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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 21, 2007
Filed:
Sep. 08, 2004
Hiroshi Kawaguchi, Southlake, TX (US);
Michael F. Kelly, Portland, OR (US);
Hitoshi Kodama, Aichi, JP;
Tsuneo Takano, Aichi, JP;
Hiroshi Kawaguchi, Southlake, TX (US);
Michael F. Kelly, Portland, OR (US);
Hitoshi Kodama, Aichi, JP;
Tsuneo Takano, Aichi, JP;
Nike, Inc., Beaverton, OR (US);
Abstract
A golf club head enables the initial velocity of a ball to be increased and enables the carry to be lengthened. In some example structures, the golf club includes a face plate formed from metal and club head body (e.g., a crown and sole) formed from fiber reinforced plastic. A weighted body is provided inside the rearmost portion of the golf club head and a low rigidity portion whose width becomes gradually narrower as it approaches the rearmost portion is provided in the crown extending from the vicinity of the face plate to the rearmost portion.