Golf Putter Head with Elevated Strike Face Edge
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional golf putters often impart backspin and loft to the ball, leading to inconsistent putting accuracy due to variability in ball energy deposition and slippage, which delays the initiation of the pure roll phase, essential for accurate putts.
Innovation Solution
A golf putter head design featuring a strike face edge located at the bottom edge, with a sole pillar that does not contact the ball during the swing, ensuring the strike face edge contacts the ball first, reducing backspin and promoting immediate pure roll by minimizing loft and skidding.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If a conventional putter head design is used with the sole-face vertex at the putting surface, then the putter can strike the ball, but it imparts backspin and loft to the ball, causing sliding and delaying the pure roll phase
Solution Approach 1:
The invention changes the vertical dimension of the strike face by positioning the bottom edge of the strike face above the putting surface level. This dimensional change allows the strike face to contact the ball before the sole touches the ground, eliminating the backspin and sliding that occur with conventional designs where the strike face contacts the ball at or below ground level.
Solution Approach 2:
The invention modifies the geometric parameters of the putter head by introducing a specific angle between the strike face and the sole (10-45 degrees) and positioning the bottom edge of the strike face at a height of 0.125-0.375 inches above the putting surface. These parameter changes ensure the ball is struck with minimal loft and no backspin, achieving pure roll immediately upon contact with the green.
2Power
If the ball is struck with conventional putters, then energy is deposited into the ball, but the energy deposition varies due to backspin dissipation, translating to variable ball velocity at the hole
Solution Approach 1:
The invention changes the strike geometry parameters to eliminate backspin generation. By positioning the bottom edge of the strike face above the putting surface and angling the strike face relative to the sole, the ball is struck without imparting backspin. This eliminates the variability in energy deposition caused by backspin dissipation, ensuring consistent energy transfer and predictable ball velocity throughout the putt.
3Device complexity
If the strike face bottom edge is positioned at or below the putting surface level, then the putter structure is simpler, but it causes the ball to launch into the air and creates backspin
Solution Approach 1:
The invention elevates the bottom edge of the strike face to a position above the putting surface level (0.125-0.375 inches), creating a vertical separation between the strike face and the ground. This dimensional change allows the strike face to contact the ball cleanly without the sole interfering, eliminating backspin and loft while maintaining structural integrity through the angled relationship between the strike face and sole.
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
This design enhances putting accuracy by initiating the pure roll phase earlier, reducing frictional energy required for ball rotation, and providing consistent energy transmission, thereby improving the chances of successfully hitting the hole.
Implementation Method 1
The golf putter head comprises an upper portion that comprises a strike face, with a strike face edge located on the bottom of the strike face
Implementation Method 2
As soon as the golf ball contacts the putting surface, friction will initiate a transition from back spin post putter strike to 'pure roll'
Data Source
AI summary
A new golf putter head is disclosed, comprising an upper portion and a sole pillar, wherein the upper portion comprises a strike face and the bottom edge of the strike face is used to strike the golf ball on the golf ball equator, and the sole pillar does not contact the ball at any point during the ball contact with the putter during the swing, the putter improving the putt accuracy by reducing golf ball slippage on the green and the variability of the energy deposited into the golf ball on a putt.