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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 30, 2024
Filed:
Jan. 07, 2022
Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd., Kobe, JP;
Robert J. Horacek, Hermosa Beach, CA (US);
Nathaniel J. Radcliffe, Huntington Beach, CA (US);
John J. Rae, Westminster, CA (US);
Michael J. Wallans, Huntington Beach, CA (US);
Sam G. Lacey, Westminster, CA (US);
SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD., Kobe, JP;
Abstract
A golf club head includes: a sole; a crown; a toe; a heel opposite the toe; a strike face generally bounded by a face perimeter edge, the strike face comprising a geometric center; a rear portion; and a substantially enclosed interior cavity at least partially delimited by the sole, the crown, the strike face, and the rear portion. The golf club head also includes at least one rib having a first portion secured to the strike face, having a second portion secured to the crown, and being positioned such that a location on the strike face laterally spaced toe-ward from the geometric center by no less than 0.4 in is associated with a COR value no less than 0.825.