IP Library Granted Patent US 7,582,248
Granted Patent B2
US 7,582,248 · App. 11/278,198 · Granted Sep 1, 2009

Apparatus and method for manufacturing a multiple material golf club head

Assignee: Callaway Golf Company
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Patent No.
US 7,582,248
App. No.
11/278,198
Granted
Sep 1, 2009
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method and apparatus for co-curing a multiple material golf club head is disclosed herein. The club head preferably is composed of a metal face component and an aft-body composed of a plurality of plies of pre-preg material.

Claims (10)

1. A method for manufacturing a multiple material golf club head, the method comprising:

placing a metal face component into a face loft control piece and a face insert piece of a co-curing tool, the metal face component comprising a striking plate portion and a return portion, the metal face component having a return portion periphery;

placing a gasket within a gasket groove of the face insert piece and also within a gasket groove of a gasket retaining piece;

attaching the gasket retaining piece to the face insert piece;

placing a sole pre-form of an aft-body pre-form in a sole piece of the co-curing tool and placing a crown pre-form of the aft-body within a crown piece of the co-curing tool with an inflatable bladder positioned within an interior of the aft-body pre-form, the aft-body pre-form composed of plies of pre-preg material;

mating the components of the co-curing tool;

heating the co-curing tool within a press at a temperature of at least 325° F. for a time period ranging from 10 minutes to 15 minutes;

pressurizing the inflatable bladder to a pressure of at least 50 PSI; and

removing a multiple material golf club head from the co-curing tool, the multiple material golf club head having a metal face component and an aft-body composed of a pre-preg material.

2. The method according to claim 1 wherein the inflatable bladder is pressurized from 50 PSI to 250 PSI.

Assignments (7)
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded May 17, 2023
From: TOPGOLF CALLAWAY BRANDS CORP.; OGIO INTERNATIONAL, INC.; TOPGOLF INTERNATIONAL, INC.; TRAVISMATHEW, LLC; WORLD GOLF TOUR, LLC
To: BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.
Reel/Frame 063692/0009 →
SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded May 16, 2023
From: TOPGOLF CALLAWAY BRANDS CORP. (FORMERLY CALLAWAY GOLF COMPANY); OGIO INTERNATIONAL, INC.; TOPGOLF INTERNATIONAL, INC.; TRAVISMATHEW, LLC; WORLD GOLF TOUR, LLC
To: BANK OF AMERICA, N.A, AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 063665/0176 →
RELEASE (REEL 048172 / FRAME 0001) Recorded Mar 17, 2023
From: BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.
To: TOPGOLF CALLAWAY BRANDS CORP. (F/K/A CALLAWAY GOLF COMPANY); OGIO INTERNATIONAL, INC.
Reel/Frame 063622/0187 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Jan 23, 2019
From: CALLAWAY GOLF COMPANY; CALLAWAY GOLF SALES COMPANY; CALLAWAY GOLF BALL OPERATIONS, INC.; OGIO INTERNATIONAL, INC.; CALLAWAY GOLF INTERACTIVE, INC.; CALLAWAY GOLF INTERNATIONAL SALES COMPANY; TRAVISMATHEW, LLC
To: BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.
Reel/Frame 048110/0352 →
SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Jan 4, 2019
From: CALLAWAY GOLF COMPANY; OGIO INTERNATIONAL, INC.
To: BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
Reel/Frame 048172/0001 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Feb 16, 2018
From: CALLAWAY GOLF COMPANY; CALLAWAY GOLF SALES COMPANY; CALLAWAY GOLF BALL OPERATIONS, INC.; OGIO INTERNATIONAL, INC.; CALLAWAY GOLF INTERACTIVE, INC.; CALLAWAY GOLF INTERNATIONAL SALES COMPANY
To: BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.
Reel/Frame 045350/0741 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 15, 2006
From: REYES, HERBERT; GONCZI, ROBERT S.; ABBOTT, CRAIG E.; MARINEZ, JAMES D.
To: CALLAWAY GOLF COMPANY
Reel/Frame 017615/0148 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 6066737400 · Mar 31, 2005
Related Publication 20060220279A1 · Oct 5, 2006