# US 2025/0144481 A1 · Golf Club Head

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- Number: US 2025/0144481 A1
- Document ID: US20250144481A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 19/016,910
- Filed: 2025-01-10
- Published: 2025-05-08
- Earliest claimed: 2022-12-16
- Assignees: Topgolf Callaway Brands Corp.
- Applicants: Topgolf Callaway Brands Corp.
- Inventors: Brandon D. DeMille; William C. Watson; Dominic LeBlanc
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20250144481A1

## CPC

- A63B 53/0433: {with special sole configurations}
- A63B 53/0408: {characterised by specific dimensions, e.g. thickness}
- A63B 53/0437: {with special crown configurations}
- A63B 53/0454: {Strengthening ribs on the rear surface of the impact face plate}
- A63B 53/0412: {Volume}
- A63B 53/0466: {wood-type}
- A63B 2053/0491: {with added weights, e.g. changeable, replaceable}
- A63B 2209/02: with reinforcing fibres, e.g. carbon, polyamide fibres
- A63B: APPARATUS FOR PHYSICAL TRAINING, GYMNASTICS, SWIMMING, CLIMBING, OR FENCING; BALL GAMES; TRAINING EQUIPMENT (apparatus for passive exercising, massage A61H)

## Abstract

A golf club head with a central body component is disclosed herein. The central body component includes a crown portion and a sole portion. The crown portion is composed of a continuous carbon fiber reinforced epoxy material. The sole portion is composed of a chopped carbon fiber reinforced vinyl ester sheet molding compound material. The central body component has a front opening and a rear opening with a hollow interior.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A golf club head comprising:
a face component with a stiffening member having a wishbone structure, the stiffening member located within 1 inch and has a height ranging from 2 inches to 3 inches;
a central body component comprising
a crown portion composed of a first carbon based material having a thickness ranging from 0.025 inch to 0.040 inch,
a sole portion composed of a second carbon based material having a thickness ranging from 0.040 inch to 0.240 inch,
wherein the crown portion is attached to the sole portion,
wherein the component has a front opening and a rear opening with a hollow interior;
an aft-component;
wherein the face component is attached to a front opening of the central body and the aft component is attached to a rear opening of the central body;
wherein the golf club head has a volume ranging from 420 cubic centimeters to 470 cubic centimeters.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The golf club head according to claim 1 wherein the golf club head has an Izz moment of inertia ranging from 4000 g-cm2 to 6000 g-cm2.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The golf club head according to claim 1 wherein the face component is composed of a titanium alloy material.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The golf club head according to claim 1 wherein the aft-component is composed of a metal material.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The golf club head according to claim 1 wherein the first carbon based material has continuous fibers and the second carbon based material has chopped fibers.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

The golf club head according to claim 1 wherein the sole portion has a toe edge wall and a heel edge wall.

### Claim 7 (depends on 1)

The golf club head according to claim 1 wherein the golf club head has an Iyy moment of inertia ranging from 2500 g-cm2 to 4000 g-cm2.

### Claim 8 (depends on 1)

The golf club head according to claim 1 wherein the golf club head has an Ixx moment of inertia ranging from 2000 g-cm2 to 3500 g-cm2.

### Claim 9

A golf club head comprising:
a face component with a stiffening member having a wishbone structure, the stiffening member located within 1 inch and has a height ranging from 2 inches to 3 inches;
a central body component comprising
a crown portion composed of a continuous carbon fiber reinforced epoxy material, wherein the crown portion has a thickness ranging from 0.025 inch to 0.040 inch,
a sole portion composed of a chopped carbon fiber reinforced vinyl ester sheet molding compound material, the sole portion having a thickness ranging from 0.040 inch to 0.240 inch,
wherein the crown portion is attached to the sole portion,
wherein the central body component has a front opening and a rear opening with a hollow interior;
an aft-component composed of a metal material disposed in the rear opening of the central body component;
wherein the face component is attached to a front opening of the central body and the aft component is attached to a rear opening of the central body;
wherein the golf club head has a volume ranging from 420 cubic centimeters to 470 cubic centimeters.

### Claim 10 (depends on 9)

The golf club head according to claim 9 wherein the golf club head has an Izz moment of inertia ranging from 4000 g-cm2 to 6000 g-cm2.

### Claim 11 (depends on 9)

The golf club head according to claim 9 wherein the face component is composed of a titanium alloy material.

### Claim 12 (depends on 9)

The golf club head according to claim 9 wherein the aft-component is composed of a metal material.

### Claim 13 (depends on 9)

The golf club head according to claim 9 wherein the golf club head has an Iyy moment of inertia ranging from 2500 g-cm2 to 4000 g-cm2.

### Claim 14 (depends on 9)

The golf club head according to claim 9 wherein the golf club head has an Ixx moment of inertia ranging from 2000 g-cm2 to 3500 g-cm2.