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US 2006/0220279 A1Published application
Apparatus and Method for Manufacturing a Multiple Material Golf Club Head
AssigneeCallaway Golf Company
InventorsHerbert Reyes, Robert Gonczi, Craig Abbott, James Marinez
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for co-curing a multiple material golf club head is disclosed herein. The club head preferably is composed of a metal face component and an aft-body composed of a plurality of plies of pre-preg material.
Claims14
A method for manufacturing a multiple material golf club head, the method comprising:
- placing a metal face component into a cavity of a first half of a co-curing tool, the metal face component having a return portion periphery;
- placing a gasket on the return portion periphery;
- placing an aft-body pre-form in the first half of the co-curing tool with an inflatable bladder positioned within an interior of the aft-body pre-form;
- mating a second half of the co-curing tool with the first half of the co-curing tool;
- heating the co-curing tool within a press at a temperature of at least 325° F. for a time period ranging from 10 minutes to 15 minutes;
- pressurizing the inflatable bladder to a pressure of at least 50 PSI;
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- removing a multiple material golf club head from the co-curing tool.
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A system for manufacturing a multiple material golf club head, the system comprising:
- a multiple piece tool assembly;
- an inflatable bladder for placement within an interior defined by precursor components for the multiple material golf club head;
- a press for heating the tool assembly under pressure at a temperature ranging from 250 to 350° F. ;
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- a pressurizer for pressurizing the inflatable bladder to a pressure of at least 50 PSI.
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An apparatus for manufacturing a multiple material golf club head, the apparatus comprising:
- a face loft control piece having an external front wall, an external top wall, an external bottom wall and an internal aft wall;
- a face insert piece having an external top wall, external bottom wall an internal front wall and an internal aft wall, the internal front wall of the face insert piece connected to the internal aft wall of the face loft control piece;
- a gasket retaining piece having a front surface and an aft surface, the front surface connected to the internal aft wall of the face insert piece;
- a sole piece having an internal front wall, an external rear wall, an external bottom wall and an internal top wall, the internal front wall of the sole piece connected to the internal aft wall of the gasket retaining piece;
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- a crown piece having an internal front wall, an external rear wall, an internal bottom wall and an external top wall, the internal front wall of the crown piece connected to the internal aft wall of the gasket retaining piece and the internal bottom wall of the crown piece connected to the internal top wall of the sole piece;
- wherein the face loft control piece, the face insert piece, the sole piece and the crown piece define an internal cavity.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.