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US 12,005,617 B2Granted
Golf club head having multi-material face and method of manufacture
AssigneeAcushnet Company
InventorsUday V. Deshmukh, John Morin
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Abstract
A golf club with a multi-material face is disclosed herein. More specifically, the golf club head in accordance with the present invention has a striking face portion that is backed by a composite layer. The multi-material face disclosed in accordance with the present invention may generally be manufactured via a bladder molding process that applies hydrostatic forces to the composite layer to create a more consistent bond between the composite material and the metallic material.
Claims11
A golf club head comprising:
- a striking face provided near a forward portion of said golf club head;
- a body portion connected to an aft portion of said striking face further comprising a crown, a sole, and a skirt, and forming a shell portion with a hollow interior;
- said striking face further comprising:
- a backing portion located at an inner side of said striking face and a face insert located at an outside of said striking face,
- said backing portion further comprising:
- a frontal surface, located at a frontal portion of said backing portion, and a rear surface located at a rear of said backing portion, said rear surface directly facing said hollow interior,
- wherein said frontal surface and said rear surface combine to create a backing portion thickness having a variable thickness profile,
- wherein said striking face has a characteristic time slope of greater than about 5 and less than about 50 and
- wherein a thickest portion of said backing portion thickness is greater than about 1.5 mm and less than about 3.0 mm.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.