Golf club head with textured striking face

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9579550-B2
Application number	US-201514615192-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 5, 2015
Priority date	Jan 18, 2013
Publication date	Feb 28, 2017
Grant date	Feb 28, 2017

Abstract

A golf club head includes a heel portion, a toe portion, a hosel, and a striking face. The striking face includes a plurality of scorelines each having an average depth no less than about 0.10 mm, a plurality of micro-grooves each having an average depth no greater than about 0.010 mm, and a plurality of textured surface treatment regions superimposed on the micro-grooves so as to at least partially intersect the micro-grooves.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method of making a golf club comprising:
(a) providing a club head main body including a striking face;
(b) mechanically milling a first textured surface pattern in the striking face, the first textured surface pattern imparting a surface roughness value to the striking face; and
(c) laser-etching a second textured surface pattern superimposed on the first textured surface pattern in the striking face so as to increase the surface roughness value of the striking face.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first textured surface pattern is formed of arcuate micro-grooves, and wherein the second textured surface pattern is formed of horizontal textured regions.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the striking face includes a central region and a toe portion, and wherein at least some of the arcuate micro-grooves are formed so as to extend through the central region of the striking face and onto the toe portion of the striking face, and wherein the horizontal textured regions are formed so as to be substantially confined to the central region.

4. The method of claim 3 , wherein the arcuate micro-grooves have a spacing that is constant.

5. The method of claim 3 , wherein the horizontal textured regions have a spacing that is constant.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein prior to forming the second textured surface pattern, the striking face has a first maximum peak-to-trough dimension, R t1 , and after forming the second textured surface pattern, the striking face has a second maximum peak-to-trough dimension, R t2 , wherein R t2 >R t1 .

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the striking face includes a central region and a toe portion, and wherein at least a portion of the first textured pattern is formed so as to extend through the central region of the striking face and onto the toe portion of the striking face, and wherein the second textured pattern is substantially confined to the central region.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the striking face has a plurality of horizontal score lines, and wherein the second textured surface pattern is formed between the score lines.

Assignees

• Dunlop Sports Co Ltd

Inventors

• Aguayo Roberto
• Brunski Jeffrey D
• Daraskavich Matthew R
• Park Sharon J

Classifications

• B23K26/0006 Primary

  taking account of the properties of the material involved (B23K26/32, B23K26/40 take precedence) · CPC title

• B23K26/355

  Texturing · CPC title

• A63B53/047 Primary

  iron-type · CPC title

• B23K2103/05

  Stainless steel · CPC title

• B23K2103/14

  Titanium or alloys thereof · CPC title