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US 7,479,071 B2Granted
Golf club head
AssigneeAdams Golf IP, L.P.
InventorEdwin H. Adams
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Abstract
A golf club head includes a club head body having a striking face, a soleplate, a toe, a heel and a hosel. The club head body includes a body shell composed of the striking face, soleplate, toe and heel, wherein at least a portion of the body shell is composed of a flexible material having a density of less than approximately 2.5 g/cm3 and tensile strength of at least approximately 465 MPa /(g/cm3) which is secured to a substrate with the flexible material facing an exterior of the club head.
Claims4
A golf club head, comprising:
- a club head body, the club head body including a striking face, a soleplate, a toe, a heel and a hosel, the club head body having a volume of at least approximately 300 cc and a mass of approximately 180 g to approximately 250 g;
- the club head body including a body shell composed of the striking face, soleplate, toe and heel, the body shell having a mass of no more than 150 g, wherein at least a portion of the body shell is composed of a flexible material having a density of less than approximately 2.5 g/cm3 and tensile strength of at least approximately 465 MPa/(g/cm3) which is secured to a substrate with the flexible material facing an exterior of the club head, the flexible material being composed of carbon nanotubes woven into a sheet of a predetermined size;
- wherein the shell further includes a crown which is composed of carbon nanotubes.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.