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US 2007/0178987 A1Published application
Golf club head with multiple insert front face
AssigneeKarsten Manufacturing Corporation
InventorDavid Wright
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Abstract
A golf club head has a cavity for receiving a face insert. A first face insert, which is disposed in the cavity, has a front surface that is contoured. A second face insert composed of multiple rod elements is disposed in the cavity on top of the first face insert so that the rod elements are supported by the contoured front surface of the first face insert. Because the first face insert supporting the rod elements is contoured, the individual rod elements are of different lengths and, therefore, exhibit different dynamic responses when striking a golf ball, even when the rod elements are made of the same material.
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A golf club head comprising:
- a body formed of a first material, said body having a front face, a rear surface and a cavity extending from the front face toward the rear surface, said cavity having a bottom surface;
- a first face insert having a front surface, a back surface, a lateral surface and a thickness dimension measured between the front surface and the back surface, said first face insert disposed within the cavity with the back surface of said first face insert facing the bottom surface of the cavity;
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- a second face insert disposed within the cavity atop said first face insert, said second face insert including a plurality of elongate rod elements each having a first end wall, a second end wall and a side surface, said plurality of elongate rod elements arranged in a parallel closely packed array such that the side surface of each of said plurality of elongate rod elements is in contact with the side surface of an adjacent one of said plurality of elongate rod elements, with the first end walls of said plurality of elongate rod elements abutting the front surface of said first face insert and said second end walls of said plurality of elongate rod elements exposed to form a striking surface on the front face of the body.
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A golf club head comprising:
- a body formed of a first material, said body having a front face, a rear surface and a cavity extending from the front face toward the rear surface, said cavity having a bottom surface contoured to provide a non-planar support surface;
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- a face insert disposed within the cavity, said face insert including a plurality of elongate rod elements each having a first end wall, a second end wall and a side surface, said plurality of elongate rod elements arranged in a parallel closely packed array such that the side surface of each of said plurality of elongate rod elements is in contact with the side surface of an adjacent one of said plurality of elongate rod elements, with the first end walls of said plurality of elongate rod elements abutting said support surface and said second end walls of said plurality of elongate rod elements exposed to form a striking surface on the front face of the body.
A golf club head comprising:
- a body formed of a first material, said body having a front face, a rear surface and a cavity extending from the front face of the club head body toward the rear surface, said cavity having a bottom surface;
- a first face insert formed of a second material, said first face insert having a front surface, a back surface, a lateral surface and a thickness dimension measured between the front surface and the back surface, said front surface and said back surface being non-parallel, said first face insert disposed within the cavity with the back surface of said first face insert abutting the bottom surface of the cavity;
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- a second face insert disposed within the cavity, said second face insert including a plurality of elongate rod elements each having a first end wall, a second end wall and a side surface, said plurality of elongate rod elements arranged in a parallel closely packed array such that the side surface of each of said plurality of elongate rod elements is in contact with the side surface of an adjacent one of said plurality of elongate rod elements, with the first end walls of said plurality of elongate rod elements abutting said front surface of said first face insert and said second end walls of said plurality of elongate rod elements exposed to form a striking surface on the front face of said body.
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