Iron golf club head and iron golf club

US9522311B2 · US · B2

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Publication numberUS-9522311-B2
Application numberUS-201414479698-A
CountryUS
Kind codeB2
Filing dateSep 8, 2014
Priority dateSep 11, 2013
Publication dateDec 20, 2016
Grant dateDec 20, 2016

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In an iron golf club head with a face portion and a neck portion integrally molded by forging, the iron golf club head is made of an iron steel material at least containing 0.30% by weight or less of carbon and 0.0005% by weight to 0.003% by weight of boron. The face portion has been subjected to quenching processing.

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What is claimed is: 1. An iron golf club head comprising: a face portion and a neck portion integrally molded from a single material by forging, the single material being an iron steel material containing: less than or equal to 0.30% carbon by weight, 0.0005 to 0.003% boron by weight, 0.30 to 1.20% manganese by weight, and 0.01% to 0.05% titanium by weight said face portion having been subjected to quenching processing. 2. The iron golf club head according to claim 1 , further comprising; a cavity wall which surrounds the circumference of back side of the face portion, and the sole side cavity wall is undercut relative to the face normal direction. 3. The iron golf club head according to claim 1 , wherein the hardness of said face portion is HRC 25 or more, and the hardness of said neck portion is HRB 90 or less. 4. The iron golf club head according to claim 1 , wherein an undercut extending in a toe-heel direction of the iron golf club head comprises a formed pocket or machined slot. 5. The iron golf club head according to claim 4 , wherein minimum thickness of the undercut is 1.5 mm to 3.5 mm. 6. An iron golf club comprising: a golf club head comprising: a face portion and a neck portion integrally molded from a single material by forging, the single material being an iron steel material containing: less than or equal to 0.30% carbon by weight, 0.0005 to 0.003% boron by weight, 0.30 to 1.29% manganese by weight, and 0.01% to 0.05% titanium by weight, said face portion having been subjected to quenching processing.

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What does patent US9522311B2 cover?
In an iron golf club head with a face portion and a neck portion integrally molded by forging, the iron golf club head is made of an iron steel material at least containing 0.30% by weight or less of carbon and 0.0005% by weight to 0.003% by weight of boron. The face portion has been subjected to quenching processing.
Who is the assignee on this patent?
Mizuno Kk, Chuo Ind Ltd
What technology area does this patent fall under?
Primary CPC classification A63B53/047. Mapped technology areas include Human Necessities.
When was this patent published?
Publication date Tue Dec 20 2016 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) (B2). Legal status and post-grant events are not shown on this page.
What related patents are in patentsdb?
We list 8 related publications on this page (citations in our corpus or others sharing the same primary CPC).