Golf club head striking face
A golf club includes a body having an opening with a first cutout defined in a periphery defining the opening and a second cutout defined in the periphery defining the opening and opposite to the first cutout and a striking face securely received in the opening and having an upper ledge corresponding to and abutting a periphery defining the first cutout and a lower ledge corresponding to and abutting a periphery defining the second cutout so that the striking face has a uniform thickness after the striking face is soldered to the body.
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a golf club head, and more particularly to a striking face of the golf club head to ensure a smooth face on the striking face of the golf club head.
2. Description of Related Art
With reference to
However, after the striking face (51) is soldered to the body (50), the residue of the solder inside the body (50) influences the overall thickness of the striking face (51) such that when a golfer uses this kind of golf club to hit a golf ball and misses the sweet spot on the striking face (51), the trajectory of the golf ball is varied depending on the thickness of the striking face (51) at which the striking face (51) engages with the golf ball. Thus the golfer has difficulties controlling how far the golf ball goes.
With reference to
To overcome the shortcomings, the present invention tends to provide an improved golf club striking face to mitigate the aforementioned problems.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTIONThe primary objective of the present invention is to provide an improved golf club head striking face having an upper ledge extending inclinedly relative to the striking face and a lower ledge extending oppositely from the striking face relative to the upper ledge to correspond to a first cutout and a second cutout defined in a periphery defining an opening in the golf head body so that when the striking face is to be soldered to the body, the upper ledge and the lower ledge respectively abut a periphery defining the first cutout and the second cutout to provide a positioning effect to the striking face relative to the body. Due to the formation of the upper ledge and the lower ledge, the first cutout and the second cutout, the striking face is securely positioned in the opening of the body.
Another objective of the present invention is that because of the upper ledge and the lower edge, the transverse length of the striking face is able to extend to maximum to reach the toe and heel of the body so that the overall area of the striking face is preserved without any solder residue influencing the thickness of the striking face.
Other objects, advantages and novel features of the invention will become more apparent from the following detailed description when taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
With reference to
It is to be noted that in order to maintain the integrity of the striking face (20), the opening (11) has a transverse length reaching to a toe (A) and a heel (B) of the body (10). To mate with the configuration of the opening (11), the striking face (20) has a transverse length corresponding to the transverse length of the opening (11).
With reference to
From the aforementioned description, it is learned that with the upper ledge corresponding to the first cutout and the lower ledge corresponding to the second cutout, the striking face is securely positioned in the opening (11) and thus the positioning stubs as described in the conventional golf club head are eliminated. Furthermore, due to the slanted feature of the upper ledge and the lower ledge and the extended transverse length of the striking face, the overall thickness of the striking face is uniform such that the golfer will not have the trouble with prior art striking faces in regards to controlling how far the golf ball goes if the force applied to the golf ball is the same.
It is to be understood, however, that even though numerous characteristics and advantages of the present invention have been set forth in the foregoing description, together with details of the structure and function of the invention, the disclosure is illustrative only, and changes may be made in detail, especially in matters of shape, size, and arrangement of parts within the principles of the invention to the full extent indicated by the broad general meaning of the terms in which the appended claims are expressed.
Claims
1. A golf club head comprising:
- a body having an opening with a first cutout defined in a periphery defining the opening and a second cutout defined in the periphery defining the opening and opposite to the first cutout; and
- a striking face securely received in the opening and having an upper ledge corresponding to and abutting a periphery defining the first cutout and a lower ledge corresponding to and abutting a periphery defining the second cutout so that the striking face has a uniform thickness after the striking face is soldered to the body.
2. The golf club head as claimed in claim 1, wherein the upper ledge and the lower ledge are slanted in relation to the striking face.
3. The golf club head as claimed in claim 2, wherein the opening has a transverse length reaching to a toe and a heel of the body.
4. The golf club head as claimed in claim 3, wherein the upper ledge extends outwardly from the striking face for 5-25 mm and the lower ledge extends outwardly from the striking face for 2-10 mm.
Type: Application
Filed: Aug 9, 2004
Publication Date: Feb 9, 2006
Inventor: Charles Su (Tainan Hsien)
Application Number: 10/914,315
International Classification: A63B 53/04 (20060101);