Method of manufacturing a face plate for a golf club head
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Abstract
A golf club is manufactured by machining away a portion of the rear surface of a club face blank to form an elliptical central thickened region that tapers through a transition region to a thinner peripheral region. The elliptical central thickened region, transition region and the portion of the peripheral region surrounding the raised portion are formed in a single elliptical pass with a special cutting tool. The cutting tool, or “form cutter” has a conical lateral cutting surface, which forms the sloped transition region and the peripheral region surrounding it in a single operation.
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10. A golf club head comprising:
a face plate having a contoured rear surface, the contoured rear surface including a central thickened region having a non-circular, elliptical outer edge surrounded by a transition region tapering from the central thickened region toward a thinner peripheral region, the transition region also having an elliptical outer edge, the elliptical outer edge of the central thickened region having an aspect ratio that is greater than the aspect ratio of the elliptical outer edge of the transition region. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14)
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