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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:
May. 01, 2018

Filed:

May. 29, 2014
Applicant:

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

Inventors:

David N. Franklin, Granbury, TX (US);

Brian Kammerer, Ft. Worth, TX (US);

Assignee:

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

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A63B 53/04 (2015.01); A63B 53/06 (2015.01); A63B 69/36 (2006.01); A63B 60/54 (2015.01); A63B 71/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A63B 53/065 (2013.01); A63B 53/0487 (2013.01); A63B 60/54 (2015.10); A63B 69/3638 (2013.01); A63B 53/04 (2013.01); A63B 53/06 (2013.01); A63B 2053/045 (2013.01); A63B 2053/0408 (2013.01); A63B 2053/0416 (2013.01); A63B 2053/0425 (2013.01); A63B 2053/0429 (2013.01); A63B 2053/0433 (2013.01); A63B 2053/0491 (2013.01); A63B 2053/0495 (2013.01); A63B 2071/0694 (2013.01); A63B 2209/00 (2013.01);
Abstract

Ball striking devices, such as golf clubs, have a head that includes a face member including a face having a striking surface configured for striking a ball and a rear side located behind the face, a rear member connected to the rear side of the face member, a first connection member connecting the face member to the rear member, and a resilient material separating the rear member from the face member. The first connection member is directly engaged with the rear member, and the club head further includes a first spacer separating the first connection member from the face member. The first spacer is flexible, and the first connection member indirectly engages the face member by compressing the first spacer against the face member. The resilient material engages the rear member and the face member and is configured to transfer momentum between the face member and the rear member.


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