US 12,390,702 B2
Golf club heads with variable face thickness
Anthony Munson, Huntington Beach, CA (US); Jacob Lambeth, Irvine, CA (US); and Dustin Brekke, Fountain Valley, CA (US)
Assigned to Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd., Kobe (JP)
Filed by Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd., Kobe (JP)
Filed on Mar. 2, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/116,532.
Application 18/116,532 is a continuation of application No. 17/577,322, filed on Jan. 17, 2022, granted, now 11,612,791.
Application 17/577,322 is a continuation of application No. 16/920,504, filed on Jul. 3, 2020, granted, now 11,247,106, issued on Feb. 15, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0201676 A1, Jun. 29, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A63B 53/04 (2015.01)
CPC A63B 53/047 (2013.01) [A63B 53/0408 (2020.08); A63B 53/0416 (2020.08); A63B 53/0445 (2020.08); A63B 53/0458 (2020.08); A63B 53/0462 (2020.08)] 10 Claims
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1. A golf club head that, when oriented in a reference position, comprises:
a golf club head main body having a toe, a heel opposite the toe, a sole, and a top portion opposite the sole; and
a striking face having a face center and comprising:
a central region including the face center, a first average thickness, and a variable thickness due to different thicknesses of one or more sub-regions on a rear surface of the striking face in a heel to toe direction of the central region;
an upper region above the central region, the upper region having a second average thickness;
a toe region toe-ward of the central region, the toe region having a third average thickness; and
an intermediate region at least partially surrounding the central region and disposed between the central region and each of the upper region and the toe region, the intermediate region having a fourth average thickness that is greater than the first average thickness, the second average thickness, and the third average thickness.