US 12,440,732 B2
Golf club head
Michelle Penney, Carlsbad, CA (US); David Bennett, Carlsbad, CA (US); Nathan T. Sargent, Oceanside, CA (US); and Robert Story, Carlsbad, CA (US)
Assigned to Taylor Made Golf Company, Inc., Carlsbad, CA (US)
Filed by Taylor Made Golf Company, Inc., Carlsbad, CA (US)
Filed on Apr. 17, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/135,502.
Application 18/135,502 is a continuation of application No. 17/198,030, filed on Mar. 10, 2021, granted, now 11,654,336.
Application 17/198,030 is a continuation of application No. 16/865,191, filed on May 1, 2020, granted, now 10,974,102, issued on Apr. 13, 2021.
Application 16/865,191 is a continuation of application No. 15/859,071, filed on Dec. 29, 2017, granted, now 10,639,524, issued on May 5, 2020.
Application 15/859,071 is a continuation in part of application No. 15/617,919, filed on Jun. 8, 2017, granted, now 10,478,679, issued on Nov. 19, 2019.
Application 15/617,919 is a continuation of application No. 14/871,789, filed on Sep. 30, 2015, granted, now 9,700,763, issued on Jul. 11, 2017.
Application 14/871,789 is a continuation of application No. 14/701,476, filed on Apr. 30, 2015, granted, now 9,211,447, issued on Dec. 15, 2015.
Application 14/701,476 is a continuation of application No. 14/495,795, filed on Sep. 24, 2014, granted, now 9,186,560, issued on Nov. 17, 2015.
Application 14/495,795 is a continuation of application No. 13/828,675, filed on Mar. 14, 2013, granted, now 8,888,607, issued on Nov. 18, 2014.
Application 13/828,675 is a continuation in part of application No. 13/469,031, filed on May 10, 2012, granted, now 9,220,953, issued on Dec. 29, 2015.
Application 13/469,031 is a continuation in part of application No. 13/338,197, filed on Dec. 27, 2011, granted, now 8,900,069, issued on Dec. 2, 2014.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/440,886, filed on Dec. 30, 2016.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/427,772, filed on Dec. 28, 2010.
Prior Publication US 2023/0321499 A1, Oct. 12, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A63B 53/02 (2015.01); A63B 53/04 (2015.01); A63B 53/06 (2015.01); A63B 60/52 (2015.01)
CPC A63B 53/02 (2013.01) [A63B 53/04 (2013.01); A63B 53/0466 (2013.01); A63B 53/06 (2013.01); A63B 60/52 (2015.10); A63B 53/023 (2020.08); A63B 53/0408 (2020.08); A63B 53/0412 (2020.08); A63B 53/0416 (2020.08); A63B 53/0433 (2020.08); A63B 53/045 (2020.08); A63B 2053/0491 (2013.01); A63B 2209/00 (2013.01); A63B 2225/01 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
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13. A golf club head, comprising:
a golf club head body, defining an interior cavity, a top portion, and a rearward portion of the golf club head, and comprising:
a sole, defining a bottom portion of the golf club head;
a skirt portion, defining a periphery of the golf club head between the sole and a crown of the golf club head;
a face, defining a forward portion of the golf club head and extending between a heel portion of the golf club head, defined by the golf club head body, and a toe portion of the golf club head, defined by the golf club head body, wherein the rearward portion the golf club head is opposite the face;
a hosel;
a crown opening, at the top portion of the golf club head, and a recessed ledge along at least a forward portion of the crown opening;
a recessed port, located on a heel-side of the sole;
a hosel bore, extending through the hosel and open to the recessed port;
a mass body having a mass between 20 grams and 80 grams located at least in a forward portion of the sole and extending from a first location, on a heel-side of the sole, to a second location, on a toe-side of the sole;
a channel comprising a channel opening extending into the interior cavity of the golf club head, and wherein the channel extends in a toe-heel direction across the sole, with a heelward end near the recessed port and an opposite toeward end, and the channel is positioned forward of the mass body; and
a crown insert received by the recessed ledge, and attached to the golf club head body such that the crown insert covers the crown opening; and
wherein:
the first location is at least as far heelward as a toewardmost portion of the recessed port, and the second location is toeward of a toewardmost portion of the channel opening;
the crown insert:
has a density between 1 gram per cubic centimeter (g/cc) and 2 g/cc,
has a surface area of at least 4,000 square millimeters, and
defines a portion of the crown of the golf club head comprising at least 70% of a total surface area of the crown of the golf club head;
at the forward portion of the golf club head and heelward of the mass body, the golf club head body is made of a titanium alloy;
at the forward portion of the golf club head and toeward of the mass body, the golf club head body is made of a titanium alloy that is the same as or different than the titanium alloy heelward of the mass body; and
the golf club head has a center of gravity that is located less than about 40 millimeters horizontally rearward of a geometric center of the face when the golf club head is in a normal address position on a horizontal plane.