Golf club head
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1. A hollow golf club head comprising:
- a face portion;
a sole portion;
a side portion;
a crown portion; and
a hosel portion,wherein a first part of the crown portion is made of fiber reinforced plastic;
wherein at least the face portion and a second part of the crown portion continued to the face portion are made of metal;
wherein the first part of the crown portion is joined to a rear end surface and to an internal surface of the second part of the crown portion;
wherein an orientation direction of reinforcing fiber in the crown portion is controlled such that a rigidity in a front/rear direction is lower than a rigidity in a toe/heel direction; and
the orientation of the fiber is controlled to make the elastic modulus in the front/rear direction lower than the elastic modulus in the toe/heel direction in the crown portion.
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Abstract
A hollow golf club head has a face portion, a sole portion, a side portion, a crown portion, and a hosel portion. A main portion of the crown portion is made of fiber reinforced plastic. At least the face portion and the front edge portion of the crown portion continuing to the face portion are made of metal. A circumferential edge portion of the crown portion made of fiber reinforced plastic is joined to the rear end surface and the internal surface of the metal front edge portion of the crown portion.
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10 Claims
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1. A hollow golf club head comprising:
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a face portion; a sole portion; a side portion; a crown portion; and a hosel portion, wherein a first part of the crown portion is made of fiber reinforced plastic; wherein at least the face portion and a second part of the crown portion continued to the face portion are made of metal; wherein the first part of the crown portion is joined to a rear end surface and to an internal surface of the second part of the crown portion; wherein an orientation direction of reinforcing fiber in the crown portion is controlled such that a rigidity in a front/rear direction is lower than a rigidity in a toe/heel direction; and the orientation of the fiber is controlled to make the elastic modulus in the front/rear direction lower than the elastic modulus in the toe/heel direction in the crown portion. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A hollow golf club head comprising:
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a face portion; a sole portion; a side portion; a crown portion; and a hosel portion, wherein a first part of the crown portion is made of fiber reinforced plastic; wherein at least the face portion and a second part of the crown portion continued to the face portion are made of metal; wherein the first part of the crown portion is joined to a rear end surface and to an internal surface of the second part of the crown portion; and wherein an orientation direction of reinforcing fiber in the crown portion is controlled such that an elastic modulus in a front/rear direction is lower than an elastic modulus in a toe/heel direction; and wherein cross fiber prepreg and unidirectional fiber prepreg are laminated alternately, and the orientation direction of fiber in the unidirectional flow prepreg is substantially in parallel to the toe/heel direction. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10)
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