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US 2019/0160347 A1Published application
Golf Club Heads with Energy Storage Characteristics
AssigneeKarsten Manufacturing Corporation
InventorsMartin R. Jertson, Eric J. Morales, Cory S. Bacon, Calvin Wang, Xiaojian Chen, Travis D. Milleman
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Abstract
Embodiments of golf club heads with energy storage characteristics are presented herein. In some embodiments, a golf club head comprises a hollow body comprising a strikeface, a heel region, a toe region opposite the heel region, a sole, a top rail and an inflection point. The inflection point provides increase bending of the strikeface thereby providing performance enhancement over clubs without an inflection point.
Claims15
A hollow golf club head comprising:
- a strike face and a rear wall opposite the strikeface;
- a sole and a top rail opposite the sole;
- a plurality of ribs extending in a direction from the top rail to the sole;
- wherein the strikeface, rear wall, sole, and top rail cooperate to define a closed internal volume therebetween;
- wherein the rear wall comprises an upper rear wall and a lower rear wall;
- wherein the upper rear wall directly abuts the top rail, and the lower rear wall directly abuts the sole;
- and
- wherein the top rail comprises a thickness between 0.04 inch and 0.08 inch.
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