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US 8,574,096 B2Granted
Golf club head with improved aerodynamic characteristics
AssigneeCallaway Golf Company
InventorsD. Clayton Evans, Evan D. Gibbs, Matthew T. Cackett, Steven M. Ehlers
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Abstract
A driver type golf club head comprising a body having a face, a crown and a sole, wherein the highest point of the crown surface is located within a crown apex zone, and the club head has a depth, the depth being at least twice the length as a height of the club head, wherein the depth is at least 4.600 inches.
Claims6
A driver type golf club head comprising:
- a body having a face, a crown and a sole;
- wherein the highest point of the crown surface is located within a crown apex zone;
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- the club head having a depth, the depth being at least twice the length as a height of the club head, wherein the depth is at least 4.600 inches
- wherein a crown curve has some portion exist above a 5.25 inch radius arc, the radius arc beginning at the apex point and extending rearward toward a back end of the golf club head;
- wherein the crown apex zone is defined by a rectangle approximately 0.030 inch above in the +Z direction and 0.800 inch to the right in a +X direction of an endpoint of an intersection of the face and the crown the rectangle having a height of 0.25 inch and a length of 1.00 inch.
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A driver type golf club head comprising:
- a body having a face, a crown and a sole;
- wherein the highest point of the crown surface is located within a crown apex zone,
- the club head having a volume of less than approximately 400 cubic centimeters,
- the club head having a depth, the depth being at least twice the length as a height of the club head, wherein the depth is at least 4.600 inches;
- wherein a crown curve has some portion exist above a 5.25 inch radius arc, the radius arc beginning at the apex point and extending rearward toward a back end of the golf club head;
- wherein the crown apex zone is defined by a rectangle approximately 0.030 inch above in the +Z direction and 0.800 inch to the right in a +X direction of an endpoint of an intersection of the face and the crown, the rectangle having a height of 0.25 inch and a length of 1.00 inch.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.