Fairway wood center of gravity projection

US8430763B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Taylor Made Golf Company, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Todd P. Beach · San Diego, US
• Matthew David Johnson · San Diego, US
• Nathan T. Sargent · Oceanside, US
• Kraig Alan Willett · Fallbrook, US
• Michelle Penney · Carlsbad, US
• Marc Kronenberg · Hobe Sound, US
• Matthew Greensmith · Vista, US
• Joseph Henry Hoffman · Carlsbad, US

Key dates

• Filing date: May 10, 2012
• Grant date: Apr 30, 2013
• Expiry date: May 10, 2032

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A63B2209/02
• WIPO field: Furniture, games
• WIPO sector: Other fields

Abstract

A golf club head includes a body defining an interior cavity. The body includes a sole positioned at a bottom portion of the golf club head, a crown positioned at a top portion, and a skirt positioned around a periphery between the sole and crown. The body has a forward portion and a rearward portion. The club head includes a face positioned at the forward portion of the body. The face defines a striking surface having an ideal impact location at a golf club head origin. Embodiments include club heads for a fairway wood that at least one of a high moment of inertia, a low center-of-gravity, a thin crown and a high coefficient of restitution.