Patent
Golf club heads and methods of manufacturing golf club heads
| العنوان: | Golf club heads and methods of manufacturing golf club heads |
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| Patent Number: | 9,050,509 |
| تاريخ النشر: | June 09, 2015 |
| Appl. No: | 13/476834 |
| Application Filed: | May 21, 2012 |
| مستخلص: | Some embodiments include a golf club head. The golf club head includes a club face to engage a golf ball, and the club face includes a face portion. Further, the club face includes at least one groove in the club face, and the at least one groove has a bottom, a first side wall adjacent to the bottom, a second side wall adjacent to the bottom, a first top radius adjacent to the first side wall, and a second top radius adjacent to the second side wall. Further still, the club face includes a second portion located between the face portion and one of the first top radius or the second top radius of the at least one groove. Other embodiments of related golf club heads and methods are also disclosed. |
| Inventors: | Jertson, Marty R. (Phoenix, AZ, US); Petersen, David L. (Peoria, AZ, US) |
| Assignees: | Karsten Manufacturing Corporation (Phoenix, AZ, US) |
| Claim: | 1. A golf club head comprising: a club face to engage a golf ball, the club face comprising: a face portion; at least one groove in the club face, the at least one groove having a bottom, a first side wall adjacent to the bottom, a second side wall adjacent to the bottom, a first top radius adjacent to the first side wall, and a second top radius adjacent to the second side wall; and a second portion located between the face portion and one of the first top radius or the second top radius of the at least one groove, the second portion is a substantially flat plane at a first angle with the face portion and has a length of approximately 0.002 inch to 0.047 inch; wherein: the first angle is between approximately eight and eighteen degrees relative to the face portion; and the at least one groove is compliant with a Thirty Degree Rule when measured from the first top radius and the second top radius. |
| Claim: | 2. The golf club head of claim 1 , wherein: a surface of the second portion has a first reflectivity; a surface of the least one groove has a second reflectivity; and the first reflectivity is less than the second reflectivity. |
| Claim: | 3. The golf club head of claim 1 , wherein: The second portion is adjacent to the one of the first top radius or the second top radius of the at least one groove. |
| Claim: | 4. The golf club head of claim 3 , wherein: the first top radius comprises a first thirty degree point; and the second top radius comprises a second thirty degree point. |
| Claim: | 5. The golf club head of claim 4 , wherein: a distance between the first thirty degree point and the second thirty degree point is equal to or less than 0.035 inch. |
| Claim: | 6. The golf club head of claim 1 , wherein: the first side wall of the at least one groove is at a second angle with the face portion of the club face; and the second angle is larger than the first angle. |
| Claim: | 7. The golf club head of claim 1 , wherein: the first angle is between approximately ten and fifteen degrees relative to the face portion. |
| Claim: | 8. The golf club head of claim 1 , further comprising: a coating over the face portion; wherein: the at least one groove and the second portion are devoid of the coating. |
| Claim: | 9. The golf club head of claim 8 , wherein: a thickness of the coating is less than 0.001 inch. |
| Claim: | 10. The golf club head of claim 8 , wherein: a surface roughness of the coating is different than a surface roughness of a surface of at least one groove. |
| Claim: | 11. A golf club comprising: a golf club head comprising a strike face having: a face portion; one or more channels with a first sidewall and a second sidewall, the first sidewall comprises a first thirty degree point relative to the face portion and the second sidewall comprises a second thirty degree point and the face portion; a first angled surface between the first thirty degree point and the face portion and a second angled surface between the second thirty degree point and the face portion; and a cover layer located over the face portion; and a shaft coupled to the golf club head; wherein: the face portion is substantially flat; each of the one or more channels is symmetric; the first angled surface and the second angled surface each are at an eight to eighteen degree relative to the face portion; the cover layer has a first reflectivity; the one or more channels have a second reflectivity; the first reflectivity is different from the second reflectivity; and the first angled surface, the second angled surface, and the one or more channels are devoid of being covered by the cover layer. |
| Claim: | 12. The golf club of claim 11 , wherein: the first angled surface is outside of the one or more channels as defined by a Thirty Degree Rule. |
| Claim: | 13. The golf club of claim 11 , wherein: the face portion is substantially flat to within plus or minus approximately 0.002 inch. |
| Claim: | 14. The golf club of claim 11 , wherein: a thickness of the cover layer is less than 0.001 inch. |
| Claim: | 15. The golf club of claim 11 wherein: the first angled surface has a length of approximately 0.002 inch to 0.047 inch. |
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| Primary Examiner: | Passaniti, Sebastiano |
| رقم الانضمام: | edspgr.09050509 |
| قاعدة البيانات: | USPTO Patent Grants |
| الوصف غير متاح. |