Golf club head with improved performance
First Claim
1. A golf club head comprising:
- a striking face with a frontal surface area of greater than about 3750 mm2;
a posterior body portion further comprising a crown portion and a sole portion, wherein said crown portion is coupled to an upper portion of said striking face and said sole portion coupled to a lower portion of said striking face; and
a beveled transition portion at least partially surrounding a perimeter of said striking face connecting said striking face with said posterior body portion;
wherein a surface area of said beveled transition portion comprises at most 3.0 percent of a total surface area of said golf club head.
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Abstract
A golf club head with an improved sweet spot, defined as a portion of the striking face that has at least 99.7% of the maximum ballspeed is disclosed herein. More specifically, the present invention discloses a golf club head with a significantly circular sweet spot that encompasses at least about 1.5% of the total striking face. A golf club head in accordance with the present invention may generally have a improved face geometry with an elliptical factor of greater than about 0.5, a beveled transition portion around the striking face of the golf club head, a variable face thickness region with decreases thickness, or even a tilted bulge and roll radius all helping improve the performance of the golf club head.
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18 Claims
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1. A golf club head comprising:
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a striking face with a frontal surface area of greater than about 3750 mm2; a posterior body portion further comprising a crown portion and a sole portion, wherein said crown portion is coupled to an upper portion of said striking face and said sole portion coupled to a lower portion of said striking face; and a beveled transition portion at least partially surrounding a perimeter of said striking face connecting said striking face with said posterior body portion; wherein a surface area of said beveled transition portion comprises at most 3.0 percent of a total surface area of said golf club head. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A golf club head comprising:
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a striking face with a frontal surface area of greater than about 3750 mm2; a posterior body portion further comprising a crown portion and a sole portion, wherein said crown portion is coupled to an upper portion of said striking face and said sole portion coupled to a lower portion of said striking face; and wherein said frontal surface area of said striking face comprises at least 9 percent of a total surface area of said golf club head and wherein said striking face has a sweet spot, defined as the area of said frontal surface area of said striking face having at least 99.7% of a maximum ballspeed achievable by said golf club head, that encompasses greater than about 1.5% of said frontal surface area of said striking face. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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