Golf club head with improved striking face
AssigneeAcushnet Company
InventorsKyle A. Carr, Stephen S. Murphy
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Abstract
A golf club head with improved striking face is disclosed. For example, the golf club head may include a body portion, including a pocket, and a striking face portion. The pocket may include a perimeter ledge receiving a gasket bonded thereon. The golf club head may include a face insert bonded to the body portion via the gasket. The face insert may include a thickened central region having a first thickness. The perimeter ledge, gasket, and perimeter of the face insert may combine to create a thickened stress reducing region with a second thickness greater than the first thickness.
Claims19
A golf club head comprising:
- a striking face portion, located at a frontal portion of the golf club head, adapted to impact a golf ball, wherein the striking face portion comprises:
- a frontal striking surface, wherein the frontal striking surface comprises an external plane that is substantially planar,
- a body portion, attached to a rear of the striking face portion, wherein the body portion comprises a pocket, wherein the pocket comprises a perimeter ledge to receive a gasket, and wherein the perimeter ledge is recessed from the external plane of the striking face;
- the gasket bonded to the perimeter ledge;
- a face insert bonded to the body portion via the gasket, wherein the face insert comprises:
- a thickened central region located near a geometric center of the striking face portion, having a first thickness, wherein the gasket separates the face insert from the perimeter ledge;
- wherein the perimeter ledge, the gasket, and a perimeter of the face insert combine to create a thickened stress reducing region located radially outward from a geometric center of the striking face portion, wherein the thickened stress reducing region protrudes rearward from the face insert, and wherein the thickened stress reducing region has a second thickness that is greater than the first thickness.
A golf club head comprising:
- a striking face portion, located at a frontal portion of the golf club head, adapted to impact a golf ball, wherein the striking face portion comprises:
- a frontal striking surface, wherein the frontal striking surface comprises an external plane that is substantially planar,
- a body portion, attached to a rear of the striking face portion, wherein the body portion comprises a pocket, wherein the pocket comprises a perimeter ledge to receive a gasket, and wherein the perimeter ledge is recessed from the external plane of the striking face;
- the gasket bonded to the perimeter ledge, wherein the gasket has a T over H Ratio of between about 0.04 to about 0.23, the T over H ratio defined as
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- a face insert bonded to the body portion via the gasket, wherein the gasket separates the face insert from the perimeter ledge;
- wherein the perimeter ledge, the gasket, and a perimeter of the face insert combine to create a thickened stress reducing region located radially outward from a geometric center of the striking face portion, and wherein the thickened stress reducing region protrudes rearward from the face insert.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.