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Golf club heads and methods to manufacture golf club heads

DC
  • US 9,364,727 B2
  • Filed: 09/11/2015
  • Issued: 06/14/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/13/2014
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A golf club head comprising:

  • a plurality of weight portions;

    a body portion having a face portion with a back surface, a toe portion, a top portion, a sole portion, an interior cavity extending between the top and sole portions, and a back portion with a plurality of exterior weight ports having a first set of exterior weight ports and a second set of exterior weight ports along a periphery of the back portion, each of the plurality of exterior weight ports is associated with a port diameter and configured to receive at least one weight portion of the plurality of weight portions;

    an elastic polymer material injection molded in the interior cavity to structurally support the face portion during impact with a golf ball; and

    a bonding portion coupled between the back surface of the face portion and the elastic polymer material,wherein the first set of weight ports is located at or proximate to at least one of the top portion or the toe portion, and the second set of exterior weight ports is located at or proximate to at least one of the sole portion or the toe portion,wherein any two adjacent exterior weight ports of the first set of exterior weight ports are separated by less than the port diameter, and any two adjacent exterior weight ports of the second set of exterior weight ports are separated by less than the port diameter, andwherein the number of weight portions of the plurality of weight portions below a horizontal midplane of the golf club head is greater than the number of weight portions of the plurality of weight portions above the horizontal midplane of the golf club head.

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