Golf club head having a multi-material face and method of manufacture
AssigneeAcushnet Company
InventorsGrant M. Martens, Uday V. Deshmukh, Ryuichi Sugimae
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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 multi-material striking face portion that is made out of a backing layer having a frontal pocket, made out of titanium, and an insert, made out of a composite material, adapted to be inserted into the frontal pocket. The frontal pocket and the insert could have complementary dovetail shaped undercut features to create a mechanical bond between these two components. The insert may be bonded to the frontal pocket using an adhesive impregnated within a glass fiber weave.
Claims13
A golf club head comprising:
- a striking face provided near a forward portion of said golf club head;
- and
- a body portion connected to an aft portion of said striking face further comprising a crown, a sole, and a skirt,
- wherein said striking face comprises:
- a pocket at a frontal portion of said striking face made out of a first material having a first density, said pocket having a backing portion at a center of said pocket, said pocket having an undercut around a perimeter of said pocket;
- and
- a face insert attached to said pocket made out of a second material having a second density, said face insert having an inner portion adjacent said backing portion of said pocket, said face insert having an outer portion opposite said inner portion, said outer portion of said face insert having a protrusion around a perimeter of said outer portion,
- wherein said protrusion extends beyond a perimeter of said inner portion of said face insert,
- wherein said protrusion is adapted to engage said undercut,
- wherein said second density is less than said first density, and
- wherein said thickness of said inner portion of said face insert is approximately equal to said thickness of said outer portion of said face insert at said central location of said face insert.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.