Golf club treated with plating
OwnerHarufumi Yamanakainventor
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Abstract
There is disclosed a golf club with a metal head capable of achieving a longer driving distance. Super hard plating is applied to the metal head of the golf club. With this golf club, a driving distance is increased about 4% to 10%.
Claims8
A golf club having a head of metal, with a super hard ternary alloy plating film formed on a surface of the head, said film comprising Ni, B and W.
In a golf club having a head of metal for use in driving a golf ball a driving distance, said head having a hitting surface of a certain hardness, the improvement wherein the hitting surface is coated with a ternary alloy film consisting essentially of Ni, B and W, said film having a hardness greater than the hardness of the hitting surface and being coated on the hitting surface in an amount sufficient to increase the driving distance of the golf club.
A method for increasing the driving distance of a golf club having a metal head, wherein the head has a hitting surface of a certain hardness, the method comprising coating the hitting surface with a ternary alloy film comprising Ni, B and W, said film having a hardness greater than the hardness of the hitting surface and being coated on the surface in an amount sufficient to increase the driving distance of the golf club.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.