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US 8,790,196 B2Granted
Golf club heads with apertures and methods to manufacture golf club heads
AssigneeKarsten Manufacturing Corporation
InventorsJohn A. Solheim, Eric J. Morales, Erik M. Henrikson, Eric V. Cole, Paul D. Wood, Bradley D. Schweigert, Martin R. Jertson, Tyler A. Shaw
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Abstract
Embodiments of golf club heads with apertures and methods to manufacture golf club heads are generally described herein. Other embodiments may be described and claimed.
Claims20
A golf club head comprising:
- a face portion, a back portion generally opposite to the face portion, a heel portion extending between the face portion and the back portion, and a toe portion opposite to the heel portion and extending between the face portion and the back portion;
- a crown portion extending between the face portion, the back portion, the heel portion and the toe portion, the crown portion comprising a crown recess and a plurality of crown apertures in the crown recess;
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- a sole portion opposite to the crown portion and extending between the face portion, the back portion, the heel portion and the toe portion, the sole portion comprising a first sole recess proximate to the heel portion and a second sole recess proximate to the toe portion, the first sole recess comprising a plurality of first sole apertures, and the second sole recess comprising a plurality of second sole apertures.
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A golf club head comprising:
- a face portion, a back portion generally opposite to the face portion, a heel portion extending between the face portion and the back portion, and a toe portion opposite to the heel portion and extending between the face portion and the back portion;
- a crown portion extending between the face portion, the back portion, the heel portion and the toe portion, the crown portion comprising a crown recess and a plurality of crown apertures in the crown recess;
- a sole portion opposite to the crown portion, the sole portion comprising a sole recess comprising a plurality of sole apertures;
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- a sole cover configured generally in the shape of the sole recess to cover the sole apertures when attached to the sole portion.
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A method for manufacturing a golf club head comprising:
- forming a face portion, a back portion generally opposite to the face portion, a heel portion extending between the face portion and the back portion, and a toe portion opposite to the heel portion and extending between the face portion and the back portion;
- forming a crown portion extending between the face portion, the back portion, the heel portion and the toe portion, the crown portion comprising a crown recess and a plurality of crown apertures in the crown recess;
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- forming a sole portion opposite to the crown portion and extending between the face portion, the back portion, the heel portion and the toe portion, the sole portion comprising a first sole recess proximate to the heel portion and a second sole recess proximate to the toe portion, the first sole recess comprising a plurality of first sole apertures, and the second sole recess comprising a plurality of second sole apertures.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.