Sports bat having multilayered shell
AssigneeTicomp, Inc.
InventorWilliam R. Kingston
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Abstract
A sports bat such as used to play baseball or softball, comprising a shell which includes a first layer of titanium alloy-fiber reinforced composite laminate, a second layer of titanium alloy-fiber reinforced composite laminate and a core layer between the first layer and the second layer. Further, a method of making a bat comprising a shell which includes a first layer of titanium alloy-fiber reinforced composite laminate, a second layer of titanium alloy-fiber reinforced composite laminate and a core layer between the first layer and the second layer.
Claims30
A sports bat, the bat comprising a shell which includes a first layer of titanium alloy-fiber reinforced composite laminate, a second layer of titanium alloy-fiber reinforced composite laminate and a core layer between the first layer and the second layer;
- wherein the yield strength to modulus of elasticity ratio of the titanium alloy in the first layer is substantially similar to the strength to modulus of elasticity ratio of the fiber reinforced composite in the first layer;
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- wherein the yield strength modulus of elasticity ratio of the titanium alloy in the second layer is substantially similar to the strength to modulus of elasticity ratio of the fiber reinforced composite in the second layer.
A sports bat, the bat comprising a shell which includes a first layer of titanium alloy-fiber reinforced composite laminate and a second layer of titanium alloy-fiber reinforced composite laminate;
- wherein the yield strength to modulus of elasticity ratio of the titanium alloy in the first layer is substantially similar to the strength to modulus of elasticity ratio of the fiber reinforced composite in the first layer;
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- wherein the yield strength to modulus of elasticity ratio of the titanium alloy in the second layer is substantially similar to the strength to modulus of elasticity ratio of the fiber reinforced composite in the second layer.
A sports bat, the bat comprising a shell including a first layer of titanium alloy-fiber reinforced composite laminate;
- wherein the yield strength to modulus of elasticity ratio of the titanium alloy is substantially similar to the strength to modulus of elasticity ratio of the fiber reinforced composite.
A method of producing a sports bat comprising the step of forming a shell from a first layer of titanium alloy-fiber reinforced composite, wherein the yield strength to modulus of elasticity ratio of the titanium alloy in the first layer is substantially similar to the strength to modulus of elasticity ratio of the fiber reinforced composite in the first layer.
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