High moment of inertia wood-type golf clubs and golf club heads
First Claim
1. A wood-type golf club head, comprising:
- a cup face member including a ball striking face portion and a return portion extending from a perimeter area of the ball striking face portion;
a first body member engaged with the return portion, the first body member including at least part of a sole portion of the golf club head,a second body member engaged with the return portion at a first seam, the second body member including at least part of a crown portion of the golf club head; and
a third body member engaged with the first body member and the second body member, wherein the third body member extends across a rear portion of the golf club head from a heel side to a toe side of the club head, and wherein the second body member is located between and separates at least some portion of the third body member from the return portion,wherein the second body member is engaged with the third body member at a second seam,wherein the second body member includes;
a central area; and
a perimeter area,wherein the perimeter area surrounds the central area and is positioned between the first seam at which the second body member meets the return portion of the cup face member and the second seam at which the second body member meets the third body member,wherein the central area is thinner than the perimeter area.
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Abstract
Wood-type golf club heads include: (a) a club head body including heel, toe, crown, sole, and weighted rear portions; and (b) a variable thickness ball striking face. The club head body parts and weighted portion(s) may be arranged such that the club head has a moment of inertia about a vertical axis passing through the club head center of gravity of at least 5000 g-cm2. Such club heads may include: (a) a cup face member including a ball striking face portion and a return portion; (b) sole and crown portions engaged with the return portion; (c) a rear body member engaged with the crown and/or sole portions; (d) a weight member at the club head rear; and/or (e) a hosel member engaged with the cup face member, the crown portion, and/or the sole portion. Methods of making such club heads also are described.
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44 Claims
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1. A wood-type golf club head, comprising:
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a cup face member including a ball striking face portion and a return portion extending from a perimeter area of the ball striking face portion; a first body member engaged with the return portion, the first body member including at least part of a sole portion of the golf club head, a second body member engaged with the return portion at a first seam, the second body member including at least part of a crown portion of the golf club head; and a third body member engaged with the first body member and the second body member, wherein the third body member extends across a rear portion of the golf club head from a heel side to a toe side of the club head, and wherein the second body member is located between and separates at least some portion of the third body member from the return portion, wherein the second body member is engaged with the third body member at a second seam, wherein the second body member includes; a central area; and a perimeter area, wherein the perimeter area surrounds the central area and is positioned between the first seam at which the second body member meets the return portion of the cup face member and the second seam at which the second body member meets the third body member, wherein the central area is thinner than the perimeter area. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A wood-type golf club head, comprising:
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a cup face member including a ball striking face portion and a return portion extending from a perimeter area of the ball striking face portion; a first body member engaged with the return portion, the first body member including at least part of a sole portion of the golf club head, wherein the first body member includes a central area and a perimeter area, wherein the central area is thinner than the perimeter area; a second body member engaged with the return portion at a first seam, the second body member including at least part of a crown portion of the golf club head; a third body member engaged with at least one of the first body member and the second body member, wherein the third body member extends across a rear portion of the golf club head from a heel side to a toe side of the club head, and wherein the second body member is located between and separates at least some portion of the third body member from the return portion; and a hosel member engaged with at least one of the cup face member and the second body member, wherein the second body member is engaged with the third body member at a second seam, wherein the second body member includes; a central area; and a perimeter area, wherein the perimeter area surrounds the central area and is positioned between the first seam at which the second body member meets the return portion of the cup face member and the second seam at which the second body member meets the third body member, wherein the central area is thinner than the perimeter area. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 39)
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29. A method of making a wood-type golf club head, comprising:
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forming a cup face member including a ball striking face portion and a return portion extending from a perimeter area of the ball striking face portion; engaging a first body member with the return portion, wherein the first body member includes at least part of a sole portion of the golf club head; engaging a second body member with the return portion at a first seam, wherein the second body member includes at least part of a crown portion of the golf club head; and engaging a third body member with the first body member and the second body member, wherein the third body member is engaged so as to extend across a rear portion of the golf club head from a heel side to a toe side of the club head, and wherein the second body member is engaged so as to be located between at least some portion of the third body member and the return portion, wherein the second body member is engaged with the third body member at a second seam, wherein the second body member includes; a central area; and a perimeter area, wherein the perimeter area surrounds the central area and is positioned between the first seam at which the second body member meets the return portion of the cup face member and the second seam at which the second body member meets the third body member, wherein the central area is thinner than the perimeter area. - View Dependent Claims (30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44)
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