Metal wood club with improved hitting face
First Claim
1. A golf club head comprising:
- a face insert and a face support,the face insert and the face support form a hitting face;
the hitting face comprises an inner zone having a generally parallelogram shape;
the hitting face comprises a first flexural stiffness having a major axis that aligns substantially in the direction of high heel to low toe and an intermediate zone having a second flexural stiffness, wherein the first flexural stiffness is higher than the second flexural stiffness and wherein the major axis of the paralleogram inner zone forms a first angle in the range of about 10°
to about 60°
with a shaft axis of the club head.
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Abstract
A golf club head having selectively oriented zones of relatively high flexural stiffness is disclosed. The hitting face is configured and dimensioned so that it includes an inner zone and a concentric intermediate zone. The inner zone has relatively high flexural stiffness and the intermediate zone has relatively lower flexural stiffness. The inner zone may have an elliptical shape or a substantially parallelogram shape. Preferably, the inner zone has a shape that comprises a major axis and a minor axis and the major axis aligns substantially in the direction of high heel to low toe. This arrangement of inner and intermediate zones creates a gradient of flexural stiffness in the direction of high toe to low heel and produces a desirable manipulation COR in that direction. This area of high coefficient of restitution advantageously coincides with the ball impact pattern that golfers typically make on the hitting face. The hitting face also comprises a measurement zone wherein the lowest COR is at least 93% of the highest COR.
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9 Claims
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1. A golf club head comprising:
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a face insert and a face support, the face insert and the face support form a hitting face; the hitting face comprises an inner zone having a generally parallelogram shape; the hitting face comprises a first flexural stiffness having a major axis that aligns substantially in the direction of high heel to low toe and an intermediate zone having a second flexural stiffness, wherein the first flexural stiffness is higher than the second flexural stiffness and wherein the major axis of the paralleogram inner zone forms a first angle in the range of about 10°
to about 60°
with a shaft axis of the club head. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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