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Golf club heads or other ball striking devices having distributed impact response

  • US 10,610,746 B2
  • Filed: 03/12/2018
  • Issued: 04/07/2020
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/30/2010
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A golf club head comprising:

  • a face having a ball striking surface and being defined by a peripheral edge;

    a body connected to the face and extending rearward from the face to define an enclosed volume, the body having a front side, a rear side, a heel side, a toe side, a crown, and a sole;

    a first channel located on a surface of the body, the first channel having a periphery defined by boundary edges, wherein the boundary edges include a front edge extending laterally along the peripheral edge of the face between a heel end and a toe end of the first channel, such that the heel end and the toe end are located on opposite sides of a geometric centerline of the body, and the boundary edges further include a rear edge located further rearwardly than the front edge, wherein the first channel extends from the front edge to the rear edge, and the first channel has a width measured in a front-to-rear direction between the front and rear edges,wherein the rear edge includes a heel portion extending forward to the front edge and toward the heel side of the body at a first angle to the front edge, such that the first channel tapers to a first point formed by the heel portion and the front edge at the heel end of the first channel, and the rear edge further includes a toe portion extending toward the front edge and toward the toe side of the body at a second angle to the front edge, such that the first channel tapers to a second point formed by the toe portion and the front edge at the toe end of the first channel.

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