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Golf club heads and fabrication process thereof
Assignee: Maruman Golf Co Ltd
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Filing: 1989-08-23
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Granted: 1991-05-21
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Expires: 2009-08-23
Abstract
Abstract A golf club head with a composite body which in turn has a ceramic sponge body defining a number of pores therein and a filler selected from the group consisting of metals, synthetic resins, fiber-reinforced metals and fiber-reinforced resins and impregnated into the pores. The golf club head is fabricated by forming a foamed resin head substantially conforming in configurations and dimensions with the composite body, impregnating the foamed resin head with a ceramic slurry, followed by sintering to form a ceramic sponge body defining pores therein, filling the pores of the ceramic sponge body with a wax, covering the ceramic sponge body with a mold-forming refractory material, applying a heat treatment to remove the wax and to sinter the refractory material, and then casting the filler into the pores.
Inventors
- 👤 Masashi Kobayashi
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-29 23:13
CPC Classifications
A; A63; A63B; A63B53/00; A63B53/04; A63B53/0416; A63B53/047; A63B60/00; C; C04; C04B; C04B41/00; C04B41/009; C04B41/45; C04B41/46; C04B41/48; C04B41/50; C04B41/51; C04B41/80; C04B41/81; C04B41/82; C04B41/83; C04B41/85; C04B41/88; A63B2209/00; A63B2209/02; A63B53/042
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 10
Claim 1
Independent Claim
63 words
A golf club head having a front face, a sole face and a rear face, said golf club head comprising a composite body, wherein said composite body includes: a porous ceramic body having a plurality of pores formed therein; and a filler selected from the group consisting of metals, synthetic resins, fiber-reinforced metals and fiber-reinforced resins, said filler being impregnated into said pores.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
63 words
A golf club head having a front face, a sole face and a rear face, said golf club head comprising a composite body, wherein said composite body includes: a porous ceramic body having a plurality of pores formed therein; and a filler selected from the group consisting of metals, synthetic resins, fiber-reinforced metals and fiber-reinforced resins, said filler being impregnated into said pores.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
19 words
The golf club head as claimed in claim 1, wherein the head is formed wholly of the composite body.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
31 words
The golf club head as claimed in claim 1, wherein at least a portion of said front face, sole and rear face of said head is formed of said composite body.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
26 words
The golf club head as claimed in claim 1, wherein a central portion of the rear face of the head is formed of the composite body.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
45 words
The golf club head as claimed in claim 1, wherein an upper portion of the head is formed of said composite body, said upper portion extending from a toe portion of said rear face of said head to a heel portion of said rear face.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
22 words
The golf club head as claimed in claim 1, wherein the composite body is inserted as a face insert in the head.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
67 words
The golf club head as claimed in claim 1, wherein the ceramic sponge body is made of alumina and the filler is selected from stainless steel, brass, aluminum, titanium, a combination of silicon carbide whiskers and aluminum, an epoxy resin, ABS resin, a polycarbonate resin, or a combination of a synthetic resin and reinforcing fibers selected from carbon fibers, glass fibers, wholly-aromatic polyamide fibers or boron fibers.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
56 words
A golf club head having a front face, a sole face and a rear face, said golf club head comprising a porous ceramic body having a plurality of pores impregnated with a compound selected from the group consisting of metals, synthetic resins, fiber-reinforced metals and fiber reinforced resins to form a low-density composite club head body.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
56 words
A golf club head having a front face, a sole face and a rear face, said golf club head comprising a porous ceramic body having a plurality of pores impregnated with a compound selected from the group consisting of metals, synthetic resins, fiber-reinforced metals and fiber reinforced resins to form a low-density composite club head body.
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