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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Nov. 25, 2014

Filed:

Oct. 04, 2011
Applicants:

Robert Boyd, Euless, TX (US);

Rachel M. Thurston, Columbus, OH (US);

Jeffrey A. Hadden, Delaware, OH (US);

Ivan E. Tornes, Hilliard, OH (US);

Inventors:

Robert Boyd, Euless, TX (US);

Rachel M. Thurston, Columbus, OH (US);

Jeffrey A. Hadden, Delaware, OH (US);

Ivan E. Tornes, Hilliard, OH (US);

Assignee:

Nike, Inc., Beaverton, OR (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A63B 53/00 (2006.01); A63B 53/08 (2006.01); A63B 53/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A63B 53/0466 (2013.01); A63B 2053/0425 (2013.01); A63B 2209/00 (2013.01); A63B 2209/02 (2013.01); A63B 53/08 (2013.01); A63B 53/04 (2013.01); A63B 2053/042 (2013.01);
Abstract

A ball striking device, such as a golf club, includes a head that includes a face having a ball striking surface configured for striking a ball and a body connected to the face and extending rearward from the face. The face has an area of highest response located proximate a center of the ball striking surface. The face is formed of a first material and a second material that forms at least a portion of the area of highest response. The second material has a thermal modulus response that is different from a thermal modulus response of the first material.


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