Method of brazing ceramic and cermet components for golf clubs and the article produced thereby

• US 6,027,010 A
• Filed: 06/17/1998
• Issued: 02/22/2000
• Est. Priority Date: 06/17/1998
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Carbite, Inc. (Carbite Golf, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Carbite, Inc. (Carbite Golf, Inc.)
• Inventors: Shira, Chester S.
• Primary Examiner(s): Ryan, Patrick
• Assistant Examiner(s): Knapp, Jeffrey T.
• Application Number:
  US09/098,661
• Time in Patent Office: 615 Days
• Field of Search: 228/122.1, 228/124.5, 473/349
• US Class Current: 228/124.5
• 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 53/0433 with special sole configurations
• 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

Abstract

A method of making a golf club head by brazing certain ceramic materials to certain metals utilizes certain brazing alloys so as to provide upon cooling a compressively loaded component of said golf club head.

Claims

1. A method of making a golf club head by brazing ceramic materials selected from the group consisting of alumina, silicon carbide, silicon nitride, zirconia and boron nitride to metals selected from the group consisting of titanium, stainless steel, maragining steel, low carbon steel and zirconium by using brazing alloys.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein the metals are selected from the group consisting of stainless steel, maragining steel and low carbon steel and the brazing alloys include a metal selected from the group consisting of copper, gold, palladium and platinum, wherein the brazing alloys further contain a reactive metal.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein the metals are selected from the group consisting of titanium and zirconium and the brazing alloys include a metal selected from the group consisting of copper, gold, palladium and platinum.