US 12,465,820 B2
Multi-material golf club head
Richard L. Cleghorn, Oceanside, CA (US)
Assigned to Acushnet Company, Fairhaven, MA (US)
Filed by Acushnet Company, Fairhaven, MA (US)
Filed on Jun. 16, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/336,247.
Application 18/336,247 is a continuation of application No. 18/092,733, filed on Jan. 3, 2023.
Application 18/092,733 is a continuation in part of application No. 17/725,075, filed on Apr. 20, 2022, granted, now 12,208,317.
Prior Publication US 2023/0338787 A1, Oct. 26, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A63B 53/04 (2015.01)
CPC A63B 53/0437 (2020.08) [A63B 53/0433 (2020.08); A63B 53/0466 (2013.01)] 5 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A golf club head comprising:
a body portion further comprising;
a striking face portion that defines a forwardmost vertical plane along the z-axis that abuts the leading edge of a face sole junction when the golf club is in the address position,
a main body chassis having a sole portion,
wherein said main body chassis forms a rearwardmost point of said golf club head,
wherein said main body chassis further comprises a recess around a perimeter of said main body chassis, said recess further comprises;
a frontal crown recess,
wherein said frontal crown recess defines a crown transition overlap length,
wherein said crown transition overlap length is greater than about 12 mm and less than about 25 mm,
a rear sole recess,
wherein said rear sole recess defines a rear overlap length,
wherein said rear overlap length is less than about 6.5 mm,
a crown portion wrapping around a skirt of said golf club head, forming at least a portion of said sole;
wherein a perimeter of said crown portion forms a parting line, separating said crown portion from said body portion,
wherein said crown portion overlaps said body portion at said recess of said body portion,
wherein said parting line at least partially falls below said skirt,
wherein said crown portion has a first density and said body portion has a second density,
wherein said first density is less than said second density, and
wherein a forwardmost point of said crown portion is located less than about 17.5 mm away from said forwardmost vertical plane.