Golf club head with openwork rib
US10343031B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Oct 18, 2017 |
| Grant date | Jul 9, 2019 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 18, 2037 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA63B2209/02
- WIPO fieldFurniture, games
- WIPO sectorOther fields
Abstract
The invention provides a golf club head with an openwork (e.g., lattice-like or trellis-like) internal structural element that provides strength and stiffening at key points of the club head and/or attenuates sound while adding little to the overall mass due to the defined or irregular patterns of holes, piercings, gaps, or apertures through surfaces of the material. A golf club head may be given an openwork internal rib that reinforces regions of high strain, thereby minimizing material fatigue and preventing early breakage of the club head.
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