Fe-Mn-Al alloy club body combining with a Ti alloy striking plate
A golf club head structure includes a Fe—Mn—Al alloy club body and a Ti alloy striking plate. The Fe—Mn—Al alloy club body connects to the Ti alloy striking plate by press-fitting or brazing so that the combined club head structure obtains lower Young's modulus to transmit a complete striking stress from the Fe—Mn—Al alloy club body to the Ti alloy striking plate while striking a golf ball. The Fe—Mn—Al alloy club body can eliminate vibration to maintain high elastic deformation of the Ti alloy striking plate while striking a golf ball. Furthermore, a W—Fe—Ni alloy weight member connects to the Fe—Mn—Al alloy club body by welding since Fe—Mn—Al alloy performs excellent heterogeneous welding ability.
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a Fe—Mn—Al alloy club body combining with a Ti alloy striking plate. More particularly, the present invention relates to a golf club head structure consisting of Fe—Mn—Al alloy and Ti alloy for improving vibration-absorbable ability and elastic deformation.
2. Description of the Related Art
Generally, a conventional golf club head includes a club body and a striking plate connected thereto. In manufacture, the club body is made of material selected from a group consisting of stainless steel, carbon steel and alloyed steel in consideration of manufacture cost, striking ability and entire structural strength. Correspondingly, the striking plate is made of Ti alloy. In comparison with the material of the club body, the material of the striking plate has lower Young's modulus. The Young's modulus is given by
E=stress/strain=load/displacement kgf/mm2
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- where E is the Young's modulus of material. The Young's modulus of material is inverse proportion to coefficient of restitution (COR). Namely, an increase of Young's modulus results in a decrease of coefficient of restitution. Hence, the striking plate employs lower Young's modulus of material to obtain higher coefficient of restitution for high deformation within elastic limit of the material while striking a golf ball. Accordingly, the striking plate can reduce a damping effect upon absorbing a striking stress that attenuates impact deformation of the golf ball. Consequently, it can avoid attenuating (losing) energy of a striking stress and increase a striking distance.
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The present invention intends to provide a Fe—Mn—Al alloy club body combining with a Ti alloy striking plate. In comparison with the club body made of stainless steel, carbon steel or other alloy steel, the Fe—Mn—Al alloy club body has lower Young's modulus that performs excellent vibration-absorbable ability and heterogeneous welding quality for different metals. Thereby, the Fe—Mn—Al alloy club body is able to transmit a complete striking stress to the Ti alloy striking plate that can attenuate vibration and maintain high elastic deformation to improve striking ability, striking stability, gripping feel for hands and combined strength of a weight member.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTIONThe primary objective of this invention is to provide a Fe—Mn—Al alloy club body which is able to transmit a complete striking stress to a striking plate. Thereby, the Fe—Mn—Al alloy club body reduces the possibility of attenuating the striking stress, and thus improves striking ability and striking distance.
The secondary objective of this invention is to provide a Fe—Mn—Al alloy club body which is combined with a Ti alloy striking plate. Thereby, the Fe—Mn—Al alloy club body can avoid vibration to enhance striking stability and gripping feel for hands.
Another objective of this invention is to provide a Fe—Mn—Al alloy club body which has excellent heterogeneous welding quality for different metals. Thereby, the Fe—Mn—Al alloy club body is suitable for welding a weight member and speeds the processing time.
The golf club head structure in accordance with the present invention includes a Fe—Mn—Al alloy club body and a Ti alloy striking plate. The Fe—Mn—Al alloy club body connects to the Ti alloy striking plate by press-fitting or brazing so that the combined club head structure obtains lower Young's modulus to transmit a complete striking stress from the Fe—Mn—Al alloy club body to the Ti alloy striking plate while striking a golf ball. The Fe—Mn—Al alloy club body can eliminate vibration to maintain high elastic deformation of the Ti alloy striking plate while striking a golf ball. Furthermore, a W—Fe—Ni alloy weight member connects to the Fe—Mn—Al alloy club body by welding since Fe—Mn—Al alloy performs excellent heterogeneous welding ability.
Other objectives, advantages and novel features of the invention will become more apparent from the following detailed description and the accompanying drawings.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGSThe present invention will now be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings wherein:
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Although the invention has been described in detail with reference to its presently preferred embodiment, it will be understood by one of ordinary skill in the art that various modifications can be made without departing from the spirit and the scope of the invention, as set forth in the appended claims.
Claims
1. A golf club head comprising:
- a Fe—Mn—Al alloy club body; and
- a Ti alloy striking plate mounted to the Fe—Mn—Al alloy club body to constitute a combined member of the golf club head;
- wherein when striking a golf ball, the combined member of the golf club head can return a striking stress from the Fe—Mn—Al alloy club body to the Ti alloy striling plate that improves the elastic deformation of the Ti alloy striking plate and the striking ability of the Fe—Mn—Al alloy club body.
2. The golf club head as defined in claim 1, wherein the Ti alloy striking plate is combined with the Fe—Mn—Al alloy club body by a punching machine.
3. The golf club head as defined in claim 1, wherein the Ti alloy striking plate connects to the Fe—Mn—Al alloy club body in a brazing process.
4. The golf club head as defined in claim 1, wherein the Fe—Mn—Al alloy club body further includes a compartment adapted to accommodate a weight member.
5. The golf club head as defined in claim 4, wherein the weight member made of heavier material with specific gravity greater than 10.0 g/cm3 selected from W alloy or W—Fe—Ni alloy relative to Fe—Mn—Al alloy.
6. The golf club head as defined in claim 4, wherein the weight member is mounted in the compartment of the Fe—Mn—Al alloy club body in a welding process.
7. The golf club head as defined in claim 6, wherein the welding process is selected from a group consisting of gas tungsten arc welding, brazing, laser beam welding, plasma arc welding and ion beam welding.
Type: Application
Filed: Jul 13, 2004
Publication Date: Jan 19, 2006
Inventor: Wen-Ching Hou (Kaohsiung)
Application Number: 10/889,001
International Classification: A63B 53/04 (20060101);