Patent ID: 11938387
Assignee: ACUSHNET COMPANY
Field: Furniture, games (Other fields)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 0:
1. A golf club head comprising:
a striking face;
a periphery portion surrounding and extending rearwards from said striking face;
a coordinate system centered at a center of gravity of said golf club head, said coordinate system comprising a y-axis extending vertically, perpendicular to a ground plane when said golf club head is in an address position at prescribed loft and lie, an x-axis perpendicular to said y-axis and parallel to the striking face, extending towards a heel of said golf club head, and a z-axis, perpendicular to said y-axis and said x-axis and extending through said striking face;
a hosel configured to receive a shaft, said hosel located on a heel side of said golf club head, said heel side located opposite a toe side;
wherein said striking face comprises a front surface configured to strike a golf ball and a rear surface opposite said front surface;
a damping element comprising a front surface and a rear surface, said rear surface of said damping element opposite said front surface of said damping element;
wherein said front surface of said damping element is in contact with said rear surface of said striking face;
wherein said striking face comprises a first portion having a substantially constant thickness measured from said front surface to said rear surface;
wherein said striking face comprises a plurality of scorelines having the same length measured along said x-axis; and
a center face plane parallel to said y-axis and said z-axis, said center face plane located equidistant from a heel-most extent of said plurality of scorelines and a toe-most extent of said plurality of scorelines;
wherein said front surface of said damping element contacts said first portion of said striking face;
wherein said front surface of said damping element comprises a geometric center;
wherein said geometric center of said front surface of said damping element is located toeward of said center face plane;
wherein said striking face comprises a second portion, said second portion of said striking face located heelward of said center face plane, said second portion of said striking face having a thickness measured from said front surface to said rear surface which tapers from a maximum thickness at a thick end of said second portion to a minimum thickness at a thin end of said second portion, wherein said thick end is located toeward of said thin end;
wherein said geometric center of said front surface of said damping element is located a damping offset distance measured along said x-axis from said center face plane, wherein said thick end of said second portion of said striking face is located a heel offset distance measured along said x-axis from said center face plane, and wherein said heel offset distance is greater than said damping offset distance.