Claims
- 1. A golf club head comprising:
a body comprising a crown, a sole and a front wall, the body having a hollow interior, the body having a volume ranging from 300 cubic centimeters to 500 cubic centimeters; and a matrix layer disposed on the front wall, the matrix layer comprising a polymer material with an integrated reinforcement structure, the matrix layer having a thickness ranging from 0.010 inch to 0.250 inch.
- 2. The golf club head according to claim 1 wherein the integrated reinforcement structure is composed of a material selected from the group consisting of aluminum, aramid fiber, fiberglass, carbon and polyurethane.
- 3. The golf club head according to claim 1 wherein the integrated reinforcement structure is a plurality of interconnected cells, each cell having a cell size ranging from 0.010 inch to 0.250 inch.
- 4. The golf club head according to claim 1 wherein the body is composed of a titanium alloy material and the front wall has a thickness ranging from 0.030 inch to 0.1 50 inch.
- 5. The golf club head according to claim 1 wherein the polymer material of the matrix layer is composed of a material selected from the group consisting of thermoplastic polyurethane, polyether block copolymer, ionomer, nylon, polyamide and polypropylene.
- 6. The golf club head according to claim 1 wherein the matrix layer has a thickness ranging from 0.080 inch to 0.120 inch.
- 7. The golf club head according to claim 1 wherein a face of the golf club head has an aspect ratio greater than 0.575.
- 8. The golf club head according to claim 1 wherein the front wall has a plurality of concentric regions of thickness.
- 9. The golf club head according to claim 1 wherein the golf club head has a coefficient of restitution ranging from 0.82 to 0.93.
- 10. A golf club head comprising:
a body comprising a crown, a sole and a front wall, the body having a hollow interior, the body having a volume ranging from 300 cubic centimeters to 500 cubic centimeters, the body composed of a titanium alloy material, the front wall having a recess, the recess having a depth ranging from 0.040 inch to 0.250 inch; and a matrix layer disposed within the recess of the front wall, the matrix layer comprising a polymer material with an integrated reinforcement structure composed of interconnected hexagonal cells, each hexagonal cell having a cell size of 0.0625 inch to 0.100 inch, the matrix layer having a thickness ranging from 0.040 inch to 0.250 inch.
- 11. The golf club head according to claim 10 wherein the polymer material of the matrix layer is composed of a thermoplastic polyurethane material.
- 12. The golf club head according to claim 10 wherein the integrated reinforcement structure is composed of an aluminum material.
- 13. The golf club head according to claim 10 wherein the integrated reinforcement structure is composed of a phenolic material.
- 14. The golf club head according to claim 10 wherein the golf club head has a moment of inertia, lzz, about the Z axis through the center of gravity of the golf club head that ranges from 2700 g-cm2 to 4000 g-cm2.
- 15. A wood-type golf club head comprising:
a body comprising a crown, a sole and a front wall, the body having a hollow interior, the body having a volume ranging from 300 cubic centimeters to 500 cubic centimeters, the body composed of a titanium alloy material, the front wall having a recess, the recess having a depth ranging from 0.040 inch to 0.250 inch; and a matrix layer disposed within the recess of the front wall, the matrix layer comprising a thermoplastic polyurethane material with an integrated reinforcement structure composed of interconnected hexagonal cells, each hexagonal cell having a cell size of 0.0625 inch to 0.100 inch, the matrix layer having a thickness ranging from 0.040 inch to 0.250 inch; wherein the golf club head has a coefficient of restitution ranging from 0.82 to 0.93.
- 16. A golf club head comprising:
a body comprising a crown, a sole and a front wall, the body having a hollow interior, the body having a volume ranging from 300 cubic centimeters to 500 cubic centimeters, the body composed of a titanium alloy material, the front wall having a recess, the recess having a depth ranging from 0.040 inch to 0.250 inch; and a matrix layer disposed within the recess of the front wall, the matrix layer comprising a polymer material with an integrated reinforcement structure composed of interconnected hexagonal cells, each hexagonal cell having a cell size of 0.0625 inch to 0.100 inch, the matrix layer having a thickness ranging from 0.040 inch to 0.250 inch; wherein the golf club head has a moment of inertia, lzz, about the Z axis of the center of gravity of the golf club head ranging from 2700 g-cm2 to 4000 g-cm2.
- 17. A golf club head comprising:
a body composed of a metallic material and including a front wall having a recess formed therein; and a matrix layer disposed within the recess of the front wall, the matrix, the matrix layer comprising a reinforcement structure and a thermoplastic polyurethane material, the reinforcement structure including a plurality of integrated walls forming a plurality of integrated cells, the thermoplastic polyurethane material substantially filling the plurality of integrated cells of the reinforcement structure.
- 18. The golf club head according to claim 17 wherein the club head is a putter-type golf club head.
- 19. The golf club head according to claim 17 wherein the club head is an iron-type golf club head.
- 20. The golf club head according to claim 17 wherein the club head is a wood-type golf club head.
- 21. The golf club head according to claim 17 wherein the recess in the front wall of the body has a depth ranging from 0.040 inch to 0.250 inch, and wherein the matrix layer has a thickness ranging from 0.040 inch to 0.250 inch.
- 22. The golf club head according to claim 17 wherein the reinforcement structure is composed of a material selected from the group consisting of aluminum, aramid fiber, fiberglass, carbon and polyurethane.
- 23. The golf club head according to claim 17 wherein the reinforcement structure has a hexagonal grid configuration.
- 24. The golf club head according to claim 17 wherein each of the integrated cells has a cell size ranging from 0.010 inch to 0.250 inch.
- 25. The golf club head according to claim 17 wherein each of the integrated walls of the reinforcement structure have a wall thickness ranging from 0.0005 inch to 0.01 inch.
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This application is a continuation-in-part application of pending U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10/063,680, filed on May 7, 2002, which is a continuation application of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 09/551,284, filed on Apr. 18, 2000, now U.S. Pat. No. 6,390,932.
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