Golf club head
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1. A golf club head comprising:
- a face, the face comprising a front side and a back side; and
a face-supporting structure, the face-supporting structure connected to the back side of the face at at least two points;
in a substantially on-center impact with a golf ball, the face deforming, with respect to the face-supporting structure, a first amount and the face-supporting structure deforming a second amount; and
in an off-center impact, the face-supporting structure deforming at an amount greater than the second amount when the face deforms, with respect to the face-supporting structure, at an amount less than the first amount, the changes in the amounts resulting in a club head with approximately the same compliance occurring over a portion of the face.
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Abstract
A golf club head designed to act under impact load as a bridge comprising a face; an inertial support system; a rear structure; and a force transfer system, under impact load the force transfer system, in cooperation with the inertial support system, elongating the rear structure and controlling the bending of the face, the pattern of bending of the face being a substantially bridge-like pattern of bending or a substantially modified bridge-like pattern of bending.
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1. A golf club head comprising:
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a face, the face comprising a front side and a back side; and a face-supporting structure, the face-supporting structure connected to the back side of the face at at least two points; in a substantially on-center impact with a golf ball, the face deforming, with respect to the face-supporting structure, a first amount and the face-supporting structure deforming a second amount; and in an off-center impact, the face-supporting structure deforming at an amount greater than the second amount when the face deforms, with respect to the face-supporting structure, at an amount less than the first amount, the changes in the amounts resulting in a club head with approximately the same compliance occurring over a portion of the face. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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