IP Library Granted Patent US 9,526,956
Granted Patent B2
US 9,526,956 · App. 14/814,334 · Granted Dec 27, 2016

Golf club head

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Patent No.
US 9,526,956
App. No.
14/814,334
Granted
Dec 27, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

A golf club head comprising a variable thickness profile comprising a thick central portion; a transition portion; and a thin perimeter portion; wherein said transition portion surrounds said thick central portion; wherein said thin perimeter portion surrounds said transition portion; wherein said thick central portion comprises a center, said center of said thick central portion located equidistant from a heel most portion of said thick central portion and a toe most portion of said thick central portion; wherein said center of said thick central portion is offset from said geometric center of said striking face. The present invention also discloses a flexure feature located near a frontal sole portion of the golf club head, wherein the flexure has a specific thickness profile adapted to respond to the needs of the present golf club head.

Claims (15)

1. A golf club head comprising:

a striking face;

a posterior body comprising a crown portion and a sole portion, wherein said crown portion is coupled to an upper end of said striking face and said sole portion is coupled to a lower portion of said striking face;

wherein said sole portion further comprises a flexure spaced from said striking face, said flexure further comprising;

a central portion, located near a geometric center of said striking face;

a plurality of two or more intermediate transition regions, located nears a toe portion and a heel portion of said central portion; and

a plurality of two or more outer transition regions, located near a toe portion and a heel portion of said plurality of two or more intermediate transition regions;

wherein said central portion further comprises, a front wall, a rear wall, and an apex, and

wherein said front wall has a wall thickness greater than a wall thickness of said rear wall, said rear wall has a wall thickness greater than a wall thickness of said plurality of two or more intermediate transition regions, and said plurality of two or more intermediate transition regions has a wall thickness greater than a wall thickness of said plurality of two or more outer transition regions.

2. The golf club head of claim 1 , wherein said wall thickness of said front wall is between about 1.50 to about 2.0 mm.

3. The golf club head of claim 2 , wherein said wall thickness of said front wall is between about 1.60 mm to about 1.90 mm.

4. The golf club head of claim 3 , wherein said wall thickness of said front wall is between about 1.65 mm to about 1.85 mm.

5. The golf club head of claim 2 , wherein said wall thickness of said rear wall is between about 1.20 mm to about 1.70 mm.

6. The golf club head of claim 5 , wherein said wall thickness of said plurality of intermediate transition regions is between about 1.10 mm to about 1.60 mm.

7. The golf club head of claim 6 , wherein said wall thickness of said plurality of outer transition regions is between about 0.80 mm to about 1.10 mm.

Assignments (6)
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Aug 3, 2022
From: ACUSHNET COMPANY
To: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
Reel/Frame 061099/0236 →
ASSIGNMENT OF SECURITY INTEREST IN PATENTS (ASSIGNS 039506-0030) Recorded Aug 3, 2022
From: WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS RESIGNING ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
To: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., AS SUCCESSOR ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
Reel/Frame 061521/0414 →
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST IN PATENTS PREVIOUSLY RECORDED AT REEL/FRAME (037310/0866) Recorded Sep 7, 2016
From: KOREA DEVELOPMENT BANK, NEW YORK BRANCH
To: ACUSHNET COMPANY
Reel/Frame 039939/0582 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Jul 28, 2016
From: ACUSHNET COMPANY
To: WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
Reel/Frame 039506/0030 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Dec 17, 2015
From: ACUSHNET COMPANY
To: KOREA DEVELOPMENT BANK, NEW YORK BANK
Reel/Frame 037310/0866 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 31, 2015
From: MURPHY, STEPHEN S.; GALVAN, DARRYL C.; CLEGHORN, RICHARD L.; MARTENS, GRANT M.; CORNELIUS, DAVID S.
To: ACUSHNET COMPANY
Reel/Frame 036224/0901 →