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US 2006/0068936 A1Published application
Golf club head
AssigneeDewhurst Solution LLC
InventorsPeter Dewhurst, Michael Apostal
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Abstract
A golf club head designed to act under impact load as a bridge comprising a face; an inertial support system; a rear structure; and a force transfer system, under impact load the force transfer system, in cooperation with the inertial support system, elongating the rear structure and controlling the bending of the face, the pattern of bending of the face being a substantially bridge-like pattern of bending or a substantially modified bridge-like pattern of bending.
Claims22
A golf club head comprising:
- a face;
- a face-supporting structure, during impact with a golf ball the face-supporting structure deforming in a controlled manner, the deformation reducing the stress developed in the face;
- and
- the combination of the deformation of the face and the deformation of the face-supporting structure resulting in a compliant club head with the compliance occurring over a substantial portion of the face.
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A method for designing a golf club head, comprising:
- configuring a face-supporting structure and tuning the stiffness of the face-supporting structure to obtain, during impact with a golf ball, a desired deformation of the structure, the deformation reducing the stress developed in the face;
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- the combination of the deformation of the face and the deformation of the face-supporting structure resulting in a compliant club head with the compliance occurring over a substantial portion of the face.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.