Golf clubs and golf club heads
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1. A golf club head, comprising:
- a golf club head body including a ball striking face, a top, a bottom, a heel edge, and a toe edge, wherein the ball striking face is constructed at least in part from a first material having a first hardness, and wherein the ball striking face further includes;
(a) a first elongated channel extending from a top-to-bottom center line of the ball striking face toward the heel edge and from the top-to-bottom center line toward the toe edge (b) a second elongated channel separated from the first elongated channel at the ball striking face by a first portion of the first material, wherein the second elongated channel extends from the top-to-bottom center line of the ball striking face toward the heel edge and from the top-to-bottom center line toward the toe edge, and (c) a first groove defining a first recess in the first portion of the first material between the first elongated channel and the second elongated channel, and wherein, at the top-to-bottom center line, a first edge of the first groove constitutes the first material and a second edge of the first groove opposite the first edge of the first groove constitutes the first material;
a first fill material partially filling the first elongated channel, wherein the first fill material has a different hardness than the first material of the ball striking face, wherein a first portion of the first fill material extends flush to the ball striking face and a second portion of the first fill material defines a second groove, and wherein a first edge of the second groove constitutes the first material and a second edge of the second groove opposite the first edge of the second groove constitutes the first fill material; and
a second fill material partially filling the second elongated channel, wherein the second fill material has a different hardness than the first material of the ball striking face, wherein a first portion of the second fill material extends flush to the ball striking face and a second portion of the second fill material defines a third groove, and wherein a first edge of the third groove constitutes the first material and a second edge of the third groove opposite the first edge of the third groove constitutes the second fill material, and wherein the first fill material is separate and independent from the second fill material.
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Abstract
Golf club heads include an exposed ball striking surface at a top-to-bottom center line of the ball striking face having a first material and a second material of different hardnesses. A top-to-bottom cross section of the exposed ball striking surface at the top-to-bottom center line of the ball striking face has a structure that includes a plurality of grooves including: (a) a first groove having a first edge made of the first material and a second edge made from the second material, and (b) a second groove having its opposing edges made of the first material.
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1. A golf club head, comprising:
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a golf club head body including a ball striking face, a top, a bottom, a heel edge, and a toe edge, wherein the ball striking face is constructed at least in part from a first material having a first hardness, and wherein the ball striking face further includes;
(a) a first elongated channel extending from a top-to-bottom center line of the ball striking face toward the heel edge and from the top-to-bottom center line toward the toe edge (b) a second elongated channel separated from the first elongated channel at the ball striking face by a first portion of the first material, wherein the second elongated channel extends from the top-to-bottom center line of the ball striking face toward the heel edge and from the top-to-bottom center line toward the toe edge, and (c) a first groove defining a first recess in the first portion of the first material between the first elongated channel and the second elongated channel, and wherein, at the top-to-bottom center line, a first edge of the first groove constitutes the first material and a second edge of the first groove opposite the first edge of the first groove constitutes the first material;a first fill material partially filling the first elongated channel, wherein the first fill material has a different hardness than the first material of the ball striking face, wherein a first portion of the first fill material extends flush to the ball striking face and a second portion of the first fill material defines a second groove, and wherein a first edge of the second groove constitutes the first material and a second edge of the second groove opposite the first edge of the second groove constitutes the first fill material; and a second fill material partially filling the second elongated channel, wherein the second fill material has a different hardness than the first material of the ball striking face, wherein a first portion of the second fill material extends flush to the ball striking face and a second portion of the second fill material defines a third groove, and wherein a first edge of the third groove constitutes the first material and a second edge of the third groove opposite the first edge of the third groove constitutes the second fill material, and wherein the first fill material is separate and independent from the second fill material. - 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 golf club head body including a ball striking face, a top, and a bottom, wherein an exposed ball striking surface at a top-to-bottom center line of the ball striking face includes; (a) a top-most groove edge, (b) a bottom-most groove edge, and (c) a plurality of grooves defined in the ball striking face between the top-most groove edge and the bottom-most groove edge, wherein a first subset of the plurality of grooves includes a plurality of grooves having a first edge formed from a first material of the ball striking face and a second edge opposite the first edge formed from a second material of the ball striking face, and wherein the first material is different from the second material, wherein a second subset of the plurality of grooves includes a plurality of grooves having a first edge formed from the first material and a second edge opposite the first edge formed from the first material, and wherein, at least 25% of the top-to-bottom center line of the ball striking face from the top-most groove edge to the bottom-most groove edge includes the first material, at least 20% of the top-to-bottom center line of the ball striking face from the top-most groove edge to the bottom-most groove edge includes the second material, and at least 35% of the top-to-bottom center line of the ball striking face from the top-most groove edge to the bottom-most groove edge includes open space. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11)
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