US 12,005,325 B2
Golf club head
Dustin Brekke, Fountain Valley, CA (US); Anthony Munson, Huntington Beach, CA (US); and Farbod Gharaei, Irvine, CA (US)
Assigned to SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD., Kobe (JP)
Filed by SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD., Kobe (JP)
Filed on Feb. 19, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/179,888.
Application 17/179,888 is a division of application No. 16/703,956, filed on Dec. 5, 2019, granted, now 10,933,287.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/873,630, filed on Jul. 12, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0170241 A1, Jun. 10, 2021
Int. Cl. A63B 53/04 (2015.01); A63B 53/00 (2015.01)
CPC A63B 53/047 (2013.01) [A63B 53/005 (2020.08); A63B 53/0433 (2020.08); A63B 53/045 (2020.08); A63B 53/0466 (2013.01); A63B 2053/0479 (2013.01)] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An iron-type golf club head that, when oriented in a reference position, comprises:
a heel;
a toe opposite the heel;
a top portion;
a sole portion opposite the top portion;
a rear portion; and
a striking wall including:
a striking face having a plurality of scorelines and a face center;
a rear surface opposite the striking face;
a minimum striking wall thickness Tmin no greater than 2.5 mm;
a thickened central region having a maximum thickness, Tmax, greater than Tmin but no greater than 2.75 mm;
a first thickness T1 corresponding with a first location spaced toe-ward from the face center by a first distance D1 of between 20 mm and 30 mm; and
a second thickness T2 corresponding with a second location spaced heel-ward from the face center by the first distance D1 such that T1 is greater than T2 by no less than 0.05 mm.