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Granted Patent B2
US 12,274,925 · App. 17/198,787 · Granted Apr 15, 2025

Golf club

Inventors: Yuki Motokawa (Kobe, JP); Daisuke Kohno (Kobe, JP)
Assignee: Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd.
A63B53/10A63B53/0412A63B53/0466A63B53/047A63B53/0487A63B2209/02
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Patent No.
US 12,274,925
App. No.
17/198,787
Granted
Apr 15, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A golf club includes a head, a shaft, and a grip. The head has a center-of-gravity depth of greater than or equal to 23.5 mm. The head has a center-of-gravity distance of less than or equal to 39 mm. The shaft has a forward flex of greater than or equal to 110 mm. When f 1 denotes the forward flex of the shaft and f 2 denotes a backward flex of the shaft, f 2 /f 1 may be greater than or equal to 0.8 and less than or equal to 0.9. The head may have a volume of greater than or equal to 380 cc. The shaft may have a weight of less than or equal to 50 g.

Claims (44)

1. A golf club comprising:

a head;

a shaft; and

a grip, wherein

the head has a center-of-gravity depth of greater than or equal to 23.5 mm,

the head has a center-of-gravity distance of less than or equal to 39 mm,

the shaft has a forward flex of greater than or equal to 110 mm,

the shaft has a weight of less than or equal to 50 g, and

wherein the shaft has a shaft torque of greater than or equal to 5.3 degrees,

wherein the shaft torque is a torsional angle formed when a torque of 13.9 kg·cm is applied to a portion of the shaft extending from a first position spaced 40 mm apart from a tip end of the shaft to a second position 825 mm apart from the first position.

2. The golf club according to claim 1 , wherein the head has a volume of greater than or equal to 380 cc.

3. The golf club according to claim 1 , wherein the head has a weight of less than or equal to 202 g.

4. The golf club according to claim 1 , wherein the golf club has a weight of greater than or equal to 270 g.

5. The golf club according to claim 1 , wherein the center-of-gravity distance is a distance between a center line of the shaft and a center of gravity of the head measured in a front view of the head.

6. The golf club according to claim 5 , wherein the center-of-gravity depth is a distance between the center line of the shaft and the center of gravity of the head measured in a face-back direction.

7. The golf club according to claim 6 , wherein the center-of-gravity depth is greater than or equal to 25.0 mm.

8. The golf club according to claim 6 , wherein the center-of-gravity distance is less than or equal to 37.0 mm.

9. A golf club comprising:

a head;

a shaft; and

a grip, wherein

the head has a center-of-gravity depth of greater than or equal to 23.5 mm,

the head has a center-of-gravity distance of less than or equal to 39 mm,

the shaft has a forward flex of greater than or equal to 110 mm,

the center-of-gravity distance is a distance between a center line of the shaft and a center of gravity of the head measured in a front view of the head,

the center-of-gravity depth is a distance between the center line of the shaft and the center of gravity of the head measured in a face-back direction,

a ratio of the center-of-gravity depth to the center-of-gravity distance [the center-of-gravity depth/the center-of-gravity distance] is greater than or equal to 0.64, and

wherein the shaft has a shaft torque of greater than or equal to 5.3 degrees,

wherein the shaft torque is a torsional angle formed when a torque of 13.9 kg·cm is applied to a portion of the shaft extending from a first position spaced 40 mm apart from a tip end of the shaft to a second position 825 mm apart from the first position.

10. The golf club according to claim 9 , wherein a ratio of the center-of-gravity depth to the center-of-gravity distance [the center-of-gravity depth/the center-of-gravity distance] is greater than or equal to 0.68.

11. A golf club comprising:

a head;

a shaft; and

a grip, wherein

the head has a center-of-gravity depth of greater than or equal to 23.5 mm,

the head has a center-of-gravity distance of less than or equal to 39 mm,

the shaft has a forward flex of greater than or equal to 120 mm, and

wherein the shaft has a shaft torque of greater than or equal to 5.3 degrees,

wherein the shaft torque is a torsional angle formed when a torque of 13.9 kg·cm is applied to a portion of the shaft extending from a first position spaced 40 mm apart from a tip end of the shaft to a second position 825 mm apart from the first position.

12. The golf club according to claim 11 , wherein the center-of-gravity distance is a distance between a center line of the shaft and a center of gravity of the head measured in a front view of the head.

13. The golf club according to claim 12 , wherein the center-of-gravity depth is a distance between the center line of the shaft and the center of gravity of the head measured in a face-back direction.

14. The golf club according to claim 13 , wherein the center-of-gravity depth is greater than or equal to 25.0 mm.

15. The golf club according to claim 13 , wherein the center-of-gravity distance is less than or equal to 37.0 mm.

16. The golf club according to claim 13 , wherein a ratio of the center-of-gravity depth to the center-of-gravity distance [the center-of-gravity depth/the center-of-gravity distance] is greater than or equal to 0.64.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 11, 2021
From: MOTOKAWA, YUKI; KOHNO, DAISUKE
To: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
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Priority Claims (1)
JP 2020-087763 · May 19, 2020 · national
Continuity (1)
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