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Golf club head or other ball striking device having stiffened face portion

  • US 8,070,623 B2
  • Filed: 11/21/2008
  • Issued: 12/06/2011
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/21/2008
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A golf club head comprising:

  • a face configured for striking a ball with an outer surface thereof;

    a body connected to the face, the body adapted for connection of a shaft proximate a heel of the body and having a toe opposite the heel;

    a first stiffening member extending rearward from an inner surface of the face and extending across the inner surface of the face between a first location and a second location, the first location positioned in an upper heel quadrant of the face, and the second location is positioned toward a lower toe quadrant of the face with respect to the first location, the first stiffening member providing locally increased stiffness to a first area of the face between the first location and the second location; and

    a plurality of second stiffening members extending rearward from the inner surface of the face and combining to provide locally increased stiffness to a second area of the face spaced from the first area and located in an upper toe quadrant or a lower heel quadrant of the face, wherein the second stiffening members are arranged in a radiating formation, and wherein the second stiffening members of the radiating formation radiate from a point spaced from the center of the face,wherein the first stiffening member provides a greater degree of stiffness to the face than the combined second stiffening members, such that the second area of the face has greater flexibility than the first area.

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