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US 2019/0160353 A1Published application
Golf club heads with turbulators and methods to manufacture golf club heads with turbulators
AssigneeKarsten Manufacturing Corporation
InventorsErik M. Henrikson, Paul D. Wood, John Hart, Marty R. Jertson, Ryan M. Stokke
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Abstract
Embodiments of golf club heads with turbulators and methods to manufacture golf club heads with turbulators are generally described herein. Other embodiments may be described and claimed.
Claims20
A golf club head comprising:
- a crown, a sole, a toe end, a heel end, a face portion defining a loft plane, a rear end, and a leading edge between the face portion and the crown;
- and
- a turbulator including a plurality of ridges disposed on the crown, wherein each ridge of the plurality of ridges includes:
- a base positioned directly adjacent to the crown;
- a top surface opposite the base of the ridge;
- a front surface defining a portion of the ridge being closest to the face portion, extending from near the face towards the rear end of the club head;
- wherein the front surface of each of the plurality of ridges includes a concave curvature in relation with the loft plane extending along the surface of the face portion and a convex curvature in relation with the loft plane extending along the surface of the face portion;
- a ridge apex defined as a maximum height of the ridge measured in a direction perpendicular from the base of the ridge;
- a rear surface defining a portion of the ridge being closest to the rear of the golf club head, extending from behind the ridge apex towards the rear end of the club head;
- and
- wherein, the ridge apex is positioned closer to the rear surface of the ridge than to the front surface.
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A golf club head comprising:
- a crown, a sole, a toe end, a heel end, a face portion defining a loft plane, a rear end, and a leading edge between the face portion and the crown;
- and
- a turbulator including a plurality of ridges disposed on the crown, wherein each ridge of the plurality of ridges includes:
- a base positioned directly adjacent to the crown;
- a top surface opposite the base of the ridge;
- a front surface defining a portion of the ridge being closest to the face portion, extending from near the face towards the rear end of the club head;
- wherein the front surface of each of the plurality of ridges includes a concave curvature in relation with the loft plane extending along the surface of the face portion and a convex curvature in relation with the loft plane extending along the surface of the face portion;
- wherein the front surface of each of the plurality of ridges comprises an inflection point;
- wherein each inflection point of each of the plurality of ridges is positioned at a point in which the concave curvature transitions into the convex curvature;
- a ridge apex defined as a maximum height of the ridge measured in a direction perpendicular from the base of the ridge;
- a rear surface defining a portion of the ridge being closest to the rear of the golf club head, extending from behind the ridge apex towards the rear end of the club head;
- and
- wherein, the ridge apex is positioned closer to the rear surface of the ridge than to the front surface.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.