Strong, lightweight article, containing a fine-grained metallic layer
First Claim
1. A baseball bat having at least one metal, metal alloy or metal matrix composite layer on a metallic or non-metallic substrate, said layer having a thickness between 30 μ
- m and 5 cm, said layer having a microstructure with an average grain size between 0.004 μ
m and 10 μ
m and said layer exhibiting a modulus of resilience in the range of 0.25 MPa and 25 MPa and an elastic limit ranging from 0.75% to 2.0%
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Abstract
Articles for automotive, manufacturing and industrial applications including shafts or tubes used, for example, as golf club shafts, ski and hiking poles, fishing rods or bicycle frames, skate blades and snowboards are at least partially electroplated with fine-grained layers of selected metallic materials. Parts with complex geometry can be coated as well. Alternatively, articles such as conical or cylindrical golf club shafts, hiking pole shafts or fishing pole sections, plates or foils and the like can also be electroformed of fine-grained metallic materials on a suitable mandrel or temporary substrate to produce strong, ductile, lightweight components exhibiting a high coefficient of restitution and a high stiffness for use in numerous applications including sporting goods.
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10 Claims
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1. A baseball bat having at least one metal, metal alloy or metal matrix composite layer on a metallic or non-metallic substrate, said layer having a thickness between 30 μ
- m and 5 cm, said layer having a microstructure with an average grain size between 0.004 μ
m and 10 μ
m and said layer exhibiting a modulus of resilience in the range of 0.25 MPa and 25 MPa and an elastic limit ranging from 0.75% to 2.0% - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
- m and 5 cm, said layer having a microstructure with an average grain size between 0.004 μ
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