Golf club assembly and golf club with aerodynamic features

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-8932149-B2
Application number	US-201213485280-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 31, 2012
Priority date	May 31, 2012
Publication date	Jan 13, 2015
Grant date	Jan 13, 2015

Abstract

A golf club includes a shaft and a club head. The club head may have a channel extending adjacent to a trailing edge of the club head. The channel may have a maximum depth of 6 mm and a maximum width ranging from 10 mm to 20 mm. A rough textured surface region may be provided on a sole, wherein the rough textured surface region has a surface roughness of greater than or equal to 1.00 μm. A recess, formed in the sole, may extend from a mid-region to a toe of the club head, wherein the mid-region extends over the middle 40% of a length of the club head. A crown has an upper, forward surface and a stepped-down region, and the upper, forward surface transitions to the stepped-down region at a transition feature that extends from the hosel region at an angle of from 25 to 50 degrees.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A golf club head for a driver, the club head comprising:
a body member including:
a front body member having a ball striking face, and
an aft body member extending rearwardly from the front body member and defining a trailing edge;
a rough textured surface region provided on a sole, wherein the rough textured surface region has a surface roughness of greater than or equal to 1.00 μm and the rough textured surface region is at least partially located in…

Assignees

• Oldknow Andrew G V
• Nike Inc

Inventors

• Oldknow Andrew G V

Classifications

• A63B2225/01

  Human Necessities · mapped topic

• A63B53/0466 Primary

  Human Necessities · mapped topic

• A63B60/52

  Human Necessities · mapped topic

• A63B2053/0412

  Human Necessities · mapped topic

• A63B2053/0437

  Human Necessities · mapped topic