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Golf club head

  • US 10,507,365 B2
  • Filed: 05/15/2018
  • Issued: 12/17/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/11/2008
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A golf club head comprising:

  • a body having a bottom portion, a top portion, a front portion, a back portion, a heel portion, and a toe portion;

    a sole located on the bottom portion of the golf club head;

    a face positioned at the front portion of the body, the face being configured to receive an impact;

    a top portion silhouette profile located along a perimeter of the top portion, the top portion silhouette profile defining outer bounds of the top portion in an X-direction and Y-direction, the golf club head having a bottom portion volume below the top portion silhouette profile and a top portion volume above the top portion silhouette profile;

    a center sole portion extending from the front portion of the body to the back portion of the body, the center sole portion comprising;

    a planar surface extending rearwardly along the bottom portion of the golf club head in a generally Y-direction;

    a toeward sole surface that slopes upwardly from the planar surface when viewed in an address position;

    a first edge extending in a generally Y-direction on a toe side of the planar surface and defining a transition between the planar surface and the toeward sole surface;

    a heelward sole surface that slopes upwardly from the planar surface when viewed in the address position; and

    a second edge extending in a generally Y-direction on a heel side of the planar surface and defining a transition between the planar surface and the heelward sole surface;

    wherein the golf club head has a head origin defined as a position on a face plane at a geometric center of the face, the head origin including an x-axis tangential to the face and generally parallel to a ground plane when the head is in the address position where a positive x-axis extends towards the heel portion, a y-axis extending perpendicular to the x-axis and generally parallel to the ground plane when the head is in the address position where a positive y-axis extends from the face and through a rearward portion of the body, and a z-axis extending perpendicular to the ground plane, to the x-axis and to the y-axis when the head is in the address position where a positive z-axis extends from the head origin and generally upward,wherein the golf club head has a center of gravity with an x-axis coordinate between about −

    2 mm and about 7 mm, a y-axis coordinate between about 15 mm and about 50 mm, and a z-axis coordinate between about −

    7 mm and about 2 mm,wherein a heel-toe dimension of the golf club head is between about 119 mm and about 127 mm,wherein a top-bottom dimension of the golf club head is between about 63 mm and about 71 mm, andwherein the bottom portion volume is greater than 60 percent of a total volume of the golf club head.

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