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Golf club head

US9162115B1 · kind B1 · utility

45Cited by

80References

24Claims

0Family size

Assignee

Taylor Made Golf Company, Inc. · US

Inventors

Todd P. Beach · San Diego, US
Nathan T. Sargent · Oceanside, US
Peter L. Larsen · San Marcos, US
Kraig Alan Willett · Fallbrook, US
Bing-Ling Chao · San Diego, US
John Francis Lorentzen · El Cajon, US

Key dates

Filing date	Oct 27, 2009
Grant date	Oct 20, 2015
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Apr 10, 2031

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA63B2209/02
WIPO fieldFurniture, games
WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

A golf club head is described having a body defining an interior cavity and comprising a heel portion, a toe portion, and a sole portion positioned at a bottom portion of the golf club head, and a crown positioned at a top portion. The body has a forward portion and a rearward portion. A face is positioned at the forward portion of the body. The face has a center face location and includes a center face characteristic time. An off-center location on the face is located at about −40 mm in a heel direction away from the center face location. The off-center location has an off-center characteristic time of at least 80% of the center face characteristic time.

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