Golf club head with flexure

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-8961332-B2
Application number	US-201313736840-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 8, 2013
Priority date	Sep 14, 2012
Publication date	Feb 24, 2015
Grant date	Feb 24, 2015

Abstract

A golf club head including a crown, a sole, a hosel, a face, and a flexure. The flexure provides compliance during an impact between the golf club head and a golf ball, and is tuned to vibrate, immediately after impact, at a predetermined frequency.

First claim

We claim:

1. A metalwood golf club head, comprising:
a crown defining an upper surface of the golf club head;
a sole defining a lower surface of the golf club head;
a skirt wall extending between the crown and sole;
a hosel extending from the crown and including a shaft bore;
a face defining a ball-striking surface and intersecting the lower surface at a leading edge; and
a flexure spaced aftward of the ball-striking surface wherein the flexure continuously wraps across…

Assignees

• Acushnet Co

Inventors

• Galvan Darryl C
• De La Cruz Noah
• Golden Charles E

Classifications

• A63B53/04 Primary

  Human Necessities · mapped topic

• A63B2209/02

  Human Necessities · mapped topic

• A63B53/0466 Primary

  Human Necessities · mapped topic

• A63B2053/0458

  Human Necessities · mapped topic

• A63B2053/0437

  Human Necessities · mapped topic