CO-FORGED GOLF CLUB HEAD AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURE
First Claim
1. A forged golf club head comprising:
- a body portion made out of a first material having at least one cavity;
at least one weight adjustment portion made out of a second material encased within said body portion; and
a cap made out of said first material, at least partially enclosing said cavity;
wherein said at least one weight adjustment portion is encased monolithically within said body portion; and
wherein an outer surface area of said at least one weight adjustment portion equals an inner surface area of said at least one cavity.
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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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20 Claims
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1. A forged golf club head comprising:
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a body portion made out of a first material having at least one cavity; at least one weight adjustment portion made out of a second material encased within said body portion; and a cap made out of said first material, at least partially enclosing said cavity; wherein said at least one weight adjustment portion is encased monolithically within said body portion; and wherein an outer surface area of said at least one weight adjustment portion equals an inner surface area of said at least one cavity. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A method of forging a golf club head comprising:
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forging a cylindrical billet to create a body portion of said golf club head, wherein said body portion of said golf club head comprises one or more cavities; at least partially filling said one or more cavities with a second material to create a weight adjustment portion; providing a cap to at least partially encase said weight adjustment portion within said one or more cavities; forging said body portion of said club head containing said weight adjustment portion to create said golf club head. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A forged golf club head comprising:
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a body portion made out of a first material; at least one weight adjustment portion made out of a second material encased within said body portion; and a cap made out of said first material enclosing said cavity; wherein said second material has a higher density than said first material, wherein said at least one weight adjustment portion is located near a sole of said golf club head, and wherein said at least one weight adjustment portion is encased monolithically within said body portion. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20)
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