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Golf club heads and methods to manufacture golf club heads

  • US 10,478,684 B2
  • Filed: 07/19/2018
  • Issued: 11/19/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/20/2014
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A golf club head comprising:

  • a hollow body portion having a toe portion with a toe portion edge, a heel portion with a heel portion edge and a hosel portion, a top portion with a top portion edge, a sole portion with a sole portion edge, a front portion, and a back portion with a back wall portion;

    a face portion coupled to the body portion enclosing the front portion to create a first interior cavity;

    a hosel transition portion between the first interior cavity and the hosel portion;

    a second interior cavity extending into the hosel transition portion and connected to the first interior cavity, the second interior cavity extending from a location at or proximate to the top edge portion of the top portion to a location at or proximate to the sole edge portion of the sole portion, and the second interior cavity extending from the face portion toward the hosel portion;

    a channel on the back wall portion, the channel including at least one groove extending from the toe portion edge toward the heel portion edge, the channel defining an indented portion of the back wall portion;

    a first set of ports including at least one port above the channel, a distance between the at least one port of the first set of ports and the toe portion edge being substantially less than a distance between the at least one port of the first set of ports and the hosel portion; and

    a second set of ports including at least one port below the channel, a distance between the at least one port of the second set of ports and the toe portion edge being substantially less than a distance between the at least one port of the second set of ports and the hosel portion,wherein at least one port of the first set of ports or the second set of ports is connected to the first interior cavity to provide a connected port,wherein the first interior cavity and the second interior cavity are at least partially filled with a polymer material from the connected port,wherein a width of the at least one groove decreases from the toe portion edge toward the heel portion edge, andwherein a distance between the at least one groove and a horizontal midplane of the body portion increases from the toe portion edge toward the heel portion edge.

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