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Golf club head with a compression-molded, thin-walled aft-body

US8460123B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateNov 4, 2010
Grant dateJun 11, 2013
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Expiry dateNov 24, 2031

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  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA63B2209/023
  • WIPO fieldFurniture, games
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

A multiple-material golf club and a method for forming said golf club is disclosed herein. The multiple-material golf club preferably is a driver that has a metal face cup and a thin-walled, compression molded, composite aft body with precise IML and OML geometry. The molding composite used to form the compression molded aft body preferably comprises a plurality of randomly oriented carbon fiber bundles and a thermoset matrix material.

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