US 11,701,555 B2
Golf club
Mark Vincent Greaney, Vista, CA (US); Andrew Kickertz, San Diego, CA (US); Todd P. Beach, Encinitas, CA (US); Craig Richard Slyfield, San Diego, CA (US); and Christopher John Harbert, Carlsbad, CA (US)
Assigned to Taylor Made Golf Company, Inc., Carlsbad, CA (US)
Filed by Taylor Made Golf Company, Inc., Carlsbad, CA (US)
Filed on Dec. 10, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/547,519.
Application 17/547,519 is a continuation of application No. 17/006,561, filed on Aug. 28, 2020, granted, now 11,219,803.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/894,523, filed on Aug. 30, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0176211 A1, Jun. 9, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A63B 53/04 (2015.01)
CPC A63B 53/0441 (2020.08) [A63B 53/0412 (2020.08); A63B 53/0437 (2020.08); A63B 53/0445 (2020.08); A63B 53/0466 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A golf club head comprising:
a golf club body having a face, a crown and a sole together defining an interior cavity, the golf club body including a heel portion and a toe portion and having an x, y and z axes which are orthogonal to each other having their origin at USGA center face,
wherein the golf club body has a volume between about 350 cm3 and about 500 cm3,
wherein at least one of the sole or the crown is at least in part a non-metal material,
wherein the golf club head has a primary alignment feature comprising a line delineating a transition between at least a portion of the crown having an area of contrasting shade or color with a shade or color of the face,
wherein the primary alignment feature is hard tooled into the golf club head with the face of the golf club body,
wherein the face is bonded to the golf club body and the golf club body is painted prior to bonding the face to the golf club body, and
wherein the primary alignment feature has:
a Sight Adjusted Perceived Face Angle (SAPFA) of from about −2 to about 10 degrees; and
a Radius of Curvature (circle fit) of from about 300 to about 1000 mm;
wherein the face is at least in part a composite material;
wherein the golf club head has a center of gravity;
wherein the golf club head has a z-axis moment of inertia (Izz) between 400 kg·mm2 and 600 kg·mm2; and
wherein the golf club head has an x-axis moment of inertia (Ixx) of between 280 kg·mm2 and 420 kg·mm2.