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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 24, 2026
Filed:
Dec. 28, 2021
Taylor Made Golf Company, Inc., Carlsbad, CA (US);
Mark Greaney, Vista, CA (US);
Stephen Kraus, Kaohsiung City, TW;
Bryan Cheng, Kaohsiung City, TW;
Kevin Cheng, Kaohsiung City, TW;
Matthew Greensmith, Carlsbad, CA (US);
Christopher Harbert, Carlsbad, CA (US);
Todd Beach, San Diego, CA (US);
Matthew D. Johnson, Carlsbad, CA (US);
Taylor Made Golf Company, Inc., Carlsbad, CA (US);
Abstract
A golf club head has a cast cup including a forward portion of a crown and a forward portion of a sole of the golf club head. A polymeric rear ring is coupled to heel and toe portions of the cast cup to form a club head body defining a crown opening and a sole opening. A crown insert is coupled to the crown opening, and a sole insert coupled to the sole opening. The club head has an inertia generator including an outwardly extending protrusion formed in the sole and a rear weight positioned at an aft end of the protrusion, the sole insert defining at least a portion of the protrusion of the inertia generator. The sole insert includes a composite material having a thickness between 0.45 mm and 1 mm, and a plurality of ribs positioned along an internal surface, and at least one rib is inside the inertia generator.