# US 10,245,482 B2 · Golf club head > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,245,482 B2 - Document ID: US10245482B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 15/887,528 - Filed: 2018-02-02 - Published: 2018-08-09 - Granted: 2019-04-02 - Earliest claimed: 2006-05-26 - Assignees: Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd. - Applicants: Sri Sports Limited - Inventors: Robert J. Horacek; Nathaniel J. Radcliffe; John J. Rae; Michael J. Wallans; Sam G. Lacey - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10245482B2 ## CPC - A63B 53/0466: {wood-type} - A63B 53/04: Heads - A63B 60/00: Details or accessories of golf clubs, bats, rackets or the like - A63B 53/0408: {characterised by specific dimensions, e.g. thickness} - A63B 53/0412: {Volume} - A63B 53/0433: {with special sole configurations} - A63B 53/045: {Strengthening ribs} - A63B 53/0454: {Strengthening ribs on the rear surface of the impact face plate} - A63B 2053/0491: {with added weights, e.g. changeable, replaceable} - A63B: APPARATUS FOR PHYSICAL TRAINING, GYMNASTICS, SWIMMING, CLIMBING, OR FENCING; BALL GAMES; TRAINING EQUIPMENT (apparatus for passive exercising, massage A61H) ## Abstract A golf club head includes: a sole; a crown; a toe; a heel opposite the toe; a strike face generally bounded by a face perimeter edge, the strike face comprising a geometric center; a rear portion; and a substantially enclosed interior cavity at least partially delimited by the sole, the crown, the strike face, and the rear portion. The golf club head also includes at least one rib having a first portion secured to the strike face, having a second portion secured to the crown, and being positioned such that a location on the strike face laterally spaced toe-ward from the geometric center by no less than 0.4 in is associated with a COR value no less than 0.825. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A golf club head comprising: a sole; a crown; a toe; a heel opposite the toe; a strike face generally bounded by a face perimeter edge, the strike face comprising a geometric center that is associated with a first coefficient of restitution value; a rear portion; a substantially enclosed interior cavity at least partially delimited by the sole, the crown, the strike face, and the rear portion; and at least one rib having a first portion secured to the strike face and a second portion secured to the crown, the at least one rib being structured and positioned such that a location on the strike face laterally spaced toe-ward from the geometric center by no less than 0.4 in is associated with a second coefficient of restitution value that is no less than 0.825 and greater than the first coefficient of restitution value. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The golf club head of claim 1, further comprising a plurality of locations evenly spaced horizontally along the strike face toe-ward from the geometric center in increments of 0.2 inch, wherein an average coefficient of restitution associated with the plurality of locations is greater than 0.82. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The golf club head of claim 1, further comprising: a hosel having a hosel axis, wherein the club head is oriented so that the hosel axis is positioned at a designated lie angle relative to the planar surface; an imaginary vertical plane perpendicular to the strike face and passing through the geometric center of the strike face, the imaginary vertical plane containing an imaginary line tangent to the strike face at the geometric center and intersecting the planar surface; a first reference point characterized by the intersection of the imaginary line and the planar surface; a second reference point located 20 mm away from the first reference point along the imaginary line in the direction of the crown; a third reference point located in the imaginary vertical plane 20 mm away from the first reference point along the planar surface in a direction substantially perpendicular to the strike face toward the rear portion; a first junction point located in the imaginary vertical plane, the first junction point defined by the projection of the second reference point onto the strike face in a direction normal to the imaginary line; a second junction point located in the imaginary vertical plane, the second junction point defined by the projection of the third reference point onto the sole in a direction normal to the planar surface; a first imaginary junction-bounding line forming a closed loop and passing through the first junction point, wherein the first imaginary junction-bounding line is parallel to the face perimeter edge; a second imaginary junction-bounding line forming a closed loop and passing through the second junction point, wherein the second imaginary junction-bounding line is parallel to the face perimeter edge; and a junction delimited by the portion of the club head between the first imaginary junction-bounding line and the second imaginary junction-bounding line, the junction comprising a top region and a bottom region, each having a heel-to-toe length dimension, wherein the at least one rib is located entirely within the top region. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The golf club head of claim 1, wherein the at least one rib comprises a first rib and a second rib horizontally spaced from the first rib. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The golf club head of claim 4, wherein the first rib and the second rib are disposed generally perpendicular to the strike face. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The golf club head of claim 1, wherein the at least one first rib is oriented generally perpendicular to the strike face. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The golf club head of claim 1, further comprising a volume between 300 cm3 and 600 cm3. ### Claim 8 A golf club head comprising: a sole; a crown; a toe; a heel opposite the toe; a strike face generally bounded by a face perimeter edge, the strike face comprising a geometric center associated with a first coefficient of restitution value and a strike face location spaced from the geometric center that is associated with a maximum coefficient of restitution that is no less than 0.825 and greater than the first coefficient of restitution value; a rear portion; a substantially enclosed interior cavity at least partially delimited by the sole, the crown, the strike face, and the rear portion; and at least one rib having a first portion secured to the strike face, and a second portion secured to the crown, and being structured and positioned such that the strike face location is toe-ward of the geometric center. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The golf club head of claim 8, further comprising a plurality of points evenly spaced horizontally along the strike face toe-ward from the geometric center in increments of 0.2 inch, wherein an average coefficient of restitution associated with the plurality of points is greater than 0.82. ### Claim 10 (depends on 8) The golf club head of claim 8, further comprising: a hosel having a hosel axis, wherein the club head is oriented so that the hosel axis is positioned at a designated lie angle relative to the planar surface; an imaginary vertical plane perpendicular to the strike face and passing through the geometric center of the strike face, the imaginary vertical plane containing an imaginary line tangent to the strike face at the geometric center and intersecting the planar surface; a first reference point characterized by the intersection of the imaginary line and the planar surface; a second reference point located 20 mm away from the first reference point along the imaginary line in the direction of the crown; a third reference point located in the imaginary vertical plane 20 mm away from the first reference point along the planar surface in a direction substantially perpendicular to the strike face toward the rear portion; a first junction point located in the imaginary vertical plane, the first junction point defined by the projection of the second reference point onto the strike face in a direction normal to the imaginary line; a second junction point located in the imaginary vertical plane, the second junction point defined by the projection of the third reference point onto the sole in a direction normal to the planar surface; a first imaginary junction-bounding line forming a closed loop and passing through the first junction point, wherein the first imaginary junction-bounding line is parallel to the face perimeter edge; a second imaginary junction-bounding line forming a closed loop and passing through the second junction point, wherein the second imaginary junction-bounding line is parallel to the face perimeter edge; and a junction delimited by the portion of the club head between the first imaginary junction-bounding line and the second imaginary junction-bounding line, the junction comprising a top region and a bottom region, each having a heel-to-toe length dimension, wherein the at least one rib is located entirely within the top region. ### Claim 11 (depends on 8) The golf club head of claim 8, wherein the at least one rib comprises a first rib and a second rib horizontally spaced from the first rib. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The golf club head of claim 11, wherein the first rib and the second rib are disposed generally perpendicular to the strike face. ### Claim 13 (depends on 8) The golf club head of claim 8, wherein the at least one first rib is oriented generally perpendicular to the strike face. ### Claim 14 (depends on 8) The golf club head of claim 8, further comprising a volume between 300 cm3 and 600 cm3.