US 12,434,115 B2
Iron-type golf club head
Scott Taylor, Bonita, CA (US); and Connor Halberg, 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 Dec. 23, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/087,989.
Application 18/087,989 is a continuation in part of application No. 17/566,131, filed on Dec. 30, 2021.
Application 17/566,131 is a continuation in part of application No. 17/368,520, filed on Jul. 6, 2021, granted, now 11,458,374, issued on Oct. 4, 2022.
Application 17/368,520 is a continuation in part of application No. 17/330,033, filed on May 25, 2021, granted, now 11,413,510, issued on Aug. 16, 2022.
Application 17/330,033 is a continuation in part of application No. 17/132,541, filed on Dec. 23, 2020, granted, now 11,400,351, issued on Aug. 2, 2022.
Application 17/132,541 is a continuation in part of application No. 16/870,714, filed on May 8, 2020, granted, now 11,406,882, issued on Aug. 9, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/954,211, filed on Dec. 27, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/846,492, filed on May 10, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2023/0131767 A1, Apr. 27, 2023
Int. Cl. A63B 53/04 (2015.01); A63B 60/54 (2015.01)
CPC A63B 53/0475 (2013.01) [A63B 53/0408 (2020.08); A63B 53/0433 (2020.08); A63B 60/54 (2015.10)] 35 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An iron-type golf club head, comprising:
a body, comprising a heel portion, a sole portion defining a sole of the iron-type golf club head, a toe portion, a top-line portion, a front portion, which comprises a strike face, and a rear portion;
wherein:
a ratio of a maximum toe height of the iron-type golf club head to a blade length of the iron-type golf club head is greater than zero and at most 0.62;
wherein the maximum toe height is no more than 52 millimeters (mm);
a ratio of the maximum toe height to a maximum heel height of the iron-type golf club head is between, and inclusive of, 1.4 and 1.55;
the maximum heel height is no less than 25 mm;
a maximum thickness of the front portion, along the strike face, corresponds with a location toeward of a geometric center of the strike face;
a thickness of the front portion, at the geometric center of the strike face, is less than the maximum thickness of the front portion;
a coefficient of restitution (COR) of the iron-type golf club head is at least 0.818 and at most 0.830;
a Zup value of a center-of-gravity of the iron-type golf club head is at most between, and inclusive of, 13 mm and 19 mm; and
an entirety of the sole is rounded along a plane parallel to the strike face, and a radius of curvature of the sole, along the plane parallel to the strike face, is no more than between, and inclusive of, 100 mm and 275 mm.