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US 8,632,419 B2Granted
Golf club head
AssigneeCallaway Golf Company
InventorsLarry G. Tang, J. Neil Hall, Sean Griffin
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Abstract
A golf club head (20) having optimized ball speed robustness is disclosed. The golf club head (20) preferably has one or more channels (100, 110, 120) disposed proximate to a striking face (40), and in some embodiments the one or more channels (100, 110, 120) substantially encircle the striking face (40).
Claims20
A golf club head comprising:
- a body having a crown, a sole, a heel end, a toe end, and an opening, the body composed of a non-metal material;
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- a face portion attached to the body at the opening, the face portion composed of a metal material and comprising a striking face for contacting a ball;
- wherein a single row comprising at least six discrete, collinear channels is defined in each of the crown and the sole proximate the striking face;
- wherein a single row comprising a plurality of discrete, collinear channels is defined in each of the heel end and the toe end proximate the striking face;
- wherein the channels are spaced 0.06 to 0.50 inch apart from one another on the body, and
- wherein the collinear channels on each of the crown, sole, heel end, and toe end substantially encircle the striking face.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.