Structure of face member and neck of housing member of golf club head
A golf club head includes a face member with a face plate and an annular wall at a back side of the face plate and a housing member with a neck. The wall of the face member has a portion forming a connection portion and the housing member has a slot under the neck to be engaged with the connection portion, such that the connection portion of the face member lies under the neck of the housing member when the face member is connected to the housing member.
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates generally to a golf club, and more particularly to a connection structure of a face and a neck of a golf club head.
2. Description of the Related Art
Typically, a conventional golf club head includes a face and a housing. The face is a cup-like member consisting of a face plate and a circular wall around the face plate. The circular wall has an arched recess thereon to fit a neck of the housing. The face is connected to the housing by welding, brazing or adhesion. Usually, welding provides a well strength in the connection of the face and the housing, but brazing and adhesion provides a weak strength. The golf club head made by brazing or adhesion may have a gap between the recess of the face and the neck of the housing after a long time of swing. This gap may not affect the function of the golf club head, but consumers don't like the golf club head with the gap and they usually return such golf clubs because of the gap.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTIONThe primary objective of the present invention is to provide a structure of a face and a neck of a housing of a golf club head, which has a firm structure without any gap therebetween.
According to the objective of the present invention, a golf club head includes a face member with a face plate and an annular wall at a back side of the face plate and a housing member with a neck. The face member has a connection portion and the housing member has a slot under the neck to be engaged with the connection portion, such that the connection portion of the face member lies under the neck of the housing member when the face member is connected to the housing member.
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The description above is a few preferred embodiments of the present invention and the equivalence of the present invention is still in the scope of the claim of the present invention.
Claims
1. A golf club head, comprising a face member with a connection portion and a housing member with a neck and a slot to be engaged with the connection portion, wherein the connection portion of the face member and the neck of the housing member are overlapping.
2. The golf club head as defined in claim 1, wherein the face member includes an annular wall, on a portion of which associated with the neck of the housing member the connection portion is formed.
3. The golf club head as defined in claim 1, wherein the connection portion of the face member lies under the neck of the housing member.
Type: Application
Filed: Aug 14, 2006
Publication Date: Feb 14, 2008
Inventor: Archer C.C. Chen (Taichung)
Application Number: 11/503,194
International Classification: A63B 53/00 (20060101);