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Granted Patent B2
US 12,318,670 · App. 18/429,775 · Granted Jun 3, 2025

Golf club head

Inventors: Brandon D. DeMille (Carlsbad, CA); William C. Watson (Menifee, CA); Dominic LeBlanc (Carlsbad, CA)
Assignee: Topgolf Callaway Brands Corp.
A63B53/0433A63B53/0437A63B53/0412A63B53/0466A63B2209/02
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 12,318,670
App. No.
18/429,775
Granted
Jun 3, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A golf club head with a central body component is disclosed herein. The central body component includes a crown portion and a sole portion. The crown portion is composed of a continuous carbon fiber reinforced epoxy material. The sole portion is composed of a chopped carbon fiber reinforced vinyl ester sheet molding compound material. The central body component has a front opening and a rear opening with a hollow interior.

Claims (22)

1. A component for a golf club head comprising:

a crown portion composed of a continuous carbon fiber reinforced epoxy material, wherein the crown portion has a thickness ranging from 0.025 inch to 0.040 inch; and

a sole portion composed of a chopped carbon fiber reinforced vinyl ester sheet molding compound material, the sole portion having a thickness ranging from 0.040 inch to 0.240 inch;

wherein the crown portion is attached to the sole portion;

wherein the component has a front opening and a rear opening with a hollow interior.

2. The component according to claim 1 wherein the sole portion is thicker than the crown portion.

3. The component according to claim 1 wherein the first carbon based material has continuous fibers and the second carbon based material has chopped fibers.

4. The component according to claim 1 wherein the sole portion has a toe edge wall and a heel edge wall.

5. The component according to claim 1 wherein the crown portion has a radius of curvature.

6. The component according to claim 1 wherein the sole portion has a plurality of facets.

7. A golf club head comprising:

a face component;

a central body component comprising

a crown portion composed of a continuous carbon fiber reinforced epoxy material, wherein the crown portion has a thickness ranging from 0.025 inch to 0.040 inch,

a sole portion composed of a chopped carbon fiber reinforced vinyl ester sheet molding compound material, the sole portion having a thickness ranging from 0.040 inch to 0.240 inch,

wherein the crown portion is attached to the sole portion,

wherein the component has a front opening and a rear opening with a hollow interior;

an aft-component;

wherein the face component is attached to a front opening of the central body and the aft component is attached to a rear opening of the central body.

8. The golf club head according to claim 7 wherein the face component is composed of a metal material.

9. The golf club head according to claim 7 wherein the face component is composed of a titanium alloy material.

10. The golf club head according to claim 7 wherein the aft-component is composed of a metal material.