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Golf club head controlling golf ball movement

  • US 6,190,267 B1
  • Filed: 10/09/1998
  • Issued: 02/20/2001
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/07/1996
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A golf clubhead, comprising:

  • a clubhead shell, a clubhead face, and a club heel weight;

    a clubhead shaft mounting means having a centerline;

    said clubhead constructed of said clubhead shell, said clubhead face, and said clubhead heel weight attached near said clubhead shaft mounting means, said clubhead having a center-of-gravity location within 0.180 inch maximum measured in any radial direction and distance measured from said clubhead shaft mounting means centerline, said location of said center-of-gravity depending upon said clubhead'"'"'s features as size, shape and distributed weight, said clubhead having a center-of-percussion located as a result of said center-of-gravity'"'"'s location which is within 0.500 inch of an outer toe end portion of said clubhead measured from said toe end physical outer limit towards said clubhead'"'"'s said center-of-gravity;

    wherein a design process used to produce said clubhead is clearly defined and established to determine said location of said center-of-gravity that will produce said center-of-percussion location on said clubhead said toe end; and

    wherein a resulting sweet spot of said clubhead, which is a ball contact surface area projected onto said clubhead face between said center-of-gravity and said center-of-percussion with reference to said shaft mounting means centerline, will be a largest possible size according to the size, shape, and weight distribution of said clubhead.

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