GOLF CLUB HEAD WITH A COMPRESSION-MOLDED, THIN-WALLED AFT-BODY

摘要

A multiple-material golf club and a method for forming said golf club is disclosed herein. The multiple-material golf club preferably is a driver that has a metal face cup and a thin-walled, compression molded, composite aft body with precise IML and OML geometry. The molding composite used to form the compression molded aft body preferably comprises a plurality of randomly oriented, pre-spread carbon fiber bundles and a thermoset or thermoplastic matrix material.

主权项

1. A golf club head comprising:
an aft body comprising a crown and a sole, wherein at least one of the crown and sole is compression molded from a composite molding compound, wherein the composite molding compound comprises at least one of a plurality of carbon nanotubes and a plurality of carbon graphene platelets, wherein the composite molding compound comprises carbon fiber bundles having random orientation, wherein the carbon fiber bundles are pre-spread prior to being processed into the molding compound, and wherein an outer molding line and an inner molding line of at least one of the crown and the sole are precision-molded.