公开(公告)号：US20210162281A1

公开(公告)日：2021-06-03

申请号：US17175558

申请日：2021-02-12

Applicant: KARSTEN MANUFACTURING CORPORATION

Inventor： Travis D. Milleman ,  Clayson C. Spackman ,  Cory S. Bacon

IPC: A63B53/08 ,  A63B53/06 ,  A63B1/00

Abstract: Embodiments of wood-type club heads comprising one or more components are described herein. The wood-type club head comprises a first, metallic component, and a second, non-metallic component. The first component comprises the load bearing structure that forms the striking face, and portions of the crown, the heel, the toe, and the sole. The second component comprises a lightweight structure that wraps around the first component to form portions of the crown, the heel, the toe, and the sole. The first component comprises the majority of the club head mass and can receive removable weights. The two-component design allows for additional discretionary mass redistribution to improve center of gravity location and moment of inertia.

公开(公告)号：US20210101055A1

公开(公告)日：2021-04-08

申请号：US16949224

申请日：2020-10-20

Applicant: KARSTEN MANUFACTURING CORPORATION

Inventor： Clayson C. Spackman ,  Jeremy S. Pope ,  Tyler A. Shaw ,  Eric J. Morales ,  Atiqah Shahrin

IPC: A63B53/04

Abstract: A golf club head includes a front body and a rear body coupled to the front body to define a hollow cavity therebetween. The front body includes a strike face that defines a ball striking surface, a hosel, and a frame that at least partially surrounds the strikeface and extends rearward from a perimeter of the strikeface away from the ball striking surface. The strike face and frame are formed from a thermoplastic composite comprising a thermoplastic polymer having a plurality of discontinuous fibers embedded therein. Each of the plurality of discontinuous fibers have a length of less than about 40 mm. The specific gravity of the thermoplastic can range between 1.0 and 2.0. In some embodiments, the thermoplastic composite is 20% to 70% fibers by volume.

公开(公告)号：US20200282272A1

公开(公告)日：2020-09-10

申请号：US16880865

申请日：2020-05-21

Applicant: KARSTEN MANUFACTURING CORPORATION

Inventor： Clayson C. Spackman ,  Matthew W. Simone

IPC: A63B53/04

Abstract: Embodiments of golf club head faceplates comprising a lattice to improve the energy storage capabilities and minimize stress concentrations are described herein. The lattice can comprise a plurality of flexure shapes that facilitate in faceplate bending. The flexure shapes of the lattice can comprise a reentrant, concave, or non-convex shape. The lattice can comprise at least one repeating pattern of flexure shapes that can be interconnected or spaced apart. During golf ball impacts, the flexure shapes flex to store energy through linear and torsional bending.

公开(公告)号：US20190224538A1

公开(公告)日：2019-07-25

申请号：US16252317

申请日：2019-01-18

Applicant: KARSTEN MANUFACTURING CORPORATION

Inventor： Clayson C. Spackman ,  Jeremy S. Pope ,  Tyler A. Shaw ,  Eric J. Morales ,  Atiqah Shahrin

IPC: A63B53/04

Abstract: A golf club head includes a front body and a rear body coupled to the front body to define a hollow cavity therebetween. The front body includes a strike face that defines a ball striking surface, a hosel, and a frame that at least partially surrounds the strikeface and extends rearward from a perimeter of the strikeface away from the ball striking surface. The strike face and frame are formed from a thermoplastic composite comprising a thermoplastic polymer having a plurality of discontinuous fibers embedded therein. Each of the plurality of discontinuous fibers have a length of less than about 40 mm, and between a center of the strike face and the hosel, greater than about 50% of the plurality of discontinuous fibers are aligned within about 30 degrees of parallel to a horizontal axis extending from the center of the strike face to the hosel.