IP Library Granted Patent US 8,808,107
Granted Patent B2
US 8,808,107 · App. 13/286,247 · Granted Aug 19, 2014

Golf club

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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 8,808,107
App. No.
13/286,247
Granted
Aug 19, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

A golf club has a reverse flex of from 90 to 140 mm. In a front view of the golf club head under a standard state in which the golf club head is placed on a horizontal plane at its lie angle and loft angle, a first straight line drawn to pass through the centroid of the toe-crown-side thin portion and the centroid of the back surface of the face portion is inclined at an angle θA of from 30 to 40 degrees with respect to the horizontal plane; and a second straight line drawn to pass through the centroid of the heel-sole-side thin portion and the centroid of the back surface of the face portion is inclined at an angle θB of from 39 to 42 degrees with respect to the horizontal plane.

Claims (10)

1. A golf club comprising a shaft, and a golf club head having a hollow structure and attached to the tip end of the shaft,

wherein

a reverse flex of the golf club is in a range of from 90 to 140 mm, and

a face portion of the golf club head comprises a central thick portion including the centroid of the face portion, a toe-crown-side thin portion on the toe-side and on the crown-side of the central thick portion, said toe-crown-side thin portion having an area in a range of from 6% to 15% of the area of the back surface of the face portion, and a heel-sole-side thin portion on the heel-side and on the sole-side of the central thick portion, said heel-sole-side thin portion having an area in a range of from 3% to 10% of the area of the back surface of the face portion, wherein the thickness of the toe-crown-side thin portion and the thickness of the heel-sole-side thin portion are in a range of from 1.8 to 2.4 mm, and

wherein

in a front view of the golf club head under a standard state in which the golf club head is placed on a horizontal plane at its lie angle and loft angle,

a first straight line drawn to pass through the centroid of the toe-crown-side thin portion and the centroid of the back surface of the face portion is inclined at an angle θA of from 30 to 40 degrees with respect to the horizontal plane, and

a second straight line drawn to pass through the centroid of the heel-sole-side thin portion and the centroid of the back surface of the face portion is inclined at an angle θB of from 39 to 42 degrees with respect to the horizontal plane.

2. The golf club according to claim 1 , wherein the volume of the golf club head is in a range of from 400 to 470 cc.

3. The golf club according to claim 1 , wherein the golf club head is of a wood-type.

Assignments (2)
MERGER Recorded Apr 17, 2018
From: DUNLOP SPORTS CO. LTD.
To: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
Reel/Frame 045959/0204 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Apr 12, 2018
From: SRI SPORTS LIMITED
To: DUNLOP SPORTS CO. LTD.
Reel/Frame 045932/0024 →