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Co-forged golf club head and method of manufacture

US8926451B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateNov 28, 2011
Grant dateJan 6, 2015
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Expiry dateJan 22, 2033

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA63B2053/0491
  • WIPO fieldFurniture, games
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

A co-forged iron type golf club is disclosed. More specifically, the present invention discloses a co-forged iron type golf club with the body portion made out of a first material and at least one weight adjustment portion monolithically encased within the body portion of the co-forged iron type golf club head without the need for secondary attachment or machining operations. The present invention creates of an iron type golf club head from a pre-form billet that already contains two or more materials before the actual forging process resulting in a multi-material golf club head that doesn't require any post manufacturing operations such as machining, welding, swaging, gluing, and the like.

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