Method for fusing a ball-striking plate with a golf club head case

• US 5,871,408 A
• Filed: 07/14/1997
• Issued: 02/16/1999
• Est. Priority Date: 06/23/1997
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Archer C.C. Chen
• Original Assignee: Archer C.C. Chen
• Inventors: Chen, Archer C. C.
• Primary Examiner(s): Passaniti, Sebastiano
• Application Number:
  US08/892,097
• Time in Patent Office: 582 Days
• Field of Search: 473/324, 473/345, 473/346, 473/329, 473/349, 473/350, 473/409, 473/343, 473/342, 29/527.2, 29/527.6, 29/463, 29/428, 164/76.1, 228/125, 228/164
• US Class Current: 473/409
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2209/00 Characteristics of used materials
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 53/04 Heads
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 53/0416 Heads having an impact surface provided by a face insert
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 53/047 iron-type
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 60/00 Details or accessories of golf clubs, bats, rackets or the like
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 29/49826 Assembling or joining

Abstract

A method for fusing a ball-striking plate with a golf club head case comprises a first step in which a metal head case is prepared such that the metal head case is provided with a recess having a shoulder. A metal ball-striking plate is also prepared such that the ball-striking plate is corresponding in size and shape to the recess of the head case. A welding material is arranged on the shoulder of the recess of the head case before the ball-striking plate is arranged in the recess of the head case. The head case containing the ball-striking plate is then baked in an oven at a temperature higher than the melting point of the welding material, thereby resulting in the fusion of the ball-striking plate with the head case by the molten welding material.

Claims

1. A method for fusing a ball-striking plate with a golf club head case, said method comprising the steps of:

(a) preparing a golf club head case of a metal material such that the golf club head case is provided with a recess having a shoulder located in the bottom of the recess;

(b) preparing a ball-striking plate of a metal material such that the ball-striking plate is corresponding in size and shape to the recess of the golf club head case;

(c) arranging a welding material on the shoulder of the recess of the golf club head case;

(d) arranging the ball-striking plate in the recess of the golf club head case such that the underside of the ball-striking plate is in contact with the welding material;

(e) baking the golf club head case of the step (d) in an oven at a temperature higher than the melting point of the welding material for a period lasting between 4 and 5 hours;

(f) removing the baked case from the oven and wherein the shoulder of the recess of the golf club head case has a deformable projection for enhancing the fusion of the ball-striking plate with the recess of the golf club head case.

2. The method as defined in claim 1, wherein the recess of the golf club head case is provided along the fringe thereof with a protruded area for preventing the spilling of the molten welding material.

3. The method as defined in claim 1, wherein the oven is a vacuum oven.

4. The method as defined in claim 1, wherein the oven is a high-temperature oven containing an inert gas.

5. The method as defined in claim 1, wherein the golf club head case is made of a stainless steel material;

wherein the ball-striking plate is made of a titanium alloy material; and

wherein the welding material is made of a mixture containing copper, nickel and aluminium.

6. The method as defined in claim 5, wherein the temperature of the oven in the step (e) is 1050°

C.