Golf Club Head Damping Element for Ball Speed Consistency
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Solution Overview
Problem
Golfers aim to reduce the number of swings needed to complete a round by ensuring consistent ball flight distance and sound when striking the ball, while minimizing distance variation between hits on and off the sweet spot.
Innovation Solution
A golf club head design incorporating a damping element with specific geometric features and materials to absorb and distribute impact energy uniformly, featuring a striking face with varying thickness and a damping element that contacts the rear surface, enhancing energy absorption and sound quality.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Speed
If a golf club head is designed to maximize ball speed at the sweet spot, then distance is improved, but distance consistency on off-center hits deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The striking face is designed with non-uniform thickness distribution, featuring a thicker central region and thinner peripheral regions. This local variation in structural properties optimizes energy transfer at the sweet spot while maintaining acceptable performance on off-center hits, thereby improving both ball speed and distance consistency
Solution Approach 2:
The damping element's material properties and geometric parameters are specifically tuned to provide optimal energy absorption and vibration damping. By adjusting the damping coefficient and element configuration, the system achieves improved ball speed at center impact while reducing the penalty for off-center strikes
2Object-affected harmful factors
If a damping element is added to improve sound quality and reduce vibration, then sound quality is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The damping element is integrated into the existing club head structure, combining the damping function with the overall club head design. This merging approach reduces vibration and improves sound quality without requiring separate, additional components, thereby minimizing the increase in device complexity
Solution Approach 2:
The damping element serves multiple functions simultaneously: it reduces unwanted vibrations, improves sound quality, and contributes to the overall structural integrity of the club head. This multi-functionality justifies the added complexity by delivering multiple benefits from a single component
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
The design achieves consistent ball flight distance and improved sound quality by reducing energy variation, thus optimizing performance and user experience.
Implementation Method 1
a damping element including a front surface and a rear surface, the rear surface of the damping element opposite the front surface of the damping element, wherein the front surface of the damping element is in contact with the rear surface of the striking face
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AI summary
A golf club head including a striking face, a periphery portion surrounding and extending rearwards from the striking face, a damping element including a front surface and a rear surface, the rear surface of the damping element opposite the front surface of the damping element, wherein the damping element is pressed against the striking face using a rotatable adjustment driver.