Sports equipment comprising diffused titanium nitride
OwnerPhilos Jongho Ko, Bongsub Samuel Koinventors
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Abstract
A method for diffusing titanium and nitride into a sports equipment component. The method generally includes the steps of providing a sports equipment component providing a salt bath which includes sodium dioxide and a salt selected from the group consisting of sodium cyanate and potassium cyanate; dispersing metallic titanium formed by electrolysis of a titanium compound in the bath, heating the salt bath to a temperature ranging from about 430° C. to about 670° C.; and soaking the sports equipment component in the salt bath for a time of from about 10 minutes to about 24 hours. In accordance with another aspect of the present invention, the sports equipment component may further be treated with conventional surface treatments or coatings.
Claims11
A method for diffusing titanium and nitride into a sports equipment component comprising:
- providing a portion of a sports equipment component having a surface and a microstructure including a plurality of voids, wherein said sports equipment component is a portion of a golf club head;
- providing a salt bath which includes sodium dioxide and a salt selected from the group consisting of sodium cyanate and potassium cyanate;
- dispersing metallic titanium formed by electrolysis of a titanium compound, in said bath;
- heating the salt bath to a temperature ranging from about 430° C. to about 670° C.;
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- soaking the portion of the sports equipment in the salt bath for a time of from about 10 minutes to about 24 hours such that the electrolyzed titanium diffuses into the microstructure and fills at least some of the plurality of voids therein.
A method of increasing the elasticity and resiliency of sports equipment by diffusing titanium and nitride therein, comprising:
- providing a portion of a sports equipment component having a surface and a microstructure including a plurality of voids, wherein said sports equipment component is a portion of a golf club head;
- providing a salt bath which includes sodium dioxide and a salt selected from the group consisting of sodium cyanate and potassium cyanate;
- dispersing metallic titanium formed by electrolysis of a titanium compound, in said bath;
- heating the salt bath to a temperature ranging from about 430° C. to about 670° C.;
- and
- soaking the portion of the sports equipment in the salt bath for a time of from about 10 minutes to about 24 hours such that the electrolyzed titanium diffuses into the microstructure and fills at least some of the plurality of voids therein.
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