Fairway wood with titanium face member
First Claim
1. A fairway wood comprising a body and a face member attached to a front side of the body, the face member including a front portion and a rim projecting rearwardly from an outer periphery of the front portion, the front portion defining a front face of the wood, a rear portion of the rim being bonded to a seat of the body, wherein the body comprises stainless steel and the face member comprises a titanium alloy, wherein a rear end edge of the rim is bonded to the seat of the body by silver-nickel brazing.
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Abstract
A fairway wood head comprises a stainless steel body and a cup-shaped titanium alloy face member attached by silver-nickel brazing to the body. The face member is preferably of variable thickness, being thicker at it'"'"'s center than at it'"'"'s outer periphery. Weights are attached at the toe and heel, respectively, of the body, to resist twisting of the head during an off-center hit. Weights are attached in the sole of the body on opposite sides of a front-to-rear center line of the head to lower the center of gravity of the head. The head has a hosel which includes a stainless steel inner portion and a titanium alloy outer sleeve portion disposed around and attached to the inner portion.
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18 Claims
- 1. A fairway wood comprising a body and a face member attached to a front side of the body, the face member including a front portion and a rim projecting rearwardly from an outer periphery of the front portion, the front portion defining a front face of the wood, a rear portion of the rim being bonded to a seat of the body, wherein the body comprises stainless steel and the face member comprises a titanium alloy, wherein a rear end edge of the rim is bonded to the seat of the body by silver-nickel brazing.
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12. A fairway wood comprising a body, a face member attached to a front side thereof, and four weights mounted in the body;
- first and second ones of the weights being mounted in a sole of the body on opposite sides of a horizontal front-to-rear centerline of the body;
third and fourth ones of the weights being mounted in toe and heel portions, respectively, of the body. - View Dependent Claims (13)
- first and second ones of the weights being mounted in a sole of the body on opposite sides of a horizontal front-to-rear centerline of the body;
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14. A fairway wood comprising a body and a face member attached to a front side thereof, the body including a sole, a front portion of the sole being flat and horizontal;
- a rear portion of the sole being inclined upwardly and rearwardly from a location substantially midway between front and rear ends of the body.
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15. A fairway wood comprising a body, a face member attached to a front side thereof, wherein the body comprises stainless steel, and further including a hosel comprising a stainless steel cylindrical inner portion defined by part of the body, and cylindrical outer portion telescoped onto and bonded to the inner portion, the outer portion formed of a titanium alloy.
- 16. A fairway wood comprising a stainless steel body and a titanium alloy face member attached to a front side of the body, the face member including a front portion and a rim projecting rearwardly from an outer periphery of the front portion, the front portion defining a front face of the wood, a rear portion of the rim being bonded to a seat of the body by silver-nickel brazing, wherein the front portion of the face member is thicker at a center region thereof than an outer peripheral region thereof, first and second weights mounted in a sole of the body on opposite sides of a horizontal front-to-rear centerline of the body, and third and fourth weights mounted in toe and heel portions, respectively, of the body.
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