Golf Club Head Alignment via Contrastive Crown-Face Coatings

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Solution Overview

Problem

Current golf club manufacturing methods lead to variability in the alignment features of golf club heads, resulting in inconsistent performance due to inconsistent masking sticker application and alignment.

Innovation Solution

The golf club head features a primary and secondary alignment feature, with a paint or masking line delineating the transition between contrasting shades or colors on the crown and face, and potentially incorporating electronic displays or dielectric coatings for enhanced alignment.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Ease of manufacture

If masking stickers are used to guide painting of alignment features, then the alignment feature can be applied to the golf club head, but the masking stickers are not easily affixed or aligned consistently, leading to variability in alignment feature location and angle

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveease of applying alignment featureVSAvoidprecision of alignment feature location and angle

Core Design Contradiction:

Ease of manufactureVSManufacturing precision

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies contrastive coatings to the crown and face portions of the golf club head before the alignment feature painting step. This preliminary action creates visible boundaries and reference areas that guide subsequent painting operations, ensuring consistent alignment feature placement without requiring precise masking sticker application.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The patent uses contrastive coatings that create visible color or shade differences between the crown and face portions of the golf club head. These color changes provide visual references that guide the painting of alignment features, ensuring consistent location and angle across multiple club heads while simplifying the manufacturing process.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #32Color changes

2Stability of the object's composition

If the same shade or color is used for the crown and face, then the golf club head has a uniform appearance, but alignment features cannot be clearly delineated

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveuniformity of golf club head appearanceVSAvoidvisibility of alignment feature boundaries

Core Design Contradiction:

Stability of the object's compositionVSMeasurement precision

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies contrastive coatings selectively to specific portions of the golf club head (crown and face portions) rather than uniformly across the entire head. This local quality approach creates visible boundaries in specific areas while maintaining overall aesthetic appearance, enabling clear delineation of alignment features without compromising the general uniformity of the club head.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #3Local quality

Solution Approach 2:

The patent divides the golf club head into distinct portions (crown and face) and applies different coatings to each segment. This segmentation creates visible boundaries between portions, which serve as references for aligning alignment features, while allowing each segment to maintain its own aesthetic characteristics.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #1Segmentation

Data Source

PatentUS20250161765A1Golf club heads

Publication Date: 2025.05.22 TAYLOR MADE GOLF CO INC

AI summary

A golf club head having discreet regions of specific mass relationships, including a lightweight forward portion, to achieve specific mass properties and performance.