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US 9,168,618 B1Granted
Manufacturing assembly and method of locating a face insert in a golf club head
AssigneeCallaway Golf Company
InventorsAlan C. Bettencourt, Robert Maple
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Abstract
A manufacturing assembly and a method for locating a face insert in a golf club head during manufacture are disclosed herein. In particular, the manufacturing assembly comprises a face locating fixture sized to receive a golf club face insert and a pick fixture configured to removably attach to the face insert. The manufacturing assembly may further comprise a holding fixture sized to receive a golf club head and hold it in place while the face insert is aligned with the head during assembly.
Claims12
A golf club manufacturing assembly comprising:
- a golf club face insert;
- a face locating fixture comprising a depression sized to receive the face insert;
- a pick fixture comprising at least one engagement mechanism and a plurality of alignment prongs;
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- a golf club head comprising a front opening,
- wherein the front opening is sized to receive the face insert,
- wherein the at least one engagement mechanism is configured to removably attach to the face insert, and
- wherein the pick fixture is configured to move the face insert from the face locating fixture to the golf club head.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.