Golf club head or other ball striking device having impact-influencing body features

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9914026
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14968533

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A ball striking device, such as a golf club head, has a face with a striking surface configured for striking a ball where the face has multiple thickness regions. The face has a center region, an upper region, a lower region, a toe region, and a heel region. The upper and lower regions have a ramped thickness extending from a center region to an upper and lower edge of the face. The heel and toe regions have a constant face thickness and have a thickness less than the other regions. Additionally, the club head body has a channel extending across a portion of the sole. The channel may be recessed from adjacent surfaces of the sole and have a depth of recession from the adjacent surfaces of the sole. The channel may have a cross-sectional profile that is asymmetric with a front wall and a rear wall where the front wall is longer than the rear wall. The channel may also have a center thickness that is different than a thickness at the heel and toe sides.

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  • KARSTEN MANUFACTURING CORPORATION

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Akiyama, Hiromitsu Tokyo, JP 37 167
Boggs, Joshua M Aledo, US 63 370
Fujita, Yoshimasa Ping-Tung Hsien, TW 82 1130
Harper, Kevin Fort Worth, US 43 970
Larson, Eric A Arlington, US 77 2086
Prichard, Michael T Portland, US 41 253

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