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US 6,248,024 B1Granted
Composite golf club head
AssigneeRadius Engineering, Inc.
InventorsRonald H. Nelson, Dimitrije Milovich, Paul Nordstrom Clark, Gregory Joseph Loughry
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Abstract
A composite golf-club head is disclosed with at least one complex three-dimensional molded composite part. The part has multiple interleaved plies of reinforcing fiber, and has a wall with an interleave ratio greater than about 30, preferably greater than about 100.
Claims2
A composite golf club head comprising:
- a face;
- a crown;
- a sole;
- each of said face, crown, and sole with junctures between said face, crown and sole forming a wall of said club head;
- each said wall comprising a predetermined number of pre-formed multiple interleaved plies of reinforcing fibers;
- the multiple plies being essentially free of wrinkles;
- said composite club head being assembled such that said predetermined number of multiple interleaved plies of said face, crown, and sole are overlapping at the junctures between the face and sole and between the face and crown;
- the junctures providing a substantially seamless construction between the walls;
- said walls having an interleave ratio greater than about 30;
- said hollow composite club head having an interior essentially free of molding-assist byproducts.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.