Striking face of a golf club head
AssigneeAcushnet Company
InventorsJohn Morin, Noah DeLaCruz, Christopher D. Harvell, Thomas Orrin Bennett
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Abstract
A golf club head with improved striking face performance is disclosed herein. More specifically, the present invention discloses a golf club head having a thickened central region surrounded by an internal and an external transition region; wherein the thickened central region has an inner perimeter that takes on a shape that substantially resembles the shape of an outer perimeter of the striking face of the golf club head.
Claims18
A golf club head having a crown, a sole, and a skirt comprising:
- a striking face portion located at a frontal portion of said golf club head adapted to strike a golf ball, said striking face portion having a face perimeter;
- and
- a body portion connected to an aft portion of said striking face portion;
- wherein said striking face portion further comprises;
- a thickened central region having a central perimeter, and
- a transition region having a transition perimeter,
- wherein said central perimeter has a geometric shape that is substantially similar to a geometric shape of said face perimeter;
- and
- wherein said transition region is thicker at said crown portion of said striking face than it is at said sole portion of said striking face;
- creating a catenary curve near an upper portion of said striking face.
A golf club head having a crown, a sole, and a skirt comprising:
- a striking face portion located at a frontal portion of said golf club head adapted to strike a golf ball, said striking face portion having a face perimeter;
- and
- a body portion connected to an aft portion of said striking face portion;
- wherein said striking face portion further comprises;
- a thickened central region having a central perimeter, and
- a transition region having a transition perimeter,
- wherein said central perimeter has a geometric shape that is substantially similar to a geometric shape of said face perimeter;
- and
- wherein said ratio of said total length of said central perimeter divided by said total length of said face perimeter is greater than about 0.26 and less than about 0.28.
A golf club head having a crown, a sole, and a skirt comprising:
- a striking face portion located at a frontal portion of said golf club head adapted to strike a golf ball, said striking face portion having a face perimeter;
- and
- a body portion connected to an aft portion of said striking face portion;
- wherein said striking face portion further comprises;
- a thickened central region having a central perimeter, and
- a transition region having a transition perimeter,
- wherein a ratio of the total length of said central perimeter divided by a total length of said face perimeter is greater than about 0.23 and less than about 0.32;
- and
- wherein said transition region is thicker at said crown portion of said striking face than it is at said sole portion of said striking face;
- creating a catenary curve near an upper portion of said striking face.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.