Source: https://insight.rpxcorp.com/pat/US9630070B2
Timestamp: 2020-08-13 06:06:26
Document Index: 281621014

Matched Legal Cases: ['Application No. 62', 'Application No. 62', 'Application No. 62', 'Application No. 62', 'Application No. 62', 'Application No. 62', 'Application No. 62', 'Application No. 62', 'Application No. 62', 'Application No. 62', 'Application No. 62']

Patent US 9,630,070 B2
a plurality of ports extending from the outer surface of the bottom portion into the hollow body portion; and
a plurality of inner support portions extending from the inner surface of the bottom portion into the hollow body portion, the plurality of inner support portions including a first set of inner support portions and a second set of inner support portions, each inner support portion of the first set of inner support portions connected to two ports of the plurality of ports, and each inner support portion of the second set of inner support portions extending from a corresponding port of the plurality of ports toward a periphery of the hollow body portion,wherein at least a portion of the hollow body portion between two or more of the plurality of inner support portions includes an elastic polymer material.
US 20180264331A1
2. A golf club head as defined in claim 1, wherein the portion of the hollow body portion between the two or more of the plurality of inner support portions is filled with an elastic polymer material.
3. A golf club head as defined in claim 1, wherein the portion of the hollow body portion between the two or more of the plurality of inner support portions includes an insert comprising an elastic polymer material.
4. A golf club head as defined in claim 1 further comprising an outer support portion extending on the outer surface of the bottom portion between the front portion and the rear portion near the toe portion.
5. A golf club head as defined in claim 1, wherein each inner support portion of the first set of inner support portions extends between corresponding adjacent ports of the plurality of ports.
6. A golf club head as defined in claim 1, further comprising a hosel assembly comprising a hosel on the top portion, and a hosel sleeve extending from the hosel into the hollow body portion, the sleeve having an outer wall, wherein the outer wall of the portion of the sleeve that is in the hollow body portion is exposed to the hollow interior of the hollow body portion.
7. A golf club head as defined in claim 1 further comprising a plurality of weight portions, each port of the plurality of ports configured to receive a weight portion of the plurality of weight portions.
a plurality of ports extending from the outer surface of the bottom portion into the hollow body portion, each port of the plurality of ports configured to receive a weight portion of the plurality of weight portions;
a plurality of inner support portions extending from the inner surface of the bottom portion into the hollow body portion;
an outer support portion extending on the outer surface of the bottom portion between the front portion and the rear portion near the toe portion; and
an elastic polymer material in the hollow body portion in contact with the inner surface of the bottom portion and extending from the inner surface of the bottom portion into the hollow body portion,wherein at least a portion of the hollow body portion between two or more of the plurality of inner support portions includes the elastic polymer material.
9. A golf club head as defined in claim 8, wherein the portion of the hollow body portion between the two or more of the plurality of inner support portions is filled with an elastic polymer material.
10. A golf club head as defined in claim 8, wherein the portion of the hollow body portion between the two or more of the plurality of inner support portions includes an insert comprising an elastic polymer material.
11. A golf club head as defined in claim 8, wherein the plurality of inner support portions further comprises a first set of inner support portions and a second set of inner support portions, and wherein each inner support portion of the first set of inner support portions extends between corresponding ports of the plurality of ports.
12. A golf club head as defined in claim 8, wherein the plurality of inner support portions further comprises a first set of inner support portions and a second set of inner support portions, and wherein each inner support portion of the second set of inner support portions extends from a corresponding port of the plurality of ports toward a periphery of the hollow body portion.
13. A golf club head as defined in claim 8, wherein the plurality of inner support portions further comprises a first set of inner support portions and a second set of inner support portions, and wherein each inner support portion of the first set of inner support portions extends between corresponding adjacent ports of the plurality of ports.
14. A golf club head as defined in claim 8 wherein the outer support portion is defined by an indentation in the bottom portion extending on the outer surface of the bottom portion between the front portion and the rear portion near the toe portion.
a hollow body portion having a front portion, a rear portion, a toe portion, a heel portion, a top portion, and a bottom portion;
a plurality of inner support portions in the hollow body portion; and
a plurality of ports extending from the bottom portion into the hollow body portion, each port of the plurality of ports being connected by an inner support portion of the plurality of inner support portions to another port of the plurality of ports, and at least a pair of nonadjacent ports of the plurality of ports being connected by an inner support portion of the plurality of inner support portions,wherein at least a portion of the hollow body portion between two or more of the plurality of inner support portions includes an elastic polymer material.
16. A golf club head as defined in claim 15, wherein the portion of the hollow body portion between the two or more of the plurality of inner support portions is filled with an elastic polymer material.
17. A golf club head as defined in claim 15, wherein the portion of the hollow body portion between the two or more of the plurality of inner support portions includes an insert comprising an elastic polymer material.
18. A golf club head as defined in claim 15 further comprising an outer support portion defined by an indentation in the bottom portion extending on the outer surface of the bottom portion between the front portion and the rear portion near the toe portion.
19. A golf club head as defined in claim 15, wherein the plurality of inner support portions further comprises inner support portions extending from corresponding ports of the plurality of ports toward a periphery of the hollow body portion.
This application claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Application No. 62/281,639, filed Jan. 21, 2016, U.S. Provisional Application No. 62/296,506, filed on Feb. 17, 2016, U.S. Provisional Application No. 62/301,756, filed on Mar. 1, 2016, U.S. Provisional Application No. 62/337,184, filed May 16, 2016, U.S. Provisional Application No. 62/361,988, filed Jul. 13, 2016, and U.S. Provisional Application No. 62/362,491, filed Jul. 14, 2016. This application is a continuation-in-part of U.S. application Ser. No. 15/040,892, filed Feb. 10, 2016, now U.S. Pat. No. 9,550,096, which is a continuation-in-part application of U.S. application Ser. No. 14/939,849, filed Nov. 12, 2015, now U.S. Pat. No. 9,555,295, which is a continuation application of U.S. application Ser. No. 14/615,606, filed Feb. 6, 2015, no U.S. Pat. No. 9,199,140, which claims the benefits of U.S. Provisional Application No. 62/042,155, filed Aug. 26, 2014, U.S. Provisional Application No. 62/048,693, filed Sep. 10, 2014, U.S. Provisional Application No. 62/101,543, filed Jan. 9, 2015, U.S. Provisional Application No. 62/105,123, filed on Jan. 19, 2015, and U.S. Provisional Application No. 62/109,510, filed Jan. 29, 2015. This application is also a continuation-in-part application of U.S. application Ser. No. 29/559,452, filed Mar. 28, 2016, which is a continuation-in-part application of U.S. application Ser. No. 29/552,228, filed Jan. 21, 2016. The disclosures of the referenced applications are incorporated herein by reference.
The outer support portion 3110 may be positioned on the bottom portion 2340 and/or the skirt portion 2390 between any of the weight ports 2800 and/or a periphery of the body portion 2310 as defined by the toe portion 2350, the heel portion 2360, the front portion 2370, and the rear portion 2380. However, the outer support portion 3110 may be positioned at any location on the golf club head 2300 for structural support of the golf club head 2310. As an example shown in FIGS. 23-32, the outer support portion 3110 may be defined by a groove or indentation that extends on the bottom portion 2340 and/or the skirt portion 2390 from the rear portion 2380 toward and/or to the toe portion 2350 proximate to a periphery of the body portion 2310. The outer support portion 3110 may have any configuration. As illustrated in FIG. 31, a width of the outer support portion 3110 may increase from the rear portion 2380 toward the toe portion 2350 while the outer support portion 3110 may follow a contour of the periphery of the body portion 2310 between the rear portion 2380 and the toe portion 2350. Accordingly, the outer support portion 3110 may resemble a curved triangular groove on the bottom portion 2340. The depth of the outer support portion 3110 may also vary. Alternatively, the depth of the outer support portion 3110 may be constant. Further, the depth of the outer support portion 3110 may be determined based on the thickness of the bottom portion 2340 and the material from which the bottom portion 2340 is formed. The apparatus, methods, and articles of manufacture described herein are not limited in this regard.
In one example shown in FIGS. 33-42, the bottom portion 3340 may include an outer surface 3342 and an inner surface 3344. Each of the outer surface 3342 and the inner surface 3344 may include one or a plurality of support portions, generally shown as 4110, 4120, 4140. The outer surface 3342 may include at least one outer support portion 4110 and the inner surface 3344 may include a first set of inner support portions 4120 (generally shown as inner support portions 4123, 4124, 4125, 4126, and 4127), and a second set of inner support portions 4140 (generally shown as inner support portions 4144, 4145, 4146, 4147 and 4148). The first set of inner support portions 4120 and the second set of inner support portions 4140 may be located at any one location or multiple locations on the body portion 3310. As illustrated in FIGS. 41 and 42, the first set of inner support portions 4120 and the second set of inner support portions 4140 are closer to the heel portion 3350 than to the toe portion 3340. For example, the first set of inner support portions 4120 and the second set of inner support portions 4140 may be located on the bottom portion 3340 between a midpoint of the body portion 3310 and the heel portion 3350. The apparatus, methods, and articles of manufacture described herein are not limited in this regard.
The outer support portion 4110 may be positioned on the bottom portion 3340 and/or the skirt portion 3390 between any of the weight ports 3800 and/or a periphery of the body portion 3310 as defined by the toe portion 3350, the heel portion 3360, the front portion 3370, and the rear portion 3380. However, the outer support portion 4110 may be positioned at any location on the golf club head 3300 for structural support of the golf club head 3310. In one example shown in FIGS. 33-42, the outer support portion 4110 may be defined by a groove or indentation that extends on the bottom portion 3340 and/or the skirt portion 3390 from the rear portion 3380 toward and/or to the toe portion 3350 proximate to a periphery of the body portion 3310. The outer support portion 4110 may have any configuration. As illustrated in FIG. 41, a width of the outer support portion 4110 may increase from the rear portion 3380 toward and/or to the toe portion 3350 while the outer support portion 4110 may follow a contour of the periphery of the body portion 3310 between the rear portion 3380 and the toe portion 3350. Accordingly, the outer support portion 4110 may resemble a curved triangular groove on the bottom portion 3340. The depth of the outer support portion 4110 may also vary. Further, the depth of the outer support portions 4110 may be determined based on the thickness of the bottom portion 3340 and the material from which the bottom portion 3340 may be formed. The apparatus, methods, and articles of manufacture described herein are not limited in this regard.
Each inner support portion of the first set of inner support portions 4120 may include walls, ribs and/or any projection from the inner surface 3344 of the bottom portion 3340. Each inner support portion of the first set of inner support portions 4120 may extend from one or more of the weight ports 3800 and connect two or more adjacent and/or non-adjacent weight ports 3800. As shown in FIG. 41, for example, the inner support portion 4123 may include a wall projecting from the inner surface 3344 of the bottom portion 3340 and connecting the weight ports 3815 and 3820. Similarly, each pair of adjacent weight ports 3815 and 3820, 3820 and 3840, 3840 and 3845, 3845 and 3850, and 3850 and 3815 may be connected by inner support portions 4123, 4124, 4125, 4126, and 4127, respectively. Accordingly, the inner support portions 4123 through 4127 of the first set of inner support portions 4120 may define a loop-shaped support region 4150 on the inner surface 3344 of the bottom portion 3340. The loop-shaped support region 4150 may be closer to the heel portion 3350 than to the toe portion 3340. Referring to FIGS. 41 and 42, for example, the loop-shaped support region 4150 may be located between a midpoint of the body portion 3310 and the heel portion 3350. The apparatus, methods, and articles of manufacture described herein are not limited in this regard.
Turning to FIGS. 49 and 50, for example, the golf club head 2300 may include a hosel assembly 4900 with a hosel 4902, a hosel sleeve 4904, and a fastener 4908. In one example, the hosel 4902 may extend outward from the top portion 2330 and does not extend into the body portion 2310. The hosel 4902 may be configured to receive the hosel sleeve 4904 such that a portion of the hosel sleeve 4904 may located inside the body portion 2310 as shown in FIG. 49. The hosel sleeve 4904 may include an outer wall 4905 and a ferrule portion 4906. The outer wall 4905 of the portion of the hosel sleeve 4904 inside the body portion 2310 may be exposed to the interior space or the hollow space of the body portion 2310. In other words, as shown in FIG. 50, the hosel 4902 does not extend into the body portion 2310 and the body portion 2310 does not include any structure to surround or cover the hose sleeve 4904. The apparatus, methods, and articles of manufacture described herein are not limited in this regard.
US 20160361610A1
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