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US 12,734,413 B2Granted
Golf club face plates with internal cell lattices and related methods
AssigneeKarsten Manufacturing Corporation
InventorsEric J. Morales, Erik M. Henrikson, Joshua B. Matthews
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Abstract
Embodiments of golf club face plates with internal cell lattices are presented herein. Other examples and related methods are also disclosed herein.
Claims19
A golf club head comprising:
- a top rail, a sole, a heel, a toe, a faceplate, a rear portion, and a hosel,
- a rear cavity formed between the faceplate and the rear portion, wherein the rear cavity is exposed to an exterior of the golf club head;
- the rear portion defines a rear portion void extending through the rear portion in a heel-to-toe direction;
- wherein the rear portion separates the rear portion void from the rear cavity;
- wherein the rear portion void is filled with a cell lattice structure;
- the cell lattice structure comprises a plurality of cross ribs extending across the rear portion;
- wherein the plurality of cross ribs divides sections of the rear portion void to form a plurality of sub-voids;
- and
- wherein the plurality of cross ribs extends in a high-heel to low-toe direction.
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A golf club head comprising:
- a top rail, a sole, a heel, a toe, a faceplate, a rear portion, and a hosel,
- a rear cavity formed between the faceplate and the rear portion, wherein the rear cavity is exposed to an exterior of the golf club head;
- the rear portion defines a rear portion void extending through the rear portion in a heel-to-toe direction;
- wherein the rear portion separates the rear portion void from the rear cavity;
- wherein the rear portion void is filled with a cell lattice structure;
- the cell lattice structure comprises a plurality of cross ribs extending across the rear portion;
- wherein the plurality of cross ribs divides sections of the rear portion void to form a plurality of sub-voids;
- wherein the plurality of cross ribs extends in a high-heel to low-toe direction;
- wherein the plurality of cross ribs comprise a cross rib thickness between 0.01 inch to 0.10 inch;
- wherein the rear portion comprises a rear aperture providing a pathway from the rear portion void to the exterior of the golf club head;
- wherein the rear aperture comprises a diameter between 0.005 inch and 0.2 inch;
- and
- wherein the rear portion void is entirely enclosed within the rear portion, but for the rear aperture.
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A golf club head comprising:
- a top rail, a sole, a heel, a toe, a faceplate located at a front end of the golf club head, a rear portion, and a hosel;
- a ground plane tangent to the sole at an address position;
- a rear cavity formed between the faceplate and the rear portion, wherein the rear cavity is exposed to an exterior of the golf club head;
- the rear portion defines a rear portion void extending through the rear portion in a heel-to-toe direction;
- wherein the rear portion separates the rear portion void from the rear cavity;
- wherein the rear portion void is filled with a cell lattice structure;
- the cell lattice structure comprises a plurality of cross ribs extending across the rear portion;
- wherein the plurality of cross ribs extend parallel to one another in a diagonal direction;
- a cross rib angle defined between one or more of the plurality of cross ribs and the ground plane;
- wherein the cross rib angle is between 30 and 60 degrees;
- and
- wherein the plurality of cross ribs extends in a front-to-rear direction within the rear portion void and divides sections of the rear portion void to form a plurality of sub-voids.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.