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US 12,508,478 B1Granted
Composite components of a golf club head
AssigneeTopgolf Callaway Brands Corp.
InventorsDominic LeBlanc, Brandon DeMille
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Abstract
A composite material for a component of a golf club head is disclosed herein. The composite material includes a composite layers and at least one an interlaminar layer that includes one of vertically aligned carbon nanotubes, Z-Axis aligned carbon fibers or graphene platelets. In one preferred embodiment, the golf club head component is a face component.
Claims8
A composite material for a component of a golf club head, the composite material comprising:
- a first composite layer;
- a second composite layer;
- and
- an interlaminar layer composed of vertically aligned carbon nanotubes;
- wherein the first composite layer and the second composite layer comprise a plurality of plies, each of the plurality of plies a unidirectional orientation, a bi-axial orientation or a tri-axial orientation;
- wherein a laminate comprises a structure formed from the first composite layer, the second composite layer and the interlaminar layer;
- wherein an
- additive
-
- laminate
-
- ratio
- =
- ∑
- k
- =
- 1
- m
- -
- 1
-
- Area
- Additive
- k
- ∑
- k
- =
- 1
- m
-
- Area
- Ply
- k
- wherein m=a total number of plies,
- wherein an Area_Plyk is the area of each composite ply (k) in the laminate,
- wherein an Area Additive (k) is the area of the reinforcement present between offsetting plies (k and k+1),
- wherein the additive laminate ratio of the composite material ranges between 0.05 and 0.9.
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A composite material for a component of a golf club head, the composite material comprising:
- a first composite layer;
- a second composite layer;
- and
- an interlaminar layer comprising one of vertically aligned carbon nanotubes, Z-Axis aligned carbon fibers or graphene platelets;
- wherein the first composite layer and the second composite layer comprise a plurality of plies, each of the plurality of plies a unidirectional orientation, a bi-axial orientation or a tri-axial orientation;
- wherein a laminate comprises a structure formed from the first composite layer, the second composite layer and the interlaminar layer;
- wherein an
- additive
-
- laminate
-
- ratio
- =
- ∑
- k
- =
- 1
- m
- -
- 1
-
- Area
- Additive
- k
- ∑
- k
- =
- 1
- m
-
- Area
- Ply
- k
- wherein m=a total number of plies,
- wherein an Area_Plyk is the area of each composite ply (k) in the laminate,
- wherein an Area Additive (k) is the area of the reinforcement present between offsetting plies (k and k+1),
- wherein the additive laminate ratio of the composite material ranges between 0.05 and 0.9.
34 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.