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| 20080234066 | Golf Club Head Having a Face Insert and Method of Making Same - A golf club includes a club head body having a front face with a cavity formed therein. The cavity has a bottom wall, a lower side wall, an upper side wall and a platform separating the lower and upper side walls. A first sub-cavity is defined between the bottom wall and the platform. A second sub-cavity is defined between the platform and the front face. A damping insert is disposed in the first sub-cavity, and a face insert is disposed in the second sub-cavity. | 09-25-2008 |
| 20080254911 | Golf club head - A high forgiveness wood-type golf club head comprises a body and a face. The body defines an interior cavity and comprises a sole that forms a bottom portion of the golf club head, a crown that forms a top portion of the golf club head and a skirt that forms a periphery of the golf club head between the sole and the crown. The face place is positioned at a front portion of the golf club head opposite a rear portion of the golf club head. The body defines an outer periphery having a generally triangular shape in plan. | 10-16-2008 |
| 20080293515 | METAL WOOD CLUB WITH IMPROVED HITTING FACE - A hitting face of a golf club head having improved flexural stiffness properties. In one embodiment, the hitting face is made from multiple materials. The main portion of the hitting face is a plate-like face made from a first material having a first density. A dense insert made from a second material having a second density that is greater than the first density is attached directly or indirectly to the plate-like face at or near the geometric center thereof. The dense insert increases the flexural stiffness of in a central zone of the hitting face so that a golf club head that has a larger zone of substantially uniform high initial ball speed. In another embodiment, the hitting face includes an insert that includes main plate and at least one wing extending therefrom. The insert is welded to the golf club head so that the main plate does not deflect separately from the remainder of the hitting face. The geometry of the insert controls the stiffness in the axial directions. | 11-27-2008 |
| 20080300068 | Composite articles and methods for making the same - The present disclosure pertains to composite articles, and in particular a composite face plate for a golf club-head, and methods for making the same. In certain embodiments, a composite face plate for a club-head comprises a lay-up of multiple, composite prepreg plies. The face plate can be made by first forming an oversized lay-up of multiple prepreg plies having a central portion and a sacrificial portion surrounding the central portion. The lay-up is at least partially cured in a mold under elevated pressure and heat. The lay-up is then removed from the mold and the sacrificial portion is removed from the central portion to form a composite part that is substantially free of defects. | 12-04-2008 |
| 20090029799 | Golf Clubs and Methods of Manufacture - Embodiments of golf clubs and methods of manufacture are generally described herein. In one embodiment, manufacturing a face plate for a golf club head comprises positioning a label in a mold apparatus, positioning a mold compound over the label and the mold apparatus, and changing the mold compound to a solid form. Other embodiments may be described and claimed. | 01-29-2009 |
| 20090069112 | GOLF CLUB HEAD WITH VARIABLE FACE THICKNESS - A face or face insert ( | 03-12-2009 |
| 20090163291 | GOLF CLUB FACE WITH COVER HAVING ROUGHNESS PATTERN - The present disclosure pertains to composite articles, and in particular a composite face plate for a golf club-head, and methods for making the same. In certain embodiments, a composite face plate for a club-head is formed with a cross-sectional profile having a varying thickness. The face plate comprises a lay-up of multiple, composite prepreg plies. At least a portion of the plies comprise a plurality of elongated prepreg strips arranged in a predetermined criss-cross pattern in the lay-up. The prepreg strips create one or more areas of increased thickness where the strips overlap each other, thereby creating a desired profile for the plate. Metallic or polymer covers or cover layers can be used to define a striking surface. | 06-25-2009 |
| 20090163292 | Composite articles and methods for making the same - The present disclosure pertains to composite articles, and in particular a composite face plate for a golf club-head, and methods for making the same. In certain embodiments, a composite face plate for a club-head is formed with a cross-sectional profile having a varying thickness. The face plate comprises a lay-up of multiple, composite prepreg plies. At least a portion of the plies comprise a plurality of elongated prepreg strips arranged in a predetermined criss-cross pattern in the lay-up. The prepreg strips create one or more areas of increased thickness where the strips overlap each other, thereby creating a desired profile for the plate. Metallic or polymer covers or cover layers can be used to define a striking surface. | 06-25-2009 |
| 20090176599 | GOLF CLUB HEAD - A golf club head ( | 07-09-2009 |
| 20090253532 | GOLF CLUB HEAD - A golf club head ( | 10-08-2009 |
| 20090264218 | Golf clubs and club-heads comprising a face plate having a central recess and flanking recesses - Golf club-heads are disclosed that have a body and a face plate. Exemplary club-heads are hollow metal-wood club-heads. The face plate is attached to the front of the body and has obverse and reverse surfaces, and a peripheral zone, toe zone, heel zone, upper zone, lower zone, and central zone. The reverse surface defines in the central zone a recess surrounded by a substantially annular ridge. The reverse surface also defines in the toe zone and heel zone respective horizontal flanking recesses. The reverse surface also defines in the upper zone and lower zone respective vertical flanking recesses. The maximal thickness of the annular ridge is greater than the respective thicknesses of the central recess and flanking recesses, and the respective thicknesses of the flanking recesses are no greater than the thickness of the central recess. | 10-22-2009 |
| 20090280926 | GOLF CLUB HEAD - A golf club head has a hollow structure comprising a face member and a main member. The face member is made of a first titanium alloy having a specific gravity G | 11-12-2009 |
| 20090286622 | GOLF CLUB HEAD AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A golf club head has a hollow structure comprising a main body member and a face member. The face member is made of an unidirectionally rolled plate of a titanium alloy having alpha phase crystals. The rolled direction of the unidirectionally rolled plate is inclined at an angle θ | 11-19-2009 |
| 20090312118 | High performance nano-structured metalwood golf club heads and iron heads and components thereof - A metalwood coated at least partially with a nanostructure material offer improved performance over existing golf club heads made from a combination of steel and titanium alloys or composite club heads made in part or wholly from fiber-reinforced plastics (FRPs) and metallic sub-components. The components of the metalwood may be coated with variable thicknesses of electro-deposited nanostructure metals and alloys. | 12-17-2009 |
| 20090318245 | Golf Club Head with Ripple Structure - A golf club head with a shell structure constituting with a body part and a hitting surface (face) incorporates, a groove is formed in the body part near the interface with the hitting surface. Several additional ripples are formed in the inner surface of the face plate. The groove in the body part and ripples of the inner surface of the face plate contributed as a powerful shock absorber but also preventing breakage of the head as well as strong repulsive mechanism improving flying distances. | 12-24-2009 |
| 20090325729 | IRON GOLF CLUB HEAD - A golf club head ( | 12-31-2009 |
| 20100041494 | GOLF CLUB HEAD AND SYSTEM - A golf club head system and a golf club head for inclusion into a golf club are provided. The golf club head system includes two or more rear or secondary body members, each configured for interchangeable attachment to a front or main body member. Each rear body member may have a different external shape, and each rear body member may have a different combination of center-of-gravity and moment-of-inertia characteristics. The system further includes a detachable attachment element for interchangeably and detachably attaching the rear body members to the front body member. The system may further include the front body member, wherein the front body member has a striking surface. | 02-18-2010 |
| 20100048322 | Golf club head, face of the golf club head, and method of manufacturing the golf club head - A golf club head that may increase the degree of freedom in design, a face of the golf club head, and a method of manufacturing the golf club head are provided. At least part of the golf club head includes an alloy, and the alloy includes Co and Fe in a total amount of 33 mass % to 65 mass %, Ni in an amount of 15 mass % to 35 mass %, Cr in an amount of 10 mass % to 25 mass %, Mo in an amount of 3 mass % to 12 mass %, at least one of Nb in an amount of 2 mass % or less and W in an amount of 5 mass % or less, and at least one of Mn in an amount of 2 mass % or less and Ti in an amount of 1 mass % or less. | 02-25-2010 |
| 20100048323 | Golf club head having a composite face insert - A golf club head having a composite face insert attached to a metallic body is provided. The club head preferably has a volume of at least 200 cc and provides superior durability and club performance. The face insert includes prepreg plies having a fiber areal weight (FAW) of less than 100 g/m | 02-25-2010 |
| 20100093463 | Golf swing analysis apparatus and method - A method and integrated golf club apparatus for directly measuring physical parameters of the golf club head motional acceleration swing forces, golf club head face, golf ball impact forces, and subsequent calculations of other metrics useful to a golfer's understanding of the effectiveness of his or her golf swing and impact result in totality. The physical parameters that are directly measured include three dimensional motion force vectors of club head prior to, during and after impact and full impact pressure force profiles across the golf clubface with respect to time. The sensors are connected to electronics which condition, record and store the time varying sensors information electronically, then process and translate the information into one of several forms for delivery to a human interface function. | 04-15-2010 |
| 20100099513 | Golf club head having a composite face insert - A golf club head having a composite face insert attached to a metallic body is provided. The club head preferably has a volume of at least 200 cc and provides superior durability and club performance. The face insert includes prepreg plies having a fiber areal weight (FAW) of less than 100 g/m | 04-22-2010 |
| 20100120553 | GOLF CLUB HEAD - A high forgiveness wood-type golf club head comprises a body and a face. The body defines an interior cavity and comprises a sole that forms a bottom portion of the golf club head, a crown that forms a top portion of the golf club head and a skirt that forms a periphery of the golf club head between the sole and the crown. The face place is positioned at a front portion of the golf club head opposite a rear portion of the golf club head. The body defines an outer periphery having a generally triangular shape in plan. | 05-13-2010 |
| 20100130303 | GOLF CLUB HEAD OR OTHER BALL STRIKING DEVICE HAVING STIFFENED FACE PORTION - A ball striking device, such as a golf club head, has a head that includes a face configured for striking a ball and a body connected to the face, the body being adapted for connection of a shaft proximate a heel thereof. The face includes one or more stiffening members or other structures on the inner surface of the face to provide locally increased stiffness to particular areas of the face. Certain stiffening members may provide greater stiffness than other stiffening members, allowing the face to be configured for areas of greatest stiffness and greatest COR tailored to common impact patterns. | 05-27-2010 |
| 20100151960 | Golf club head having a composite face insert - A golf club head having a composite face insert attached to a metallic body is provided. The club head preferably has a volume of at least 200 cc and provides superior durability and club performance. The face insert includes prepreg plies having a fiber areal weight (FAW) of less than 100 g/m | 06-17-2010 |
| 20100151961 | GOLF CLUB HEAD - A golf club head ( | 06-17-2010 |
| 20100178996 | Titanium alloy for golf-club heads, and clubheads comprising same - A driver, fairway wood, utility clubhead or iron having i) a striking face, ii) a striking face insert or iii) a striking face with a metallic cap comprising a titanium alloy consisting essentially of: A) from about 5.5 to about 6.5 percent by weight aluminum; B) from about 1.5 to about 2.2 percent by weight iron; C) from about 0.01 to about 0.1 percent by weight silicon; and D) the balance titanium. | 07-15-2010 |
| 20100178997 | GOLF CLUB HEAD WITH VARIABLE FACE THICKNESS - A face or face insert ( | 07-15-2010 |
| 20100216569 | GOLF CLUB WITH HIGH MOMENT OF INERTIA - A golf club ( | 08-26-2010 |
| 20100216570 | GOLF CLUB HEAD - Disclosed herein are various embodiments of a golf club head having improved mass distribution characteristics. The golf club head includes a body and a face positioned at a forward portion of the body. The golf club head also includes one or more mass elements positioned at predetermined locations about the head. The mass elements assist in achieving desired relationship between the moment of inertia about a center of gravity x-axis and the moment of inertia about a center of gravity z-axis. | 08-26-2010 |
| 20100234133 | GOLF-CLUB HEAD HAVING A STRIKING PLATE MADE OF HIGH-STRENGTH ALUMINUM ALLOY - Disclosed is a golf club head having a striking plate made of a high-strength aluminum alloy including at most 0.06 wt % of Si, at most 0.1 wt % of Fe, 2 to 2.5 wt % of Cu, 1.5 to 2.5 wt % of Mg, 5 to 9.5 wt % of Zn, at most 0.05 wt % of Mn, 0.1 to 0.2 wt % of Zr, at most 0.05 wt % of Cr, at most 0.05 wt % of Ti, 0.01 to 0.1 wt % of Sc, and balance Al, wherein the weight ratio of Zn over Mg is from about 3.2 to about 4.4. | 09-16-2010 |
| 20100234134 | Golf Club Face Having Encapsulated Tuned Structure - A golf club head has a face portion and a body portion. The face portion has a support frame, a matrix structure attached to and contained within the support frame, and a face material surrounding the matrix structure. In some aspects, the matrix structure may be a racquet structure that is tensioned to influence performance characteristics. The face material may be a metal, polymer, ceramic, or a combination thereof, and may be encapsulated over the matrix structure by suitable techniques such as coating, dipping, or molding processes such as injection molding or metal injection molding (MIM). In some aspects, the face material is lighter than the body portion of the club head, to concentrate mass away from the striking face, e.g., as in cup face technology. | 09-16-2010 |
| 20100234135 | Golf club head - A golf club head includes a portion with different thickness in a face portion. A region having a maximum thickness and a region having a minimum thickness are formed on a back of the face portion. An inclined portion with varying thickness is provided between those regions. | 09-16-2010 |
| 20100267467 | GOLF CLUB HEAD OR OTHER BALL STRIKING DEVICE HAVING FACE INSERT - A ball striking device, such as a golf club, includes a head with a face having an outer surface configured for striking a ball, a body connected to the face, and an insert connected to the face and forming a portion of the outer surface. The density and/or friction properties of the insert may be different from those of adjacent portions of the face. Depending on the size, shape, and location of the insert, the moment of inertia of the head may change, the center of gravity of the face may shift, and/or the degree and direction of spin on the ball resulting from impacts may change. | 10-21-2010 |
| 20100273570 | GOLF CLUB HEAD - An iron-type golf club head is disclosed having a first piece including a portion of an iron-type face. A second piece including a heel portion, a sole portion, a toe portion, a top-line portion, a hinge region, and a front opening for receiving the first piece is also disclosed. A first contact surface of the first piece is connected with a second contact surface of the second piece at a contact interface. A continuous weld extends along the contact interface attaching the first and second pieces together at the contact interface. The continuous weld includes a fusion zone occurring substantially on the iron-type face outside the hinge region of the club head. | 10-28-2010 |
| 20100273571 | GOLF CLUB HEAD - A golf club head ( | 10-28-2010 |
| 20100304888 | GOLF CLUB HEAD - A hollow golf club head is disclosed, wherein a front member including a face portion and a hosel portion of the club head is made of a material having a specific gravity ρ | 12-02-2010 |
| 20100317460 | GOLF CLUB HEAD AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A golf club head having a club face for hitting a ball comprises a hollow main body provided with a front opening, and a face member disposed at the front of the main body so that a front surface thereof forms at least a major part of the club face, and a rear surface thereof faces a hollow of the main body. The peripheral edge of the face member is welded to the main body so as to form a weld bead, and the width of the weld bead is changed so that a difference (wmax-wmin) between the maximum width wmax and minimum width wmin is not less than 1 mm. | 12-16-2010 |
| 20110003649 | Composite Golf Club Head and Fabrication Method Thereof - The present invention provides a composite club head and a fabrication method thereof. The fabrication method for a composite golf club head includes steps of: preparing a head shell part having an opened front, a flange around the opened front, and a trench on the flange, and a front plate part made of a first material containing a metal and having a protrusion; connecting the head shell part with the front plate part by engaging the trench and the protrusion; drilling a hole passing through the flange and the front plate part; screwing the head shell part and the front plate part through the hole by a second material containing the metal; and welding the first and the second materials. | 01-06-2011 |
| 20110009211 | GOLF CLUB HEAD - A golf club head with a club head body having an external surface with a heel portion, a toe portion, a crown portion, a sole portion, and a front opening is described. A face insert support structure is located at the front opening. The support structure includes a peripheral member and a rear support member. The rear support member has a front surface and a rear surface. A face insert is attached at the front opening and closes the front opening of the body. An undercut fill structure is attached to a portion of the rear surface of the rear support member. | 01-13-2011 |
| 20110028238 | Golf Club With Non-Metallic Fasteners - A golf club with a golf club head having non-metallic fasteners is presented. The club head may include a face member, a body member, a sole member and a crown member. The various portions of the club head may be connected using mechanical fasteners, such as screws. In some arrangements, the screws may be formed of a non-metallic material, such as a composite material, in order to reduce weight associated with the club head. In some arrangements, a portion of the mechanical fasteners may be formed of a non-metallic material and may be placed in regions of the club head where reduced weight is desired, while another portion of the fasteners may be formed of metal or other heavier material and may be placed in regions where additional weight may be desired. | 02-03-2011 |
| 20110028239 | GOLF CLUB HEAD - A golf club head comprising a body having a crown, a sole and a hollow interior, a striking plate insert attached to the body, the striking plate insert being composed of a material having a density greater that that of the body, and a weighting member, wherein a center of gravity of the golf club head is located less than approximately 1.7 inches from an exterior surface of the striking plate insert. | 02-03-2011 |
| 20110034269 | GOLF CLUB HEAD OR OTHER BALL STRIKING DEVICE HAVING FACE INSERT MATERIAL - A ball striking device, such as a golf club, includes a head with a face having a ball striking surface configured for striking a ball, a body connected to the face, and a filling material, which may be in the form of an insert, connected to a rear surface of the face. The filling material may fill in a thinned portion of the face, which may form a recess on the rear surface of the face that receives the filling material. The filling material has a density that is lower than the density of the face material. Depending on the size, shape, and location of the filling material, the weight distribution, the moment of inertia, and/or the center of gravity of the face may change. | 02-10-2011 |
| 20110034270 | GOLF CLUB HEAD - An iron-type golf club head is disclosed including a main body including a heel portion, a sole portion, a toe portion, a top-line portion, a front portion, a rear portion, and a striking face. The main body has a recessed region including a relief region in the front portion. A replaceable striking plate is inserted into the recessed region and the relief region. The replaceable striking plate includes a front surface and a rear surface. A threaded opening is located on the rear surface of the replaceable striking plate and receives a fastener to retain the replaceable striking plate on the front portion of the main body and within the recessed region and relief region. | 02-10-2011 |
| 20110034271 | GOLF CLUB HEAD - An iron-type golf club head is disclosed including a main body including a heel portion, a sole portion, a toe portion, a top-line portion, a front portion, a rear portion, and a striking face. The main body has a recessed region including a relief region in the front portion. A replaceable striking plate is inserted into the recessed region and the relief region. The replaceable striking plate includes a front surface, a first rear surface region and a second rear surface region. A threaded opening is located on the rear surface of the replaceable striking plate and receives a fastener to retain the replaceable striking plate on the front portion of the main body and within the recessed region and relief region. | 02-10-2011 |
| 20110034272 | GOLF CLUB HEAD WITH LOCALIZED GROOVES AND REINFORCEMENT - The present invention relates to a golf club head provided with a shell defining an inner cavity and having a face and a body. The face has a first or reinforcement portion with a first thickness and a second or remaining portion with a second thickness less than the first thickness. The reinforcement portion is located at the center of the face. In one embodiment, the exterior surface of the face defines at least one groove spaced from the center of the face. | 02-10-2011 |
| 20110039636 | SELECTIVELY LIGHTENED WOOD-TYPE GOLF CLUB HEAD - A wood type golf club head having a plurality of interior recesses is disclosed herein. The plurality of interior recesses are preferably formed in a body of the golf club head and remove mass from the body to be used elsewhere on the golf club head to increase the inertial properties of the golf club head. | 02-17-2011 |
| 20110045922 | ENGINEERED RESIDUAL STRESS IN GOLF CLUBS - A method of manufacturing a driver, or other types of golf club, includes inducing residual compressive stress by high intensity laser shock peening to form an array of laser shock peened impact zones on the club face. Laser pulses having fluence greater than 4 GW/cm | 02-24-2011 |
| 20110065528 | MULTIPLE MATERIAL GOLF CLUB HEAD AND A METHOD FOR FORMING A GOLF CLUB HEAD - A method for forming a golf club head having a volume of approximately 460 cubic centimeters, the method comprising the steps of casting a face component, attaching a bonding flange, stamping a metal sheet of titanium alloy to form a sole component, welding the sole component to the face component to create a golf club head subassembly having a weld line of approximately six inches and polishing the weld line. | 03-17-2011 |
| 20110070972 | COMPOSITE METAL WOOD CLUB - A metal wood golf club head adapted for attachment to a shaft, comprising of a body portion and a crown portion, each portion constructed of a different density material. Combining a high-density material in the body portion, with a low-density material in the crown portion, creates an ultra-low center of gravity relative to the geometric face center, resulting in higher launch angles and spin rate ratios. The material for the crown portion is preferably a composite. A vibration dampening gasket is disposed between the ledge and lip sections of the body and crown respectively. | 03-24-2011 |
| 20110098130 | COMPOSITE ARTICLES AND METHODS FOR MAKING THE SAME - The present disclosure pertains to composite articles, and in particular a composite face plate for a golf club-head, and methods for making the same. In certain embodiments, a composite face plate for a club-head is formed with a cross-sectional profile having a varying thickness. The face plate comprises a lay-up of multiple, composite prepreg plies. At least a portion of the plies comprise a plurality of elongated prepreg strips arranged in a predetermined criss-cross pattern in the lay-up. The prepreg strips create one or more areas of increased thickness where the strips overlap each other, thereby creating a desired profile for the plate. Metallic or polymer covers or cover layers can be used to define a striking surface. | 04-28-2011 |
| 20110105243 | GOLF CLUB HEAD - A golf club head according to one or more aspects of the present invention may include a face portion or strike-face wall comprising a top inner boundary, an intermediate inner boundary, and a bottom inner boundary having a bottom-inner-boundary toe portion and a bottom-inner-boundary heel portion. The strike-face wall may further include a first uniform-thickness region, adjoining the top inner boundary, and a variable-thickness region adjoining the uniform-thickness region and a majority of the bottom inner boundary. In another example, the variable-thickness may adjoin a majority of the top inner boundary and the uniform-thickness region may adjoin a majority of the bottom inner boundary. | 05-05-2011 |
| 20110111885 | GOLF CLUB HEAD WITH REPLACEABLE FACE - A golf club head having a replaceable striking face is disclosed herein. More specifically, the present invention discloses a golf club head where at least a portion of the frontal striking surface of the face is detachable and replaceable to improve performance. A golf club head in accordance with the present invention may generally have a thinned striking face with a thickness of less than about 3.0 mm yielding a golf club head with a larger sweet spot that's greater than 6% of the frontal striking surface; defined as an area of the frontal striking surface having at least 99% of the maximum characteristic time between about 239 microseconds to about 257 microseconds. | 05-12-2011 |
| 20110118057 | MULTI-METAL GOLF CLUBS - A composite material golf club head is provided having a body made from a first metal and a face insert press fitted to a portion of the body and made from a second metal The metals are chosen so that the first metal is heavier than the second metal. The second metal is disposed towards the front and top of the body, and is preferably hard-anodized. In addition, an interlocking structure, for example rectangular or dove tail shaped channels, is provided in the body so that the face insert becomes embedded in the interlocking structure to anchor the face insert to the body. Portions of the golf club head, such as the face insert or sole plate, are anodized to protect against corrosion. The anodized coating is colored to improve aesthetic characteristics or infused with a polymer to increase or reduce friction. | 05-19-2011 |
| 20110177879 | Golf Club Face Having Encapsulated Tuned Structure - A golf club head has a face portion and a body portion. The face portion has a support frame, a matrix structure attached to and contained within the support frame, and a face material surrounding the matrix structure. In some aspects, the matrix structure may be a racquet structure that is tensioned to influence performance characteristics. The face material may be a metal, polymer, ceramic, or a combination thereof, and may be encapsulated over the matrix structure by suitable techniques such as coating, dipping, or molding processes such as injection molding or metal injection molding (MIM). In some aspects, the face material is lighter than the body portion of the club head, to concentrate mass away from the striking face, e.g., as in cup face technology. | 07-21-2011 |
| 20110201450 | METAL WOOD CLUB WITH IMPROVED HITTING FACE - A hitting face of a golf club head having improved flexural stiffness properties. In one embodiment, the hitting face is made from multiple materials. Each material has a different tensile modulus of elasticity, where the center of the hitting face has a much higher tensile modulus of elasticity than the surrounding portions of the hitting face. This creates a stiff center and a more easily deflected concentric portion. In another embodiment, the materials have different yield strengths and elongation, where the center of the hitting face has a very high yield strength compared to the surrounding portions of the hitting face. | 08-18-2011 |
| 20110207552 | GOLF CLUB OR GOLF CLUB HEAD HAVING AN ADJUSTABLE BALL STRIKING FACE - This invention relates generally to golf clubs or golf club heads, having an adjustable ball striking face. The golf club head includes a club head body, a ball striking face, and a brace extending from a sole of the club head body to an inner surface of the ball striking face. The brace may further include an end portion engaged with the inner surface of the ball striking face, a fixed rod located between the end portion and an inner surface of the club head at the sole, a biasing member attached to the fixed rod. The biasing member may provide a biasing force to the ball striking face such that the ball striking face is adjustable between a first direction thereby adjusting a face angle of the club head and a second direction thereby adjusting a loft angle of the club head. | 08-25-2011 |
| 20110218051 | GOLF CLUB HEAD OR OTHER BALL STRIKING DEVICE HAVING ADJUSTABLE STIFFENED FACE PORTION - A ball striking device, such as a golf club head, has a head that includes a face configured for striking a ball and a body connected to the face, the body being adapted for connection of a shaft thereto. The head may include one or more stiffening elements or other structures engaging the face to provide locally increased stiffness to particular areas of the face. The stiffening element can be movable to create regions of increased stiffness in desired locations, leaving other regions of the face to have increased flexibility as compared to the stiffened regions. | 09-08-2011 |
| 20110256959 | IRON GOLF CLUB HEAD - A golf club head ( | 10-20-2011 |
| 20110306440 | Golf Club Head or Other Ball Striking Device Having Stiffened Face Portion - A ball striking device, such as a golf club head, has a head that includes a face configured for striking a ball and a body connected to the face, the body being adapted for connection of a shaft thereto. The head may include one or more stiffening elements or other structures contacting an inner surface of the face, to provide locally increased stiffness to particular areas of the face. The stiffening element includes a chamber adapted to contain a viscous substance. The viscous substance can be selected and inserted into the chamber to create regions of increased stiffness in desired locations, leaving other regions of the face to have increased flexibility as compared to the stiffened regions. | 12-15-2011 |
| 20110312438 | GOLF CLUB HEAD WITH VARIABLE FACE THICKNESS - A face or face insert ( | 12-22-2011 |
| 20120004048 | GOLF CLUB WITH OPTIMUM MOMENTS OF INERTIA IN THE VERTICAL AND HOSEL AXES - A golf club is provided having a hollow body golf club head comprising discrete concentrations of weight or mass located away from the center of gravity or the geometric center of the club head to optimize the moment of inertia of the club head about both the vertical axis running through the center of gravity or geometric center of the club head, hereinafter referred to as the “y-axis,” and the axis running through the center of the shaft of the golf club, hereinafter referred to as the “hosel axis.” The ratio of moment of inertia of the club head about the y-axis to moment of inertia of the club head about the hosel axis is preferably 0.55. More preferably, this ratio is 0.75. | 01-05-2012 |
| 20120010019 | GOLF CLUB HEAD HAVING A MULTI-MATERIAL FACE - A golf club with a multi-material face is disclosed herein. More specifically, the golf club head in accordance with the present invention has a striking face that forms a pocket, wherein the pocket is filled with a secondary material having a lower density to improve the performance of the golf club head. The multi-material face disclosed in accordance with the present invention may generally have a characteristic time slope of greater than about 5 and less than about 50, wherein the characteristic time slope is determined based on the various data points collected according to the United States Golf Association's (USGA's) Characteristic Time (CT) test. | 01-12-2012 |
| 20120010020 | Golf club head having a multi-material face - A golf club with a multi-material face is disclosed herein. More specifically, the golf club head in accordance with the present invention has a striking face that forms a pocket, wherein the pocket is filled with a secondary material having a lower density to improve the performance of the golf club head. The multi-material face disclosed in accordance with the present invention may generally have a characteristic time slope of greater than about 5 and less than about 50, wherein the characteristic time slope is determined based on the various data points collected according to the United States Golf Association's (USGA's) Characteristic Time (CT) test. | 01-12-2012 |
| 20120021849 | GOLF CLUB HEAD WITH VARIABLE FACE THICKNESS - A face for a golf club head is disclosed herein. The face has an interior surface comprising a central region having a first perimeter having an elliptical shape, an outer edge having a non-elliptical, driver-face profile shape, a first intermediate region located between the first perimeter and the outer edge, the first intermediate region having a second perimeter with a shape that is more similar to the shape of the first perimeter than the shape of the outer edge, and a second intermediate region located between the second perimeter and the outer edge, the second intermediate region having a third perimeter with a shape that is more like the shape of the outer edge than the shape of the first perimeter. The thicknesses of the perimeters of the face disclosed herein may vary around their respective circumferences. | 01-26-2012 |
| 20120083361 | GOLF CLUB-HEADS HAVING A PARTICULAR RELATIONSHIP OF FACE AREA TO FACE MASS - Golf clubs and club-heads for same are disclosed. An exemplary club-head has a hollow body and a face plate. The body defines a front opening and a face support, wherein the face plate is affixed to the face support and covers the front opening. The “face portion” of the club-head has a face area (A | 04-05-2012 |
| 20120088600 | HARDENED GOLF CLUB HEAD - A golf club head with a hardened striking face portion that improves durability and performance is disclosed. More specifically, the golf club head disclosed may have a martensitic striking face portion that may be at least about 1.3 times harder than the rear portion of the golf club head due to the martensitic crystalline structure of the striking face portion foamed by heating and quenching the striking face portion of the golf club head. | 04-12-2012 |
| 20120135821 | Golf Club Heads Or Other Ball Striking Devices Having Distributed Impact Response - A ball striking device, such as a golf club head, includes a face having a ball striking surface configured for striking a ball and a body connected to the face and extending rearwardly from the face. The body has an impact-influencing structure in the form of a channel positioned on at least one surface of the body. A majority of a force generated by impact with a ball is absorbed by the impact-influencing structure, and a majority of a response force generated by the head upon impact with the ball is generated by the impact-influencing structure. The face may have increased stiffness as compared to existing faces, and may include a stiffening structure to create the increased stiffness, such as a porous or cellular stiffening structure. | 05-31-2012 |
| 20120135822 | GOLF CLUB HEAD HAVING A MULTI-MATERIAL FACE - A golf club with a multi-material face is disclosed herein. More specifically, the golf club head in accordance with the present invention has a striking face that forms a pocket, wherein the pocket is filled with a secondary material having a lower density to improve the performance of the golf club head. The multi-material face disclosed in accordance with the present invention may generally have a characteristic time slope of greater than about 5 and less than about 50, wherein the characteristic time slope is determined based on the various data points collected according to the United States Golf Association's (USGA's) Characteristic Time (CT) test. | 05-31-2012 |
| 20120149493 | MULTIPLE MATERIAL IRON-TYPE GOLF CLUB HEAD - A multiple material iron-type golf club head is disclosed herein. The iron-type golf club head comprises a cast body, which may be composed of steel, and a face, which may be forged or stamped from a metal material, preferably steel, and then welded to the cast body. | 06-14-2012 |
| 20120165116 | PLASMA TREATMENT OF GOLF CLUB COMPONENTS AND BONDING THEREOF - Described herein are methods for treating a surface of a first golf club head component with a plasma treatment prior to bonding a second golf club head component to the plasma-treated surface of the first golf club head component. | 06-28-2012 |
| 20120184394 | Golf Club Or Other Ball Striking Device Having Stiffened Face Portion - A ball striking device, such as a golf club head, has a head that includes a face configured for striking a ball and a body connected to the face, the body being adapted for connection of a shaft proximate a heel thereof. The face has a thickened portion including an annular tapered area that tapers in thickness between an upper boundary and a lower boundary and encloses an elevated area bounded by the upper boundary. The upper and/or lower boundary defines a shape having two lobes, each with an outer edge with a convex profile, and a connecting portion extending between the lobes, such that the connecting portion is defined by two outer edges extending between the outer edges of the lobes, wherein at least one of the outer edges of the connecting portion has a concave outer profile. | 07-19-2012 |
| 20120196699 | GOLF BALLS WITH CORES OR INTERMEDIATE LAYERS PREPARED FROM HIGHLY-NEUTRALIZED ETHYLENE TERPOLYMERS AND ORGANIC ACIDS - Described are golf balls comprising cores or intermediate layers prepared from thermoplastic compositions having coefficients of restitution equal to or greater than 0.83 and PGA compression greater than 100. Also described is a composition comprising or prepared from (a) at least one aliphatic, mono-functional organic acid having from 16 to 20 carbon atoms, wherein the organic acid is unsaturated and linear; (b) an ethylene acid copolymer consisting essentially of copolymerized comonomers of ethylene and from 18 to 24 weight % of copolymerized comonomers of at least one C | 08-02-2012 |
| 20120196700 | PUTTER FACE INSERT - A putter-type golf club head having a face insert comprising a metal sheet and a urethane backing is disclosed herein. The metal sheet, which makes contact with a golf ball during use, includes a plurality of oval-shaped holes having a specific size and spacing, and the urethane backing has a hardness that optimizes performance of the face insert, and thus the putter. | 08-02-2012 |
| 20120202618 | GOLF CLUB HEAD - An iron-type golf club head is disclosed including a main body including a heel portion, a sole portion, a toe portion, a top-line portion, a front portion, a rear portion, and a striking face. The main body has a recessed region including a relief region in the front portion. A replaceable striking plate is inserted into the recessed region and the relief region. The replaceable striking plate includes a front surface, a first rear surface region and a second rear surface region. A threaded opening is located on the rear surface of the replaceable striking plate and receives a fastener to retain the replaceable striking plate on the front portion of the main body and within the recessed region and relief region. | 08-09-2012 |
| 20120244960 | GOLF CLUB HEAD - A golf club head ( | 09-27-2012 |
| 20120264538 | GOLF CLUB HEAD HAVING A MULTI-MATERIAL FACE - A golf club with a multi-material face is disclosed herein. More specifically, the golf club head in accordance with the present invention has a striking face that forms a pocket, wherein the pocket is filled with a secondary material having a lower density to improve the performance of the golf club head. The multi-material face disclosed in accordance with the present invention may generally have a characteristic time slope of greater than about 5 and less than about 50, wherein the characteristic time slope is determined based on the various data points collected according to the United States Golf Association's (USGA's) Characteristic Time (CT) test. | 10-18-2012 |
| 20120289363 | GOLF CLUB HEAD HAVING A MULTI-MATERIAL FACE - A golf club head with a multi-material face is disclosed herein. The layers of the multi-material face are preferably attached to the club head using adhesive and mechanical methods. | 11-15-2012 |
| 20120329572 | High Moment of Inertia Wood-Type Golf Clubs and Golf Club Heads - Wood-type golf club heads include: (a) a club head body including heel, toe, crown, sole, and weighted rear portions; and (b) a variable thickness ball striking face. The club head body parts and weighted portion(s) may be arranged such that the club head has a moment of inertia about a vertical axis passing through the club head center of gravity of at least 5000 g-cm | 12-27-2012 |
| 20130017904 | GOLF CLUB HEADS WITH IMPROVED SOUND CHARACTERISTICS - Golf club heads with improved sound can be provided by reducing or eliminating acoustic resonances of a club face at frequencies less than about 3.8 kHz. Club head resonance frequencies can be determined based on spectral analysis of an acoustic signal associated with a club/ball impact. Club head vibrational amplitudes at one or more selected frequencies are associated with a particular club surface (crown, face, or sole) and this surface is adjusted to attenuate or eliminate an undesired resonance. | 01-17-2013 |
| 20130029780 | GOLF CLUB HEAD WITH OPTIMIZED MOI AND/OR ROLL RADIUS - A golf club head with moments of inertia that are optimized about principal axes of the club head. The club head can have a roll radius about its ball striking face that is decreased above a first axis, and increased below the first axis, the first axis being correlated with the principal axes of the club head. | 01-31-2013 |
| 20130040756 | GOLF CLUB HEAD WITH MULTI-MATERIAL FACE - A metal wood golf club with a striking face portion made from more than one material is disclosed. More specifically, due to the unique construction of the striking face portion having multiple materials, the present invention utilizes diffusion bonding, liquid interface diffusion, or even super plastic forming techniques to achieve the desirable bond between the more than one material used to form the striking face. The striking face portion is formed by adding a chip insert made from a secondary material that is different from the remainder of the striking face portion substantially near a geometric center of the striking face portion; wherein the secondary material has a higher Young's modulus than the remainder of the striking face portion. | 02-14-2013 |
| 20130040757 | GOLF CLUB HEAD WITH MULTI-MATERIAL FACE FORMED USING SPRAY DEPOSITION METHOD - A metal wood golf club with a striking face portion made from more than one material is disclosed. More specifically, due to the unique construction of the striking face portion having multiple materials, the present invention utilizes bonding spray deposition process to achieve the desirable bond between the more than one materials used to form the striking face. The striking face portion is formed by creating a chip insert type material utilizing the spray deposition process that is made from a secondary material that is different from the remainder of the striking face portion substantially near a geometric center of the striking face portion; wherein the secondary material has a higher Young's modulus than the remainder of the striking face portion. | 02-14-2013 |
| 20130040758 | GOLF CLUB HEAD HAVING A COMPOSITE CROWN - A golf club head having a high COR that is durable and has desirable acoustic qualities. The club head includes a body portion, a striking face and a crown forming a hollow cavity of at least 150 cc in volume. The body portion defines a front opening and an upper opening, and it includes a sole and a side section that extends rearward of the front opening. The striking plate is secured to the body portion, enclosing the front opening. While partially assembled, final weighting and/or other attachment of other members to the inner surface of the club head can be preformed, as desired. The crown is secured to the body portion, enclosing the upper opening. A surface veil may also be provided about a junction of the crown and body. The crown has a maximum thickness no greater than about 2 mm. The density of the crown is less than the density of the body portion. At least one of the striking plate and the crown is attached to the second portion by adhesive bonding, and the golf club head has a maximum coefficient of restitution of at least 0.80. | 02-14-2013 |
| 20130072321 | GOLF CLUB FACE PLATES WITH INTERNAL CELL LATTICES AND RELATED METHODS - Embodiments of golf club face plates with internal cell lattices are presented herein. Other examples and related methods are also disclosed herein. | 03-21-2013 |
| 20130085012 | GOLF CLUB HEAD OR OTHER BALL STRIKING DEVICE WITH THERMOREACTIVE FACE - A ball striking device, such as a golf club, includes a head that includes a face having a ball striking surface configured for striking a ball and a body connected to the face and extending rearward from the face. The face has an area of highest response located proximate a center of the ball striking surface. The face is formed of a first material and a second material that forms at least a portion of the area of highest response. The second material has a thermal modulus response that is different from a thermal modulus response of the first material. | 04-04-2013 |
| 20130172102 | Iron-Type Golf Clubs - An iron-type golf club includes a conventional-weight section, a lightweight section and a heavyweight section. The conventional-weight section includes the hitting face and at least a portion of the hosel. The heavyweight section, made of a denser material than the conventional-weight section, includes the sole and an optional back flange. The lightweight section, made of a material less dense than either of the other sections, includes a core to which the other two sections are secured, such as by co-molding the core to the other two sections. In the co-molding context, the components need not be constrained by their respective weight and density, but could be classified more generically as having a pre-formed component and a molding component irrespective of the densities of the components. | 07-04-2013 |
| 20130225320 | GOLF CLUB HEADS WITH IMPROVED SOUND CHARACTERISTICS - Golf club heads with improved sound can be provided while implementing an adjustable loft, lie, and face angle adjustment system. A face portion is attached to the front portion of the golf club head. A sleeve is received in the hosel portion having a sleeve bore, a threaded portion, and an anti-rotation portion. A screw inserted into a sole opening in the sole portion configured to engage the threaded portion of the sleeve. | 08-29-2013 |
| 20130225321 | GOLF CLUB HEAD WITH MULTI-MATERIAL FACE - A metal wood golf club with a striking face portion made from more than one material is disclosed. More specifically, due to the unique construction of the striking face portion having multiple materials, the present invention utilizes diffusion bonding, liquid interface diffusion, or even super plastic forming techniques to achieve the desirable bond between the more than one material used to form the striking face. The striking face portion is formed by adding a chip insert made from a secondary material that is different from the remainder of the striking face portion substantially near a geometric center of the striking face portion; wherein the secondary material has a higher Young's modulus than the remainder of the striking face portion. | 08-29-2013 |
| 20130231202 | GOLF CLUB HEAD - An iron-type golf club head is disclosed including a main body including a heel portion, a sole portion, a toe portion, a top-line portion, a front portion, a rear portion, and a striking face. The main body has a recessed region including a relief region in the front portion. A replaceable striking plate is inserted into the recessed region and the relief region. The replaceable striking plate includes a front surface, a first rear surface region and a second rear surface region. A threaded opening is located on the rear surface of the replaceable striking plate and receives a fastener to retain the replaceable striking plate on the front portion of the main body and within the recessed region and relief region. | 09-05-2013 |
| 20130252757 | GOLF CLUB HAVING MULTI-MATERIAL FACE - A golf club with a multi-material face is disclosed herein. More specifically, the golf club head in accordance with the present invention has a striking face that forms a pocket, wherein the pocket is filled with a secondary material having a lower density to improve the performance of the golf club head. The multi-material face disclosed in accordance with the present invention may generally have an inter laminar shear strength of greater than about 60 MPa, most preferably greater than about 60 MPa and less than about 145 MPa. | 09-26-2013 |
| 20130252758 | GOLF CLUB HEAD - A golf club head with a club head body having an external surface with a heel portion, a toe portion, a crown portion, a sole portion, and a front opening is described. A face insert support structure is located at the front opening. The support structure includes a peripheral member and a rear support member. The rear support member has a front surface and a rear surface. A face insert is attached at the front opening and closes the front opening of the body. An undercut fill structure is attached to a portion of the rear surface of the rear support member. | 09-26-2013 |
| 20130274030 | GOLF CLUB HEAD WITH FACE INSERT - A golf club head with a face insert that is only partially connected to the body of the golf club head is disclosed herein. More specifically, the present invention discloses a golf club head with a face insert wherein the face insert is only connected to the body of the golf club head at specific engagement portions around the perimeter of the face insert while keeping the remainder of the perimeter unengaged. The golf club head disclosed in accordance with the present invention will allow for removal of excessive weight traditionally needed to connect the face insert to the body of the golf club head, therefore improving the performance of the golf club head. | 10-17-2013 |
| 20130296071 | GOLF CLUB HEAD HAVING A MULTI-MATERIAL FACE - A golf club with a multi-material face is disclosed herein. More specifically, the golf club head in accordance with the present invention has a striking face that forms a pocket, wherein the pocket is filled with a secondary material having a lower density to improve the performance of the golf club head. The multi-material face disclosed in accordance with the present invention may generally have a characteristic time slope of greater than about 5 and less than about 50, wherein the characteristic time slope is determined based on the various data points collected according to the United States Golf Association's (USGA's) Characteristic Time (CT) test. | 11-07-2013 |
| 20130303305 | STRIKING FACE OF A GOLF CLUB HEAD AND A METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - An improved striking face of a golf club head and a method of manufacturing thereof is disclosed herein. More specifically, the present invention discloses an improved method of stamped forging variable face geometry onto the rear surface of a striking face from a frontal portion of the striking face; wherein the improved process allows for more precise finished parts with less need for complicated machining. The resulting striking face of a golf club head comprises of a substantially planar frontal surface and a substantially non-planar rear surface, wherein the substantially non-planar rear surface is created via a stamped forging process while the substantially planar frontal surface is created via a machining process. | 11-14-2013 |
| 20130324301 | Golf Club Head or Other Ball Striking Device With Face Having Modulus Variance - A ball striking device, such as a golf club head, includes a face having a ball striking surface, an inner surface opposite the ball striking surface, and a thickness defined between the ball striking surface and the inner surface, and a body connected to the face and extending rearward from the face. The face has a modulus gradient across the thickness of the face, such that the modulus of the face varies at different distances from the ball striking surface. The face may also include at least one of an insert, a composite material, a multi-layered structure, and/or a portion treated by a surface treatment to contribute to the modulus gradient. | 12-05-2013 |
| 20130324302 | GOLF CLUB HEAD - An iron-type golf club head is disclosed having a first piece including a portion of an iron-type face. A second piece including a heel portion, a sole portion, a toe portion, a top-line portion, a hinge region, and a front opening for receiving the first piece is also disclosed. A first contact surface of the first piece is connected with a second contact surface of the second piece at a contact interface. A continuous weld extends along the contact interface attaching the first and second pieces together at the contact interface. The continuous weld includes a fusion zone occurring substantially on the iron-type face outside the hinge region of the club head. | 12-05-2013 |
| 20130324303 | GOLF CLUB HEAD HAVING A MULTI-MATERIAL FACE - A golf club with a multi-material face is disclosed herein. More specifically, the golf club head in accordance with the present invention has a striking face that forms a pocket, wherein the pocket is filled with a secondary material having a lower density to improve the performance of the golf club head. The multi-material face disclosed in accordance with the present invention may generally have a characteristic time slope of greater than about 5 and less than about 50, wherein the characteristic time slope is determined based on the various data points collected according to the United States Golf Association's (USGA's) Characteristic Time (CT) test. | 12-05-2013 |
| 20130324304 | METAL WOOD CLUB - A golf club head having indentions provided in a transition zone of the club head. The transition zone of the club head is provided between a first portion of the club head having a first thickness and a second portion of the club head having a second thickness. The indentations are provided at non-structural areas to reduce the weight of the transition zone. The mass can then be moved to a more desirable location in the club head, thereby improving the playability characteristics of the club head, including center of gravity and moment of inertia. The transition zone may be provided at different areas of the club head including the hosel, between the face and the body of the club head and between the crown and sole of the club head. The indentations are provided with the desired height, length and width to achieve weight reduction without effecting the structural integrity of the club head. | 12-05-2013 |
| 20130337939 | GOLF CLUB HEAD HAVING A COMPOSITE CROWN - A golf club head having a high COR that is durable and has desirable acoustic qualities. The club head includes a body portion, a striking face and a crown forming a hollow cavity of at least 150 cc in volume. The body portion defines a front opening and an upper opening, and it includes a sole and a side section that extends rearward of the front opening. The striking plate is secured to the body portion, enclosing the front opening. While partially assembled, final weighting and/or other attachment of other members to the inner surface of the club head can be preformed, as desired. The crown is secured to the body portion, enclosing the upper opening. A surface veil may also be provided about a junction of the crown and body. The crown has a maximum thickness no greater than about 2 mm. The density of the crown is less than the density of the body portion. At least one of the striking plate and the crown is attached to the second portion by adhesive bonding, and the golf club head has a maximum coefficient of restitution of at least 0.80. | 12-19-2013 |
| 20130344986 | GOLF CLUB HEAD - A golf club ( | 12-26-2013 |
| 20140024476 | GOLF CLUB HEAD - A golf club ( | 01-23-2014 |
| 20140038747 | GOLF CLUB HEAD - A golf club head has a main body and a front recess that includes a flange. A rear portion of the main body includes a perimeter-weighting element. A striking face insert is secured within the front recess. A face center is located on the front surface of the striking face insert. A rear cavity is at least partially delimited by the perimeter-weighting element and a rear surface of the striking face insert. A rear insert is secured to the rear surface of the striking face insert. In an imaginary horizontal plane passing through a portion of the rear insert, proximate a heel portion of the club head, a heelwardmost point of the rear insert is spaced further from a vertical center plane than a minimum distance between the flange and the center plane. The club head comprises an auxiliary recess that extends outward from the rear cavity. | 02-06-2014 |
| 20140073450 | CO-FORGED GOLF CLUB HEAD AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURE - A co-forged iron type golf club is disclosed. More specifically, the present invention discloses a co-forged iron type golf club with the body portion made out of a first material and at least one weight adjustment portion monolithically encased within the body portion of the co-forged iron type golf club head without the need for secondary attachment or machining operations. The present invention creates of an iron type golf club head from a pre-form billet that already contains two or more materials before the actual forging process resulting in a multi-material golf club head that doesn't require any post manufacturing operations such as machining, welding, swaging, gluing, and the like. | 03-13-2014 |
| 20140080631 | MULTI-ZONE GOLF CLUB HEADS - A golf club head with low and high density zones designed to provide specific densities for use in various parts of the club head to achieve maximum volume and properties within specific weight goals. The low and high density zones may be formed from laminates having different equivalent densities than the layers used to form the laminates. | 03-20-2014 |
| 20140080632 | MULTI-PIECE GOLF CLUB HEADS FORMED FROM TITANIUM AND ZIRCONIUM ALLOYS - A golf club head and a method for forming a golf club head are disclosed. The golf club head may include multiple components with varying densities to manipulate the weight, volume, and properties of the golf club head. | 03-20-2014 |
| 20140080633 | GOLF CLUB HEAD WITH FLEXURE - A golf club head including a crown, a sole, a hosel, a face and a flexure. The face is configured to provide varying stiffness while minimizing the change in thickness across the face. The flexure provides compliance during an impact between the golf club head and a golf ball. | 03-20-2014 |
| 20140113743 | MULTI-METAL GOLF CLUBS - A composite material golf club head is provided having a body made from a first metal and a face insert press fitted to a portion of the body and made from a second metal The metals are chosen so that the first metal is heavier than the second metal. The second metal is disposed towards the front and top of the body, and is preferably hard-anodized. In addition, an interlocking structure, for example rectangular or dove tail shaped channels, is provided in the body so that the face insert becomes embedded in the interlocking structure to anchor the face insert to the body. Portions of the golf club head, such as the face insert or sole plate, are anodized to protect against corrosion. The anodized coating is colored to improve aesthetic characteristics or infused with a polymer to increase or reduce friction. | 04-24-2014 |
| 20140128177 | GOLF CLUB HEAD HAVING A NANOCRYSTALLINE TITANIUM ALLOY - Embodiments of a golf club head and methods to manufacture such a golf club head are generally described herein. The golf club head generally includes at least one ball-striking face, which comprises a titanium alloy that is associated with an average grain size measuring no more than about 1 micron (μm) in the longest dimension. | 05-08-2014 |
| 20140135144 | GOLF CLUB FACE PLATES WITH INTERNAL CELL LATTICES AND RELATED METHODS - Embodiments of golf club face plates with internal cell lattices are presented herein. Other examples and related methods are also disclosed herein. | 05-15-2014 |
| 20140148271 | GOLF CLUB HEAD WITH MULTI-MATERIAL FACE - A metal wood golf club with a striking face portion made from more than one material is disclosed. More specifically, due to the unique construction of the striking face portion having multiple materials, the present invention utilizes diffusion bonding, liquid interface diffusion, or even super plastic forming techniques to achieve the desirable bond between the more than one material used to form the striking face. The different materials could even be the same base material with different compositions as long as they have different Young's modulus. | 05-29-2014 |
| 20140171218 | Golf Clubs and Golf Club Heads - A golf club head enables the initial velocity of a ball to be increased and enables the carry to be lengthened. In some example structures, the golf club includes a face plate formed from metal and club head body (e.g., a crown and sole) formed from fiber reinforced plastic. A weighted body is provided inside the rearmost portion of the golf club head and a low rigidity portion whose width becomes gradually narrower as it approaches the rearmost portion is provided in the crown extending from the vicinity of the face plate to the rearmost portion. | 06-19-2014 |
| 20140179461 | GOLF CLUB IRON WITH HIGH DENSITY LEADING EDGE - A golf club iron having a head center of gravity that is low and forward enough to provide a better swing, good striking and swinging feel, and improved ball flight is disclosed. The iron has a recess in a leading edge region and a high density insert disposed within the recess to achieve the desired center of gravity location. | 06-26-2014 |
| 20140206475 | GOLF CLUB HEAD - A golf club head according to one or more aspects of the present invention may include a face portion or strike-face wall comprising a top inner boundary, an intermediate inner boundary, and a bottom inner boundary having a bottom-inner-boundary toe portion and a bottom-inner-boundary heel portion. The strike-face wall may further include a first uniform-thickness region, adjoining the top inner boundary, and a variable-thickness region adjoining the uniform-thickness region and a majority of the bottom inner boundary. In another example, the variable-thickness may adjoin a majority of the top inner boundary and the uniform-thickness region may adjoin a majority of the bottom inner boundary. | 07-24-2014 |
| 20140213388 | GOLF CLUB HEAD WITH VARIABLE FACE THICKNESS - A face for a golf club head is disclosed herein. The face has an interior surface comprising a central region having a first perimeter having an elliptical shape, an outer edge having a non-elliptical, driver-face profile shape, a first intermediate region located between the first perimeter and the outer edge, the first intermediate region having a second perimeter with a shape that is more similar to the shape of the first perimeter than the shape of the outer edge, and a second intermediate region located between the second perimeter and the outer edge, the second intermediate region having a third perimeter with a shape that is more like the shape of the outer edge than the shape of the first perimeter. The thicknesses of the perimeters of the face disclosed herein may vary around their respective circumferences. | 07-31-2014 |
| 20140248977 | IRON GOLF CLUB HEAD WITH IMPROVED PERFORMANCE - An iron type golf club head with improved performance is disclosed herein. More specifically, the present invention discloses an iron type golf club head having a frontal face portion made out of a lightweight material that is separate and distinct from the material used to form the remaining body portion of the iron type golf club head. The thinner material allows the frontal face portion of the iron type golf club head to be made thinner, yielding improved performance characteristics such as a higher Coefficient of Restitution (COR) of greater than about 0.770 and a lower primary resonant frequency of less than about 5,000 Hertz. | 09-04-2014 |
| 20140274458 | METHOD AND SYSTEM OF MANUFACTURING A GOLF CLUB, AND A MANUFACTURED GOLF CLUB HEAD - A golf club head for playing golf made by a method including providing a powdered metal; and applying a controlled source of energy to the powdered metal layer by layer to form a golf club head, wherein the golf club head is formed as a one-piece golf head having a hollow or partially hollow section and no welds. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140274459 | METHOD AND SYSTEM OF MANUFACTURING A GOLF CLUB, AND A MANUFACTURED GOLF CLUB HEAD - A golf club head for playing golf made by a method including providing a powdered metal, and applying a controlled source of energy to the powdered metal layer by layer to form a golf club head, wherein the golf club head is a hollow golf club head having a supporting lattice formed within the hollow golf club head. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140295991 | GOLF CLUB HEAD - A golf club head with a club head body having an external surface with a heel portion, a toe portion, a crown portion, a sole portion, and a front opening is described. A face insert support structure is located at the front opening. The support structure includes a peripheral member and a rear support member. The rear support member has a front surface and a rear surface. A face insert is attached at the front opening and closes the front opening of the body. An undercut fill structure is attached to a portion of the rear surface of the rear support member. | 10-02-2014 |
| 20140302945 | STRIKING FACE OF A GOLF CLUB HEAD - 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. | 10-09-2014 |
| 20140323239 | GOLF CLUB HEAD - A high forgiveness wood-type golf club head comprises a body and a face. The body comprises a sole that forms a bottom portion of the golf club head, a crown that forms a top portion of the golf club head and a skirt that forms a periphery of the golf club head between the sole and the crown. The face place is positioned at a front portion of the golf club head opposite a rear portion of the golf club head. The body defines an outer periphery having a generally triangular shape in plan. | 10-30-2014 |
| 20150018120 | TWO-PIECE TYPE GOLF CLUB HEAD - A two-piece type gold club head includes a body member including a top wall, a neck located at one end of the top wall, a peripheral wall extended from the ring-shaped border area of the top wall toward one lateral side and defining a planar ball-hitting surface, a bottom wall extended from the bottom side of the planar ball-hitting surface and terminating in a bottom flange and a top flange extended from the peripheral wall and integrally connected with the bottom flange to form an annular flange, and a bottom member mounted at the bottom side of the peripheral wall of the body member and having a mounting flange lap-connected with the top flange of the body member. | 01-15-2015 |
| 20150018121 | GOLF CLUB HEAD HAVING AN ELASTIC BALL-HITTING FACE - A gold club head includes a club head body having an opening defined in a front side thereof, a flange extending around the opening and a tubular neck located at one lateral side thereof, and a cover shell mounted in the opening of the club head body and having a peripheral wall extended around the border area of a face panel thereof and a substantially annular mounting flange extended from a distal end of the peripheral wall and connected to the flange of the club head body. | 01-15-2015 |
| 20150018122 | VARIABLE LOFT GOLF CLUBS AND METHODS TO MANUFACTURE VARIABLE LOFT GOLF CLUBS - A golf club head includes a face portion, a first faceplate configured to be removably attached to the face portion, a second faceplate configured to be removably attached to the face portion, the second face plate having a different configuration than the first faceplate, and a first fastener and a second fastener configured to attach the first faceplate or the second faceplate to the face portion, each fastener having an indicator configured to indicate a weight associated with the fastener. | 01-15-2015 |
| 20150024871 | TITANIUM ALLOY FOR GOLF CLUB FACE - The present invention provides, as a material for a golf club face of a driver, an iron or the like, a titanium alloy which satisfies the regulation for a coefficient of restitution, and has high Young's modulus and tensile strength and also has excellent hot and cold workability. The titanium alloy for a golf club face according to the present invention comprises, in percent by mass, 1.0 to 3.5% of Al, 0.5 to 1.4% of Fe, 0.2 to 0.5% or O and 0.002 to 0.030% of N, and the balance of Ti with inevitable impurities, wherein an α-phase is strengthened by combined addition of O and Al, and inexpensive Fe is selected as a β-phase stabilizing element, leading to high strength and high Young's modulus in combination. The content of Al causing deterioration of hot workability is limited to a low value, leading to low rolling load during hot rolling, and thus flaws and edge cracking are unlikely to occur during hot rolling. | 01-22-2015 |
| 20150038259 | LOST-CORE MOLDED POLYMERIC GOLF CLUB HEAD - A method of forming a golf club head includes forming a core of the golf club head from a material having a first melting temperature and affixing a club face to the core. The club face includes a first, hitting surface, a second surface that is opposite the first surface, and a locking feature. A body is then molded about the core and such that it surrounds at least a portion of the locking feature, the body formed from a polymeric material having a second melting temperature that is greater than the first melting temperature. Finally, the core is removed from within the body. | 02-05-2015 |
| 20150038260 | GOLF CLUB HEAD - A golf club includes a hollow head | 02-05-2015 |
| 20150045146 | GOLF CLUB HEAD HAVING A MULTI-MATERIAL FACE - A golf club with a multi-material face is disclosed herein. More specifically, the golf club head in accordance with the present invention has a striking face that forms a pocket, wherein the pocket is filled with a secondary material having a lower density to improve the performance of the golf club head. The multi-material face disclosed in accordance with the present invention may generally have a characteristic time slope of greater than about 5 and less than about 50, wherein the characteristic time slope is determined based on the various data points collected according to the United States Golf Association's (USGA's) Characteristic Time (CT) test. | 02-12-2015 |
| 20150051013 | IRON-TYPE GOLF CLUB HEAD - An iron-type golf club head comprises a head main body and a face plate attached thereto. The face plate has an annular outer edge portion fixed to the head main body, and a noncontact portion not contacting with the head main body. The noncontact portion includes a first thin part and a second thin part having a thickness less than that of the outer edge portion. The first thin part extends in a peripheral side along the upper edge, the toe-side edge and the lower edge of the face plate. The second thin part is formed to have a thickness less than that of the first thin part. The area of the first thin part is 10% to 35% of the area of the noncontact portion. The area of the second thin part is 65% to 90% of the area of the noncontact portion. | 02-19-2015 |
| 20150051014 | MULTI-PIECE GOLF CLUB HEADS FORMED FROM TITANIUM AND ZIRCONIUM ALLOYS - A golf club head and a method for forming a golf club head are disclosed. The golf club head may include multiple components with varying densities to manipulate the weight, volume, and properties of the golf club head. | 02-19-2015 |
| 20150057101 | GOLF CLUB HEAD WITH POLYMERIC FACE - A golf club head includes a body and a face plate insert. The body includes an annular face support having a recessed shelf configured to receive the face plate insert, and partially defining a central cavity. The face plate insert includes a hitting surface and a rear surface that is opposite the hitting surface. The face plate insert is disposed within the annular face such that the rear surface of the face plate insert abuts the recessed shelf. The face plate insert includes a polymeric material that is disposed across the cavity and that has a tensile strength of at least about 220 MPa. | 02-26-2015 |
| 20150065266 | GOLF CLUB FACE - A golf club head including a club face constructed from a low modulus material for maximizing driving distance potential and a perimeter flange having a mass reducing configuration for preventing adverse influences to the center of gravity and the moment of inertia of a golf club head including the club face. | 03-05-2015 |
| 20150065267 | GOLF CLUB HEAD - A cavity back iron type club head includes a striking plate having a substantially planar striking surface and a rear surface defining a thickness therebetween. The rear surface defines a striking plate rear cavity region. A perimeter support is coupled to a peripheral portion of the striking plate. The surface area of the striking surface is related to the club head loft angle by the equation SSA≧14.4(L)+2875, where SSA is the surface area of the striking surface in units of square-millimeters and L is the club head loft angle in units of degrees. | 03-05-2015 |
| 20150087440 | GOLF CLUB HEAD - An iron-type golf club head is disclosed having a first piece including a portion of an iron-type face. A second piece including a heel portion, a sole portion, a toe portion, a top-line portion, a hinge region, and a front opening for receiving the first piece is also disclosed. A first contact surface of the first piece is connected with a second contact surface of the second piece at a contact interface. A continuous weld extends along the contact interface attaching the first and second pieces together at the contact interface. The continuous weld includes a fusion zone occurring substantially on the iron-type face outside the hinge region of the club head. | 03-26-2015 |
| 20150111664 | GOLF CLUB HEAD WITH MULTI-MATERIAL COMPONENTS - A metal wood golf club wherein a portion of the golf club head made from more than one material is disclosed. More specifically, due to the unique construction of a golf club head having multiple materials, the present invention utilizes diffusion bonding, liquid interface diffusion, or even super plastic forming techniques to achieve the desirable bond between the more than one material used to form different portions of the golf club head. The different materials could even be the same base material with different compositions as long as they have different Young's modulus. | 04-23-2015 |
| 20150119165 | POLYMERIC GOLF CLUB HEAD WITH METALLIC FACE - A golf club head includes a club face and a body. The club face is formed from a metallic material and includes a first, hitting surface, a second, rear surface that is opposite the first surface, and a flange that is separated from the second surface by a transverse distance. The body is formed from a polymeric material and includes a crown, a sole, a hosel, and a face support. The club face and the body cooperate to define a closed volume, and the face support extends to opposing sides of the flange and is operative to couple the club face to the body. | 04-30-2015 |
| 20150126305 | CLUB HEADS WITH BOUNDED FACE TO BODY YIELD STRENGTH RATIO AND RELATED METHODS - Some embodiments include a club head with a bounded face to body yield strength ratio. Other embodiments of related club heads and methods are also disclosed. | 05-07-2015 |
| 20150148147 | GOLF CLUB HEAD OR OTHER BALL STRIKING DEVICE WITH THERMOREACTIVE FACE - A ball striking device, such as a golf club, includes a head that includes a face having a ball striking surface configured for striking a ball and a body connected to the face and extending rearward from the face. The face has an area of highest response located proximate a center of the ball striking surface. The face is formed of a first material and a second material that forms at least a portion of the area of highest response. The second material has a thermal modulus response that is different from a thermal modulus response of the first material. | 05-28-2015 |
| 20150321053 | HEAT TREATED GOLF CLUB - A heat treated golf club head is disclosed herein. More specifically, the present invention discloses a golf club head wherein the striking face portion and the body portion are heat treated differently to achieve different hardness, strength, and Young's modulus (E) at the two portions to improve the performance of the golf club head. | 11-12-2015 |
| 20150360093 | GOLF CLUB HEAD WITH IMPROVED PERFORMANCE - A golf club head with an improved striking face is disclosed herein. More specifically, the present invention utilizes an innovative die quenching method that can alter the Young's modulus of the material of the striking face. The striking face portion of the present invention generally created from an α+β titanium alloy such as SP 700 that contains a β rich alloy composition to create more phase change in the alloying elements. In a preferred embodiment, the die quenching process could create a localized change in the material's Young's modulus throughout different regions of the striking face, resulting in a change in the Young's modulus of the material within the same striking face. | 12-17-2015 |
| 20150360094 | GOLF CLUB HEAD WITH IMPROVED COMPOSITE MATERIAL - A golf club with a multi-material face is disclosed herein. More specifically, the present invention discloses a golf club head with a composite material wherein the composite material has a significantly lower Fiber Areal Weight (FAW) less than about 50 grams per meters square (gsm). In one embodiment of the invention the golf club head has a striking face that forms a pocket, wherein the pocket is filled with a secondary material having a lower density to improve the performance of the golf club head. The multi-material face disclosed in accordance with the present invention may generally have an inter laminar shear strength of greater than about 60 MPa, most preferably greater than about 60 MPa and less than about 145 MPa. | 12-17-2015 |
| 20150367196 | GOLF CLUB HEADS WITH OPTIMIZED CHARACTERISTICS AND RELATED METHODS - Embodiments of golf club heads with optimized characteristics presented herein. Other examples and related methods are also disclosed herein. | 12-24-2015 |
| 20160016052 | GOLF CLUB INSERT - An insert for a golf club head, wherein the insert includes a generally planar base surface and a maximum thickness, T | 01-21-2016 |
| 20160038797 | Golf Club Having a Reinforced Ball Striking Plate - A ball striking device includes a ball striking plate having a front surface configured to strike a ball and a rear surface opposite the front surface. The ball striking plate has a desired-contact region and a perimeter. One or more spoke-like reinforcement ribs may be located on the rear surface and may radiate away from the desired-contact region toward the perimeter. At least one of the spoke-like reinforcement ribs may be located in an upper-toe quadrant or in an upper-heel quadrant of the rear surface. One or more encircling reinforcement ribs may be located on the rear surface. The one or more encircling reinforcement ribs may be at least partially encircling the desired-contact region. A thickened portion of the ball striking plate may be positioned behind the desired-contact region of the ball striking plate. The ball striking device may be a golf club head. | 02-11-2016 |
| 20160038799 | GOLF CLUB HEAD HAVING A MULTI-MATERIAL FACE - A golf club with a multi-material face is disclosed herein. More specifically, the golf club head in accordance with the present invention has a striking face that forms a pocket, wherein the pocket is filled with a secondary material having a lower density to improve the performance of the golf club head. The multi-material face disclosed in accordance with the present invention may generally have a characteristic time slope of greater than about 5 and less than about 50, wherein the characteristic time slope is determined based on the various data points collected according to the United States Golf Association's (USGA's) Characteristic Time (CT) test. | 02-11-2016 |
| 20160067561 | GOLF CLUB HEAD - A golf club head including a striking face, a posterior body portion including a crown portion and a sole portion, wherein the striking face includes a heel side and a toe side, a geometric face center, an impact area centered about the geometric face center and stretching a distance K towards the toe side from the geometric face center, and a distance K towards the heel side from the geometric face center, a toe area including the remainder of the striking on the toe side of the impact area, a heel area including the remainder of the striking face on the heel side of the impact area, wherein a maximum characteristic time of the striking face occurs outside of the impact area. | 03-10-2016 |
| 20160067562 | GOLF CLUB - A golf club head includes a golf club body, the golf club body including a toe portion and a heel portion, the golf club body including a hosel connected to the heel portion, the golf club body defining an external surface area, thereby each portion of the golf club body including a contributing external surface area to the total external surface area of the golf club body; a face connected to a front of the golf club body; a surface covering applied to at least 50% of the sole. | 03-10-2016 |
| 20160074716 | GOLF CLUB WITH CELLULAR MASS DISTRIBUTION - The invention relates to golf club heads with improved mass distribution provided by novel cellular features. Because a club head can have very low mass density in certain parts, the club head can have much more mass in other parts, while keeping the overall club head mass equal to the mass of prior art club heads. A club head can be provided with optimized MOI and CG. The novel cellular structures of invention provide extensible functionality in the form of pockets, recesses, and windows and provide materials with excellent strength and restitution properties. | 03-17-2016 |
| 20160101328 | GOLF CLUB HEAD WITH FLEXURE - A golf club head including a crown, a sole, a hosel, a face and a flexure. The face is configured to provide varying stiffness while minimizing the change in thickness across the face. The flexure provides compliance during an impact between the golf club head and a golf ball. | 04-14-2016 |
| 20160107050 | GOLF CLUB FACE - A golf club head including a club face constructed from a low modulus material for maximizing driving distance potential and a perimeter flange having a mass reducing configuration for preventing adverse influences to the center of gravity and the moment of inertia of a golf club head including the club face. | 04-21-2016 |
| 20160129318 | GOLF CLUB HEAD WITH POLYMERIC FACE - A golf club head includes a body and a face plate insert. The body includes an annular face support having a recessed shelf configured to receive the face plate insert, and partially defining a central cavity. The face plate insert includes a hitting surface and a rear surface that is opposite the hitting surface. The face plate insert is disposed within the annular face such that the rear surface of the face plate insert abuts the recessed shelf. The face plate insert includes a polymeric material that is disposed across the cavity and that has a tensile strength of at least about 220 MPa. | 05-12-2016 |
| 20160166895 | Golf club with insert. | 06-16-2016 |
| 20160184666 | GOLF CLUB HEAD - A golf club according to the present invention includes a golf club head body that has a crown portion and a sole portion and has an opening surrounded by the crown portion and the sole portion, and a face member that covers the opening of the golf club head body. The face member is formed in the shape of a cup having a face portion formed in a plate shape and a peripheral portion that extends from the peripheral edge of the face portion. In the peripheral portion of the face member, the portion that extends along the crown portion includes a first toe-side edge portion arranged on the toe side, a first heel-side edge portion arranged on the heel side, and a first central edge portion arranged between the first toe-side edge portion and the first heel-side edge portion. | 06-30-2016 |
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