US 12,005,322 B2Granted

Golf club

AssigneeTaylor Made Golf Company, Inc.

InventorsMark Vincent Greaney, Andrew Kickertz, Todd P. Beach, Craig Richard Slyfield

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Abstract

A golf club head is provided with an electronic display that is visible to a user of the golf club head when the golf club head is in the address position, such as for displaying one or more images to the user. The electronic display may include a memory, a microprocessor, and a battery, and may be configured to communicate with a user operable electronic device via a wired or a wireless communication protocol. For example, the electronic display may be configured to receive one or more images from the user operable electronic device, to store the one or more images in the memory, and to display the one or more images to the user.

Claims40

Dependent claims

A golf club head comprising:

a golf club body having a face, a crown and a sole together defining an interior cavity, the golf club body including a heel and a toe portion and having an x, y and z axes which are orthogonal to each other having their origin at USGA center face;
and
wherein the golf club head has an alignment feature delineating a transition between at least a first portion of the crown having an area of contrasting shade or color with a shade or color of the face;
wherein the alignment feature has:
a. a Sight Adjusted Perceived Face Angle (SAPFA) of from about −2 to about 10 degrees;
and
b. a Sight Adjusted Perceived Face Angle 25 mm Heelward (SAPFA25H) of from about −5 to about 2 degrees;
and
c. a Sight Adjusted Perceived Face Angle 25 mm Toeward (SAPFA25T) of from 0 to about 9 degrees;
and
d. a Radius of Curvature (circle fit) of from about 300 to about 1000 mm.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 17/695,194Filed 15 Mar 2022 · continuation
Priority: 29 Jun 2015
Published: US 2022/0212069 A17 Jul 2022
Granted: 11 Jun 2024
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification7 codes

A63B 53/0466
Heads: wood-type
A63B 60/00
Details or accessories of golf clubs, bats, rackets or the like
A63B 71/0619
Indicating or scoring devices for games or players , or for other sports activities: displays, user interfaces and indicating devices, specially…
A63B 53/0437
Heads: with special crown configurations

Family

Application62/185,882Us provisional application · filed 29 Jun 2015
Application15/197,551Parent of this continuation · filed 29 Jun 2016
Application16/046,106Parent of this continuation · filed 26 Jul 2018
US 10,052,530 B2Parent of this continuation · filed 21 Aug 2018
Application16/352,537Parent of this continuation · filed 13 Mar 2019
US 2022/0212069 A1Pre-grant publication · published 7 Jul 2022
US 11,964,191 B2Related patent
US 2016/0375321 A1Published application
US 2019/0038943 A1Published application
US 2019/0232121 A1Published application
US 12,005,322 B2This patent

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