US 12,268,941 B1
Additive manufacturing methods for golf club components
Brandon D. DeMille, Carlsbad, CA (US); Eric Stubben, Encinitas, CA (US); David R. Handy, Encinitas, CA (US); Irina Ivanova, San Marcos, CA (US); and Patrick Dawson, Poway, CA (US)
Assigned to Topgolf Callaway Brands Corp., Carlsbad, CA (US)
Filed by Topgolf Callaway Brands Corp., Carlsbad, CA (US)
Filed on Jan. 17, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/415,489.
Application 18/415,489 is a continuation of application No. 17/327,452, filed on May 21, 2021, granted, now 11,878,221.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/166,028, filed on Mar. 25, 2021.
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A63B 53/04 (2015.01); B22F 3/10 (2006.01); B22F 10/14 (2021.01); B22F 10/68 (2021.01); B22F 10/80 (2021.01); B29C 64/165 (2017.01); B29C 64/386 (2017.01); B33Y 10/00 (2015.01); B33Y 40/20 (2020.01); B33Y 50/00 (2015.01); G06F 30/10 (2020.01); A63B 102/32 (2015.01); B33Y 80/00 (2015.01); G06F 113/10 (2020.01); G06F 119/18 (2020.01)
CPC A63B 53/045 (2020.08) [A63B 53/0416 (2020.08); A63B 53/0433 (2020.08); A63B 53/0437 (2020.08); B22F 3/1021 (2013.01); B22F 10/14 (2021.01); B22F 10/68 (2021.01); B22F 10/80 (2021.01); B29C 64/165 (2017.08); B29C 64/386 (2017.08); B33Y 10/00 (2014.12); B33Y 40/20 (2020.01); B33Y 50/00 (2014.12); G06F 30/10 (2020.01); A63B 53/0458 (2020.08); A63B 53/0466 (2013.01); A63B 53/047 (2013.01); A63B 53/0475 (2013.01); A63B 53/0487 (2013.01); A63B 2102/32 (2015.10); A63B 2209/00 (2013.01); B33Y 80/00 (2014.12); G06F 2113/10 (2020.01); G06F 2119/18 (2020.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A golf club head comprising:
a body;
a component comprising a plurality of port holes and a lattice structure comprising a plurality of voids, wherein at least one of the plurality of port holes communicates with at least one of the plurality of voids, wherein the lattice structure comprises a region with a characteristic selected from the group consisting of warped, twisted, distorted, and stretched;
wherein the component is attached to the body.