Golf club head with structural columns
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1. A golf club head comprising:
- a metal body comprising a sole section, a crown section, a front section having an opening, a hollow interior, and a protrusion extending from a heel side of the sole section to a toe side of the sole section;
a metal face component positioned over the opening, the face component comprising a striking plate section having an interior surface facing the hollow interior; and
at least one 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,wherein the at least one structural connector extends from the crown section to the protrusion,wherein the crown end of the at least one structural connector is connected to the crown section,wherein the sole end of the at least one structural connector is connected to the protrusion,wherein the at least one structural connector is located within 1 inch of the interior surface of the striking plate section, which improves the normalized ball speed relationship to characteristic time,wherein no portion of the at least structural connector makes contact with the striking plate section,wherein the protrusion extends upwards from the sole towards the striking plate section without touching the striking face,wherein the protrusion does not comprise any hollow regions, andwherein the at least one structural connector attenuates movement of the crown section and the sole section when the striking plate section impacts a golf ball.
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Abstract
A golf club head having multiple structural columns is disclosed herein. A body comprises a face section, a sole section, and a crown or return section, and defines a hollow interior. Each of the structural columns extends from the crown or return section to the sole section within the hollow interior to reduce stresses placed on the face section during impact with a golf ball. The structural columns are all located within 1 inch of a rear surface of the face section measured along a plane normal to the center of the face, and are spaced a distance of 0.500 to 2.00 inch from one another within the hollow interior.
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1. A golf club head comprising:
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a metal body comprising a sole section, a crown section, a front section having an opening, a hollow interior, and a protrusion extending from a heel side of the sole section to a toe side of the sole section; a metal face component positioned over the opening, the face component comprising a striking plate section having an interior surface facing the hollow interior; and at least one 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, wherein the at least one structural connector extends from the crown section to the protrusion, wherein the crown end of the at least one structural connector is connected to the crown section, wherein the sole end of the at least one structural connector is connected to the protrusion, wherein the at least one structural connector is located within 1 inch of the interior surface of the striking plate section, which improves the normalized ball speed relationship to characteristic time, wherein no portion of the at least structural connector makes contact with the striking plate section, wherein the protrusion extends upwards from the sole towards the striking plate section without touching the striking face, wherein the protrusion does not comprise any hollow regions, and wherein the at least one structural connector attenuates movement of the crown section and the sole section when the striking plate section impacts a golf ball. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A fairway wood-type golf club head comprising:
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a metal body comprising a sole section, a crown section, an upper opening, a front section having a front opening, a hollow interior, and a protrusion extending from a heel side of the sole section to a toe side of the sole section within the hollow interior; a crown insert permanently affixed to the body to close the upper opening, a metal face component welded to the body to cover the front opening, the face component comprising a striking plate section having an interior surface facing the hollow interior and a return section that is approximately perpendicular to the striking plate section; a toe structural connector comprising a first connector body with a first crown end and a first sole end; and a heel structural connector comprising a second connector body with a second crown end and a second sole end, wherein each of the toe structural connector and the heel structural connector extends from the crown section to the protrusion, wherein each of the first crown end and the second crown end is connected to the crown section, wherein each of the first sole end and the second sole end is connected to the protrusion, wherein each of the toe structural connector and the heel structural connector is located within 0.25 inch of the interior surface of the striking plate section, wherein no portion of the toe structural connector or the heel structural connector makes contact with the striking plate section, wherein the toe structural connector and heel structural connector are parallel to each other and extend approximately parallel with the interior surface of the striking plate section, wherein the toe structural connector is spaced a distance of 0.50 inch to 2.00 inch from the heel structural connector, wherein the protrusion comprises a base section and an extension section, wherein the protrusion is cast into the body, wherein the protrusion extends upwards from the sole towards the striking plate section without touching the striking plate section, and wherein the toe structural connector and the heel structural connector attenuate movement of the crown section and the sole section when the striking plate section impacts a golf ball. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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