US 12,364,908 B2
Aerodynamic golf club head
Michael Scott Burnett, McKinney, TX (US); Jeffrey J. Albertsen, Plano, TX (US); and Marc Schmidt, Dallas, TX (US)
Assigned to TAYLOR MADE GOLF COMPANY, INC., Carlsbad, CA (US)
Filed by Taylor Made Golf Company, Inc., Carlsbad, CA (US)
Filed on Jun. 8, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/207,276.
Application 18/207,276 is a continuation of application No. 17/485,977, filed on Sep. 27, 2021, granted, now 11,707,652.
Application 17/485,977 is a continuation of application No. 16/707,774, filed on Dec. 9, 2019, granted, now 11,130,026, issued on Sep. 28, 2021.
Application 16/707,774 is a continuation of application No. 16/105,001, filed on Aug. 20, 2018, granted, now 10,500,451, issued on Dec. 10, 2019.
Application 16/105,001 is a continuation of application No. 15/603,605, filed on May 24, 2017, granted, now 10,052,531, issued on Aug. 21, 2018.
Application 15/603,605 is a continuation of application No. 15/012,880, filed on Feb. 2, 2016, granted, now 9,682,294, issued on Jun. 20, 2017.
Application 15/012,880 is a continuation of application No. 14/260,328, filed on Apr. 24, 2014, granted, now 9,278,266, issued on Mar. 8, 2016.
Application 14/260,328 is a continuation of application No. 14/069,503, filed on Nov. 1, 2013, granted, now 8,734,269, issued on May 27, 2014.
Application 14/069,503 is a continuation of application No. 13/969,670, filed on Aug. 19, 2013, granted, now 8,602,909, issued on Dec. 10, 2013.
Application 13/969,670 is a continuation of application No. 13/670,703, filed on Nov. 7, 2012, granted, now 8,550,936, issued on Oct. 8, 2013.
Application 13/670,703 is a continuation of application No. 13/304,863, filed on Nov. 28, 2011, abandoned.
Application 13/304,863 is a continuation of application No. 12/367,839, filed on Feb. 9, 2009, granted, now 8,083,609, issued on Dec. 27, 2011.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/080,892, filed on Jul. 15, 2008.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/101,919, filed on Oct. 1, 2008.
Prior Publication US 2023/0338790 A1, Oct. 26, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A63B 53/04 (2015.01); A63B 60/00 (2015.01)
CPC A63B 53/0466 (2013.01) [A63B 53/0408 (2020.08); A63B 53/0412 (2020.08); A63B 53/0437 (2020.08); A63B 60/006 (2020.08); A63B 2225/01 (2013.01)] 34 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A high volume aerodynamic golf club head (100) comprising:
A) a body (110) having a club head volume of at least 400 cc, a face (200), a sole section (300), a crown section (400) having a fiber composite material crown portion, a front (112), a back (114), a heel (116), a toe (118), and a center of gravity (CG), wherein the body (110) has a front-to-back dimension (FB) of at least 4.4 inches;
B) the face (200) having a top edge (210) and a lower edge (220), wherein a top edge height (TEH) is the elevation of the top edge (210) above a ground plane (GP), and a lower edge height (LEH) is the elevation of the lower edge (220) above the ground plane (GP), wherein a maximum top edge height (TEH) is at least 2 inches; and
C) the fiber composite material crown portion having a crown apex (410) located an apex height (AH) above a ground plane (GP), wherein:
(i) within a front-to-back vertical section through the crown apex (410) and perpendicular to a vertical plane created by a shaft axis (SA), a portion of the crown section (400) between the crown apex (410) and the face (200) has an apex-to-front radius of curvature (Ra-f);
(ii) within a heel-to-toe vertical section parallel to the vertical plane created by the shaft axis (SA), a portion of the crown section (400), above the elevation of the maximum top edge height (TEH), has a heel-to-toe radius of curvature (Rh-t), and the heel-to-toe radius of curvature (Rh-t) in contact with the crown apex (410) is less than 4 inches;
(iii) within the front-to-back vertical section a portion of the crown section (400), above the elevation of the maximum top edge height (TEH), between the crown apex (410) and the back (114) has an apex-to-rear radius of curvature (Ra-r);
(iv) wherein the apex-to-front radius of curvature (Ra-f) at the crown apex (410) is at least 25% less than the greatest apex-to-rear radius of curvature (Ra-r) of the portion of the fiber composite material crown portion within the front-to-back vertical section;
(v) the crown apex (410) is behind the forwardmost point on the face (200) a crown apex setback dimension (412), and the crown apex setback dimension (412) is less than a CG depth distance that is parallel to the crown apex setback dimension (412) and measured from a vertical projection of the center of gravity (CG) on the ground plane (GP) to a vertical projection of the forwardmost point on the face (200) on the ground plane (GP); and
(vi) the crown apex (410) is located between the toe (118) and a vertical front-to-back plane through the center of gravity (CG);
D) the high volume aerodynamic golf club head (100) has:
(i) a first moment of inertia (MOIy) about a vertical axis through a center of gravity (CG) of the high volume aerodynamic golf club head (100) that is at least 4000 g*cm2; and
(ii) a second moment of inertia (MOIx) about a horizontal axis through the center of gravity (CG) that is at least 2000 g*cm2.