Golf club head with ceramic layer
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1. A golf club head assembly comprising:
- a) a shaft; and
b) a club head having;
I) a hosel connected to the shaft;
ii) a crown section;
iii) a toe section;
iv) a bottom section;
v) a hollow interior; and
vi) a strike plate having a strike plate portion,wherein the club head is made of a base material and a material layer coating the base material, the base material is an aluminum alloy, the material layer is selected from a group consisting of Ni with ceramic granules and Ni/P with ceramic granules,wherein the material layer has a first thickness located on the strike plate portion of the strike plate, and a second thickness located on non-strike plate portions of the club head, the first thickness of the hard material layer is thicker than the second thickness of the hard material layer.
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Abstract
A hollow club head having an aluminum alloy base material covered with another material layer of Ni or Ni/P with ceramic granules. The thickness of the material layer on the striking face is thicker than on the rest of the club head. The material layer has a hardness between Hv500 ad Hv850 or greater than Hv1500 and an average granule diameter smaller than 10 microns.
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1. A golf club head assembly comprising:
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a) a shaft; and b) a club head having; I) a hosel connected to the shaft; ii) a crown section; iii) a toe section; iv) a bottom section; v) a hollow interior; and vi) a strike plate having a strike plate portion, wherein the club head is made of a base material and a material layer coating the base material, the base material is an aluminum alloy, the material layer is selected from a group consisting of Ni with ceramic granules and Ni/P with ceramic granules, wherein the material layer has a first thickness located on the strike plate portion of the strike plate, and a second thickness located on non-strike plate portions of the club head, the first thickness of the hard material layer is thicker than the second thickness of the hard material layer. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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