US 11,697,051 B2
Golf club heads with energy storage features
Cory S. Bacon, Cave Creek, AZ (US); Eric J. Morales, Laveen, AZ (US); Ryan M. Stokke, Anthem, AZ (US); Calvin S. Wang, Chandler, AZ (US); Xiaojian Chen, Phoenix, AZ (US); Travis D. Milleman, Portland, OR (US); and Martin R. Jertson, Phoenix, AZ (US)
Assigned to Karsten Manufacturing Corporation, Phoenix, AZ (US)
Filed by KARSTEN MANUFACTURING CORPORATION, Phoenix, AZ (US)
Filed on Sep. 28, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/487,932.
Application 17/487,932 is a continuation of application No. 16/203,433, filed on Nov. 28, 2018, granted, now 11,130,025.
Application 16/203,433 is a continuation in part of application No. 15/804,812, filed on Nov. 6, 2017, granted, now 11,083,935, issued on Aug. 20, 2021.
Application 15/804,812 is a continuation in part of application No. 15/435,054, filed on Feb. 16, 2017, granted, now 11,027,177.
Application 15/804,812 is a continuation of application No. 15/004,541, filed on Jan. 22, 2016, granted, now 9,839,818, issued on Dec. 12, 2017.
Application 16/203,433 is a continuation in part of application No. 14/920,480, filed on Oct. 22, 2015, granted, now 10,688,350.
Application 15/435,054 is a continuation in part of application No. 14/920,484, filed on Oct. 22, 2015, abandoned.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/595,130, filed on Dec. 6, 2017.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/591,889, filed on Nov. 29, 2017.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/591,682, filed on Nov. 28, 2017.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/313,215, filed on Mar. 25, 2016.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/295,565, filed on Feb. 16, 2016.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/206,152, filed on Aug. 17, 2015.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/131,739, filed on Mar. 11, 2015.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/107,269, filed on Jan. 23, 2015.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/105,464, filed on Jan. 20, 2015.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/105,460, filed on Jan. 20, 2015.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/068,232, filed on Oct. 24, 2014.
Prior Publication US 2022/0040540 A1, Feb. 10, 2022
Int. Cl. A63B 53/04 (2015.01); A63B 1/00 (2006.01)
CPC A63B 53/0466 (2013.01) [A63B 1/00 (2013.01); A63B 53/0408 (2020.08); A63B 53/0437 (2020.08)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A golf club head comprising:
a hollow body;
a strike face defining a loft plane;
a heel region;
a toe region opposite the heel region;
a sole;
a crown;
a channel located behind the strike face and on the sole of the golf club head, the channel comprising:
a front edge adjacent to the sole;
a rear edge adjacent to the sole;
a main portion extending inward from the sole between the front edge and the rear edge, the main portion comprising:
a front wall, a rear wall, and an apex positioned along a tallest portion of the channel relative to the sole and extending from the heel region to the toe region, the apex separating the front wall from the rear wall, wherein:
the front wall extends from the front edge to the apex;
the rear wall extends from the rear edge to the apex; and
a curvature of the rear wall is concave to the front wall defining a cambered rear wall;
wherein the cambered rear wall promotes the flexing of the channel;
wherein the sole and the channel are formed from a single material;
wherein the rear wall of the channel has a radius of curvature that is between 2.0 inches and 2.5 inches;
wherein the channel comprises a triangular shape;
wherein the channel is rounded near the apex.