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公开(公告)号:US12157040B2
公开(公告)日:2024-12-03
申请号:US17738187
申请日:2022-05-06
Applicant: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
Inventor: Patrick Ripp , Jeff D. Brunski , Mika Becktor
IPC: A63B53/04
Abstract: A correlated set of golf club heads comprises a first and second golf club head. Each club head has a striking face, a rear surface, a top portion, a sole portion, a toe portion, a heel portion, and a loft. The striking face has a first plurality of scorelines defining a scoreline heel-ward extent and a scoreline toe-ward extent. The plurality of scorelines comprises a scoreline length LS1 being the lateral distance between the heel-ward extent and the toe-ward extent. The loft of the second golf club head is greater than that of the first golf club head. The scoreline length LS2 of the second golf club head differs from that of the first scoreline length LS1.
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公开(公告)号:US12042703B2
公开(公告)日:2024-07-23
申请号:US17132519
申请日:2020-12-23
Applicant: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
Inventor: Adam K. Sheldon , Mika Becktor
CPC classification number: A63B53/0487 , A63B47/02 , A63B53/0408 , A63B53/0441 , A63B2071/0694 , A63B2225/09
Abstract: A putter-type golf club head that, when oriented in a reference position, includes a blade portion having a striking face, a top line, and a sole, the striking face in turn including a face center. The club head further includes a rear portion in communication with, and rearward of, the blade portion, and it includes an alignment element rearward of, and recessed toward the sole from, the top line. The alignment element defines a virtual center line segment oriented in a substantially front-to-rear direction at a height between 19 mm and 24 mm from a lowermost point of the sole, the center line segment having a length no less than 34 mm and being not spaced more than 10 mm from a virtual vertical plane passing through the face center and extending generally perpendicular to the striking face. A width of the club head is no less than 3.0 in.
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公开(公告)号:US11786787B2
公开(公告)日:2023-10-17
申请号:US17333175
申请日:2021-05-28
Applicant: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
Inventor: Patrick Ripp , Philip Seagram , Mika Becktor , Keith Dolezel
CPC classification number: A63B53/047 , A63B53/02 , A63B53/0475 , A63B53/06 , A63B60/50 , A63B60/52 , A63B60/54 , A63B53/042 , A63B53/045 , A63B53/0408 , A63B53/0433 , A63B60/02 , A63B2053/0479 , A63B2053/0491 , A63B2102/32
Abstract: A golf club head includes a striking face, a sole portion, a top portion, a hosel, a rear surface, a loft no less than 40°, a virtual vertical plane, and a center of gravity. The striking face has a face center, a leading edge, and a virtual striking face plane. The hosel includes an internal bore configured to receive a golf shaft and includes a peripheral side wall and a shaft abutment surface configured to abut a tip end of the golf shaft. The rear surface is opposite the striking face and has an upper portion and a lower portion, the lower portion including a forward-extending recess. The insert covers the recess forming a hollow portion. The virtual vertical plane is perpendicular to the striking face plane and passes through the face center. The center of gravity is spaced a distance from the virtual vertical plane in the heel-to-toe direction.
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公开(公告)号:US11344776B2
公开(公告)日:2022-05-31
申请号:US16872518
申请日:2020-05-12
Applicant: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
Inventor: Patrick Ripp , Jeff D. Brunski , Mika Becktor
IPC: A63B53/04
Abstract: A method of manufacturing a golf club head includes: providing an intermediate golf club head body; prescribing a scoreline length value based on at least a first final spatial attribute of the intermediate golf club head; and texturing a first region of the striking face to exhibit a first average surface roughness Ra1 of greater than 180 μin by surface milling in a first pass to form a plurality of arcuate micro-grooves each having a radius of curvature selected based on at least a second final spatial attribute of the intermediate golf club head. The method further includes texturing a second region of the striking face to exhibit a second average surface roughness Ra2 that is less than Ra1, and it includes forming a plurality of scorelines in the striking face, the plurality of scorelines defining a scoreline length LS substantially equal to the prescribed scoreline length value.
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公开(公告)号:US12194350B2
公开(公告)日:2025-01-14
申请号:US18111202
申请日:2023-02-17
Applicant: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
Inventor: Patrick Ripp , Brian Herr , Mika Becktor , Keith Dolezel
Abstract: A golf club head includes a striking face having a face center and a virtual striking face plane generally parallel to the striking face. The golf club head further includes a sole portion, a top portion, a rear portion, and a loft L no less than 40°. A virtual vertical plane perpendicular to the striking face plane passes through the face center. A club head center of gravity is spaced from the virtual vertical plane in the heel-to-toe direction by a distance D1 that is no greater than 6.0 mm. The golf club head further includes a hosel including an internal bore configured to receive a golf shaft. The internal bore includes a peripheral side wall and a shaft abutment surface configured to abut a tip end of the golf club shaft. The hosel further comprises an auxiliary recess extending sole-ward from the abutment surface of the internal bore.
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公开(公告)号:US20240238655A1
公开(公告)日:2024-07-18
申请号:US18619919
申请日:2024-03-28
Applicant: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
Inventor: Jacob LAMBETH , Mika Becktor
CPC classification number: A63B53/0487 , A63B53/04 , A63B53/0408 , A63B53/0416 , A63B53/042 , A63B53/0441 , A63B53/0445 , A63B53/08 , A63B2209/00
Abstract: A putter-type golf club head has a top portion, a bottom portion, a heel portion, a toe portion, and a striking face having a variably textured region. The variably textured region includes a central portion and an outer portion laterally spaced from the central portion towards one of the heel portion and the toe portion. The central portion has a material ratio of less than 20% at a cutoff height of 0.1 mm and the outer portion has a material ratio greater than that of the central portion at the cutoff height of 0.1 mm. Variation of the textured region provides consistent ball speed upon impact at different lateral positions of the striking face.
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公开(公告)号:US11918866B2
公开(公告)日:2024-03-05
申请号:US17378072
申请日:2021-07-16
Applicant: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
Inventor: Patrick Ripp , Dan S. Nivanh , Mika Becktor , Jesse D. Sukman
IPC: A63B53/04
CPC classification number: A63B53/047 , A63B53/04 , A63B53/0408 , A63B53/0416 , A63B53/0445 , A63B53/0475 , A63B2209/00
Abstract: A method comprising, in a striking face of a golf club head, the striking face being formed of a first material having a first hardness, creating a plurality of initial grooves, the initial grooves having a first cross-sectional area (A1) and a first pitch (P1) such that A1/P1>0.0030 in. The method continues with modifying the initial grooves at least by positioning a second material in each of the plurality of initial grooves, the second material having a second hardness that is less than the first hardness, such that the first material and the second material form a plurality of final grooves each having a second cross-sectional area (A2) and a second pitch (P2) such that A2/P2
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公开(公告)号:US11173360B2
公开(公告)日:2021-11-16
申请号:US16575823
申请日:2019-09-19
Applicant: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
Inventor: Keith Dolezel , Dan Nivanh , Mitch Samson , Joseph Chen , Mika Becktor , Michael Boyle , Dustin Brekke , Bryce Weir , Phillip C. Seagram
Abstract: A putter-type golf club head has a main body and a face component including a first element formed of a resilient material. The putter-type golf club head also has a second element forward of the first element and including a rigid material. The second element is secured directly to the first element. The first element has a thickness that gradually increases toward a sole portion of the club head.
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公开(公告)号:US11130028B2
公开(公告)日:2021-09-28
申请号:US16832570
申请日:2020-03-27
Applicant: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
Inventor: Jacob Lambeth , Mika Becktor
Abstract: A putter-type golf club head has a top portion, a bottom portion, a heel portion, a toe portion, and a striking face having a variably textured region. The variably textured region includes a central portion and an outer portion laterally spaced from the central portion towards one of the heel portion and the toe portion. The central portion has a material ratio of less than 20% at a cutoff height of 0.1 mm and the outer portion has a material ratio greater than that of the central portion at the cutoff height of 0.1 mm. Variation of the textured region provides consistent ball speed upon impact at different lateral positions of the striking face.
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公开(公告)号:US10130853B2
公开(公告)日:2018-11-20
申请号:US15726548
申请日:2017-10-06
Applicant: Sumitomo Rubber Industries. Ltd.
Inventor: Mika Becktor , Patrick Ripp
Abstract: An iron-type golf club head comprising a topline, a sole in opposed relation to the topline, and a front portion extending from the topline toward the sole. The front portion includes a leading edge, a substantially planar hitting region including a face center, and a peripheral region. The peripheral region at least partially surrounds the hitting region such that the hitting region and the peripheral region define therebetween a visually-recognizable hitting region boundary line including a sole-proximate boundary line segment such that when the club head is oriented in a reference position relative to a virtual ground plane, and in a virtual vertical plane perpendicular to the hitting region and passing through the face center, the sole-proximate boundary line segment is vertically spaced above the leading edge by a distance D1 that is no less than 2.5 mm.
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