US 12,434,113 B2
Golf club heads
Robert Story, Carlsbad, CA (US); Nathan T. Sargent, Oceanside, CA (US); and Justin D. Kleinert, San Clemente, CA (US)
Assigned to Taylor Made Golf Company, Inc., Carlsbad, CA (US)
Filed by Taylor Made Golf Company, Inc., Carlsbad, CA (US)
Filed on Sep. 15, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/468,273.
Application 18/468,273 is a continuation of application No. 17/387,181, filed on Jul. 28, 2021, granted, now 11,771,963.
Application 17/387,181 is a continuation of application No. 17/112,761, filed on Dec. 4, 2020, granted, now 11,400,350, issued on Aug. 2, 2022.
Application 17/112,761 is a continuation of application No. 16/875,802, filed on May 15, 2020, granted, now 11,013,965, issued on May 15, 2021.
Application 16/875,802 is a continuation of application No. 16/042,902, filed on Jul. 23, 2018, granted, now 10,653,926, issued on May 19, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2024/0082655 A1, Mar. 14, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A63B 53/04 (2015.01); A63B 53/00 (2015.01); A63B 53/06 (2015.01); A63B 102/32 (2015.01)
CPC A63B 53/0466 (2013.01) [A63B 53/06 (2013.01); A63B 53/002 (2020.08); A63B 2053/0491 (2013.01); A63B 2102/32 (2015.10); A63B 2209/00 (2013.01)] 25 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A golf club head comprising:
a body defining an interior cavity, a sole defining a bottom portion of the golf club head, a crown defining a top portion of the golf club head, a face defining a forward portion of the golf club head, a rearward portion of the golf club head opposite the face, and a hosel having a hosel bore;
at least one crown opening including a recessed ledge, wherein the recessed ledge is proximate to the forward portion of the golf club head;
at least one crown insert formed from a carbon fiber reinforced composite material having a density between 1 g/cc and 2 g/cc, the at least one crown insert attached to the recessed ledge and covering the at least one crown opening;
a golf club shaft connection assembly configured to selectively adjust a loft angle, a lie-angle, or a loft angle and a lie angle of the of the golf club, wherein the golf club shaft connection assembly comprises a shaft sleeve that is at least partially received within the hosel; and
a recessed port, at least a portion of which extends from the sole, aligned with the hosel, having a port aperture, and configured to receive a screw that cooperates with the shaft sleeve to retain the shaft sleeve;
wherein the face includes a center face location that defines a head origin of a coordinate system in which an x-axis is tangential to the face at the center face location and is parallel to a ground plane when the body is in a normal address position, a y-axis extends perpendicular to the x-axis and is also parallel to the ground plane, and a z-axis extends perpendicular to the ground plane, wherein a positive x-axis extends toward a heel portion from the head origin, a positive y-axis extends rearwardly from the head origin, and a positive z-axis extends upwardly from the head origin;
wherein a forwardmost portion of the recessed ledge extends forward of a rearward-most portion of the shaft sleeve such that a first distance to the rearward-most portion of the shaft sleeve is greater than a second distance to the forwardmost portion of the recessed ledge as measured from the head origin rearward along the y-axis;
wherein the golf club head has a crown height as measured relative to the ground plane when the body is in a normal address position, wherein there is a first crown height at a face-to-crown transition region where the face connects to the crown near a front end of the body, a second crown height at a crown-to-skirt transition region where the crown connects to a skirt of the golf club head near a rear end of the body, and a third crown height located rearward of the first crown height and forward of the second crown height and the third crown height is greater than both the first and second crown heights;
wherein the golf club head has a balance point up (BP Up) value defined as a distance from the ground plane to a Center of Gravity (CG) projection onto the face as measured along the z-axis;
wherein the golf club head has a Zup value defined as a distance from the ground plane to the CG as measured along the z-axis; and
wherein a difference between BP Up and Zup is no more than 8 mm.