Golf club head with miter joint for brazing
A golf club head with a mitered joint for joining components of dissimilar materials is disclosed herein. The golf club head has a body with an internal edge defining a recess, and a face component having an internal edge. The face component is disposed over the recess. The internal edge of the body and the internal edge of the face have an angle ranging from 10 degrees to 45 degrees.
1. A golf club head comprising:
a body having an internal edge defining a recess, the body also comprising a first attachment surface formed continuously around an entire perimeter portion of the body, wherein the body is composed of a steel material;
a single material face insert having a second attachment surface, the face insert disposed over the recess, wherein an area of the recess is substantially the same as an area of the face insert, wherein the face insert is composed of a titanium alloy material;
a brazing material disposed between the first attachment surface and the second attachment surface;
wherein a miter joint is formed between the second attachment surface of the face insert and the first attachment surface of the body and has an angle ranging from 10 degrees to 45 degrees relative to a plane of a rear surface of the face insert, wherein the second attachment surface of the face insert is formed continuously around an entire circumference of the rear surface of the face insert and is attached atop the first attachment surface of the body, and wherein the second attachment surface of the face insert has a width ranging from 0.1 inch to 0.5 inch and wherein the first attachment surface of the body has a width matching the width of the second attachment surface of the face insert.
2. The golf club head according to claim 1 wherein the steel material is selected from the group consisting of C300 maraging steel, 1020 steel, 1025 steel, 1045 steel, 4130 steel, 4140 steel, and 4340 steel, 17-4 stainless steel, 304 stainless steel, 304L stainless steel, 321 stainless steel, 303 stainless steel, 316 stainless steel, 316L stainless steel, 420 stainless steel, 425 stainless steel, 425M stainless steel, 450 stainless steel, 455 stainless steel, 475 stainless steel, and HSR300 stainless steel.
3. The golf club head according to claim 1 wherein the titanium alloy material is selected from the group consisting of 6-4 titanium, 811 titanium, FS2S titanium, FS2S+ titanium, SP700 titanium, Ti 17, Ti 21, and 15-3-3-3 titanium.