Golf club heads with face deflection structures and related methods
AssigneeKarten Manufacturing Corporation
InventorsBrandon L. Fossum, John A. Solheim
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Abstract
Embodiments of golf club heads with face deflection structures are described herein. Other examples and related methods are also disclosed herein. The golf club head described herein can have a deflector located adjacent a front end of the golf club head near a faceplate. The deflector can have front, heel, toe, and rear edges. The golf club head can also have a wave surface with a plurality of external wave troughs and crests. The plurality of external waves are surrounded by the deflector edges. In some embodiments, a forwardmost wave of the wave surface touches or extends to the heel and toe edges of the deflector. In other embodiments, a rearmost wave of the wave surface touches or extends to the heel and toe edges of the deflector.
Claims20
A golf club head comprising:
- a crown;
- a sole;
- a head front end comprising a strikeplate and a leading edge;
- a head rear end;
- a shaft axis defining a shaft axis plane;
- and
- a deflector comprising:
- a deflector perimeter comprising:
- a deflector front edge adjacent to the head front end, wherein the deflector front edge is located forward of the shaft axis plane in order to directly expose the deflector to impact stresses upon impact with a golf ball;
- a deflector heel edge;
- a deflector toe edge;
- and
- a deflector rear edge opposite the deflector front edge;
- and
- a wave surface extended from the deflector front edge to the deflector rear edge, the wave surface comprising a plurality of external wave troughs defining external wave crests on an exterior of the golf club head with each of the external wave troughs including opposing outer wave sides within and surrounded by the deflector perimeter, wherein the plurality of external wave troughs includes a rearmost external wave trough that extends to the deflector heel edge and the deflector toe edge.
A golf club head comprising:
- a crown;
- a sole;
- a head front end comprising a strikeplate and a leading edge;
- a head rear end;
- a shaft axis defining a shaft axis plane;
- and
- a deflector comprising:
- a deflector perimeter comprising:
- a deflector front edge adjacent to the head front end;
- a deflector heel edge;
- a deflector toe edge;
- and
- a deflector rear edge opposite the deflector front edge, wherein the deflector front edge and the deflector rear edge are located forward of the shaft axis plane;
- and
- a wave surface extended from the deflector front edge to the deflector rear edge, the wave surface comprising a plurality of external wave troughs defining external wave crests on an exterior of the golf club head with each of the external wave troughs including opposing outer wave sides within and surrounded by the deflector perimeter, wherein the plurality of external wave troughs includes a rearmost external wave trough that extends to the deflector heel edge and the deflector toe edge.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.