US 12,064,669 B2
Golf club head with textured faceplate and methods of manufacturing the same
Clayson C. Spackman, Scottsdale, AZ (US)
Assigned to Karsten Manufacturing Corporation, Phoenix, AZ (US)
Filed by KARSTEN MANUFACTURING CORPORATION, Phoenix, AZ (US)
Filed on Sep. 16, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/932,830.
Application 17/932,830 is a continuation of application No. 17/121,581, filed on Dec. 14, 2020, granted, now 11,478,682.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/198,112, filed on Sep. 29, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/976,987, filed on Feb. 14, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/948,083, filed on Dec. 13, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2023/0023334 A1, Jan. 26, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A63B 53/04 (2015.01); B23K 26/356 (2014.01)
CPC A63B 53/0445 (2020.08) [A63B 53/047 (2013.01); B23K 26/356 (2015.10); A63B 53/0466 (2013.01); A63B 2053/0479 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A golf club head comprising:
a body comprising a heel end, a toe end, a top rail, and a sole;
a strikeface comprising a geometric center;
wherein:
the golf club head defines a horizontal reference axis extending through the geometric center of the strikeface from the heel end to the toe end;
the strikeface defines a low region between the horizontal reference axis and the sole;
the low region of the strikeface comprises a textured region including a plurality of pocket regions;
each pocket region of the plurality of pocket regions comprises a plurality of indentions;
each indention of the plurality of indentions comprises a center point, one or more sidewalls, and a bottom surface;
each indention has a maximum depth measured orthogonal to the strikeface, from the bottom surface to a plane coincident with the strikeface;
the maximum depth is between 0.1 μm to 15 μm;
each indention has a width measured in a heel-to-toe direction through the center point of the indention;
the width is between 0.1 μm and 500 μm;
each pocket region is spaced apart from adjacent pocket regions by a pocket region separation distance; and
the plurality of pocket regions do not overlap with each other.