Golf club head
First Claim
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1. A golf club head comprising a central core having an outer surface, a tensioned continuous fiber extending around said outer surface at least a single time, and an external resin layer which covers said central core and said continuous fiber.
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Abstract
The present invention is directed to a golf club head comprising a central core having an outer surface, at least one continuous fiber extending around at least a portion of the outer surface of the core closest to the club face, and an external resin layer which covers the core and the continuous fiber. Preferably, the core is comprised of a syntactic foam which is entirely covered with a braided construction of a plurality of continuous graphite composite fibers.
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21 Claims
- 1. A golf club head comprising a central core having an outer surface, a tensioned continuous fiber extending around said outer surface at least a single time, and an external resin layer which covers said central core and said continuous fiber.
- 6. A golf club head comprising a central core, said central core being comprised of first and second core components, said first core component having an outer surface and having a tensioned continuous fiber extending around said outer surface at least a single time, and an external resin layer which covers said central core and said continuous fiber.
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18. A method for making a golf club head comprising the steps of:
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forming a central core of the golf club head, wrapping under tension a continuous fiber around the central core at least a single time to obtain a fiber-wrapped central core, placing the fiber-wrapped central core in a mold, injecting resin around the fiber-wrapped central core, curing the resin to obtain the golf club head, and removing the golf club head from the mold. - View Dependent Claims (19)
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20. A method for making a golf club head comprising the steps of:
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forming first and second core components of a central core for a golf club head, wrapping under tension a continuous fiber around the first core component at least a single time to obtain a fiber-wrapped first core component, joining the first and second core components to obtain the central core, placing the central core in a mold, injecting resin around the central core, curing the resin to obtain the golf club head, and removing the golf club head from the mold. - View Dependent Claims (21)
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