US20020049095A1 - Contoured scorelines for the face of a golf club - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to scorelines for a face of a golf club. More specifically, the present invention relates to stress reducing scorelines for a golf club.
- Scorelines have appeared on the faces of golf club heads since at least the 1880s if not earlier. Scorelines usually have a cross-section that is square or slightly curved on the walls perpendicular to the face.
- scorelines act as a stress concentrator during impact of the club face with the golf ball. For the most part, this has been of little concern since the thickness of the face has been great enough to absorb the stress concentration caused by the scorelines.
- stress has become of concern in the face of the club head. As the thickness of club heads become thinner, the need to relieve some of the stress concentration caused by scorelines will present a problem for the golf club industry.
- any rounding of the groove edges shall be in the form of a radius which does not exceed 0.020 inches, and the width of the grooves shall not exceed 0.035 inches using the 30 degree method of measurement on file with the USGA.
- the distance between edges of adjacent grooves must not be less than three times the width of a groove, and not less than 0.0075 inches.
- the depth of a groove must not exceed 0.020 inches.
- Punch marks may be used if the area of such punch mark does not exceed 0.0044 square inches. A punch mark must not be closer to an adjacent punch mark than 0.168 inches measured from center to center. The depth of a punch mark must not exceed 0.040 inches. If punch marks are used in combination with grooves, a punch mark must not be closer to a groove than 0.168 inches measured from center to center.
- One aspect of the present invention is a golf club head including a face having a plurality of line scorelines.
- Each of the plurality of line scorelines has a contour with a continuous curvature.
- the face has a thickness that is less than 0.110 inches.
- the contour of each of the plurality of line scorelines may have a first convex section, a concave section, and a second convex section.
- the greatest depth of each of the plurality of line scorelines may be less than 0.008 inches.
- the face may include a heel portion, a toe portion and a center portion juxtaposed by the heel portion and the toe portion, wherein the center portion is divided into a crown half and a sole half, and the crown half has an absence of line scorelines.
- the heel portion and the toe portion of the face may have an equal number of line scorelines.
- the vertical distance between each of the plurality of line scorelines may be equal.
- the width of each of the plurality of scorelines may be between 0.028 and 0.032 inches.
- the face may have a thickness in the range of 0.064 to 0.110 inches.
- the golf club head may be a metal wood and may be composed of a material selected from the group consisting of a forged titanium alloy material, steel, composite materials, and mixtures thereof.
- the golf club head may be an iron or a putter with a relatively thin face having the plurality of line scorelines thereon.
- Another aspect of the present invention is a golf club head including a face having a plurality of line scorelines.
- Each of the plurality of line scorelines has a depth less than 0.012 inches and a contour including a first convex section, a concave section and a second convex section, with the face having a thickness that is less than 0.110 inches.
- Yet another aspect of the present invention is a golf club head including a face having a plurality of line scorelines.
- Each of the plurality of line scorelines has a contour including a first convex section, a concave section and a second convex section, with each of the plurality of line scorelines having a depth that is greater than twenty percent of the thickness of the face.
- the depth of each of the line scorelines is substantial compared to the thickness of the face.
- FIG. 1 is a front plan view of the golf club head of the present invention.
- FIG. 1A is a front plan view of an alternative embodiment of the golf club head of the present invention.
- FIG. 1B is a perspective view of an further alternative embodiment of the golf club head of the present invention.
- FIG. 2 is a cross-section view of FIG. 1 along lie 2 - 2 .
- FIG. 3 is an enlarged view of circle 3 of FIG. 2 to illustrate the cross-section of a line scoreline of the golf club head of the present invention.
- FIG. 4 is an enlarged view of circle 4 of FIG. 2 to illustrate the cross-section of a dot scoreline of the golf club head of the present invention.
- FIG. 5 is a front plan view of the preferred embodiment of the present invention, as illustrated in FIG. 1, illustrating the partitioning of the face plate of the golf club head of the present invention.
- FIG. 6 is an isolated view of the face plate the golf club head of the present invention illustrating the regions of thickness of the face plate.
- FIG. 7 is a cross-sectional view of a scoreline of the prior art.
- a golf club is generally designated 40 .
- the golf club 40 has a golf club head 42 with a body 44 and a hollow interior, not shown.
- Engaging the club head 42 is a shaft 48 that has a grip 50 , not shown, at a butt end and is inserted into a hosel 54 at a tip end.
- An O-ring 58 may encircle the shaft 48 at an aperture 59 to the hosel 54 .
- the body 44 of the club head 42 is generally composed of three sections, a face member 60 , a crown 62 and a sole 64 .
- the club head 42 may also be partitioned into a heel section 66 nearest the shaft 48 , a toe section 68 opposite the heel section 66 , and a rear section 70 opposite the face member 60 .
- the face member 60 is generally composed of a single piece of metal, and is preferably composed of a forged metal material. More preferably, the forged metal material is a forged titanium material. However, those skilled in the relevant art will recognize that other materials such as composite materials, alloys, steels and the like may be utilized without departing from the scope and spirit of the present invention.
- the face member 60 generally includes a face plate 72 and a face extension 74 extending laterally inward from the perimeter of the face plate 72 .
- the face plate 72 has a plurality of line scorelines 75 thereon, and a plurality of dot scorelines 77 .
- An alternative embodiment of the face plate 72 is illustrated in FIG. 1A which has a different scoreline pattern.
- the face extension 74 generally includes an upper lateral extension 76 and a lower lateral extension 78 .
- a more detailed explanation of the face member 60 is set forth in copending U.S. patent application No. 09______, filed on an even date herewith, entitled A Golf Club Head With A Face Composed Of A Forged Material, and incorporated by reference in its entirety.
- FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view of the face plate 72 of the present invention. Circles 3 and 4 correspond to one of the line scorelines 75 and one of the dot scorelines 77 , respectively. As shown in FIG. 3, each of the line scorelines 75 has a contour 80 with a first convex portion 82 , a concave portion 84 and a second convex portion 86 . In a preferred embodiment, the radius of the concave portion 84 is 0.0156 inches. In a preferred embodiment, the radius of each of the first and second convex portions 82 and 86 is 0.002 inches.
- each of the plurality of line scorelines 75 preferably ranges from 0.008 inches to 0.012 inches, and is most preferably 0.010 inches.
- the width “W” of each of the plurality of line scorelines 75 is preferably 0.030 inches.
- each of the dot scorelines 77 has a contour 90 with a first convex portion 92 , a straight portion 94 and a second convex portion 96 .
- the radius of each of the first and second convex portions 92 and 96 is 0.004 inches.
- the depth “D” of each of the plurality of dot scorelines 77 preferably ranges from 0.006 inches to 0.008 inches, and is most preferably 0.007 inches.
- the width “W” of each of the plurality of dot scorelines 77 is preferably 0.029 inches.
- the contoured scorelines 75 assist in relieving stress on the face plate 72 since scorelines in general have the effect of concentrating stress during impact with a golf ball.
- the prior art scorelines 202 on a face 200 have relied on the thickness of the face to use a squarer cross-section for the scorelines 200 .
- the concentration of stress could lead to failure of the face plate 72 .
- the face plate thickness ranges from 0.06 inches to 0.103 inches. In this thickness range, the contour 80 of each of the plurality of line scorelines 75 assist in reducing the concentration of stress in the face plate 72 during impact with a golf ball.
- mapping of the face plate 72 for the probable impact locations to determine the highest stress areas resulted in the absence of scorelines in the preferred embodiment of the present invention, as shown in FIG. 5.
- the face plate 72 is divided into a crown half 126 and a sole half 128 by a horizontal line 120 .
- the face plate 72 is further partitioned into a toe portion 130 , a center portion 132 and a heel portion 134 by two vertically angled lines 122 and 124 which lie on the two angled columns of dot scorelines 77 .
- center portion 132 of the crown half 126 has an absence of scorelines since this area has the highest probability of impacts with a golf ball.
- FIG. 6 illustrates the variation in the thickness of the face plate 72 for one embodiment of the present invention.
- the face plate 72 is partitioned into elliptical regions, each having a different thickness.
- a central elliptical region 102 preferably has the greatest thickness that ranges from 0.110 inches to 0.091 inches, preferably from 0.099 inches to 0.093 inches, and is most preferably 0.095 inches.
- a first concentric region 104 preferably has the next greatest thickness that ranges from 0.097 inches to 0.082 inches, preferably from 0.090 inches to 0.082 inches, and is most preferably 0.086 inches.
- a second concentric region 106 preferably has the next greatest thickness that ranges from 0.094 inches to 0.070 inches, preferably from 0.078 inches to 0.070 inches, and is most preferably 0.074 inches.
- a third concentric region 108 preferably has the next greatest thickness that ranges from 0.090 inches to 0.07 inches.
- a periphery region 110 preferably has the next greatest thickness that ranges from 0.069 inches to 0.061 inches. The variation in the thickness of the face plate 72 allows for the greatest thickness to be distributed in the center 111 of the face plate 72 thereby enhancing the compliance of the face plate 72 during impact with a golf ball.
- the face plate 72 of the present invention has a smaller aspect ratio than face plates of the prior art.
- the aspect ratio as used herein is defined as the width, “w”, of the face divided by the height, “h”, of the face, as shown in FIG. 1A.
- the aspect ratio is usually much greater than 1.
- the original GREAT BIG BERTHA® driver from Callaway Golf Company had an aspect ratio of 1.9.
- the face of the present invention has an aspect ratio that is no greater than 1.7.
- the aspect ratio of the present invention preferably ranges from 1.0 to 1.7, and is most preferably 1.3.
- the face of the present invention is more circular than faces of the prior art.
- the face area of the face plate 72 of the present invention ranges from 4.95 square inches to 5.1 square inches.
- the aspect ratio, area and thickness of the face plate 72 of the preferred embodiment of the present invention all increase the concentration of stress in the line scorelines 75 .
- the contour 80 of each of the plurality of line scorelines 75 relieves some of this stress providing the face plate 72 with greater durability.
- a more detailed explanation of the aspect ratio, area and thickness of the face plate 72 of the preferred embodiment of present invention is set forth in the previously mentioned co-pending U.S. patent application No. 09/_______ , filed on an even date herewith, entitled A Golf Club Head With A Face Composed Of A Forged Material.
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- 1. Field of the Invention
- The present invention relates to scorelines for a face of a golf club. More specifically, the present invention relates to stress reducing scorelines for a golf club.
- 2. Description of the Related Art
- Scorelines have appeared on the faces of golf club heads since at least the 1880s if not earlier. Scorelines usually have a cross-section that is square or slightly curved on the walls perpendicular to the face.
- However, scorelines act as a stress concentrator during impact of the club face with the golf ball. For the most part, this has been of little concern since the thickness of the face has been great enough to absorb the stress concentration caused by the scorelines. However, with the advent of hollow metal woods, stress has become of concern in the face of the club head. As the thickness of club heads become thinner, the need to relieve some of the stress concentration caused by scorelines will present a problem for the golf club industry.
- The Rules of Golf, established and interpreted by the United States Golf Association (“USGA”) and The Royal and Ancient Golf Club of Saint Andrews, set forth certain requirements for scorelines. The requirements for scorelines (grooves) are found in Rule 4 and Appendix II. A complete description of the Rules of Golf are available on the USGA web page at www.usga.org. Rule 4-1e of the Rules of Golf state specific guidelines for scorelines. The impact area of a club face may have a series of grooves with diverging sides and may have a symmetrical cross-section. The width and cross-section must be consistent across the face and along the length of the grooves. Any rounding of the groove edges shall be in the form of a radius which does not exceed 0.020 inches, and the width of the grooves shall not exceed 0.035 inches using the 30 degree method of measurement on file with the USGA. The distance between edges of adjacent grooves must not be less than three times the width of a groove, and not less than 0.0075 inches. The depth of a groove must not exceed 0.020 inches. Punch marks may be used if the area of such punch mark does not exceed 0.0044 square inches. A punch mark must not be closer to an adjacent punch mark than 0.168 inches measured from center to center. The depth of a punch mark must not exceed 0.040 inches. If punch marks are used in combination with grooves, a punch mark must not be closer to a groove than 0.168 inches measured from center to center.
- One aspect of the present invention is a golf club head including a face having a plurality of line scorelines. Each of the plurality of line scorelines has a contour with a continuous curvature. The face has a thickness that is less than 0.110 inches.
- The contour of each of the plurality of line scorelines may have a first convex section, a concave section, and a second convex section. The greatest depth of each of the plurality of line scorelines may be less than 0.008 inches. The face may include a heel portion, a toe portion and a center portion juxtaposed by the heel portion and the toe portion, wherein the center portion is divided into a crown half and a sole half, and the crown half has an absence of line scorelines. The heel portion and the toe portion of the face may have an equal number of line scorelines. The vertical distance between each of the plurality of line scorelines may be equal. The width of each of the plurality of scorelines may be between 0.028 and 0.032 inches. The face may have a thickness in the range of 0.064 to 0.110 inches. The golf club head may be a metal wood and may be composed of a material selected from the group consisting of a forged titanium alloy material, steel, composite materials, and mixtures thereof. Alternatively, the golf club head may be an iron or a putter with a relatively thin face having the plurality of line scorelines thereon.
- Another aspect of the present invention is a golf club head including a face having a plurality of line scorelines. Each of the plurality of line scorelines has a depth less than 0.012 inches and a contour including a first convex section, a concave section and a second convex section, with the face having a thickness that is less than 0.110 inches.
- Yet another aspect of the present invention is a golf club head including a face having a plurality of line scorelines. Each of the plurality of line scorelines has a contour including a first convex section, a concave section and a second convex section, with each of the plurality of line scorelines having a depth that is greater than twenty percent of the thickness of the face. Thus, the depth of each of the line scorelines is substantial compared to the thickness of the face.
- Having briefly described the present invention, the above and further objects, features and advantages thereof will be recognized by those skilled in the pertinent art from the following detailed description of the invention when taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings.
- FIG. 1 is a front plan view of the golf club head of the present invention.
- FIG. 1A is a front plan view of an alternative embodiment of the golf club head of the present invention.
- FIG. 1B is a perspective view of an further alternative embodiment of the golf club head of the present invention.
- FIG. 2 is a cross-section view of FIG. 1 along lie2-2.
- FIG. 3 is an enlarged view of circle3 of FIG. 2 to illustrate the cross-section of a line scoreline of the golf club head of the present invention.
- FIG. 4 is an enlarged view of circle4 of FIG. 2 to illustrate the cross-section of a dot scoreline of the golf club head of the present invention.
- FIG. 5 is a front plan view of the preferred embodiment of the present invention, as illustrated in FIG. 1, illustrating the partitioning of the face plate of the golf club head of the present invention.
- FIG. 6 is an isolated view of the face plate the golf club head of the present invention illustrating the regions of thickness of the face plate.
- FIG. 7 is a cross-sectional view of a scoreline of the prior art.
- As shown in FIGS. 1, 1A and1B, a golf club is generally designated 40. The
golf club 40 has agolf club head 42 with abody 44 and a hollow interior, not shown. Engaging theclub head 42 is ashaft 48 that has a grip 50, not shown, at a butt end and is inserted into a hosel 54 at a tip end. An O-ring 58 may encircle theshaft 48 at an aperture 59 to the hosel 54. - The
body 44 of theclub head 42 is generally composed of three sections, aface member 60, a crown 62 and a sole 64. Theclub head 42 may also be partitioned into aheel section 66 nearest theshaft 48, atoe section 68 opposite theheel section 66, and a rear section 70 opposite theface member 60. - The
face member 60 is generally composed of a single piece of metal, and is preferably composed of a forged metal material. More preferably, the forged metal material is a forged titanium material. However, those skilled in the relevant art will recognize that other materials such as composite materials, alloys, steels and the like may be utilized without departing from the scope and spirit of the present invention. Theface member 60 generally includes aface plate 72 and aface extension 74 extending laterally inward from the perimeter of theface plate 72. Theface plate 72 has a plurality ofline scorelines 75 thereon, and a plurality ofdot scorelines 77. An alternative embodiment of theface plate 72 is illustrated in FIG. 1A which has a different scoreline pattern. Theface extension 74 generally includes an upper lateral extension 76 and a lower lateral extension 78. A more detailed explanation of theface member 60 is set forth in copending U.S. patent application No. 09______, filed on an even date herewith, entitled A Golf Club Head With A Face Composed Of A Forged Material, and incorporated by reference in its entirety. - FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view of the
face plate 72 of the present invention. Circles 3 and 4 correspond to one of theline scorelines 75 and one of thedot scorelines 77, respectively. As shown in FIG. 3, each of theline scorelines 75 has acontour 80 with a firstconvex portion 82, aconcave portion 84 and a second convex portion 86. In a preferred embodiment, the radius of theconcave portion 84 is 0.0156 inches. In a preferred embodiment, the radius of each of the first and secondconvex portions 82 and 86 is 0.002 inches. The depth “D” of each of the plurality ofline scorelines 75 preferably ranges from 0.008 inches to 0.012 inches, and is most preferably 0.010 inches. The width “W” of each of the plurality ofline scorelines 75 is preferably 0.030 inches. - As shown in FIG. 4, each of the
dot scorelines 77 has a contour 90 with a firstconvex portion 92, astraight portion 94 and a second convex portion 96. In a preferred embodiment, the radius of each of the first and secondconvex portions 92 and 96 is 0.004 inches. The depth “D” of each of the plurality ofdot scorelines 77 preferably ranges from 0.006 inches to 0.008 inches, and is most preferably 0.007 inches. The width “W” of each of the plurality ofdot scorelines 77 is preferably 0.029 inches. - The contoured
scorelines 75 assist in relieving stress on theface plate 72 since scorelines in general have the effect of concentrating stress during impact with a golf ball. As shown in FIG. 7, theprior art scorelines 202 on aface 200 have relied on the thickness of the face to use a squarer cross-section for the scorelines 200. Inface plates 72 that are relatively thin, the concentration of stress could lead to failure of theface plate 72. In one embodiment of the present invention, the face plate thickness ranges from 0.06 inches to 0.103 inches. In this thickness range, thecontour 80 of each of the plurality ofline scorelines 75 assist in reducing the concentration of stress in theface plate 72 during impact with a golf ball. - Additionally, mapping of the
face plate 72 for the probable impact locations to determine the highest stress areas resulted in the absence of scorelines in the preferred embodiment of the present invention, as shown in FIG. 5. Theface plate 72 is divided into acrown half 126 and asole half 128 by a horizontal line 120. Theface plate 72 is further partitioned into a toe portion 130, acenter portion 132 and aheel portion 134 by two vertically angledlines 122 and 124 which lie on the two angled columns ofdot scorelines 77. Thus,center portion 132 of thecrown half 126 has an absence of scorelines since this area has the highest probability of impacts with a golf ball. - FIG. 6 illustrates the variation in the thickness of the
face plate 72 for one embodiment of the present invention. Theface plate 72 is partitioned into elliptical regions, each having a different thickness. A centralelliptical region 102 preferably has the greatest thickness that ranges from 0.110 inches to 0.091 inches, preferably from 0.099 inches to 0.093 inches, and is most preferably 0.095 inches. A firstconcentric region 104 preferably has the next greatest thickness that ranges from 0.097 inches to 0.082 inches, preferably from 0.090 inches to 0.082 inches, and is most preferably 0.086 inches. A secondconcentric region 106 preferably has the next greatest thickness that ranges from 0.094 inches to 0.070 inches, preferably from 0.078 inches to 0.070 inches, and is most preferably 0.074 inches. A thirdconcentric region 108 preferably has the next greatest thickness that ranges from 0.090 inches to 0.07 inches. Aperiphery region 110 preferably has the next greatest thickness that ranges from 0.069 inches to 0.061 inches. The variation in the thickness of theface plate 72 allows for the greatest thickness to be distributed in the center 111 of theface plate 72 thereby enhancing the compliance of theface plate 72 during impact with a golf ball. - Additionally, the
face plate 72 of the present invention has a smaller aspect ratio than face plates of the prior art. The aspect ratio as used herein is defined as the width, “w”, of the face divided by the height, “h”, of the face, as shown in FIG. 1A. In conventional golf club heads, the aspect ratio is usually much greater than 1. For example, the original GREAT BIG BERTHA® driver from Callaway Golf Company had an aspect ratio of 1.9. The face of the present invention has an aspect ratio that is no greater than 1.7. The aspect ratio of the present invention preferably ranges from 1.0 to 1.7, and is most preferably 1.3. The face of the present invention is more circular than faces of the prior art. The face area of theface plate 72 of the present invention ranges from 4.95 square inches to 5.1 square inches. - The aspect ratio, area and thickness of the
face plate 72 of the preferred embodiment of the present invention all increase the concentration of stress in theline scorelines 75. Thecontour 80 of each of the plurality ofline scorelines 75 relieves some of this stress providing theface plate 72 with greater durability. A more detailed explanation of the aspect ratio, area and thickness of theface plate 72 of the preferred embodiment of present invention is set forth in the previously mentioned co-pending U.S. patent application No. 09/______ , filed on an even date herewith, entitled A Golf Club Head With A Face Composed Of A Forged Material. - Although the present invention has been described in reference to a wood golf club head, those skilled in the relevant art will readily recognize that the scorelines of the present invention may be utilized with an iron or putter golf club head without departing from the scope or spirit of the present invention.
- From the foregoing it is believed that those skilled in the pertinent art will recognize the meritorious advancement of this invention and will readily understand that while the present invention has been described in association with a preferred embodiment thereof, and other embodiments illustrated in the accompanying drawings, numerous changes, modifications and substitutions of equivalents may be made therein without departing from the spirit and scope of this invention which is intended to be unlimited by the foregoing except as may appear in the following appended claims. Therefore, the embodiments of the invention in which an exclusive property or privilege is claimed are defined in the following appended claims.
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