) distance hollow body 818 from bizet 822.In the example of figure 9, each in rib-shaped piece 840 have the height approximating height each in other rib-shaped pieces.In other examples, rib-shaped piece 840 can have the height of the height being not equal to other rib-shaped pieces.

Each in rib-shaped piece 840 also have length dimension.Length dimension is the measured value of the distance between the first end of rib-shaped piece and its second end.In the example of fig. 8, the rib-shaped piece closer to rear side 828 has the length larger than the length of the rib-shaped piece closer to antetheca 820 usually.Exemplarily, rib-shaped piece 845 has maximum length; The length of rib-shaped piece 844 is greater than the length of rib-shaped piece 843; The length of rib-shaped piece 843 is greater than the length of rib-shaped piece 842; The length of rib-shaped piece 842 is greater than the length of rib-shaped piece 841.In other examples, all rib-shaped pieces 840 all have approximately equal length.

Except having bending rib-shaped piece, glof club head can have the rib-shaped piece of change width.Such as, Figure 10 shows another embodiment of glof club head.Figure 11 shows the sectional view of the embodiment of the Figure 10 along the line being labeled as " 11 ".Glof club head 1012 (Figure 10) comprises hollow body 1018 (Figure 10), and this hollow body 1018 (Figure 10) has antetheca 1020 (Figure 10), bizet 1022 (Figure 10), bottom 1124 (Figure 11), the sidewall 1126 (Figure 11) connecting bizet 1022 and bottom 1124, heel end 1030 (Figure 10), toe end 1032 (Figure 10) and the rear side 1028 (Figure 10) relative with antetheca 1020.In addition, glof club head 1012 also can comprise the rib-shaped piece 1040 (Figure 10) from the lower surface of bizet 1022 to downward-extension.In the example of the embodiment shown in Figure 10, rib-shaped piece 1040 comprises and has the first end near antetheca 1020 and the rib-shaped piece 1041 near the second end of rear end 1028, rib-shaped piece 1042, rib-shaped piece 1043, rib-shaped piece 1044 and rib-shaped piece 1045.

In some instances, one or more in rib-shaped piece 1040 can be linear.Exemplarily, in the example of Figure 10, each in rib-shaped piece 1041, rib-shaped piece 1042, rib-shaped piece 1043, rib-shaped piece 1044 and rib-shaped piece 1045 is linear.But in other examples, some in rib-shaped piece 1040 may not be linear.Such as, one or more in rib-shaped piece 1040 can be bending.In some instances, rib-shaped piece 1040 is arranged, to make eachly in the axis of rib-shaped piece 1040 to join at common point place.In some instances, common point is positioned at antetheca front.In other examples, eachly in the axis of rib-shaped piece 1040 not join at common point place.

Each in rib-shaped piece 1040 have width dimensions.In the example of Figure 10, each width with convergent in rib-shaped piece 1040.Such as, each in rib-shaped piece 1040 width reduces from its mid point to its first end and to its second end.As shown in Figure 10, the width of each in rib-shaped piece 1040 midpoint can approximate each width in its midpoint separately in other rib-shaped pieces.In other examples, rib-shaped piece 1040 wherein some place can have and the width unequal width of other rib-shaped pieces in its midpoint separately.

The width of rib-shaped piece 1040 can any ratio convergent.Such as, as shown in Figure 10, width can have smooth, inconstant convergent portion, makes rib-shaped piece 1040 oval in elongated.In other examples, the mode convergent that width can be linear or constant, makes rib-shaped piece 1040 in the shape being similar to rhombus.

In addition, each in rib-shaped piece 1040 have height dimension.Height dimension is that rib-shaped piece extends to the measured value of the distance hollow body 1018 from bizet 1022.In the example of fig. 11, each height with convergent in rib-shaped piece 1040.Such as, each in rib-shaped piece 1040 height reduces from its mid point to its first end with its second end.As shown in figure 11, each in rib-shaped piece 1040 have with other rib-shaped pieces at the approximately equal height of the height of its midpoint separately.In other examples, rib-shaped piece 1040 wherein some place can have and the height unequal height of other rib-shaped pieces in its midpoint separately.

The height of rib-shaped piece 1040 can any speed convergent.Such as, as shown in figure 11, width can have smooth, inconstant convergent portion, makes rib-shaped piece 1040 have smooth contoured.In other examples, width can more sharp or with linear or constant mode convergent, make rib-shaped piece 1040 in the shape in the midpoint of rib-shaped piece 1040 with the height of more projection.

Each in rib-shaped piece 1040 also have length dimension.Length dimension is the measured value of the distance between the first end of rib-shaped piece and its second end.In the example of Figure 10, the rib-shaped piece closer to the mid point between toe end 1032 and heel end 1030 has the length larger than the length of the rib-shaped piece closer to toe end 1032 or heel end 1030.Exemplarily, rib-shaped piece 1041 has maximum length; The length of rib-shaped piece 1042 is greater than the length of rib-shaped piece 1043; The length of rib-shaped piece 1044 is greater than the length of rib-shaped piece 1045.In other examples, all rib-shaped pieces 1040 all have approximately equal length.

Figure 12 shows another embodiment of glof club head.Figure 13 shows the sectional view of the embodiment of the Figure 12 along the line being labeled as " 13 ".Glof club head 1212 (Figure 12) comprises hollow body 1218 (Figure 12), and this hollow body 1218 (Figure 12) has antetheca 1220 (Figure 12), bizet 1222 (Figure 12), bottom 1324 (Figure 13), the sidewall 1326 (Figure 13) connecting bizet 1222 and bottom 1324, heel end 1230 (Figure 12), toe end 1232 (Figure 12) and the rear side 1228 (Figure 12) relative with antetheca 1220.In addition, glof club head 1212 also can comprise the rib-shaped piece 1240 (Figure 12) from the lower surface of bizet 1222 to downward-extension.In the example of the embodiment shown in Figure 12, rib-shaped piece 1240 comprises and has the first end near antetheca 1220 and the rib-shaped piece 1241 near the second end of rear end 1228, rib-shaped piece 1242, rib-shaped piece 1243, rib-shaped piece 1244 and rib-shaped piece 1245.

In some instances, one or more in rib-shaped piece 1240 can be linear.Exemplarily, in the illustration in fig 12, each in rib-shaped piece 1241, rib-shaped piece 1242, rib-shaped piece 1243, rib-shaped piece 1244 and rib-shaped piece 1245 is linear.But in other examples, some in rib-shaped piece 1240 may not be linear.Such as, one or more in rib-shaped piece 1240 can be bending.In some instances, rib-shaped piece 1240 is arranged so that eachly in the axis of rib-shaped piece 1240 to join at common point place.In some instances, common point is positioned at antetheca front.In other examples, eachly in the axis of rib-shaped piece 1240 not join at common point place.

Each in rib-shaped piece 1240 have width dimensions.In the illustration in fig 12, each in rib-shaped piece 1240 have the width keeping somewhat constant.In some instances, each in rib-shaped piece 1040 width is at its first end and its second end place convergent.In other examples, width each in rib-shaped piece 1240 is at its first end and/or its second end place not convergent.As shown in figure 12, each in rib-shaped piece 1040 width alterable.Such as, rib-shaped piece is the closer to the mid point between toe end 1232 and heel end 1230, and the width of this concrete rib-shaped piece is larger.As shown in figure 12, rib-shaped piece 1241 can have maximum width; The width of rib-shaped piece 1242 is greater than the width of rib-shaped piece 1243; The width of rib-shaped piece 1244 is greater than the width of rib-shaped piece 1245.In some instances, on glof club head 1212, the width of rib-shaped piece 1240 is symmetrical.Such as, the width of rib-shaped piece 1243 approximates the width of rib-shaped piece 1245, and the width of rib-shaped piece 1242 approximates the width of rib-shaped piece 1244.In other examples, on glof club head 1212, the width of rib-shaped piece 1240 is asymmetric.In other example, such as, by making rib-shaped piece closer to toe end 1232 or heel end 1230 to change the width of rib-shaped piece 1240.In other examples, the width of rib-shaped piece 1240 and rib-shaped piece have nothing to do relative to the position of toe end 1232 and/or heel end 1230.Rib-shaped piece 1240 can position, and makes the rib-shaped piece with larger width can be arranged in the region with larger vibration.

In addition, each in rib-shaped piece 1240 have height dimension.Height dimension is that rib-shaped piece extends to the measured value of the distance hollow body 1218 from bizet 1222.In the example in figure 13, each in rib-shaped piece 1240 have the height keeping somewhat constant.Also as shown in figure 13, each in rib-shaped piece 1240 have the height different from height one of at least in other rib-shaped pieces.In some instances, rib-shaped piece is the closer to the mid point between toe end 1232 and heel end 1230, then the height of rib-shaped piece 1240 is larger.As shown in figure 12, rib-shaped piece 1241 can have maximum height; The height of rib-shaped piece 1242 is greater than the height of rib-shaped piece 1243; And the height of rib-shaped piece 1244 is greater than the height of rib-shaped piece 1245.In some instances, on glof club head 1212, the height of rib-shaped piece 1240 is symmetrical.Such as, the height of rib-shaped piece 1243 approximates the height of rib-shaped piece 1245, and the height of rib-shaped piece 1242 approximates the height of rib-shaped piece 1244.In other examples, on glof club head 1212, the height of rib-shaped piece 1240 is asymmetric.In other example, such as, by making rib-shaped piece closer to toe end 1232 and heel end 1230 to change the height of rib-shaped piece 1240.In other examples, the height of rib-shaped piece 1240 and rib-shaped piece have nothing to do relative to the position of toe end 1232 and/or heel end 1230.Rib-shaped piece 1240 can position, and makes the rib-shaped piece with larger height can be arranged in the region with larger vibration.

Each in rib-shaped piece 1240 also have length dimension.Length dimension is the measured value of the distance between the first end of rib-shaped piece and its second end.In the illustration in fig 12, the rib-shaped piece closer to the mid point between toe end 1232 and heel end 1230 has the length larger than the length of the rib-shaped piece closer to toe end 1232 or heel end 1230.Exemplarily, rib-shaped piece 1241 has maximum length; The length of rib-shaped piece 1242 is greater than the length of rib-shaped piece 1243; And the length of rib-shaped piece 1244 is greater than the length of rib-shaped piece 1245.In other examples, all rib-shaped pieces 1240 have approximately equal length.

In other embodiments, rib-shaped piece can have convergent and different width and/or height.Such as, as shown in the rib-shaped piece 1040 of Figure 10, rib-shaped piece can have the width of convergent, and as shown in the rib-shaped piece 1240 of Figure 12, and rib-shaped piece can have a vicissitudinous width.In addition, as shown in the rib-shaped piece 1040 of Figure 11, rib-shaped piece can have the height of convergent, and as shown in the rib-shaped piece 1240 of Figure 13, and rib-shaped piece can have a vicissitudinous height.

In another embodiment, a kind of method that glof club head is provided is provided.There is provided the method for glof club head can comprise provider and rib-shaped piece, wherein, main body has heel end, toe end, the bizet with upper surface and lower surface, bottom, antetheca, rear side, rib-shaped piece extend to the second end and from the lower surface of bizet to downward-extension from first end.In addition, rib-shaped piece can comprise the first rib-shaped piece and and at least one second bending rib-shaped piece.Exemplarily, heel end can be heel end 430 (Fig. 4), heel end 630 (Fig. 6) or heel end 830 (Fig. 8); Toe end can be toe end 432 (Fig. 4), toe end 630 (Fig. 6) or toe end 832 (Fig. 8); Bizet can be bizet 422 (Fig. 4), bizet 622 (Fig. 6) or bizet 822 (Fig. 8); Bottom can be bottom 524 (Fig. 5), bottom 724 (Fig. 7) or bottom 924 (Fig. 9); Antetheca can be antetheca 420 (Fig. 4), antetheca 620 (Fig. 6) or antetheca 820 (Fig. 8); Rear side can be rear side 428 (Fig. 4), rear side 628 (Fig. 6) or rear side 828 (Fig. 8); And rib-shaped piece can be rib-shaped piece 440 (Fig. 4), rib-shaped piece 640 (Fig. 6) or rib-shaped piece 840 (Fig. 8).

In one example, rib-shaped piece can be set to main body integral.In other examples, rib-shaped piece can be set to initial and body portion from.Then, rib-shaped piece is attached to main body by soldering tech, solder technology or adhesive.

In yet, a kind of method that glof club head is provided is provided.There is provided the method for glof club head can comprise provider and rib-shaped piece, wherein, main body has heel end, toe end, the bizet with upper surface and lower surface, bottom, antetheca, rear side, rib-shaped piece from the lower surface of bizet to downward-extension and extends to the second end substantially linear near rear side from the first end near antetheca.In some instances, rib-shaped piece can have the width from its mid point towards its end convergent.In identical or other examples, the width of at least two in rib-shaped piece is different.Exemplarily, heel end can be heel end 1030 (Figure 10) or heel end 1230 (Figure 12); Toe end can be toe end 1032 (Figure 10) or toe end 1232 (Figure 12); Bizet can be bizet 1022 (Figure 10) or bizet 1222 (Figure 12); Bottom can be bottom 1124 (Figure 11) or bottom 1324 (Figure 13); Antetheca can be antetheca 1020 (Figure 10) or antetheca 1220 (Figure 12); Rear side can be rear side 1028 (Figure 10) or rear side 1228 (Figure 12); And rib-shaped piece can be rib-shaped piece 1040 (Figure 10) or rib-shaped piece 1240 (Figure 12).In one example, rib-shaped piece can be set to main body integral.In other examples, rib-shaped piece can be set to initial and body portion from.Then, rib-shaped piece is attached to main body by soldering tech, solder technology or adhesive.

Continue with reference to accompanying drawing, Figure 14 shows the partial elevational sectional view of glof club head 140.Figure 15 shows the vertical view cutaway drawing of the glof club head 140 about the line XV-XV in Figure 14.Glof club head 140 is similar to other glof club heads described herein (as glof club head 12 (Fig. 1-Fig. 4)), but difference is, glof club head 140 comprises the rib-shaped piece 1420 being positioned at 1415 places, rib-shaped piece surface, and wherein rib-shaped piece surface 1415 is limited by the extension of rib-shaped piece 1420 and space therebetween.In this example, rib-shaped piece 1420 and rib-shaped piece surface 1415 comprise from one piece, but can there are other embodiments, wherein, rib-shaped piece 1420 can not be integral with rib-shaped piece surface 1415, and be fixed to rib-shaped piece surface 1415 by the securing member of one or more machinery or chemistry.

The player of golf clubs or user usually can according to glof club head estimating its ball-hitting quality with the sound produced during golf ball.Therefore, the ability of sound of being consistent when clashing into can be for making these players or user remain in its comfort standard and/or for maintaining the expectation advantage about this sound/relationship between quality.Consider above situation, in some embodiments, rib-shaped piece 1420 can be configured to carry stress and/or vibration when glof club head 140 clashes into golf (as golf 1570 (Figure 15)), to realize the shock sound expected.This characteristic may be very important for maintenance and/or the sound property recovered for the expectation of golf club head design, as being changed when the sound property expected as finding in better performance the amendment of golf club head design or the result of improvement.In addition, as before with reference to described by other glof club heads disclosed herein, rib-shaped piece 1420 can add powerful feature to the part increase being positioned with rib-shaped piece surface 1415 of club head, to disperse better or to guide stress or impact.

Glof club head 140 comprises main body 1410, and main body 1410 has heel end 1411, toe end 1412, bottom 1413, bizet 1414, front surface 1416 (comprising impact surface 1430 and target impact district 1431), rear surface 1517 (Figure 15) and skirt section 1418.Main body 1410 also comprises rib-shaped piece surface 1415, and rib-shaped piece 1420 is from rib-shaped piece surface 1415 projections.In this example, rib-shaped piece 1420 comprises: have the rib-shaped piece 1421 of rib-shaped piece longitudinal axis 1521 (Figure 15), have the rib-shaped piece 1422 of rib-shaped piece longitudinal axis 1522 (Figure 15) and have the rib-shaped piece 1423 of rib-shaped piece longitudinal axis 1523 (Figure 15), wherein, rib-shaped piece longitudinal axis 1521-1523 intersects at common point 1550 (Figure 15) outside main body 1410.Rib-shaped piece 1421 is positioned near heel end 1411, and rib-shaped piece 1422 is positioned to the toe end 1412 near main body 1410, and rib-shaped piece 1423 is positioned between rib-shaped piece 1411 and rib-shaped piece 1412.In this example, rib-shaped piece 1420 above rib-shaped piece surface 1415, thus forms fan shape with cardinal principle radial pattern pattern setting between rib-shaped piece 1421 and rib-shaped piece 1422.In the present embodiment, common point 1550 is positioned at front surface 1416 front, but can there is the embodiment that common point 1550 is positioned at other positions outside main body 1410.Exemplarily, different embodiments can comprise similar to rib-shaped piece 1420 but be configured at the rib-shaped piece being positioned at the common point place after rear surface 1517.

Rib-shaped piece 1420 also comprises: have the rib-shaped piece 1424 of longitudinal axis 1524 and have the rib-shaped piece 1425 of longitudinal axis 1525.In this example, longitudinal axis 1524 and longitudinal axis 1525 are also crossing at common point 15500 place with longitudinal axis 1521-1523.But, other embodiments that the longitudinal axis that can there is not every rib-shaped piece 1420 must intersect at common point 15500 place.Exemplarily, the embodiment that longitudinal axis 1524 and longitudinal axis 1525 intersect each other outside main body 1410 but in other positions of not common point 15500 can be there is.Other embodiments can comprise the rib-shaped piece of different number.Exemplarily, in some embodiments, rib-shaped piece 1423-25 can not be there is, only comprise two rib-shaped pieces to make rib-shaped piece 1420.As another example, some embodiments can comprise the rib-shaped piece more than 5, as similar in the rib-shaped piece had to describes with reference to Fig. 1-Fig. 3 but have be positioned at bottom the embodiment of 10 rib-shaped pieces of rib-shaped piece (Fig. 3) at 24 places.Some in this embodiment can comprise rib-shaped piece that can not be crossing with every other rib-shaped piece.

In the present exemplary of Figure 15, rib-shaped piece surface 1415 is positioned at 1413 places, bottom in main body 1410 inside, to make rib-shaped piece 1420 also be positioned at main body 1410, and invisible at bottom 1413 place relative with rib-shaped piece surface 1415.But in other examples, it is outside that rib-shaped piece 1420 can be positioned at main body 1410, wherein, rib-shaped piece surface is alternately positioned at the outer surface of bizet 1414 or the outer surface of bottom 1413.In this example or other examples, rib-shaped piece 1420 relative to bizet 1414 in not convex, and therefore can relative to bizet 1414 in spill or be flat substantially.Rib-shaped piece surface 1415 extends through bottom 1413 and enters a part for the skirt portion 1418 of main body 1410.But, rib-shaped piece 1420 can be there is and must not extend to other embodiments in skirt portion 1418.In some instances, make rib-shaped piece 1420 extend in skirt portion 1418 to strengthen skirt portion 1418 one or more part and/or for regulating the shock sound of glof club head 140 to be favourable.

As shown in figure 15, each spaced apart and spaced apart with rear surface 1517 with front surface 1416 in rib-shaped piece 1420.This characteristic may be favourable, such as, when when with golf ball, does not interference with the bending of the transitional region between front surface 1416 and other parts of main body 1410 or be out of shape.In addition, in this example, different in rib-shaped piece 1420 rib-shaped pieces is separated with different distances along its respective longitudinal rib-shaped piece axis from front surface 1416.Exemplarily, rib-shaped piece 1423 is spaced apart along rib-shaped piece longitudinal axis 1523 and front surface 1416 with following distance, wherein this distance be greater than respectively by rib-shaped piece 1421 and/or 1422 along rib-shaped piece longitudinal axis 1521 and/or 1522 and the isolated distance of front surface 1416.In the present embodiment, rib-shaped piece 1421 with about 1.732cm and front surface 1416 spaced apart, rib-shaped piece 1422 with about 1.638cm and front surface 1416 spaced apart, rib-shaped piece 1423 with about 1.742cm and front surface 1416 spaced apart, rib-shaped piece 1424 with about 1.737cm and front surface 1416 spaced apart, and rib-shaped piece 1425 with about 1.709cm and front surface 1416 spaced apart.In some instances, this different interval for impact or regulate the rigidity of transitional region between impact surface 1430 and bottom 1413 with control glof club head 140 one or more attributes (as the characteristic time, recovery coefficient, shock sound and/or its feel) be very important.In other examples, rib-shaped piece 1420 can be equally spaced apart with front surface 1416.

In the present embodiment, rib-shaped piece 1421 comprises the length of about 4.1cm, and rib-shaped piece 1422 comprises the length of about 7.3cm, and rib-shaped piece 1423 comprises the length of about 8.6cm, and rib-shaped piece 1424 comprises the length of about 6.5cm, rib-shaped piece 1425 comprises the length of about 8.8cm.The length of rib-shaped piece 1420 can extend across indenture or other features (as comprising the indenture 1580 of indenture 1581-1583) on rib-shaped piece surface 1415 and/or extends on it.As shown in the example of Figure 15, therefore indenture 1580 partly can cover the one or more one or more parts in rib-shaped piece 1420.Exemplarily, the part at the top of rib-shaped piece 1422 and rib-shaped piece 1425 is depicted as on projection to indenture 1581, and the part at the top of rib-shaped piece 1421, rib-shaped piece 1424 and rib-shaped piece 1423 is depicted as on projection to indenture 1582.As another example, the part of rib-shaped piece 1422-1425 is depicted as on projection to indenture 1583.In the embodiment of Figure 14-Figure 15, indenture 1581-indenture 1583 is all from rib-shaped piece surface 1415 projections to the inside of glof club head 140, wherein indenture 1581-indenture 1582 shows the depression that wherein external weights can be attached with the outer surface of glof club head 140, and indenture 1583 may correspond to mark or other designs in being positioned at or being stamped in 1415 places, rib-shaped piece surface.But can there are other embodiments, one or more wherein in rib-shaped piece 1420 may be not projecting to one or more in indenture 1580.Exemplarily, in another embodiment, rib-shaped piece 1420 can on projection to indenture 1583, and length one or more in rib-shaped piece 1420 can end at the interface with one or more indenture 1581-1582.In identical or other embodiments, it is at least partially one or more that one or more in indenture 1580 can fully cover in rib-shaped piece 1420.

In some embodiments, rib-shaped piece 1420 can be configured to comprise about 4.5 millimeters (mm) to the Breadth Maximum of about 5mm and/or about 0.5mm to the maximum gauge of about 1.0mm.More specifically, in the example of Figure 14-Figure 15, the Breadth Maximum of rib-shaped piece 1420 is about 4.8mm, and the maximum gauge of rib-shaped piece 1420 is about 0.76mm.

In this example, rib-shaped piece 1420 is not crossing with any rib-shaped piece.In addition, the thickness of rib-shaped piece 1420 and width are bonded in the rib-shaped piece surface 1415 near front surface 1416.This characteristic can allow rib-shaped piece 1420 to obtain or carry stress and/or vibration better along its length, so that the expectation part towards main body 1410 or the expectation part in main body 1410 to dissipate, and can't help any intersection rib-shaped piece make this conveying interrupt or depart from.Rib-shaped piece 1420 is bonded in rib-shaped piece surface 1415 and also can allows to concentrate reduction compared to rib-shaped piece 1420 near the situation stress of the unexpected projection in front surface 1416 ground.But other embodiments can comprise one or more rib-shaped piece, wherein this one or more rib-shaped piece may with or may not with all rib-shaped pieces 1420, and/or may not to be bonded in rib-shaped piece surface 1415 in rib-shaped piece 1420 one or more intersects.

As shown in figure 15, in this example, rib-shaped piece contiguous in rib-shaped piece 1420 departs from each other towards rear surface 1517, and joins toward each other towards front surface 1416.In addition, main body 1410 comprises the front portion 1561 and rear portion 1562 that are divided by therebetween center line 1563, wherein, center line 1563 is basically parallel to 1/2nd places that front surface 1416 is positioned at the spacing of the First Point of front surface 1416 and the rearmost point of rear surface 1517 substantially.In this example, in rib-shaped piece 1422-rib-shaped piece 1425, each front end is positioned at anterior 1561 places, and in rib-shaped piece 1422-rib-shaped piece 1425, each rear end is positioned at rear portion 1562 place.All rib-shaped pieces 1420 can be there is and comprise the example that the front end being positioned at anterior 1561 places is positioned at the rear end at rear portion 1562 place.In addition, in this example, rib-shaped piece 1420 is located so that its collective's center of gravity is positioned between the center of gravity of glof club head 140 and rear surface 1517.In identical or other examples, center of gravity each in rib-shaped piece 1420 can be positioned between the center of gravity of glof club head 140 and rear surface 1517.Therefore, rib-shaped piece 1420 can advantageously make the center of gravity of glof club head 140 shift from its original present position backwards, to obtain better impact characteristics and emission characteristics.

Figure 14-Figure 15 embodiment further provides the target impact district 1431 being positioned at front surface 1416 place, and it is configured to the golf ball point in most of the cases for expecting.In this example, the longitudinal axis 1523 of rib-shaped piece 1423 is substantially vertical with impact surface 1430, and aims at the center that target impacts district 1431.Target impact axis 1533 is generally perpendicular to impact surface 1430 and extends from the center in target impact district 1431, wherein common point 1550 positions along target impact axis 1533 in the present embodiment, intersects each other along target impact axis 1533 to make the rib-shaped piece longitudinal axis 1521-rib-shaped piece longitudinal axis 1525 of rib-shaped piece 1421-rib-shaped piece 1425.Rib-shaped piece longitudinal axis 1523 can impact axis 1533 conllinear with target.

As shown in figure 15, common point 1550 impacts district 1431 with distance 1571 with target and is separated, and wherein, distance 1571 about comprises the radius of golf 1570.In some instances, distance 1571 can be about 21.3mm and/or modifies about the radius of golf according to the rule of USGA (USGA).Current, USGA requires that satisfactory golf has the diameter of at least 1.680 inches (42.67mm).In other examples, the distance (distance as golf diameter) that common point 1550 can be different impacts district 1431 with target and is separated.

In this example, glof club head 140 comprises the bottom weight 1590 being positioned at 1413 places, bottom at least in part.Bottom weight 1590 is positioned at the part place, lower side of bottom 1413, and more effectively to reduce the center of gravity of glof club head 140, and profile can be determined in the edge of bottom weight 1590, to fill the volume of this lower side part of bottom 1413.In identical or other examples, bottom weight 1590 comprises from one piece with bottom 1413 in this example, but other examples can be there are, wherein, bottom weight 1590 can comprise different materials or different parts from bottom 1413, and/or bottom weight 1590 by machinery or chemical fasteners as be attached to by adhesive, one or more screw, welding and/or soldering etc. bottom 1413.As shown in figure 15, bottom weight 1590 at least partly can cover the one or more rib-shaped pieces in rib-shaped piece 1420, as rib-shaped piece 1423-rib-shaped piece 1424.In identical or other examples, the thickness of bottom weight 1590 can cover the thickness of the one or more parts in capped rib-shaped piece, as viewed in the part become in the thickness being included in bottom weight 1590 with reference to rib-shaped piece 1423-rib-shaped piece 1424.

Skip to Figure 17, Figure 17 shows the vertical view cutaway drawing of glof club head 170.In this example, club head 170 is similar to glof club head 140 (Figure 14-Figure 15), and comprises rib-shaped piece 1721 to the rib-shaped piece 1725 similar to rib-shaped piece 1421-rib-shaped piece 1425 (Figure 14-Figure 15).Rib-shaped piece 1721 to rib-shaped piece 1725 is positioned at 1715 places, rib-shaped piece surface, and wherein rib-shaped piece surface 1715 lacks the weight 1590 of one or more parts and the feature of indenture 1581-indenture 1583 that such as can cover in rib-shaped piece 1721 to rib-shaped piece 1725.But, other examples that the one or more indenture being similar to indenture 1581-indenture 1583 and/or the one or more weights being similar to weight 1590 can be positioned at 1715 places, rib-shaped piece surface can be there are.

Return Figure 16, Figure 16 shows the flow chart of the method 1600 for providing glof club head.In some instances, glof club head can one or more similar to the glof club head described before, as glof club head 12 (Fig. 1-Fig. 3), glof club head 412 (Fig. 4-Fig. 5), glof club head 1012 (Figure 10-Figure 11), glof club head 1212 (Figure 12-Figure 13), glof club head 140 (Figure 14-Figure 15) and/or its modification.

The frame 1610 of method 1600 comprises the main body of glof club head providing and have heel end, toe end, bottom, front surface and rear surface.Exemplarily, with reference to the embodiment of Figure 14-Figure 15, main body can be similar to main body 1410, toe end can be similar to toe end 1412, heel end can be similar to heel end 1411, bottom can be similar to bottom 1413, and front surface can be similar to front surface 1416, and rear surface can be similar to rear surface 1517.Be conceivable for the correspondence association of other glof club heads or its modification of instructing herein.

The frame 1620 of method 1600 comprises multiple rib-shaped pieces of the rib-shaped piece protrusion of surface provided from main body.Exemplarily, with reference to the embodiment of Figure 14-Figure 15, rib-shaped piece surface can be similar to rib-shaped piece surface 1415, and the plurality of rib-shaped piece can be similar to multiple rib-shaped piece 1420.Such as, the plurality of rib-shaped piece can comprise the subset of rib-shaped piece 1421 to rib-shaped piece 1425.Corresponding association can be made herein to the rib-shaped piece of other glof club heads of instructing or its modification.In some embodiments, at least one subset of the plurality of rib-shaped piece can intersect being positioned at the common point place outside main body, such as with reference in Figure 15 relative to shown in the common point 1550 being positioned at front surface 1416 front.But can there are other examples, wherein, common point need not be positioned at the front surface front of main body.In addition, the plurality of rib-shaped piece can comprise from one piece with rib-shaped piece surface, or is attached to rib-shaped piece surface by machinery or chemical fasteners.

In some instances, the providing multiple rib-shaped piece to comprise to provide rib-shaped piece surface and be positioned at multiple rib-shaped pieces of body interior of frame 1620; And/or multiple rib-shaped pieces of the bottom being positioned at main body are provided.In other examples, as an alternative, multiple rib-shaped piece can be positioned at outside main body, and/or the plurality of rib-shaped piece can be arranged on other positions, as being positioned at the bizet of main body and/or being positioned at the skirt portion of main body.

Such example can be there is, wherein, may be combined with into a frame in the different frames of method 1600 or to perform and/or the order of these frames can change simultaneously.Such as, frame 1610 to frame 1620 can such as perform by forming multiple rib-shaped piece with rib-shaped piece surface simultaneously, and wherein, rib-shaped piece surface comprises one or more parts of one or more parts of the main body of club head.Also can there is the example that method 1600 can comprise other or different frame.Exemplarily, method 1600 can comprise another frame for providing the weight similar to bottom weight 1590 (Figure 15), and wherein this weight can one or more one or more parts in multiple rib-shaped pieces of covering frame 1620.When not deviating from the scope of the present disclosure, other changes can be implemented to method 1600

Continue with reference to accompanying drawing, Figure 18 shows the vertical view cutaway drawing of glof club head 180.Skip to Figure 21, Figure 21 shows the side view of the glof club head 180 being in address position.Glof club head 180 comprises multiple rib-shaped piece, and as similar in glof club head 12 (Fig. 1-Fig. 4), glof club head 140 (Figure 14-15) and glof club head 170 (Figure 17) to other glof club heads described herein in many aspects.Glof club head 180 comprises into the rib-shaped piece 1820 of interlaced pattern, and it comprises rib-shaped piece 1821 to the rib-shaped piece 1825 from rib-shaped piece surface 1815 projections.Rib-shaped piece surface 1815 can be similar to rib-shaped piece surface 1415 (Figure 14-Figure 15), but limited with space therebetween by the extension of rib-shaped piece 1820.In this example, rib-shaped piece 1820 and rib-shaped piece surface 1815 comprise from one piece, but other embodiments can be there are, wherein, rib-shaped piece 1820 without the need to 1815 integral with rib-shaped piece surface, and by one or more machinery, chemistry or other securing members be fixed to rib-shaped piece surface 1815.Although rib-shaped piece 1820 is shown as straight rib-shaped piece in figure 18, but the embodiment of the bending rib-shaped piece with one or more correspondence can be there is, wherein, the bending rib-shaped piece of above-mentioned one or more correspondence still can show interlaced pattern characteristic described herein.In this embodiment, except other configurations, this one or more bending rib-shaped piece analogously can bend with the rib-shaped piece in Fig. 4, Fig. 6 and/or Fig. 9.

Glof club head 180 comprises main body 1810, and it has heel end 1811, toe end 1812, bottom 1813, bizet 1814, front surface 1416 (as shown in figure 14, comprising impact surface 1430 and target impact district 1431) and rear surface 1817.Glof club head 180 also comprises high strike face 2170 (Figure 21), and the impact surface central point of itself and impact surface 1430 is tangent.In some instances, impact surface central point can be positioned at the center of target impact district 1431 (Figure 14), and/or can limit according to the restriction of golf management organization (as USGA (USGA)).Such as, can according to the part 6.1 (USGA-TPX3004 of the USGA step of the flexibility for measuring glof club head, Rev.1.0.0, May 1,2008) (can obtain at http://www.usga.org/equipment/testing/protocols/Procedure-For-M easuring-The-Flexibility-Of-A-Golf-Club-Head/) determines impact surface central point.

Glof club head 180 can be configured, to make when it is in address position and the vertical component of body of rod axis 2195 is vertical with ground level 2190 as shown in figure 21, high strike face 2170 is crossing with ground level 2190 along front intersecting lens 1891, wherein, front 1890 the past intersecting lens 1891 extends perpendicular to ground level 2190.In some instances, the relative distance of rib-shaped piece 1820 can be measured according to front 1890 or high strike face 2170.

In this example, rib-shaped piece surface 1815 is positioned at bottom 1813 and skirt portion 1818 place, and it is inner to be positioned at main body 1810, inner to make rib-shaped piece 1820 also be positioned at main body 1810.In this example, rib-shaped piece 1821 to rib-shaped piece 1823 is positioned at 1813 places, bottom at least in part, and extends to together with rib-shaped piece 1825 in skirt portion 1818 with rib-shaped piece 1824, to strengthen one or more parts of skirt portion 1818.In identical or other examples, at least some in this rib-shaped piece 1820 extends to level or the frequency that the strike note sound of glof club head 180 can be adjusted to expectation by skirt portion 1818.Also can there are other examples, wherein, rib-shaped piece surface 1815 can be arranged in other positions of main body 1810, and as bizet 1814 place, and/or rib-shaped piece surface 1815 only can be positioned at 1813 places, bottom or only be positioned at skirt portion 1818 place.In some implementations, rib-shaped piece surface 1815 also can be positioned at the outside of main body 1810, and can from the outside of main body 1810, to make rib-shaped piece 1820 on the contrary towards the exterior protrusions of main body 1810.

Do not consider whether rib-shaped piece is positioned at the bizet of its respective glof club head, bottom, skirt section or other part places, the rib-shaped piece 1820 of glof club head 180 can be similar to other rib-shaped pieces described herein, as the rib-shaped piece 34 (Fig. 1-Fig. 3) of glof club head 12, the rib-shaped piece 440 (Fig. 4-Fig. 5) of glof club head 412, the rib-shaped piece 640 (Fig. 6-Fig. 7) of glof club head 612, the rib-shaped piece 840 (Fig. 8-Fig. 9) of glof club head 812, the rib-shaped piece 1040 (Figure 10) of glof club head 1012, the rib-shaped piece 1240 (Figure 12-Figure 13) of glof club head 1212, the rib-shaped piece 1420 (Figure 14-Figure 15) of glof club head 140 and/or the rib-shaped piece (Figure 17) of glof club head 170.In this example, rib-shaped piece 1821 to rib-shaped piece 1825 relative to front surface 1416, front 1890, and/or is arranged in interlaced pattern relative to high strike face 2170 (Figure 21).

In this enforcement, rib-shaped piece 1820 comprises five rib-shaped pieces (that is, rib-shaped piece 1821 to rib-shaped piece 1825).Rib-shaped piece 1821 comprises rib-shaped piece end 18211 and the rib-shaped piece end 18212 relative with rib-shaped piece end 18211, and wherein, rib-shaped piece axis 1851 extends through 18211 to rib-shaped piece end, rib-shaped piece end 18212.Rib-shaped piece 1822 comprises rib-shaped piece end 18221 and the rib-shaped piece end 18222 relative with rib-shaped piece end 18221, and wherein rib-shaped piece axis 1852 extends through 18221 to rib-shaped piece end, rib-shaped piece end 18222.Rib-shaped piece 1823 comprises rib-shaped piece end 18231 and the rib-shaped piece end 18232 relative with rib-shaped piece end 18231, and wherein, rib-shaped piece axis 1853 extends through 18231 to rib-shaped piece end, rib-shaped piece end 18232.Rib-shaped piece 1824 comprises rib-shaped piece end 18241 and the rib-shaped piece end 18242 relative with rib-shaped piece end 18241, and wherein rib-shaped piece axis 1854 extends through 18241 to rib-shaped piece end, rib-shaped piece end 18242.Rib-shaped piece 1825 comprises rib-shaped piece end 18251 and the rib-shaped piece end 18252 relative with rib-shaped piece end 18251, and wherein, rib-shaped piece axis 1855 extends through 18251 to rib-shaped piece end, rib-shaped piece end 18252.But, rib-shaped piece 1820 can be there is and can comprise other embodiments greater or less than 5 rib-shaped pieces.Such as, in a this embodiment, rib-shaped piece 1820 can comprise the subset of rib-shaped piece 1821 to rib-shaped piece 1825, as only rib-shaped piece 1821 to rib-shaped piece 1823, or only rib-shaped piece 1821, rib-shaped piece 1824 and rib-shaped piece 1825.As another example, in another embodiment, rib-shaped piece 1820 can comprise other rib-shaped pieces, and it can intersperse near two or more in rib-shaped piece 1821 to rib-shaped piece 1825 or be interspersed in rib-shaped piece 1821 to rib-shaped piece 1825 between two or more.

In the present embodiment, rib-shaped piece 1821 is between rib-shaped piece 1822 and rib-shaped piece 1823; Rib-shaped piece 1822 is between rib-shaped piece 1821 and rib-shaped piece 1824; And rib-shaped piece 1823 is between rib-shaped piece 1821 and rib-shaped piece 1825.Rib-shaped piece 1820 is arranged in and makes rib-shaped piece 1822 between the toe end 1812 and rib-shaped piece 1821 of main body 1810, and makes rib-shaped piece 1823 between the heel end 1811 and rib-shaped piece 1821 of main body 1810.As shown in Figure 8, rib-shaped piece 1821 to rib-shaped piece 1823 is with any other rib-shaped piece or mutually disjoint, but other embodiments that at least some that can exist in rib-shaped piece 1820 can be crossing with other rib-shaped pieces.

Can be observed from the top perspective view of Figure 18, rib-shaped piece 1821 is arranged in and makes rib-shaped piece axis 1851 with front less perpendicular and substantially impact district 1431 (Figure 14) with target to aim at.But, one or more regions of the configuration depending on expectation and/or the main body 1810 of being carried out the glof club head 180 strengthened based on needs by rib-shaped piece 1820, other embodiments can be there are, wherein, rib-shaped piece axis 1851 without the need to front 1890 less perpendicular and/or wherein rib-shaped piece axis 1851 aim at without the need to substantially impacting district 1431 with target.

In this example, rib-shaped piece 1820 also comprises length different from each other.Such as, in this example, rib-shaped piece 1821 comprises the rib-shaped piece length from 18211 to rib-shaped piece end, rib-shaped piece end 18212 about 64mm, rib-shaped piece 1822 has the rib-shaped piece length from 18221 to rib-shaped piece end, rib-shaped piece end 18222 about 70mm, rib-shaped piece 1823 has the rib-shaped piece length from 18231 to rib-shaped piece end, rib-shaped piece end 18232 about 51mm, rib-shaped piece 1824 has the rib-shaped piece length from 18241 to rib-shaped piece end, rib-shaped piece end 18242 about 38mm, and rib-shaped piece 1825 has the rib-shaped piece length from 18251 to rib-shaped piece end, rib-shaped piece end 18252 about 32mm.In this example, the rib-shaped piece length of rib-shaped piece 1822 is greater than the rib-shaped piece length of rib-shaped piece 1823 and is greater than the rib-shaped piece length of rib-shaped piece 1821.But can there are other embodiments, wherein, the rib-shaped piece length of rib-shaped piece 1821 can be greater than the rib-shaped piece length of rib-shaped piece 1822 to rib-shaped piece 1823, and/or the rib-shaped piece length of wherein rib-shaped piece 1822 to rib-shaped piece 1823 can be equal to each other substantially.

In some instances, the rib-shaped piece length for straight rib-shaped piece (as rib-shaped piece 1820) can be about 20mm to about 130mm separately.In other examples (as one or more rib-shaped piece has the example of the curvature similar to the curvature of the rib-shaped piece in Fig. 4, Fig. 6 or Fig. 9) with one or more bending rib-shaped piece, the rib-shaped piece length for each rib-shaped piece can be about 20mm to about 205mm.In addition, each rib-shaped piece width with about 3mm in rib-shaped piece 1820, but other embodiments can be there are, wherein, each rib-shaped piece width can up to about 10mm, wherein, rib-shaped piece width can be inconsistent along its rib-shaped piece length, and/or wherein rib-shaped piece width can be unique relative to other rib-shaped pieces.In addition, each rib-shaped piece height with about 3mm in rib-shaped piece 1820, but other embodiments can be there are, wherein each rib-shaped piece height can up to about 10mm, wherein rib-shaped piece height can be inconsistent along its rib-shaped piece length, and/or wherein rib-shaped piece height can be unique relative to other rib-shaped pieces.

Rib-shaped piece axis 1851 has distance 18511 between front 1890 and rib-shaped piece end 18211.Similarly, the rib-shaped piece axis 1852 of rib-shaped piece 1822 has distance 18521 between front 1890 and rib-shaped piece end 18221, and the rib-shaped piece axis 1853 of rib-shaped piece 1823 has distance 18531 between front 1890 and rib-shaped piece end 18231.In addition, the rib-shaped piece axis 1854 of rib-shaped piece 1824 has distance 18541 between front 1890 and rib-shaped piece end 18241, and the rib-shaped piece axis 1855 of rib-shaped piece 1825 has distance 18551 between front 1890 and rib-shaped piece end 18251.In this example, distance 18511 is about 32mm, and distance 18521 is about 20mm, and distance 18531 is about 20mm, and distance 18541 is about 34mm, and distance 18551 is about 36mm.Also can there is the example that distance 18511, distance 18521, distance 18531, distance 18541 and/or distance 18551 can change in 15% scope of above cited numeral.Although distance 18511, distance 18521, distance 18531, distance 18541 and distance 18551 represents the distance between rib-shaped piece 1820 and front 1890, but in identical or other examples, rib-shaped piece 1820 and one of front 1416 or high strike face 2170 (Figure 21) or both all between respective distances can be similar to this distance 18511, distance 18521, distance 18531, distance 18541 and/or distance 18551.

As shown in figure 18, the distance 18511 of rib-shaped piece 1821 is greater than the distance 18521 of rib-shaped piece 1822 and is greater than the distance 18531 of rib-shaped piece 1823, with make rib-shaped piece 1821 than any one in rib-shaped piece 1822 to rib-shaped piece 1823 and front 1890 farther discretely, thus form interlaced pattern betwixt.Although in the present embodiment, the distance 18531 of rib-shaped piece 1823 approximates the distance 18521 of rib-shaped piece 1822, can there are other embodiments that distance 18521 and distance 18531 substantially can be different from each other.

In addition, in the present embodiment, the distance 18541 of rib-shaped piece 1824 is different from the distance 18521 of rib-shaped piece 1822, and different from the distance 18511 of rib-shaped piece 1821.Such as, in this example, distance 18541 be greater than distance 18521, and can be greater than distance 18511, although can exist distance 18541 be only greater than distance 18521 or distance 18511 in one of example.In addition, can exist distance 18541 can only from different other embodiments one of in distance 18521 or distance 18511.

Similarly, in the present embodiment, the distance 18551 of rib-shaped piece 1825 is different from the distance 18531 of rib-shaped piece 1823, and it is different from the distance 18511 of rib-shaped piece 1821, such as, in this example, distance 18551 is greater than distance 18531, and be greater than distance 18511, although can exist distance 18551 be only greater than distance 18531 or distance 18511 in one of example.In addition, can exist distance 18551 can only from different other embodiments one of in distance 18531 or distance 18511.In present embodiment or other embodiments, distance 18541 can be similar or equal each other with distance 18551.

With reference to the top view of Figure 18, in the present embodiment, rib-shaped piece 1820 also carries out arranging to intersect at common point 1850 place be positioned at outside main body 1810.In some instances, this arrangement can be similar to the arrangement (Fig. 1) of rib-shaped piece 34 relative to common point 40, and/or rib-shaped piece 1420 is relative to the arrangement (Figure 15) of common point 1550.In this example, intersect at common point 1850 place although each in rib-shaped piece 1820, can be there are other and implement, wherein, rib-shaped piece 1822 to rib-shaped piece 1823 does not intersect at common point 1850 place, or wherein rib-shaped piece 1824 to rib-shaped piece 1825 does not intersect at common point 1850 place.Common point 1850 is with as being positioned at front surface 1416 front about the distance separating about golf radius as described in common point 1550 (Figure 15) above.But can there are other embodiments, wherein, common point 1850 can additionally separate with front surface 1416, and/or wherein common point 1850 can be positioned at front surface 1416 place.

In this example, rib-shaped piece 1820 is arranged in interlaced pattern relative to common point 1850, and wherein, the distance between common point 1850 and rib-shaped piece 1820 changes according to rib-shaped piece.Such as, the rib-shaped piece axis 1851 of rib-shaped piece 1821 has the extended distance 18512 from common point 1850 to rib-shaped piece end 18211, the rib-shaped piece axis 1852 of rib-shaped piece 1822 has the extended distance 18522 from common point 1850 to rib-shaped piece end 18221, the rib-shaped piece axis 1853 of rib-shaped piece 1823 has the extended distance 18532 from common point 1850 to rib-shaped piece end 18231, the rib-shaped piece axis 1854 of rib-shaped piece 1824 has the extended distance 18542 from common point 1850 to rib-shaped piece end 18241, and the rib-shaped piece axis 1855 of rib-shaped piece 1825 has the extended distance 18552 from common point 1850 to rib-shaped piece end 18251.The extended distance 18512 of rib-shaped piece 1821 is greater than the extended distance 18522 of rib-shaped piece 1822, and is greater than the extended distance 18532 of rib-shaped piece 1823, therefore forms interlaced pattern.In the present embodiment, extended distance 18512 is about 44mm, and extended distance 18522 is about 33mm, and extended distance 18532 is about 33mm, and extended distance 18542 is about 51mm, and extended distance 18552 is about 50mm.Also can there is the example that distance 18512, distance 18521, distance 18532, distance 18542 and/or distance 18552 can change in 15% scope of above cited numeral.

Figure 19 shows the vertical view cutaway drawing of glof club head 190.Glof club head 190 is similar to glof club head 180 (Figure 18), but comprises with the staggered rib-shaped piece 1920 of the pattern that the pattern of the rib-shaped piece 1820 from glof club head 180 is different.Such as, rib-shaped piece 1920 comprises rib-shaped piece 1921, rib-shaped piece 1822, rib-shaped piece 1823, rib-shaped piece 1924 and rib-shaped piece 1925, wherein, rib-shaped piece 1921, rib-shaped piece 1924 and rib-shaped piece 1925 are similar to the rib-shaped piece 1821 of rib-shaped piece 1820, rib-shaped piece 1824 and rib-shaped piece 1825 (Figure 18) respectively, but show the respective distance in rib-shaped piece length different separately and distance front from rib-shaped piece 1821, rib-shaped piece 1824 and rib-shaped piece 1825.Particularly, in this example, rib-shaped piece 1921 extends to antetheca 1835, to make the distance 19511 between front 1890 and the rib-shaped piece end 19211 of rib-shaped piece 1921 similar with the thickness of the cross-shaped portion of rib-shaped piece 1921 to antetheca 1835.Therefore, the distance 19511 of rib-shaped piece 1921 is less than the distance 18521 of rib-shaped piece 1822, and is less than the distance 18531 of rib-shaped piece 1823.In other embodiments, rib-shaped piece 1921 does not extend to antetheca 1835 always, but still extensible near antetheca 1835, is still less than the distance 18521 of rib-shaped piece 1822 to make distance 19511 and/or is less than the distance 18531 of rib-shaped piece 1823.

In this enforcement, rib-shaped piece 1921 has the rib-shaped piece length from 19211 to rib-shaped piece end, rib-shaped piece end 18212 about 88mm, rib-shaped piece 1822 has the rib-shaped piece length from 18221 to rib-shaped piece end, rib-shaped piece end 18222 about 70mm, rib-shaped piece 1823 has the rib-shaped piece length from 18231 to rib-shaped piece end, rib-shaped piece end 18232 about 51mm, rib-shaped piece 1924 has the rib-shaped piece length from 19241 to rib-shaped piece end, rib-shaped piece end 18242 about 53mm, and rib-shaped piece 1925 has the rib-shaped piece length from 19251 to rib-shaped piece end, rib-shaped piece end 18252 about 58mm.The example that the rib-shaped piece length that also can there is rib-shaped piece 1920 can change in 15% scope of above cited numeral.In addition, each rib-shaped piece width substantially with about 3mm in rib-shaped piece 1920, but other embodiments can be there are, wherein, this rib-shaped piece width can change in 15% scope of above cited rib-shaped piece width, and/or wherein rib-shaped piece width can be inconsistent or unique.

In this example, the rib-shaped piece 1924 of rib-shaped piece 1920 and rib-shaped piece 1925 than the rib-shaped piece 1824 of corresponding rib-shaped piece 1820 and rib-shaped piece 1825 (Figure 18) closer to front 1890.In view of this difference, the distance 19541 extending to the rib-shaped piece end 19241 of rib-shaped piece 1924 from front 1890 is less than the distance 18521 of rib-shaped piece 1822.Similarly, the distance 19551 extending to the rib-shaped piece end 19251 of rib-shaped piece 1925 from front 1890 is less than the distance 18531 of rib-shaped piece 1823.In this example, distance 19541 and distance 19551 different from each other substantially, but, in other embodiments can be each other approximately equal.Above-described distance 19511, distance 18521, distance 18531, difference between distance 19541 and distance 19551 generates the interlaced pattern for rib-shaped piece 1920, this interlaced pattern makes rib-shaped piece 1921, rib-shaped piece 1924 and rib-shaped piece 1925 than rib-shaped piece 1822 and rib-shaped piece 1823 closer to before glof club head 190, wherein, therefore this interlaced pattern is different from the interlaced pattern described above with reference to the rib-shaped piece 1820 in Figure 18, wherein, rib-shaped piece 1822 and rib-shaped piece 1823 are than rib-shaped piece 1821, rib-shaped piece 1824 and rib-shaped piece 1825 are closer to before glof club head.

With consistent above, in this example, distance 19511 can up to about 9mm, and distance 18521 is about 20mm, and distance 18531 is about 20mm, and distance 19541 is about 18mm, and distance 19551 is about 10mm.Also can there is the example that distance 19511, distance 18521, distance 18531, distance 19541 and/or distance 19551 can change in 15% scope of above cited numeral.Although distance 19511, distance 18521, distance 18531, distance 19541 and distance 19551 represents the distance between rib-shaped piece 1920 and front 1890, but in identical or other examples, rib-shaped piece 1920 and one of front 1416 or high strike face 2170 (Figure 21) or both all between respective distances can be similar to this distance 19511, distance 18521, distance 18531, distance 19541 and/or distance 19551.

In this example of Figure 19, rib-shaped piece 1920 is also arranged in interlaced pattern relative to common point 1850, and wherein, the distance between common point 1850 and rib-shaped piece 1920 changes according to rib-shaped piece.Such as, the rib-shaped piece axis 1851 of rib-shaped piece 1921 has the extended distance 19512 from common point 1850 to rib-shaped piece end 19211, the rib-shaped piece axis 1852 of rib-shaped piece 1822 has the extended distance 18522 from common point 1850 to rib-shaped piece end 18221, the rib-shaped piece axis 1853 of rib-shaped piece 1823 has the extended distance 18532 from common point 1850 to rib-shaped piece end 18231, the rib-shaped piece axis 1854 of rib-shaped piece 1924 has the extended distance 19542 from common point 1850 to rib-shaped piece end 19241, and the rib-shaped piece axis 1855 of rib-shaped piece 1925 has the extended distance 19552 from common point 1850 to rib-shaped piece end 19251.Extended distance 18522 and extended distance 18532 can be greater than extended distance 19512, extended distance 19542 and extended distance 19552, thus form the interlaced pattern relative to common point 1850.In the present embodiment, extended distance 19512 is about 22mm, and extended distance 18522 is about 33mm, and extended distance 18532 is about 33mm, and extended distance 19542 is about 36mm, and extended distance 19552 is about 24mm.Also can there is the example that distance 19512, distance 18522, distance 18532, distance 18542 and/or distance 19552 can change in 15% scope of above cited numeral.

As shown in Figure 18-Figure 19, glof club head 180 and glof club head 190 have one or more dent characteristic 1880, and dent characteristic 1880 is similar to above with reference to the indenture 1580 described by glof club head 140 (Figure 14-Figure 15).Dent characteristic 1880 comprises indenture 1881 to the indenture 1885 of the different piece being distributed in bottom 1813 and skirt portion 1818, wherein, in dent characteristic 1881 to dent characteristic 1885, at least some can limit mark or other designs, to decorate and/or to strengthen or strengthen one or more parts of the above-mentioned mark of main body 1810 or the part at design place.In this example, indenture 1880 projection is inner to glof club head 180, thus shows as from the outside impression of glof club head 180 or ripple, and some in indenture 1880 are crossing with rib-shaped piece 1820 along its respective rib-shaped piece length.Therefore, the part of some rib-shaped pieces 1820 can be covered by dent characteristic 1880 at least in part.Such as, rib-shaped piece 1821 be positioned at bottom 1813 and the dent characteristic 1881 at skirt portion 1818 place, dent characteristic 1882 and dent characteristic 1885 are crossing, and partly to be covered by it.Similarly, dent characteristic 1885 is crossing with rib-shaped piece 1822, rib-shaped piece 1823 and rib-shaped piece 1825.In addition, dent characteristic 1883 is crossing with rib-shaped piece 1823.But, and the dent characteristic 1880 of not all needs crossing with rib-shaped piece 1820.Such as, be arranged in bottom 1813 and the dent characteristic 1884 at skirt portion 1818 place and do not contact with any one of rib-shaped piece 1820, and rib-shaped piece 1824 is not crossing with any one in dent characteristic 1880.

As mentioned above, the expectation part that the impression of dent characteristic 1880 or the configuration that ripples can be configured to strengthen or strengthen main body 1810 is divided to compensate its thinner, prevent due to the material breakage caused when golf or ground struck or distortion, and/or regulate golf clubs 180 with sound during golf ball.In the example of Figure 18 to Figure 19, bottom 1813 and/or skirt section 1818 can comprise the thickness of about 0.7mm.Can there are some examples, wherein, the thickness of bottom 1813 and/or skirt portion 1818 can change in 15% scope of above cited numeral, and/or wherein this thickness can be inconsistent on bottom 1813 and/or skirt portion 1818.

In some implementations, as aesthstic, design and/or performance reason, can there is the some parts that undesirably may arrange any dent characteristic thereon in main body 1810.Therefore, this part can be suitable for strengthening by rib-shaped piece 1820 instead of by dent characteristic 1880.Exemplarily, surface 1815 comprises the clean part 1819 being positioned at skirt portion 1818 place, and wherein, consider for design, clean part 1819 is without any dent characteristic 1880.But by being positioned to by rib-shaped piece 1824 from clean part projection, clean part 1819 still can carry out strengthening with regard to intensity or sound and need not rely on dent characteristic 1820.Figure 19 also comprises dent characteristic 1880, and it relates to and the rib-shaped piece 1920 above about the similar glof club head 190 of the description of glof club head in Figure 18 180, skirt portion 1818 and bottom 1813.

Figure 20 shows the flow chart of the method 2000 for providing glof club head.In some instances, glof club head can one or more similar to the glof club head described before, as glof club head 12 (Fig. 1-Fig. 3), glof club head 412 (Fig. 4-Fig. 5), glof club head 1012 (Figure 10-Figure 11), glof club head 1212 (Figure 12-Figure 13), glof club head 140 (Figure 14-Figure 15), glof club head 180 (Figure 18), glof club head 190 (Figure 19) and/or its modification.

The frame 2010 of method 2000 comprises the main body providing and have heel end, toe end, bottom, front surface and rear surface.In some instances, main body can be similar to the main body 1810 of glof club head 180 (Figure 18) or glof club head 190 (Figure 19).Heel end, toe end, bottom and front surface respectively can be similar to heel end 1811, toe end 1812, bottom 1813 and front surface 1416 (Figure 18-Figure 19).

The frame 2020 of method 2000 comprises the rib-shaped piece protrusion of surface and multiple rib-shaped pieces of one-tenth interlaced pattern that provide from main body.In some instances, the plurality of rib-shaped piece can be similar to rib-shaped piece 1820 (Figure 18), rib-shaped piece 1920 (Figure 19) or its modification.The plurality of rib-shaped piece can comprise the first rib-shaped piece, the second rib-shaped piece and the 3rd rib-shaped piece, first rib-shaped piece, the second rib-shaped piece and the 3rd rib-shaped piece can be similar to the rib-shaped piece 1821 of Figure 18, rib-shaped piece 1822 and/or rib-shaped piece 1823, or similar to the rib-shaped piece 1921 of Figure 19, rib-shaped piece 1822 and/or rib-shaped piece 1823.In some embodiments, the plurality of rib-shaped piece also can comprise the 4th rib-shaped piece and the 5th rib-shaped piece, 4th rib-shaped piece can be similar to the rib-shaped piece 1824 of Figure 18 and/or rib-shaped piece 1825 with the 5th rib-shaped piece, or similar to the rib-shaped piece 1924 of Figure 19 and/or rib-shaped piece 1925.According to the requirement of in question glof club head, some embodiments can comprise more or less rib-shaped piece.In some instances, for the rib-shaped piece of method 2000 interlaced pattern can to select above with reference to the interlaced pattern described by rib-shaped piece 1820 (Figure 18) and/or rib-shaped piece 1920 (Figure 19) in one or more similar.

Method 2000 alternatively can also comprise the frame 2030 for providing one or more dent characteristic in rib-shaped piece surface, and wherein, multiple rib-shaped piece is from rib-shaped piece protrusion of surface.In some instances, dent characteristic can be similar to dent characteristic 1880 (Figure 18-Figure 19) or its modification.Some in this dent characteristic can one or more crossing with multiple rib-shaped pieces of frame 2020.In identical or other examples, rib-shaped piece surface can comprise the clean part without any dent characteristic, but this clean part can by the one or more reinforcements in multiple rib-shaped piece.In some instances, clean part can be similar to the clean part 1819 be reinforced described above with reference to Figure 18-Figure 19.

Such example can be there is, may be combined with into a frame in the different frames of wherein method 2000 or perform simultaneously, and/or the order of these frames can change.Such as, frame 2010 and frame 2020 can such as perform by forming multiple rib-shaped piece with rib-shaped piece surface simultaneously, and wherein, rib-shaped piece surface comprises one or more parts of one or more parts of the main body of club head.Also can there is the example that method 2000 can comprise other or different frame.Exemplarily, method 2000 can comprise another frame for providing the weight similar to bottom weight 1590 (Figure 15), wherein, it is one or more that this weight can be attached to the dent characteristic of frame 2030, and/or can one or more one or more parts in multiple rib-shaped pieces of covering frame 2020.When not deviating from the scope of the present disclosure, other changes can be implemented to method 2000

Continue with reference to accompanying drawing, Figure 22 shows the front view of the glof club head 22000 of the rib-shaped piece 22200 comprising main body 21200 and connect with main body 21200.What Figure 23 showed glof club head 22000 overlooks X ray picture.In this example, main body 21200 comprises heel end 22160, toe end 22150, bizet 22110, bottom 22120, skirt section 22130, front end 22140, rear end 23150 and hosel 22190, but can there are other examples with more or less part.Glof club head 22000 can be similar with rib-shaped piece to other glof club heads described herein with rib-shaped piece 22200, and can arrange or structure rib-shaped piece 22200 for one or more amplitude of oscillation regions of main body 21200.Golf club shaft 22191 can be connected with hosel 22190.

In the present embodiment, rib-shaped piece 22200 comprises rib-shaped piece 22210, rib-shaped piece 22220 and rib-shaped piece 22230, wherein, rib-shaped piece 22220 extends along bizet 22110, rib-shaped piece 22230 extends along bottom 22120, and rib-shaped piece 22210 extends to bizet 22110 continuously from the bottom 22120 of glof club head 22000, and in this example, rib-shaped piece 22210 also extends along the skirt section 22130 between bizet 22110 and bottom 22120.

But, can exist for the setting of more or less amplitude of oscillation region or other examples constructing more or less rib-shaped piece.

By the exemplary details of accompanying drawing determination rib-shaped piece 22200.Figure 23 shows the X-ray profile of the rib-shaped piece 22200 being positioned at bizet 22110 and bottom 22120 place, and Figure 24 shows the bottom internal view upwards of bizet 22110, and this internal view shows the rib-shaped piece 22220 of the crown member of rib-shaped piece 22210.Figure 25 shows the downward internal view in bottom 22120 and the top in skirt section 22130, and this internal view shows the bizet of rib-shaped piece 22210 and skirt portion and rib-shaped piece 22230.Figure 26 shows the side view of the rib-shaped piece 22210 of the sectional view of the line XXVI-XXVI along Figure 23 about glof club head 22000.Figure 27 shows the side view of the rib-shaped piece 22220 of the sectional view of the line XXVII-XXVII along Figure 23 about glof club head 22000.Figure 28 shows the side view of the rib-shaped piece 22230 of the sectional view of the line XXVIII-XXVIII along Figure 23 about glof club head 22000.As shown in Figure 24-Figure 28, rib-shaped piece 22200 is from the rib-shaped piece of main body 22100 surface 24200 projections, and wherein rib-shaped piece surface 24200 comprises the part of skirt section 22130, bottom 22120 and/or bizet 22110 in the present embodiment.

For the one or more high amplitude of oscillation region of main body 22100, rib-shaped piece 22200 can be configured at least change an one size.In some implementations, finite element analysis (FEA) figure by the model of the main body 22100 of glof club head 22000 determines the position in one or more high amplitude region, wherein, this finite element analysis figure by one or more FEA analysis tool (as PTC, Inc. (Needham, MA, USA) Creo Elements) generate.Such as, Figure 29 show the high amplitude region 29101 of the part identified as high amplitude region 29100, high amplitude region 29102 and high amplitude region 29107 bizet 22110 overlook FEA figure.Figure 30 show the high amplitude region 30103 of the part identified as high amplitude region 29100, high amplitude region 30104, high amplitude region 30105 and high amplitude region 30106 bottom 22120 look up FEA figure.

High amplitude region 29100 can comprise the place being positioned at main body 22100 place, and wherein after golf ball-batting clashes into, other parts of the comparable main body in above-mentioned place 22100 represent higher amplitude of oscillation.Such as, high amplitude region 29100 may correspond in main body 22100 place, the place that shows the about 0.5mm extremely amplitude of oscillation of about 4mm after glof club head 22000 clashes into stroke speed and the golf 1570 of about 25m/s (metre per second (m/s)) to about 70m/s.In identical or other examples, for the one or more frequencies owing to being in about 1000Hz (hertz) to about 5000Hz vibration and the amplitude of oscillation that causes can limit high amplitude region 29100.

Following situation can be there is, wherein, when clashing into, high amplitude region can generate less desirable sound frequency, and/or the structural intergrity of glof club head 22000 can suffer damage at this high amplitude region place due to the host thickness of such as this high amplitude region place reduction.Therefore, rib-shaped piece 22200 can be set in such a case, to provide structural strengthening to main body 22100, and still make this sound frequency reduce.Such as, rib-shaped piece 22210 is arranged to extend along the high amplitude region 30105 and high amplitude region 30106 (Figure 30) that are positioned at bottom 22120 and/or skirt section 11130 place and extend along the high amplitude region 29101 and high amplitude region 29107 (Figure 29) that are positioned at bizet 22110 place.The high amplitude region 29102 (Figure 29) that rib-shaped piece 22220 is arranged to along being positioned at bizet 22110 place extends.High amplitude region 30103 and high amplitude region 30104 (Figure 30) that rib-shaped piece 22230 is arranged to along being positioned at bottom 22120 and/or skirt section 22130 place extend.

Although rib-shaped piece 22200 can increase structure support or intensity to main body 22100, the additional mass at high amplitude region 29101 place can increase the weight of vibration or the amplitude of oscillation at this place.Therefore, in this example, although rib-shaped piece 22200 extends along the various piece of main body 22100, change in size, to make when along one or more extension in high amplitude region 29100, at least its rib-shaped piece height or the reduction of rib-shaped piece thickness.In some instances, rib-shaped piece height can be generally perpendicular to rib-shaped piece surface 24200 and measures from rib-shaped piece surface 24200.Such as, rib-shaped piece 22210 comprises in some embodiments can up to the height 26015 of about 6mm and height 26012 (Figure 26), and wherein one of at least can comprise the maximum rib-shaped piece height of rib-shaped piece 22210 in rib-shaped piece height 26015 or rib-shaped piece height 26012.In identical or other examples, rib-shaped piece thickness can be generally perpendicular to rib-shaped piece height and measure.Such as, have in some embodiments can up to the maximum rib-shaped piece thickness 25215 (Figure 25) of about 4mm for rib-shaped piece 22210.

In this example, as shown by figures 25-26, rib-shaped piece 22210 comprises rib-shaped piece end 22211 respect to one another and rib-shaped piece end 22212.Rib-shaped piece 22210 also comprises rib-shaped piece part 25211, rib-shaped piece part 25212 and rib-shaped piece part 25213, wherein rib-shaped piece part 25211 is between rib-shaped piece end 22211 and rib-shaped piece part 25213, and rib-shaped piece part 25212 is between rib-shaped piece end 22212 and rib-shaped piece part 25213.

Rib-shaped piece part 25211, rib-shaped piece part 25212 and rib-shaped piece part 25213 comprise corresponding rib-shaped piece size, wherein, the respective rib-shaped piece size of rib-shaped piece part 25211 and rib-shaped piece part 25213 is greater than the rib-shaped piece size of the correspondence of rib-shaped piece 25213.Such as, as shown in figure 26, rib-shaped piece part 25211 has rib-shaped piece height 26011, rib-shaped piece part 25212 has rib-shaped piece height 26012, and rib-shaped piece part 25213 has rib-shaped piece height 26013, wherein, rib-shaped piece height 26011 and rib-shaped piece height 26012 are greater than rib-shaped piece height 26013.Similarly, as shown in figure 25, rib-shaped piece part 25211 has rib-shaped piece thickness 25011, rib-shaped piece part 25212 has rib-shaped piece thickness 25012, and rib-shaped piece part 25213 has rib-shaped piece thickness 25013, wherein, rib-shaped piece thickness 25011 and rib-shaped piece thickness 25012 are greater than rib-shaped piece thickness 25013.

In the present embodiment, rib-shaped piece height 26011, rib-shaped piece height 26012 and rib-shaped piece height 26013 and rib-shaped piece thickness 25011, rib-shaped piece thickness 25012 or rib-shaped piece thickness 25013 are positioned at rib-shaped piece core 26050, wherein, rib-shaped piece core 26050 centered by the rib-shaped piece central point 26299 of rib-shaped piece 22210, and comprise rib-shaped piece 22210 as measured 95% of the length to rib-shaped piece end 22212 from rib-shaped piece end 22211.Therefore, for maximum or minimum rib-shaped piece height or the thickness of determining rib-shaped piece 22210, there is no the rib-shaped piece size considering to be positioned at outside rib-shaped piece core 26050.

In the present embodiment, rib-shaped piece 22210 is arranged so that rib-shaped piece part 25213 (Figure 25-Figure 26) is positioned at high amplitude region 30105 (Figure 25, Figure 26, Figure 30) place.Therefore, compare with rib-shaped piece width 25012 (Figure 25) with rib-shaped piece height 26012 (Figure 26) and rib-shaped piece width 25011 with the rib-shaped piece height 26011 be positioned at outside high amplitude region 29100, rib-shaped piece height 26013 and rib-shaped piece width 25013 reduce.High amplitude region can comprise the peak swing region outside such as high amplitude region 29100 with maximum golf shock amplitude of oscillation.In one example, in rib-shaped piece height 26011 or rib-shaped piece height 26012 one of at least more about than rib-shaped piece height 26013 (Figure 26) 1.1 times to about 12 times.As another example, in rib-shaped piece thickness 25011 or rib-shaped piece thickness 25012 one of at least more about than rib-shaped piece thickness 25013 (Figure 25) 1.1 times to about 8 times.In the present embodiment, rib-shaped piece height 26013 (Figure 26) can be about 0.5mm to about 4mm, and can comprise the minimum rib-shaped piece height of rib-shaped piece 22210.In identical or other embodiments, rib-shaped piece thickness 25013 (Figure 25) can be about 0.5mm to about 3mm, and can comprise the minimum rib-shaped piece thickness of rib-shaped piece 22210.

In the present embodiment, rib-shaped piece 22210 also comprises the rib-shaped piece part 25214 between rib-shaped piece end 22212 and rib-shaped piece part 25212, wherein, the size of rib-shaped piece part 25214 comprises rib-shaped piece height 26014 (Figure 26) and rib-shaped piece thickness 25014 (Figure 25).Rib-shaped piece part 25214 is positioned at high amplitude region 30106 place, and therefore, compare with thickness with the rib-shaped piece height be positioned at outside high amplitude region 29100, rib-shaped piece height 26014 and rib-shaped piece thickness 25014 reduce.Such as, the rib-shaped piece thickness 25012 of rib-shaped piece part 25212 is greater than the rib-shaped piece thickness 25014 (Figure 25) of rib-shaped piece part 25214.Similarly, the rib-shaped piece height 26012 of rib-shaped piece part 25212 is greater than the rib-shaped piece thickness 26014 (Figure 26) of rib-shaped piece part 25214.

Rib-shaped piece 22210 also comprises the rib-shaped piece part 25215 between rib-shaped piece end 22212 and rib-shaped piece part 25214, wherein, the size of rib-shaped piece part 25215 comprises rib-shaped piece height 26015 (Figure 26) and rib-shaped piece thickness 25015 (Figure 25).Rib-shaped piece part 2521 is positioned at outside high amplitude region 29100, and therefore the rib-shaped piece thickness 25015 of rib-shaped piece part 25215 is greater than the rib-shaped piece thickness 25014 (Figure 25) of rib-shaped piece part 25214.Similarly, the rib-shaped piece height 26015 of rib-shaped piece part 25215 is greater than the rib-shaped piece thickness 26014 (Figure 26) of rib-shaped piece part 25214.

Similar pattern result in the part of the rib-shaped piece 22210 being positioned at bizet 22110.Such as, as shown in figure 24, rib-shaped piece 22210 also comprises rib-shaped piece part 24216, rib-shaped piece part 24217, rib-shaped piece part 24218 and rib-shaped piece part 24219, wherein, rib-shaped piece part 24216 is positioned at high amplitude region 29107 place, rib-shaped piece part 24218 is positioned at high amplitude region 29101 place, and rib-shaped piece part 24217 and rib-shaped piece part 24219 are positioned at outside high amplitude region 29100.Therefore, the rib-shaped piece thickness of rib-shaped piece part 24217 or rib-shaped piece part 24219 can be greater than the rib-shaped piece thickness of rib-shaped piece part 24216 or rib-shaped piece part 24218.In identical or other examples, the rib-shaped piece height of rib-shaped piece part 24217 or rib-shaped piece part 24219 can be greater than the rib-shaped piece height of rib-shaped piece part 24216 or rib-shaped piece part 24218.

Based on the position of high amplitude part 29100, can according to describing the size arranging rib-shaped piece 22230 and rib-shaped piece 22220 relative to rib-shaped piece 22210 above.Such as, as shown in Figure 24 and Figure 27, rib-shaped piece 22220 comprises rib-shaped piece part 22221, rib-shaped piece part 22222 and rib-shaped piece part 22223, wherein, rib-shaped piece part 22223 is positioned at high amplitude region 29102 place, and rib-shaped piece part 22221 and rib-shaped piece part 22222 are positioned at outside high amplitude region 29100.Therefore, the rib-shaped piece thickness of rib-shaped piece part 22221 and rib-shaped piece part 22222 can be greater than the rib-shaped piece thickness of rib-shaped piece part 22223.In identical or other examples, the rib-shaped piece height of rib-shaped piece part 22221 or rib-shaped piece part 22222 can be greater than the rib-shaped piece height of rib-shaped piece part 22223.

As another example or situation, as shown in Figure 25 and Figure 28, rib-shaped piece 22230 comprises rib-shaped piece 22231, rib-shaped piece part 22232, rib-shaped piece part 22233, rib-shaped piece part 22234 and rib-shaped piece part 22235, wherein, rib-shaped piece part 22233 is positioned at high amplitude region 30104 place, rib-shaped piece part 22234 is positioned at high amplitude region 30103 place, and rib-shaped piece part 22231, rib-shaped piece part 22232 and rib-shaped piece part 22235 are positioned at outside high amplitude region 29100.Therefore, the rib-shaped piece thickness of rib-shaped piece part 22231, rib-shaped piece part 22232 or rib-shaped piece part 22235 can be greater than the rib-shaped piece thickness of rib-shaped piece part 22233 or rib-shaped piece part 22234.In identical or other examples, the rib-shaped piece height of rib-shaped piece part 22231, rib-shaped piece part 22232 or rib-shaped piece part 22235 can be greater than the rib-shaped piece height of rib-shaped piece part 22233 or rib-shaped piece part 22234.

As shown in figure 23, rib-shaped piece 22210 comprises rib-shaped piece axis 22213, rib-shaped piece 22220 comprises rib-shaped piece axis 22223, and rib-shaped piece 22230 comprises rib-shaped piece axis 22233, wherein, rib-shaped piece axis 22213, rib-shaped piece axis 22223 and rib-shaped piece axis 22233 can be arranged in and to intersect each other and crossing with the trajectory 23500 in the front, front end 22140 being positioned at main body 22100, wherein, in this example, trajectory 23500 is limited by conic section edge 23510.In identical or other examples, rib-shaped piece axis 22213, rib-shaped piece axis 22223 and/or rib-shaped piece axis 22233 can be tangent with conic section edge 23510.In this example, conic section edge 23510 comprises the size at the edge of golf 1570, but can comprise place or the conic section shape of other all conic section edge-descriptions referring below to Figure 32-Figure 39.

Figure 31 shows the flow chart for providing the method 31000 according to glof club head of the present disclosure.In some instances, the glof club head of method 31000 can one or more similar to glof club head described herein (as glof club head 22000 (Figure 22-Figure 30)).

Method 31000 comprises the frame 31100 of the main body for providing glof club head, and wherein, main body to comprise in heel end, toe end, bizet, bottom, front end, rear end and skirt section or hosel one of at least.In some instances, the main body of glof club head can be similar to the main body 22100 of glof club head 22000, and it comprises heel end 22160, toe end 22150, bizet 22110, bottom 22120, front end 22140, rear end 23150, skirt section 22130 and/or hosel 22190 (Figure 22-Figure 30).

Method 31000 also comprises the frame 31200 of the rib-shaped piece for providing one or more rib-shaped piece, and wherein, this one or more rib-shaped piece is from the rib-shaped piece protrusion of surface of main body and comprise the first rib-shaped piece part, the second rib-shaped piece part and the 3rd rib-shaped piece part.In some instances, rib-shaped piece can one or more similar to rib-shaped piece 22210, rib-shaped piece 22220 or rib-shaped piece 22230 (Figure 22-Figure 28).In identical or other examples, rib-shaped piece surface can be similar to rib-shaped piece surface 24200, and can comprise one or more parts of the main body of glof club head, as the part in a part for bizet, a part for bottom and/or skirt section.

In some instances, frame 31200 can comprise sub-frame 31210, its neutron frame 31210 is included between the first rib-shaped piece part and the second rib-shaped piece part and provides the 3rd rib-shaped piece part, is greater than the 3rd rib-shaped piece size of the 3rd rib-shaped piece part with the second rib-shaped piece size of the first rib-shaped piece size and the second rib-shaped piece part that make the first rib-shaped piece part.Such as, in some implementations, the first rib-shaped piece size may correspond to the rib-shaped piece height in the first rib-shaped piece, is similar to the rib-shaped piece height described above with reference to rib-shaped piece 22210, rib-shaped piece 22220 and/or rib-shaped piece 22230.Identical or during other implement, the first rib-shaped piece size or alternatively can also correspond to the rib-shaped piece thickness of the first rib-shaped piece, is similar to the rib-shaped piece thickness described above with reference to rib-shaped piece 22210, rib-shaped piece 22220 and/or rib-shaped piece 22230.

In some instances, the first rib-shaped piece part, the second rib-shaped piece part and the 3rd rib-shaped piece part can be similar to the corresponding part of rib-shaped piece 22210, rib-shaped piece 22220 or rib-shaped piece 22230.Such as, when rib-shaped piece is similar to rib-shaped piece 22210,3rd rib-shaped piece part can be similar to rib-shaped piece part 25213, and the first rib-shaped piece part can be similar with rib-shaped piece part 25212 (Figure 25-Figure 26) to rib-shaped piece part 25211 with the second rib-shaped piece part.As another example, again when rib-shaped piece is similar to rib-shaped piece 22210,3rd rib-shaped piece part can be similar to rib-shaped piece part 25214, and the first rib-shaped piece part can be similar with rib-shaped piece part 25215 (Figure 25-Figure 26) to rib-shaped piece part 25211 with the second rib-shaped piece part.As another example, again when rib-shaped piece is similar to rib-shaped piece 22210,3rd rib-shaped piece part can be similar to rib-shaped piece part 24216, and the first rib-shaped piece part can be similar with rib-shaped piece part 24217 (Figure 24, Figure 26) to rib-shaped piece part 25211 with the second rib-shaped piece part.As another example, again when rib-shaped piece is similar to rib-shaped piece 22210,3rd rib-shaped piece part can be similar to rib-shaped piece part 24218, and the first rib-shaped piece part can be similar with rib-shaped piece part 24219 (Figure 24, Figure 26) to rib-shaped piece part 24217 with the second rib-shaped piece part.

In different examples, when rib-shaped piece is similar to rib-shaped piece 22220,3rd rib-shaped piece part can be similar to rib-shaped piece part 22223, and the first rib-shaped piece part can be similar with rib-shaped piece part 22222 (Figure 24, Figure 27) to rib-shaped piece part 22221 with the second rib-shaped piece part.In another different example, when rib-shaped piece is similar to rib-shaped piece 22230,3rd rib-shaped piece part can be similar to rib-shaped piece part 22233, and the first rib-shaped piece part can be similar with rib-shaped piece part 22232 (Figure 25, Figure 28) to rib-shaped piece part 22231 with the second rib-shaped piece part.In another different example, again when rib-shaped piece is similar to rib-shaped piece 22230,3rd rib-shaped piece part can be similar to rib-shaped piece part 22234, and the first rib-shaped piece part can be similar with rib-shaped piece part 22235 (Figure 25, Figure 28) to rib-shaped piece part 22232 with the second rib-shaped piece part.

In some embodiments, frame 31200 also can comprise sub-frame 32220, and wherein, the peak swing region place that sub-frame 32220 is included in main body provides the 3rd rib-shaped piece size of the 3rd rib-shaped piece part.In some instances, peak swing region can one or more similar to the high amplitude region 29100 such as described above with reference to Figure 24-Figure 30, and it can match to having the undersized respective rib-shaped piece part that subtracts similar to the one or more size in rib-shaped piece part 25213, rib-shaped piece part 25214, rib-shaped piece part 24216, rib-shaped piece part 24218, rib-shaped piece part 22223, rib-shaped piece part 22233 or rib-shaped piece part 22234 (Figure 24-Figure 28).

In some instances, one or more in the different frame of method 32000 or sub-frame may be combined with into a frame or sub-frame or perform simultaneously, and/or the order of these frames can change.Such as, frame 31100 and frame 31200 can perform simultaneously, as wherein one or more rib-shaped pieces comprise single-piece by one or more parts of the main body with glof club head and integral with main body.In identical or other examples, some frames of method 32000 can be divided into multiple sub-frame.Such as, frame 31100 can be divided into for provide bizet, bottom and/or skirt section sub-frame and for the front end of provider and/or another sub-frame of its impact surface.Also can there is the example that method 32000 can comprise other or different frame.Exemplarily, other frame can comprise the hosel body of rod being attached to main body.As another example, other frame or sub-frame can comprise the FEA figure of the main body generating glof club head, and/or determine the place in peak swing region from FEA figure.In such examples, FEA figure can scheme to the FEA of the glof club head 22000 such as shown in Figure 29-Figure 30 or view similar.In addition, the example that method 32000 only can comprise a part for above-mentioned steps can be there is.Such as, in some implementations, sub-frame 32220 can be optional.When not deviating from the scope of the present disclosure, other changes can be implemented to method 32000

Figure 32 show can be similar with rib-shaped piece to other glof club heads described herein the glof club head 32000 with rib-shaped piece 32200 overlook X ray picture.Glof club head 32000 comprise as described in above with reference to Figure 22-Figure 31 have 22110, bottom 22120, heel end 22160, toe end 22150, front end 22140, rear end 23150, skirt section 22130 and/or hosel 22190 main body 22100, and comprise and to be connected with main body 22100 and from the rib-shaped piece 32200 of its rib-shaped piece surface 32400 projections.As shown in figure 32, hosel 22190 can have the golf club shaft 22191 be plugged in wherein.In this example, the inner surface that surface 32400 comprises main body 22100, but other similar embodiments that can have that rib-shaped piece surface 32400 can comprise the outer surface of main body 22100.

In the present embodiment, rib-shaped piece 32200 comprises rib-shaped piece 32210 and rib-shaped piece 32220.Rib-shaped piece 32210 comprises rib-shaped piece end points 32211 respect to one another and rib-shaped piece end points 32212 and the rib-shaped piece axis 32213 crossing with rib-shaped piece end points 32211 and rib-shaped piece end points 32212.Similarly, rib-shaped piece 32220 comprises rib-shaped piece end points 32221 respect to one another and rib-shaped piece end points 32222 and the rib-shaped piece axis 32223 crossing with rib-shaped piece end points 32221 and rib-shaped piece end points 32222.In the present embodiment, rib-shaped piece 32200 also comprises rib-shaped piece 32230 and rib-shaped piece 32240, wherein, rib-shaped piece 32230 comprises the rib-shaped piece axis crossing with its rib-shaped piece end points 32231 and rib-shaped piece end points 32232, and rib-shaped piece 32240 comprises the rib-shaped piece axis 32243 crossing with its rib-shaped piece end points 32241 and rib-shaped piece end points 32242.Other embodiments can comprise less or more the rib-shaped piece of number.

The top view of Figure 32 shows main body 22100 and above ground 32710, is in address position to make to comprise the glof club head 32000 of body of rod face 32720 perpendicular to ground 32710 of the body of rod axis 32721 of the body of rod 22190.Can as shown in figure 32, rib-shaped piece axis 32213, rib-shaped piece axis 32223, rib-shaped piece axis 32233 and rib-shaped piece axis 32243 intersect each other and crossing with trajectory 32500, and wherein, trajectory 32500 is limited by conic section edge 32510.In some instances, when main body 22100 is in address position, conic section edge 32510 can extend in the direction perpendicular to ground 32710, and trajectory 32500 can comprise the region or volume that are limited by conic section edge 32510.In the present embodiment, conic section edge 32510 comprises the circular edge as observed from the top view of Figure 32, but can comprise different conic section shapes in other embodiments as semicircular edge, oval rim, half elliptic edge, parabola shaped edge or hyperbola edge.Such as, skip to Figure 38, Figure 38 shows the X ray picture of the glof club head 38000 with rib-shaped piece 38200, and wherein, rib-shaped piece 38200 has and carries out relative to the trajectory 38500 such as limited by ellipticarch cone curved edge 38510 the rib-shaped piece axis that arranges.

Return Figure 32, in this enforcement, rib-shaped piece axis 32213, rib-shaped piece axis 32223, rib-shaped piece axis 32233 and rib-shaped piece axis 32243 are crossing with trajectory 32500 at conic section edge 32150 place.In addition, rib-shaped piece axis 32213, rib-shaped piece axis 32223, rib-shaped piece axis 32233 and rib-shaped piece axis 32243 intersect each other outside trajectory 32500 and in the front, front end 22140 of main body 22100.Also can there is the embodiment that rib-shaped piece axis 32213, rib-shaped piece axis 32223, rib-shaped piece axis 32233 and rib-shaped piece axis 32243 are crossing with trajectory 32500 in conic section edge 32150.

Rib-shaped piece 32200 in some respects can be similar to other rib-shaped pieces for other embodiments described herein.Such as, even if rib-shaped piece axis 32213, rib-shaped piece axis 32223, rib-shaped piece axis 32233 and rib-shaped piece axis 32243 intersect each other in the front, front end 22140 of main body 22100, any one in rib-shaped piece 32200 is not crossing with any other rib-shaped piece.Although rib-shaped piece 32200 comprises rib-shaped piece height and the rib-shaped piece thickness of somewhat constant, other embodiments of the vicissitudinous rib-shaped piece height of tool and/or rib-shaped piece thickness can be there are.In this embodiment, as described by with reference to the rib-shaped piece thickness of rib-shaped piece of glof club head 22000 and/or rib-shaped piece height (Figure 22-Figure 31), the rib-shaped piece height of reduction or rib-shaped piece thickness may correspond to the high amplitude region of the main body in glof club head.

Rib-shaped piece 32200 is arranged in relative to trajectory 32500 and conic section edge 32510 and makes to carry better or dissipate bump stress for target stress direction, and wherein, bump stress can from this target stress direction.In the present embodiment, rib-shaped piece axis 32213, rib-shaped piece axis 32223, rib-shaped piece axis 32233 and rib-shaped piece axis 32243 tangent with conic section edge 32510, wherein, a () rib-shaped piece axis 32223 is in conic section edge 32510 at point of contact 32511 tangent, wherein, point of contact 32511 is positioned to the heel side end towards conic section edge 32510, b () rib-shaped piece axis 32213 is in conic section edge 32510 at point of contact 32512 tangent, wherein, point of contact 32512 is positioned to the toe side end towards conic section edge 32510, c () rib-shaped piece axis 32233 is in conic section edge 32510 at point of contact 32513 tangent, wherein, point of contact 32513 is positioned between the point of contact 32511 at conic section edge 32510 and backward end 32515, and (d) rib-shaped piece axis 32243 to be in conic section edge 32510 at point of contact 32514 tangent, wherein, point of contact 32514 is positioned between the point of contact 32512 at conic section edge 32510 and backward end 32515.

In some embodiments, can for the size at target stress direction or area configurations conic section edge 32510, wherein, can from above-mentioned target stress direction or Area generation in this bump stress in front, front end 22140.Such as, be positioned at and aimed at conic section edge 32510 by rib-shaped piece 32200 better relative to this target stress direction, the maximum gauge comprising the conic section edge 32510 of the ultimate range between its any two points can be relatively little.Exemplarily, this maximum gauge at conic section edge 32510 can be about 3mm to about 10mm.Such as, for can more as one man impacting golf 1570 in the desired region of front end 22140 and/or may want to aim at relative to the concrete region of golf 1570 or point the experienced individual of front end 22140 and/or rib-shaped piece 32200, rib-shaped piece 32200 can be favourable relative to this arrangement of this minor diameter at conic section edge 32510.

In other embodiments, the maximum gauge at conic section edge can be larger, and can comprise the golf diameter of the golf of such as about 42.67mm (about 1.68 inches).Such as, Figure 33 shows the X ray picture of the glof club head 33000 with rib-shaped piece 33200, wherein, glof club head 33000 can be similar with rib-shaped piece 32200 (Figure 32) to glof club head 32000 with rib-shaped piece 33200, to make rib-shaped piece 33210, rib-shaped piece 33220, rib-shaped piece 33330 and rib-shaped piece 33340 (Figure 33) respectively can with rib-shaped piece 32210, rib-shaped piece 32220, rib-shaped piece 32330 and rib-shaped piece 32340 (Figure 32) similar, and rib-shaped piece axis 33213, rib-shaped piece axis 33223, rib-shaped piece axis 33233 and rib-shaped piece axis 33243 respectively can with rib-shaped piece axis 32213, rib-shaped piece axis 32223, rib-shaped piece axis 32233 and rib-shaped piece axis 32243 (Figure 32) similar.Rib-shaped piece 33200 is arranged in similar to rib-shaped piece 32200, but rib-shaped piece 33200 arranges relative to the trajectory 33500 such as limited by conic section edge 33510, and wherein, conic section edge 33510 comprises the size at the edge of golf 1570.For tending to the comparatively disability individual impacting golf on the broader area of front end 22140 more inconsistently, rib-shaped piece 33200 can be favourable relative to this arrangement of larger diameter as the diameter at conic section edge 33510.

Return the example of Figure 32, rib-shaped piece 32230 and rib-shaped piece 32240 comprise the outermost rib-shaped piece in rib-shaped piece 32200, and it is positioned to toe end 22150 near main body 22100 and heel end 22160 respectively.Rib-shaped piece 32210 and rib-shaped piece 322120 comprise the inner side rib-shaped piece in rib-shaped piece 32200, and it is positioned between outermost rib-shaped piece 32230 and outermost rib-shaped piece 32240.As viewed in this example, rib-shaped piece axis 32213 and the rib-shaped piece axis 32223 of inner side rib-shaped piece 32210 and inner side rib-shaped piece 32220 intersect each other in front, conic section edge 32510, and the rib-shaped piece axis 32233 of outermost rib-shaped piece 32230 and outermost rib-shaped piece 32240 and rib-shaped piece axis 32243 intersect each other at rear, conic section edge 32510.This layout to result between the rib-shaped piece axis 32213 of toe side rib-shaped piece 32230 and toe side rib-shaped piece 32210 and rib-shaped piece axis 32233 and angle relatively little between the rib-shaped piece axis 32223 of heel side rib-shaped piece 32220 and heel side rib-shaped piece 32240 and rib-shaped piece axis 32243.Therefore, toe side rib-shaped piece 32230 and toe side rib-shaped piece 32210 can be concentrated to the narrower region 32141 of front end 22140, and heel side rib shape part 32240 and heel side rib-shaped piece 32240 can be concentrated to the narrower region 32142 of front end 22140.In some implementations, therefore, for the more experienced individual that may want to make its golf swing concentrate relative to the concrete region (as the narrower region 32141 towards toe end 22150 and/or the narrower region 32142 towards heel end 22160) of front end 22140, this arrangement can be favourable.

But, other embodiments that there is different rib-shaped piece and arrange can be there are.Such as, what Figure 34 showed the glof club head 34000 with rib-shaped piece 34200 overlooks X ray picture, wherein, golf clubs head 34000 can be similar with rib-shaped piece 32200 (Figure 32) to glof club head 32000 with rib-shaped piece 34200, wherein, rib-shaped piece 34230 and rib-shaped piece 34240 comprise the outermost rib-shaped piece in rib-shaped piece 34200, and rib-shaped piece 34210 and rib-shaped piece 34220 comprise the inner side rib-shaped piece in rib-shaped piece 34200.As viewed in this example, rib-shaped piece axis 34213 in inner side rib-shaped piece 34210 and inner side rib-shaped piece 34220 and rib-shaped piece axis 34223 intersect each other at rear, conic section edge 32510, and the rib-shaped piece axis 34233 of outermost rib-shaped piece 34230 and outermost rib-shaped piece 34240 and rib-shaped piece axis 34243 intersect each other in front, conic section edge 32510.This layout to result between the rib-shaped piece axis 34213 of toe side rib-shaped piece 34230 and toe side rib-shaped piece 34210 and rib-shaped piece axis 34233 and angle relatively larger between the rib-shaped piece axis 34223 of heel side rib-shaped piece 32220 and heel side rib-shaped piece 32240 and rib-shaped piece axis 34243.Therefore, toe side rib-shaped piece 34230 and toe side rib-shaped piece 34210 are concentrated to the wide region 34141 of front end 22140, and heel side rib shape part 32240 and heel side rib-shaped piece 32220 can be concentrated to the wide region 32142 of front end 22140.In some implementations, therefore, for may for its golf swing of concrete region of front end 22140 more inconsistent more disability individual, this arrangement can be favourable.Therefore, wide region 34141 (Figure 34) can be greater than narrower region 32141 (Figure 20), and wide region 34142 (Figure 34) can be greater than narrower region 32142 (Figure 32).

As mentioned above, the conic section edge for glof club head can arrange relative to target stress direction, and wherein, bump stress is expected to carry out carrying or reducing from this target stress direction.Such as, in fig 23, trajectory 32500 and rib-shaped piece 32200 arrange relative to the impact surface central point 32145 of the impact surface 22141 for the target stress direction through impact surface 22141 center substantially.Therefore, as mentioned above when glof club head 32000 is in address position, conic section edge 32510 be centrally located at median plane 32730 place, wherein, median plane 32730 perpendicular to ground 32710, and comprises impact surface central point 32145.

Figure 35 shows has rib-shaped piece 35200 relative to another example of overlooking X ray picture of carrying out the glof club head 35200 arranged towards toe place for trajectory 32500.Rib-shaped piece 35200 can be similar to rib-shaped piece 32200 (Figure 32), to make rib-shaped piece 35210, rib-shaped piece 35220, rib-shaped piece 35330 and rib-shaped piece 35340 (Figure 35) can be similar to rib-shaped piece 32210, rib-shaped piece 32220, rib-shaped piece 32330 and rib-shaped piece 32340 (Figure 32) respectively, but rib-shaped piece 35200 can with the aiming at towards toe place of trajectory.In this example, impact surface 22141 comprises impact surface toe end 35147 and the impact surface toe end points 35146 between impact surface central point central point 32145 and impact surface toe end 35147.The toe end face 35730 comprising impact surface toe end points 35146 is parallel to median plane 32730.Rib-shaped piece 35200 is aimed at conic section edge 32510, wherein, conic section edge 32510 be centrally located at toe end face 35730 place, to consider the target stress direction of the toe portion through impact surface 22141.In identical or other examples, impact surface toe end points 35146 can midpoint between impact surface central point 32145 and impact surface toe end 35147.

As another example, Figure 36 show have rib-shaped piece 36200 relative to for trajectory 32500 carry out the glof club head 36200 arranged towards heel place overlook X ray picture.Rib-shaped piece 36200 can be similar to rib-shaped piece 32200 (Figure 32), to make rib-shaped piece 36210, rib-shaped piece 36220, rib-shaped piece 36330 and rib-shaped piece 36340 (Figure 36) can be similar to rib-shaped piece 32210, rib-shaped piece 32220, rib-shaped piece 32330 and rib-shaped piece 32340 (Figure 32) respectively, but rib-shaped piece 36200 can with the aiming at towards heel place of trajectory.In this example, impact surface 22141 comprises impact surface heel end 36147 and the impact surface heel point 36146 between impact surface central point central point 32145 and impact surface heel end 36147.The heel end face 36730 comprising impact surface heel point 36146 is parallel to median plane 32730.Rib-shaped piece 36200 is aimed at conic section edge 32510, wherein conic section edge 32510 be centrally located at heel end face 36730 place, to consider the target stress direction of the heel portion through impact surface 22141.In identical or other examples, impact surface heel point 36146 can midpoint between impact surface central point 32145 and impact surface heel end 36147.

Figure 37 shows the X ray picture of glof club head 37000, wherein, glof club head 37000 comprises and carries out relative to trajectory 33500 and conic section edge 33510 rib-shaped piece 37200, rib-shaped piece 37300 and the rib-shaped piece 37400 that arrange, wherein, in this example, conic section edge 33510 comprises the golf edge of golf 1570.In this example, as above in Figure 32 with reference to described by median plane 32730, trajectory 32500 and conic section edge 32510, conic section edge 33510 arranges relative to impact surface central point 32145.But can there are other examples, wherein, as above for described by Figure 35, conic section edge 33510 can be aimed at toe end points 35146, or as above for described by Figure 36, can aim at heel point 36146.

The rib-shaped piece of glof club head 37000 can be positioned at the different piece place of main body 22100.Such as, in the present embodiment, rib-shaped piece 37300 and rib-shaped piece 37400 are positioned at bizet 22110 place, and rib-shaped piece 37200 is positioned at 22120 places, bottom.At other embodiments, these positions can change.Such as, in some implementations, rib-shaped piece 37200 can be positioned at bizet 22110 place, and identical or during other implement, and one of at least can be positioned at 22120 places, bottom in rib-shaped piece 37300 or rib-shaped piece 37400.

Rib-shaped piece 37300 comprise there is rib-shaped piece axis 37313 rib-shaped piece 37310, there is the rib-shaped piece 37320 of rib-shaped piece axis 37323 and there is the rib-shaped piece 37330 of rib-shaped piece axis 37333, wherein, rib-shaped piece axis 37313, rib-shaped piece axis 37323 and rib-shaped piece axis 37333 intersect each other at conic section edge 33510 place.In this example, rib-shaped piece 37300 is positioned at the heel side of glof club head 37000, and intersecting each other towards toe portion at conic section edge 33510, and can be tangent with the marginal portion 37513 of conic section 33510.But can there are other embodiments, wherein, rib-shaped piece 37300 can be crossing with conic section edge 33510 in other positions, as its towards heel portion, forward direction part or after to part.

Rib-shaped piece 37400 comprise there is rib-shaped piece axis 37413 rib-shaped piece 37410, there is the rib-shaped piece 37420 of rib-shaped piece axis 37423 and there is the rib-shaped piece 37430 of rib-shaped piece axis 37433, wherein, rib-shaped piece axis 37413, rib-shaped piece axis 37423 and rib-shaped piece axis 37433 also intersect each other at conic section edge 33510 place.In this example, rib-shaped piece 37400 is positioned at the toe side of glof club head 37000, and intersecting each other towards heel portion at conic section edge 33510, and can be tangent with the marginal portion 37154 of conic section 33510.But can there are other embodiments, wherein, rib-shaped piece 37400 can be crossing with conic section edge 33510 in other positions, as its towards toe portion, forward direction part or after to part.

Rib-shaped piece 37200 comprises rib-shaped piece 37210 and rib-shaped piece 37220.Rib-shaped piece 37210 comprises the rib-shaped piece part 37211 and rib-shaped piece part 37212 and rib-shaped piece axis 37213 that are coupled to each other.Rib-shaped piece axis 37213 comprises the rib-shaped piece axis portion 372131 along rib-shaped piece part 37211 and the rib-shaped piece axis portion 372132 along rib-shaped piece part 37212.In the present embodiment, rib-shaped piece axis portion 372131 is crossing with conic section edge 33510 at marginal portion 37511 place, and rib-shaped piece axis portion 372132 is crossing with conic section edge 33510 at marginal portion 37512 place.In this example, rib-shaped piece axis portion 372131 and rib-shaped piece axis portion 372132 also can respectively with the marginal portion 37511 at conic section edge 23510 and marginal portion 37512 tangent.

Rib-shaped piece 37220 in rib-shaped piece 37200 comprises the rib-shaped piece part 37221 and rib-shaped piece part 37222 and rib-shaped piece axis 37223 that are coupled to each other.Rib-shaped piece axis 37223 comprises the rib-shaped piece axis portion 372231 along rib-shaped piece part 37221 and the rib-shaped piece axis portion 372232 along rib-shaped piece part 37212.In the present embodiment, marginal portion 37511 place of rib-shaped piece axis portion 372231 at conic section edge 23510 or marginal portion 37511 place near conic section edge 23510 crossing with rib-shaped piece axis portion 372131, and rib-shaped piece axis portion 372232 is crossing with rib-shaped piece axis portion 372132 at marginal portion 37512 place at conic section edge 23510.

Figure 39 shows the flow chart for providing the method 39000 according to glof club head of the present disclosure.In some instances, the glof club head of method 39000 can one or more similar with glof club head described herein (as glof club head 22000 (Figure 22-Figure 30), or the glof club head in Figure 32-Figure 38).

Method 39000 comprises and comprises heel end, toe end, bizet, bottom for providing, comprises the frame 39100 of the antetheca of impact surface and the main body of rear side.In some instances, main body can to such as similar with reference to the main body 22100 described by Figure 22-Figure 38.

Method 39000 also comprises the frame 39200 of the rib-shaped piece for providing the rib-shaped piece protrusion of surface from main body.In some instances, rib-shaped piece can to the rib-shaped piece of illustrative embodiments described herein (as in rib-shaped piece 38200 (Figure 38), rib-shaped piece 37200 (Figure 37), rib-shaped piece 34600 (Figure 36), rib-shaped piece 35200 (Figure 35), rib-shaped piece 34200 (Figure 34), rib-shaped piece 33200 (Figure 33), rib-shaped piece 32200 (Figure 32) and/or rib-shaped piece 22200 (Figure 22-Figure 26) at least partially) similar.No matter internally or externally, rib-shaped piece can from one or more parts of the main body of glof club head (as from its bizet, bottom and/or skirt section) projection.

The frame 39200 of method 39000 can comprise for arranging rib-shaped piece to make rib-shaped piece axis intersect each other and the sub-frame 39210 crossing with the trajectory edge limited by conic section.In some instances, described by above with reference to Figure 22 and/or Figure 32-Figure 38, rib-shaped piece can arrange relative to trajectory and conic section edge.

In some instances, one or more in the different frame of method 39000 or sub-frame may be combined with into a frame or sub-frame or perform simultaneously, and/or the order of these frames can change.Such as, frame 39100 and frame 39200 can perform simultaneously, as wherein one or more rib-shaped pieces comprise single-piece by one or more parts of the main body with glof club head and integral with main body.In identical or other examples, some frames of method 39000 can be divided into multiple sub-frame.Such as, frame 39100 can be divided into for provide bizet, bottom and/or skirt section sub-frame and for the front end of provider and/or another sub-frame of its impact surface.Also can there is the example that method 39000 can comprise other or different frame.Exemplarily, other frame can comprise the hosel body of rod being attached to main body.When not deviating from the scope of the present disclosure, other changes can be implemented to method 32000

Although describe the glof club head and correlation technique with rib-shaped piece with reference to detailed description of the invention in this article, various change can be made when not deviating from spirit or scope of the present disclosure.Such as, although as shown in Figure 22-Figure 28, rib-shaped piece 22200 is straight substantially, but can there is rib-shaped piece and not be straight or follow the similar embodiment of the rib-shaped piece 22200 in bending, zigzag or S shape path on the contrary along its respective length along the rib-shaped piece surface of the main body of its respective glof club head.As another example, rib-shaped piece 22200 or other rib-shaped pieces similar to it can be positioned at outside instead of inside.As another example, although Figure 22-Figure 28 shows the reduced dimensional portion of rib-shaped piece 22200, as rib-shaped piece part 25213, rib-shaped piece part 24218, rib-shaped piece part 22233 and rib-shaped piece part 22223 on projection to rib-shaped piece surface 24200 continuously, but the rib-shaped piece surface 24200 that can be bonded at least partially that can there is this reduced dimensional portion is the rib-shaped piece height of zero or other embodiments of rib-shaped piece thickness to comprise.In some embodiments, the rib-shaped piece of glof club head can be arranged in other trajectories and edge shape being different from the trajectory shown in Figure 22 and Figure 32-Figure 38 and edge shape tangent.Such as, these other trajectories and edge shape can semicircular in shape, half elliptic, hyperbolas and/or parabola shaped.

Give the other example of this change in the foregoing description.Can expect equally one or more features with each accompanying drawing different embodiments other displacement.Therefore, the disclosure is herein intended to scope of the present invention is described, and is not intended to limit.The scope that the scope of the application should only be required by appended claims limited.

Described herein there is rib-shaped piece glof club head and correlation technique can implement in a variety of embodiments, and in these embodiments the above-mentioned discussion of some may not represent the complete description of likely embodiment.On the contrary, the detailed description of accompanying drawing and accompanying drawing self disclose at least one preferred embodiment, and can disclose substitutability embodiment.

Because the rule of golf may change (such as often, to be organized by golf standard and/or management organization such as USGA (USGA), St Andrews imperial family's Ancient Golf Club (R & A) etc. are removed or revise old rule or adopt new regulation), the golf equipment relevant to device described herein, method and/or goods any concrete time can meet rules of golf or not meet rules of golf.Therefore, relevant to device described herein, method and goods golf equipment can be used as legal golf equipment or do not meet the golf equipment of rule and advertise, offering for sale and/or sale.Device described herein, method and/or goods are not limited to this.

Although illustrate and/or describe at least some in above-mentioned example with reference to Fairway Woods type golf clubs or service rod-type golf clubs, device described herein, method and/or goods are applicable to the golf clubs of other types as hybrid type golf clubs, iron-type golf club, pitching wedge type golf clubs and/or putter type golf club.Alternately, device described herein, method and/or goods are applicable to the sports equipment of other types as hockey stick, tennis racket, fishing rod, ski pole etc.

During any concrete right requires, any element required for protection is all absolutely necessary concerning this detailed description of the invention embodiment required for protection.Therefore, reconstruction formed to the replacement of one or more element required for protection instead of repair.In addition, with reference to the solution that detailed description of the invention describes benefit, other advantages and will deal with problems.Any benefit, advantage or solution may be caused to occur or become the solution of more significantly benefit, advantage, problem and any element should not be construed as all authority require or any claim key, needs or requisite feature or element, unless this benefit, advantage, solution or element clearly illustrate in this claim.

In addition, if embodiment disclosed herein and/or restriction: (1) is not clearly requirement in the claims; And (2) are may be maybe the equivalent of clearly element in claim and/or restriction under the doctrine of equivalents, so do not contribute this these embodiments and restriction according to donation principle to the public.

Claims

1. a glof club head, comprising:

Main body, described main body comprises:

Heel end, toe end, bizet, bottom, the antetheca comprising impact surface and rear side;

Inner surface, is limited by described heel end, described toe end, described bizet, described bottom, described antetheca and described rear side; And

Inner chamber, is limited by described inner surface; And

Rib-shaped piece, from the rib-shaped piece protrusion of surface of described main body;

Wherein:

Described rib-shaped piece comprises:

First rib-shaped piece, described first rib-shaped piece comprises:

One the first-rib-shaped piece end points;

2nd the first-rib-shaped piece end points; And

First rib-shaped piece axis, crossing with described the first-rib-shaped piece end points and described 2nd the first-rib-shaped piece end points;

Second rib-shaped piece, described second rib-shaped piece comprises:

One the second-rib-shaped piece end points;

2nd the second-rib-shaped piece end points; And

Second rib-shaped piece axis, crossing with described the second-rib-shaped piece end points and described 2nd the second-rib-shaped piece end points;

And

3rd rib-shaped piece, described 3rd rib-shaped piece comprises:

One three-rib-shaped piece end points;

2nd three-rib-shaped piece end points; And

3rd rib-shaped piece axis, crossing with described three-rib-shaped piece end points and described 2nd three-rib-shaped piece end points;

And

Top view according to described glof club head:

Described first rib-shaped piece axis, described second rib-shaped piece axis and described 3rd rib-shaped piece axis intersect each other and tangent with the trajectory edge limited by conic section.

2. glof club head as claimed in claim 1, wherein:

Described conic section edge comprises one of circular edge or oval rim.

3. glof club head as claimed in claim 1, wherein:

Described first rib-shaped piece comprises:

One the first-rib-shaped piece part; And

2nd the first-rib-shaped piece part, is connected with described the first-rib-shaped piece part; Described first rib-shaped piece axis comprises:

One the first-rib-shaped piece axis portion, along described the first-rib-shaped piece part; And

2nd the first-rib-shaped piece axis portion, along described 2nd the first-rib-shaped piece part;

The Part I at described the first-rib-shaped piece axis portion and described conic section edge is tangent; And

The Part II at described 2nd the first-rib-shaped piece axis portion and described conic section edge is tangent.

4. glof club head as claimed in claim 1, wherein:

Described impact surface comprises:

Impact surface central point; Impact surface heel end; Impact surface toe end;

Heel point in the middle of impact surface, between described impact surface central point and described impact surface heel end; And

Toe point in the middle of impact surface, between described impact surface central point and described impact surface toe end;

When orientation is in address position on the ground for described glof club head:

The median plane of described glof club head is perpendicular to described ground and comprise described impact surface central point;

The middle heel face of described glof club head comprises heel point in the middle of described impact surface and is parallel to described median plane;

The middle toe face of described glof club head comprises toe point in the middle of described impact surface and is parallel to described median plane;

Described conic section edge be centrally located at one of heel or described middle toe face place behind described median plane, described centre; And

Described top view according to described glof club head:

Described conic section edge comprises the size at the golf edge being positioned at described impact surface front; And

Described first rib-shaped piece axis and described second rib-shaped piece axis intersect each other in described conic section edge.

5. glof club head as claimed in claim 1, wherein:

Described rib-shaped piece comprises:

4th rib-shaped piece, described 4th rib-shaped piece comprises:

One four-rib-shaped piece end points;

2nd four-rib-shaped piece end points; And

4th rib-shaped piece axis, crossing with described four-rib-shaped piece end points and described 2nd four-rib-shaped piece end points;

And

Described top view according to described glof club head:

Described first rib-shaped piece axis, described second rib-shaped piece axis, described 3rd rib-shaped piece axis and described 4th rib-shaped piece axis and described trajectory tangent; And

The maximum gauge at described conic section edge is about 3mm to about 10mm.

6. glof club head as claimed in claim 1, wherein:

Described rib-shaped piece comprises:

4th rib-shaped piece, described 4th rib-shaped piece comprises:

One four-rib-shaped piece end points;

2nd four-rib-shaped piece end points; And

4th rib-shaped piece axis, with described four-rib-shaped piece end points and described the two the

Four-rib-shaped piece end points intersects;

And

Described top view according to described glof club head:

Described first rib-shaped piece axis and described second rib-shaped piece axis intersect each other in front, described conic section edge; And

Described 3rd rib-shaped piece axis and described 4th rib-shaped piece axis intersect each other at rear, described conic section edge.

7. glof club head as claimed in claim 6, wherein:

Described rib-shaped piece comprises:

Described 3rd rib-shaped piece and described 4th rib-shaped piece as outermost rib-shaped piece, to make:

Compared with any one in described first rib-shaped piece, described second rib-shaped piece or described 4th rib-shaped piece, described 3rd rib-shaped piece is positioned near described toe end; And

Compared with any one in described first rib-shaped piece, described second rib-shaped piece or described 3rd rib-shaped piece, described 4th rib-shaped piece is positioned near described heel end;

And

Described first rib-shaped piece and described second rib-shaped piece as inner side rib-shaped piece, to make:

Described first rib-shaped piece and described second rib-shaped piece are between the 3rd rib-shaped piece and described 4th rib-shaped piece.

8. glof club head as claimed in claim 6, wherein:

Described rib-shaped piece comprises:

Described first rib-shaped piece and described second rib-shaped piece as outermost rib-shaped piece, to make:

Compared with any one in described second rib-shaped piece, described 3rd rib-shaped piece or described 4th rib-shaped piece, described first rib-shaped piece is positioned near described toe end; And

Compared with any one in described first rib-shaped piece, described second rib-shaped piece or described 4th rib-shaped piece, described second rib-shaped piece is positioned near described heel end;

And

Described 3rd rib-shaped piece and described 4th rib-shaped piece as inner side rib-shaped piece, to make:

Described first rib-shaped piece and described second rib-shaped piece are between described 3rd rib-shaped piece and described 4th rib-shaped piece.

9. glof club head as claimed in claim 6, wherein:

One or more in described first rib-shaped piece, described second rib-shaped piece, described 3rd rib-shaped piece or described 4th rib-shaped piece are positioned at described bizet place; And

One or more in described first rib-shaped piece, described second rib-shaped piece, described 3rd rib-shaped piece or described 4th rib-shaped piece are positioned at described bottom place.

10. glof club head as claimed in claim 6, wherein:

Described first rib-shaped piece axis the first point of contact place and described conic section edge tangent, wherein said first point of contact is positioned to the heel side end towards described conic section edge;

Described second rib-shaped piece axis the second point of contact place and described conic section edge tangent, wherein said second point of contact is positioned to the toe side end towards described conic section edge;

Described 3rd rib-shaped piece axis the 3rd point of contact place and described conic section edge tangent, wherein said 3rd point of contact is positioned between the backward end at described first point of contact and described conic section edge; And

Described 4th rib-shaped piece axis the 4th point of contact place and described conic section edge tangent, wherein said 4th point of contact is positioned between the described backward end at described second point of contact and described conic section edge.

11. glof club heads according to any one of Claims 1-4 or claim 6-10, wherein:

Any one in described rib-shaped piece is all not crossing with other any rib-shaped pieces in described rib-shaped piece;

According to the described top view of described glof club head, described first rib-shaped piece axis, described second rib-shaped piece axis and described 3rd rib-shaped piece axis intersect each other in the described antetheca front of described main body; And

The maximum gauge at described conic section edge is about 10mm or less.

12. glof club heads according to any one of Claims 1-4 or claim 6-10, wherein:

According to the top view of described glof club head, described first rib-shaped piece axis, described second rib-shaped piece axis and described 3rd rib-shaped piece axis are outside and intersect each other in the described antetheca front of described main body in described trajectory; And

The maximum gauge at described conic section edge is about 5mm or less.

13. glof club heads according to any one of claim 1 to 10, wherein:

Described top view according to described glof club head:

If described first rib-shaped piece, described second rib-shaped piece and described 3rd rib-shaped piece are positioned at the heel side place of described main body:

Described first rib-shaped piece axis, described second rib-shaped piece axis and described 3rd rib-shaped piece axis intersecting each other towards rear heel office at described conic section edge.

And

If described first rib-shaped piece, described second rib-shaped piece and described 3rd rib-shaped piece are positioned at the toe side place of described main body:

Described first rib-shaped piece axis, described second rib-shaped piece axis and described 3rd rib

Shape part axis intersects each other towards toe portion place described conic section edge.

14. glof club heads according to any one of claim 1 to 10, wherein:

Described top view according to described glof club head:

Described first rib-shaped piece axis, described second rib-shaped piece axis and described 3rd rib-shaped piece axis intersecting each other towards toe portion place at described conic section edge;

And

15. glof club heads as claimed in claim 4, wherein:

Described top view according to described glof club head:

Described first rib-shaped piece axis, described second rib-shaped piece axis and described 3rd rib-shaped piece axis intersect each other in described conic section edge.

16. glof club heads as claimed in any one of claims 1-9 wherein, wherein:

Described second rib-shaped piece axis the second point of contact place and described conic section edge tangent, wherein said second point of contact is positioned to the toe side end towards described conic section edge; And

Described 3rd rib-shaped piece axis and one of following place and described conic section edge tangent:

At rear the 3rd point of contact between end at described first point of contact and described conic section edge; Or

At described rear the 4th point of contact between end at described second point of contact and described conic section edge.

17. glof club heads according to any one of claims 1 to 3 or claim 5-10, wherein:

Described impact surface comprises:

Impact surface central point; Impact surface heel end; Impact surface toe end;

The middle toe face of described glof club head comprises toe point in the middle of described impact surface and is parallel to described median plane; And

Described conic section edge be centrally located at one of heel or described middle toe face place behind described median plane, described centre.

18. glof club heads as claimed in claim 17, wherein:

Described conic section edge comprises one of following:

The size at golf edge; Or

The maximum gauge of about 5mm at the most.

19. 1 kinds, for providing the method for glof club head, comprising:

Provider, described main body comprises:

Heel end, toe end, bizet, bottom, the antetheca with impact surface and rear side;

Inner chamber, is limited by described inner surface;

And

There is provided rib-shaped piece, described rib-shaped piece is from the rib-shaped piece protrusion of surface of described main body;

Wherein:

Described rib-shaped piece comprises:

First rib-shaped piece, described first rib-shaped piece comprises:

One the first-rib-shaped piece end points;

2nd the first-rib-shaped piece end points; And

Second rib-shaped piece, comprising:

One the second-rib-shaped piece end points;

2nd the second-rib-shaped piece end points; And

And

3rd rib-shaped piece, comprising:

One three-rib-shaped piece end points;

2nd three-rib-shaped piece end points; And

And

Top view according to described glof club head:

20. methods as claimed in claim 19, wherein:

The maximum gauge at described conic section edge is about 10mm or less.

21. 1 kinds of glof club heads, comprising:

Main body, described main body has:

And

Multiple rib-shaped piece, comprises from the rib-shaped piece protrusion of surface of described main body:

There is the first rib-shaped piece of the first longitudinal axis;

There is the second rib-shaped piece of the second longitudinal axis; And

There is the 3rd rib-shaped piece of the 3rd longitudinal axis;

Wherein:

Described first longitudinal axis, described second longitudinal axis and described 3rd longitudinal axis can intersect being positioned at the common point place outside described main body; And

Described multiple rib-shaped piece is not convex relative to the described bizet of described glof club head.

22. glof club heads as claimed in claim 21, wherein:

Described impact surface comprises:

Impact surface central point; Impact surface heel end; Impact surface toe end;

In the middle of impact surface, toe point, is positioned at described impact surface central point and described impact surface toe

Between portion's end;

Conic section edge be centrally located at one of heel or described middle toe face place behind described median plane, described centre; And

Described conic section edge comprises described common point, and wherein said first longitudinal axis, described second longitudinal axis and described 3rd longitudinal axis intersect at described common point place.

23. glof club heads as claimed in claim 22, wherein:

Described top view according to described glof club head:

Described conic section edge comprises the size at the golf edge being positioned at described impact surface front.

24. glof club heads according to any one of claim 21 to 23, wherein:

Described main body comprises skirt section; And

Described rib-shaped piece surface one of at least extends to described skirt section, to make the described skirt section place being positioned at described main body at least partially of described first rib-shaped piece from described bizet or described bottom.