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US 5,377,986 AGranted
Process for manufacture of a golf club head comprising a mounted hitting surface
AssigneeTaylor Made Golf Company, Inc.
InventorsFrancois Viollaz, Robert Maestri
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Abstract
Process for manufacture of a golf club head incorporating a mounted hitting surface, comprising the steps of producing the body of the head from a series of metal plates, i.e., an upper plate, a lower plate, a peripheral plate, and a front plate comprising the front support face; bonding on its support face a hitting plate made of a plastic or composite material; and imparting to the hitting surface of the plate its final curved shape, which is convex toward the front.
Claims8
A process for manufacture of a golf club head comprising a mounted hitting plate (18), said process consisting of the steps of:
- (a) manufacturing a body of the head itself from an upper wall (5), a lower wall (6), a peripheral wall (7) and a front wall (8) comprising a front support face (11);
- (b) bonding a hitting plate (18) made of a plastic or composite material on said front support face (11);
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- (c) imparting to a hitting surface (2) of said hitting plate a curved shape which is convex toward the front.
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