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Patent No.:

US 12594470 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Apr. 07, 2026

Filed:

Dec. 30, 2021

Irons with optimized face

Applicant:

Taylor Made Golf Company, Inc., Carlsbad, CA (US);

Inventors:

Connor Mark Halberg, San Clemente, CA (US);

Scott Taylor, Bonita, CA (US);

Assignee:

Taylor Made Golf Company, Inc., Carlsbad, CA (US);

Attorney:

Klarquist Sparkman, LLP

Primary Examiner:

Alvin A Hunter

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A63B 53/04 (2015.01); A63B 53/00 (2015.01); A63B 60/00 (2015.01); A63B 60/02 (2015.01); A63B 60/50 (2015.01); A63B 60/52 (2015.01); A63B 60/54 (2015.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A63B 53/0475 (2013.01); A63B 53/005 (2020.08); A63B 53/0412 (2020.08); A63B 53/042 (2020.08); A63B 53/0433 (2020.08); A63B 53/0445 (2020.08); A63B 53/0458 (2020.08); A63B 60/002 (2020.08); A63B 60/02 (2015.10); A63B 60/50 (2015.10); A63B 60/52 (2015.10); A63B 60/54 (2015.10); A63B 2053/0479 (2013.01); A63B 2209/02 (2013.01);
Abstract

Iron-type golf club heads can have a high-COR face portion with an optimized face thickness profile that maximizes selected performance characteristics, such as ball speed, ball spin or ball trajectory angle, while maintaining certain required constraint properties, such as keeping stresses low for durability. Such face portions can have certain regions that are significantly stiffer than other regions of the face portion. For example, a low region of the face portion can be significantly stiffer than a high region of the face, or one quadrant of the face can be significantly stiffer than other quadrants of the face. Disclosed face thickness profiles can feature irregularly shaped contours that maximize the distribution of material in the face for optimal performance characteristics within defined constraints.

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