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US 2011/0296661 A1Published application
Method of manufacturing a face plate for a golf club head
AssigneeKarsten Manufacturing Corporation
InventorBradley D. Schweigert
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Abstract
Golf club heads with patterned face plates described herein. Other examples, embodiments and related methods are also disclosed herein.
Claims20
A method for providing a golf club head, the method comprising:
- providing a face plate having a contoured surface, the contoured surface including a central region having a first elliptical outer edge surrounded by a transition region extended from the central region to a peripheral region, the transition region having a second elliptical outer edge and a thickness decreasing in a non-linear manner from the first elliptical outer edge to the second elliptical outer edge;
- wherein the first elliptical outer edge has a first aspect ratio, a first major axis, and a first minor axis;
- wherein the second elliptical outer edge has a second aspect ratio, a second major axis, and a second minor axis;
- and
- wherein the second major axis is equal to the first major axis plus a predefined distance, the second minor axis is equal to the first minor axis plus the predefined distance, and the second aspect ratio is less than the first aspect ratio.
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A method for providing a golf club head, the method comprising:
- providing a shell having an opening;
- and
- providing a face plate configured to be attached to the opening to form a hollow body, the face plate having a frustum surface of revolution, the frustum surface of revolution including a first region having a first elliptical outer edge, a second region having a second elliptical outer edge, and a transition region between the first region and a second region, the transition region having a curved side extending from the first elliptical outer edge to the second elliptical outer edge,
- wherein the first elliptical outer edge has a first aspect ratio, a first major axis, and a first minor axis,
- wherein the second elliptical outer edge has a second aspect ratio, a second major axis and a second minor axis;
- and
- wherein the second major axis is equal to the first major axis plus a predefined distance, the second minor axis is equal to the first minor axis plus the predefined distance, and the second aspect ratio being is than the first aspect ratio.
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A method for manufacturing a golf club face plate comprising:
- providing a face plate material;
- milling the face plate material in an elliptical pattern to concurrently form, in a single elliptical orbit:
- a central region comprising a first elliptical outer edge;
- a transition region extending from the first elliptical outer edge to a second elliptical outer edge;
- and
- a peripheral region bounding the transition region and extending from the second elliptical outer edge to a third elliptical outer edge;
- wherein:
- the elliptical pattern and the first, second, and third elliptical outer edges are non-circular;
- the transition region comprises a substantially constant width throughout the transition region and between the first and second elliptical outer edges;
- and
- the peripheral region comprises a substantially constant width throughout the peripheral region and between the second and third elliptical outer edges.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.