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Golf club head with structural columns

  • US 9,687,702 B1
  • Filed: 03/02/2017
  • Issued: 06/27/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/27/2012
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A golf club head comprising:

  • a metal body with a hollow interior comprisinga toe structural connector comprising a body with a crown end, a sole end, a forward surface, a rearward surface, a heel surface and a toe surface,a heel structural connector comprising a body with a crown end, a sole end, a forward surface, a rearward surface, a heel surface and a toe surface,a striking face section having an exterior surface, an interior surface, an upper perimeter and a lower perimeter,a crown return portion extending rearward from the upper perimeter of the striking face section a distance ranging from 0.5 inch to 1.5 inches, anda sole section portion extending rearward from the lower perimeter of the striking face section;

    wherein the crown end of the toe structural connector is connected to the crown return portion, the crown end of the heel structural connector is connected to the crown return portion, the sole end of the toe structural connector is connected to the sole section, and the sole end of the heel structural connector is connected to the sole section;

    wherein a contact surface area between the crown return portion and both of the crown end of the toe structural connector and the crown end of the heel structural connector ranges from 1% to 5% of the surface area of the crown return portion;

    wherein the toe structural connector and the heel structural connector are positioned approximately parallel to the interior surface of the striking face section, are parallel to each other and are each spaced from 0.136 inch to 0.210 inch from the interior surface of the striking face section, wherein the positioning of the toe structural connector and the heel structural connector improves the normalized ball speed relationship to characteristic time;

    wherein the toe structural connector and the heel structural connector attenuate movement of the crown return portion and the sole section when the striking face section impacts a golf ball.

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