US2025222313A1PendingUtilityA1

Golf club heads

Assignee: TAYLOR MADE GOLF COPriority: Jul 23, 2018Filed: Jan 8, 2025Published: Jul 10, 2025
Est. expiryJul 23, 2038(~12 yrs left)· nominal 20-yr term from priority
A63B 53/002A63B 2102/32A63B 2053/0491A63B 2209/00A63B 53/06A63B 2071/0694A63B 2209/023A63B 60/04A63B 53/0466A63B 60/00
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Abstract

Disclosed golf club heads include a body defining an interior cavity, a face, a sole, a crown, and a hosel. Certain embodiments include a weight channel positioned in the sole and defining a path along the sole. Some embodiments include a weight member positioned in the weight channel that is configured to be adjusted to any of a range of selectable positions to adjust mass properties of the golf club head. A fastener may be configured to secure the weight member in any of the selectable positions, while the fastener itself, regardless of where the weight member is positioned along the path, may be secured to the body at a fixed location that is independent of the position of the weight member along the path. Additional mass elements may be added to the weight member, such as at its ends, to further adjust mass properties of the golf club head.

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1 . A golf club head comprising:
 a body defining an interior cavity, a sole defining a bottom portion of the golf club head, a crown defining a top portion of the golf club head, a face defining a forward portion of the golf club head, a rearward portion of the golf club head opposite the face, and a hosel having a hosel bore;   at least one crown opening including a recessed ledge, wherein the recessed ledge is proximate to the forward portion of the golf club head;   at least one crown insert formed from a carbon fiber reinforced composite material having a density between 1 g/cc and 2 g/cc, the at least one crown insert attached to the recessed ledge and covering the at least one crown opening;   a golf club shaft connection assembly configured to selectively adjust a loft angle, a lie-angle, or a loft angle and a lie angle of the of the golf club, wherein the golf club shaft connection assembly comprises a shaft sleeve that is at least partially received within the hosel; and   a recessed port, at least a portion of which extends from the sole, aligned with the hosel, having a port aperture, and configured to receive a screw that cooperates with the shaft sleeve to retain the shaft sleeve;   wherein the face includes a center face location that defines a head origin of a coordinate system in which an x-axis is tangential to the face at the center face location and is parallel to a ground plane when the body is in a normal address position, a y-axis extends perpendicular to the x-axis and is also parallel to the ground plane, and a z-axis extends perpendicular to the ground plane, wherein a positive x-axis extends toward a heel portion from the head origin, a positive y-axis extends rearwardly from the head origin, and a positive z-axis extends upwardly from the head origin;   wherein a forwardmost portion of the recessed ledge extends forward of a rearward-most portion of the shaft sleeve such that a first distance to the rearward-most portion of the shaft sleeve is greater than a second distance to the forwardmost portion of the recessed ledge as measured from the head origin rearward along the y-axis;   wherein the golf club head has a crown height as measured relative to the ground plane when the body is in a normal address position, wherein there is a first crown height at a face-to-crown transition region where the face connects to the crown near a front end of the body, a second crown height at a crown-to-skirt transition region where the crown connects to a skirt of the golf club head near a rear end of the body, and a third crown height located rearward of the first crown height and forward of the second crown height and the third crown height is greater than both the first and second crown heights;   wherein the golf club head has a balance point up (BP Up) value defined as a distance from the ground plane to a Center of Gravity (CG) projection onto the face as measured along the z-axis;   wherein the golf club head has a Zup value defined as a distance from the ground plane to the CG as measured along the z-axis; and   wherein a difference between BP Up and Zup is no more than 8 mm.

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