Enhanced Golf Club Head with Optimized Textured Striking Face
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Summary of the Inventive Concept
This inventive concept discloses a golf club head with an optimized textured striking face, providing improved spin impartation to a struck golf ball through novel combinations of groove depth and spacing, surface treatments, and dynamically adjustable texture patterns.
Background and Problem Solved
The original patent's golf club head design with a textured striking face has limitations in achieving optimal spin impartation. The new inventive concept addresses these limitations by introducing novel texture patterns, surface treatments, and adjustable texture designs to enhance spin-imparting properties, making the golf club head more efficient and effective.
Detailed Description of the Inventive Concept
The inventive concept comprises a golf club head with a textured striking face, wherein the texture pattern is optimized for improved spin impartation to a struck golf ball. This is achieved through a novel combination of groove depth and spacing, and/or applying a surface treatment to create micro-textures that interact with the golf ball to increase spin. Additionally, the striking face texture can be dynamically adjusted based on individual swing characteristics and course conditions, allowing golfers to customize the spin-imparting properties of the club head. The inventive concept also encompasses a self-cleaning textured striking face, designed to minimize debris accumulation and maintain optimal spin-imparting properties over time.
Novelty and Inventive Step
The new inventive concept's novelty lies in the optimized texture patterns, surface treatments, and dynamically adjustable texture designs, which provide improved spin impartation to a struck golf ball. The inventive step is the recognition of the need for adjustable texture patterns and surface treatments to enhance spin-imparting properties, and the development of novel solutions to address these needs.
Alternative Embodiments and Variations
Alternative embodiments of the inventive concept include varying the texture pattern, groove depth, and spacing to suit different golf swing styles and course conditions. Additionally, the surface treatment could be applied using different techniques, such as laser etching or chemical etching, to create micro-textures with varying properties. The dynamically adjustable texture design could also be implemented using different materials or mechanisms, such as shape-memory alloys or electroactive polymers.
Potential Commercial Applications and Market
The enhanced golf club head with an optimized textured striking face has significant commercial potential in the golf industry, particularly among professional and amateur golfers seeking to improve their game. The inventive concept could be marketed as a premium product, offering improved performance and customization options, and could be targeted towards golf clubs, golf ball manufacturers, and golfing accessory companies.
CPC Classifications
| Section | Class | Group |
|---|---|---|
| A | A63 | A63B53/047 |
| A | A63 | A63B53/04 |
| A | A63 | A63B53/0408 |
| A | A63 | A63B53/0445 |
| A | A63 | A63B2053/0479 |
Original Patent Information
| Patent Number | US 11,857,849 |
|---|---|
| Title | Golf club head with textured striking face |
| Assignee(s) | SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD. |