GB2621292A - Golf club head with flexible sole - Google Patents

Golf club head with flexible sole Download PDF

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GB2621292A
GB2621292A GB2318265.2A GB202318265A GB2621292A GB 2621292 A GB2621292 A GB 2621292A GB 202318265 A GB202318265 A GB 202318265A GB 2621292 A GB2621292 A GB 2621292A
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B Matthews Joshua
J Morales Eric
M Henrikson Erik
D Milleman Travis
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Karsten Manufacturing Corp
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    • AHUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63BAPPARATUS FOR PHYSICAL TRAINING, GYMNASTICS, SWIMMING, CLIMBING, OR FENCING; BALL GAMES; TRAINING EQUIPMENT
    • A63B53/00Golf clubs
    • A63B53/04Heads
    • A63B53/0408Heads characterised by specific dimensions, e.g. thickness
    • AHUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63BAPPARATUS FOR PHYSICAL TRAINING, GYMNASTICS, SWIMMING, CLIMBING, OR FENCING; BALL GAMES; TRAINING EQUIPMENT
    • A63B53/00Golf clubs
    • A63B53/04Heads
    • A63B53/0433Heads with special sole configurations
    • AHUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63BAPPARATUS FOR PHYSICAL TRAINING, GYMNASTICS, SWIMMING, CLIMBING, OR FENCING; BALL GAMES; TRAINING EQUIPMENT
    • A63B53/00Golf clubs
    • A63B53/04Heads
    • A63B53/0437Heads with special crown configurations
    • AHUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63BAPPARATUS FOR PHYSICAL TRAINING, GYMNASTICS, SWIMMING, CLIMBING, OR FENCING; BALL GAMES; TRAINING EQUIPMENT
    • A63B53/00Golf clubs
    • A63B53/04Heads
    • A63B53/045Strengthening ribs
    • AHUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63BAPPARATUS FOR PHYSICAL TRAINING, GYMNASTICS, SWIMMING, CLIMBING, OR FENCING; BALL GAMES; TRAINING EQUIPMENT
    • A63B53/00Golf clubs
    • A63B53/04Heads
    • A63B53/0466Heads wood-type
    • AHUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63BAPPARATUS FOR PHYSICAL TRAINING, GYMNASTICS, SWIMMING, CLIMBING, OR FENCING; BALL GAMES; TRAINING EQUIPMENT
    • A63B60/00Details or accessories of golf clubs, bats, rackets or the like
    • A63B60/48Details or accessories of golf clubs, bats, rackets or the like with corrugated cross-section
    • AHUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63BAPPARATUS FOR PHYSICAL TRAINING, GYMNASTICS, SWIMMING, CLIMBING, OR FENCING; BALL GAMES; TRAINING EQUIPMENT
    • A63B60/00Details or accessories of golf clubs, bats, rackets or the like
    • A63B60/50Details or accessories of golf clubs, bats, rackets or the like with through-holes
    • AHUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63BAPPARATUS FOR PHYSICAL TRAINING, GYMNASTICS, SWIMMING, CLIMBING, OR FENCING; BALL GAMES; TRAINING EQUIPMENT
    • A63B53/00Golf clubs
    • A63B53/04Heads
    • A63B2053/0491Heads with added weights, e.g. changeable, replaceable

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Abstract

Described herein are embodiments of golf club heads with flexible soles. In one embodiment, the golf club head includes a body having a crown opposite a sole, a toe opposite a heel, a back end opposite a front end, and a hosel. The golf club head also includes a sole curvature profile comprising a radius of curvature that varies as the sole curvature profile extends between the front end and the back end. The golf club head further includes a negative draft angle and a substantially flat crown to increase the stiffness of the crown allows for maximum deformation of the sole. The radius of curvature of the sole is configured to increase the flexure of the entire golf club head, thereby increasing the internal energy of the golf club head.

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1. A golf club head comprising: a body having a front end, a back end opposite the front end, a crown, a sole opposite the crown, the sole defining a sole surface; wherein the front end, the back end, the crown, and the sole form a hollow interior cavity; wherein a ground plane is tangent to the sole surface when the golf club head is at an address position to strike a golf ball; a heel, a toe opposite the heel, and a hosel structure having a hosel axis extending centrally through a bore in the hosel structure, a strike face positioned at the front end and defining a geometric center, and a loft plane tangent to the geometric center, wherein the geometric center further defines a coordinate system having the geometric center, the coordinate system comprising an x-axis extending through the geometric center between the heel and the toe, a y-axis extending through the geometric center and perpendicular to the x-axis, between the crown and the sole, a z-axis extending through the geometric center and perpendicular to the x-axis and to the y-axis, between the front end and the back end, the y-axis and the z-axis together define a YZ plane extending between the crown and the sole and between the front end and the back end; the x-axis and the y-axis together define a XZ plane extending between the heel and the toe and between the front end and the back end; an indented region; wherein the indented region is defined where the sole veers inward in a direction toward the hollow interior cavity; a sole transition point defined by an intersection of the sole and the strike face; the indented region comprises a sole curvature profile defined by an intersection of the sole surface and the YZ plane; wherein the sole curvature profile comprises a first inflection point and a second inflection point; wherein the sole curvature profile comprises a first concave section extending from the sole transition point to the first inflection point and is concave relative to the XZ plane; a convex section extending from the first inflection point to the second inflection point and is concave relative to the XZ plane; a second concave section extending from the second inflection point to the back end and is concave relative to the XZ plane; wherein the first concave section comprises a radius of curvature (R3), the convex section comprises a radius of curvature (R4), the second concave section comprises a radius of curvature (R5); wherein the sole curvature profile further comprises a nadir; wherein the nadir represents a point of the sole curvature profile that is closet to the XZ plane; wherein the nadir is located on the convex section; wherein the strike face forms a crown return such that the crown return extends rearward from the front end and forms a portion of the crown; the crown return comprises a face-crown transition profile having a face-crown transition radius (R6) the crown return comprises a crown transition point defined where the face-crown transition profile departs of the face-crown transition radius (R6); the crown return comprises a return section radius of curvature (R7); the crown comprising a crown radius of curvature (R8); a return transition point defined where the return section radius of curvature (R7) transitions to the crown radius curvature (R8); a crown return plane extending in a heel-to-toe direction and intersecting the crown transition point and the return transition point; a reference plane parallel to the ground plane and intersecting the crown transition point; and a draft angle measured between the crown return plane and the reference plane.
2. The golf club head of claim 1, wherein the face-crown transition radius (R6) is less than inches.
3. The golf club head of claim 1, wherein the draft angle is between 0 degrees and -10 degrees.
4. The golf club head of claim 1, wherein an increase in an internal energy generated at impact of the golf club head over a control club head devoid of a sole curvature comprising an indented region is greater than 7.0 lbf-inch.
5. The golf club head of claim 1, wherein the return section radius of curvature (R7) is at least than 5.0 inches.
6. The golf club head of claim 1, defining a return transition point depth ratio defined as a depth of the return transition point to an overall depth of the golf club head; wherein the return transition point depth ratio is greater than 0 10
7. The golf club head of claim 1, wherein the golf club head comprises a crown radius of curvature (R8) of at least 5 inches.
8. The golf club head of claim 1, the golf club head comprising a crown-sole radii curvature ratio defined as the crown radius of curvature (R8) over the convex section radius of curvature (R4); wherein the crown-sole radii curvature is greater than 1.5.
9. The golf club head of claim 1, further comprising a plurality of ribs located on an internal surface of the sole.
10. The golf club head of claim 9, wherein one or more of the plurality of ribs form a radial pattern.
11. The golf club head of claim 9, wherein one of the plurality of ribs comprises a cross rib extending in a heel-to-toe direction across the internal surface of the sole.
12. The golf club head of claim 11, wherein the cross rib intersects one or more of the plurality of ribs.
13. The golf club head of claim 11, wherein the cross rib is located within 0.30 inches of the nadir.
14. The golf club head of claim 11, wherein the cross rib is located at the nadir.
15. The golf club head of claim 9, wherein a height of at least one rib of the plurality of ribs varies along a length of the at least one rib.
16. The golf club head of claim 1, further comprising a slot located on sole; wherein the slot is defined as an aperture through the sole such that the slot provides access to the internal cavity of the golf club head; and wherein the slot extends in a heel to toe direction.
17. The golf club head of claim 16, wherein the slot is located forward of the first inflection point and rearward of a leading edge of the golf club head.
18. The golf club head of claim 16, wherein the slot comprises a length measured in a direction from heel to toe; wherein the length is between 30mm and 70mm.
19. The golf club head of claim 18, wherein the slot comprises a forward edge and a rear edge located rearward of the forward edge; wherein the forward edge is spaced a distance between 3mm to 15mm away from a leading edge of the golf club head.
20. The golf club head of claim 19, wherein the slot comprises a depth measured from the forward edge of the slot to the rear edge of the slot; wherein the depth is between 4 mm and 7mm.
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US6139446A (en) * 1998-08-03 2000-10-31 Wedgewood Golf, Inc. Golf club
US20060058114A1 (en) * 2004-09-10 2006-03-16 Callaway Golf Company Multiple Material Golf Club Head
US20080132355A1 (en) * 2006-11-30 2008-06-05 Taylor Made Golf Company Golf club head having ribs
US20160193510A1 (en) * 2009-05-13 2016-07-07 Nike, Inc Golf Club Assembly and Golf Club with Aerodynamic Features
US20200001146A1 (en) * 2018-06-27 2020-01-02 Karsten Manufacturing Corporation Golf club head with flexible sole

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* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US6139446A (en) * 1998-08-03 2000-10-31 Wedgewood Golf, Inc. Golf club
US20060058114A1 (en) * 2004-09-10 2006-03-16 Callaway Golf Company Multiple Material Golf Club Head
US20080132355A1 (en) * 2006-11-30 2008-06-05 Taylor Made Golf Company Golf club head having ribs
US20160193510A1 (en) * 2009-05-13 2016-07-07 Nike, Inc Golf Club Assembly and Golf Club with Aerodynamic Features
US20200001146A1 (en) * 2018-06-27 2020-01-02 Karsten Manufacturing Corporation Golf club head with flexible sole

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