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US 7,172,519 B2Granted
Golf club head composed of damascene patterned metal
AssigneeCallaway Golf Company
InventorsWayne H. Byrne, Ronald K. Hettinger, Uday V. Deshmukh, Herbert Reyes
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Abstract
A golf club head composed of a damascene patterned metal, such as a Damascus steel, is disclosed. The golf club head may be a putter head or an iron-type club head with a majority of the club head body formed of the damascene patterned metal, or a wood-type club head or an iron-type club head with a damascene patterned metal face insert.
Claims9
An iron-type golf club head comprising:
- a body composed of a damascene patterned metal wherein the damascene patterned metal comprises a first metal and a second metal, the first metal having properties different than the second metal, and the damascene patterned metal comprising a plurality of alternating vertical layers of the first metal and the second metal, each of the plurality of alternating vertical layers extending from a sole of the iron-type golf club head to a top of the iron-type golf club head.
An iron-type golf club head comprising:
- a body composed of a damascene patterned metal wherein the damascene patterned metal comprises a stainless steel 304L and a stainless steel 316L, the damascene patterned metal comprising a plurality of alternating vertical layers of the stainless steel 304L and the stainless steel 316L, each of the plurality of alternating vertical layers extending from a sole of the iron-type golf club head to a top of the iron-type golf club head.
An iron-type golf club head comprising:
- a body composed of a damascene patterned metal wherein the damascene patterned metal comprises a pure titanium and a beta-C-titanium, the damascene patterned metal comprising a plurality of alternating vertical layers of the pure titanium and the beta-C-titanium, each of the plurality of alternating vertical layers extending from a sole of the iron-type golf club head to a top of the iron-type golf club head.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.