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US 9,033,819 B2Granted
Golf club head with face insert
AssigneeTaylor Made Golf Company, Inc.
InventorsBret H. Wahl, Xinhui Deng
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Abstract
A golf club head is provided having a club body and a contact plate secured to the club body. The contact plate defines at least a portion of a striking surface having a plurality of striking surface grooves. The contact plate is formed using an electroforming process.
Claims18
A golf club head, comprising:
- a club head body having a forward surface and a rear surface;
- and
- a striking plate secured to the forward surface of the club head body, the striking plate defining at least a portion of a striking surface having a plurality of striking surface grooves;
- wherein the striking plate consists essentially of an alloy of nickel and cobalt having a nickel concentration of at least about 55% and a cobalt concentration of at least about 10%.
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A golf club head, comprising:
- a club head body having a forward surface and a rear surface;
- a backing plate having a forward surface and a rear surface, with the rear surface of the backing plate being secured to the forward surface of the club head body;
- and
- a striking plate having a forward surface and a rear surface, with the rear surface of the striking plate being secured to the forward surface of the club head body, the striking plate defining at least a portion of a striking surface having a plurality of striking surface grooves;
- wherein the striking plate consists essentially of an alloy of nickel and cobalt having a nickel concentration of at least about 55% and a cobalt concentration of at least about 10%.
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A golf club head, comprising:
- a club head body having a forward surface and a rear surface;
- and
- a striking plate secured to the forward surface of the club head body, the striking plate defining at least a portion of a striking surface having a plurality of striking surface grooves;
- wherein the striking plate consists essentially of an alloy of nickel and cobalt having a nickel concentration of at least about 55% and a cobalt concentration of at least about 10%, and
- wherein said striking plate is prepared by a method comprising:
- providing a mandrel having a negative physical representation of a golf club striking plate;
- electroforming a striking plate using the mandrel;
- and
- attaching the electroformed striking plate to a body of the golf club head.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.