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Patent No.:

US 12036450 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Jul. 16, 2024

Filed:

Mar. 16, 2023

Additive manufacturing methods for golf club components

Applicant:

Topgolf Callaway Brands Corp., Carlsbad, CA (US);

Inventors:

Brandon D. DeMille, Carlsbad, CA (US);

Eric Stubben, Encinitas, CA (US);

David R. Handy, Encinitas, CA (US);

Irina Ivanova, San Marcos, CA (US);

Patrick Dawson, Poway, CA (US);

Assignee:

Topgolf Callaway Brands Corp., Carlsbad, CA (US);

Attorney:

Michael A. Catania

Primary Examiner:

Michael P Wieczorek

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B33Y 10/00 (2015.01); A63B 53/04 (2015.01); B22F 3/10 (2006.01); B22F 10/14 (2021.01); B22F 10/68 (2021.01); B22F 10/80 (2021.01); B29C 64/165 (2017.01); B29C 64/35 (2017.01); B29C 64/386 (2017.01); B29C 64/393 (2017.01); B33Y 40/20 (2020.01); B33Y 50/00 (2015.01); B33Y 50/02 (2015.01); G06F 30/10 (2020.01); A63B 102/32 (2015.01); B29L 31/52 (2006.01); B33Y 80/00 (2015.01); G06F 113/10 (2020.01); G06F 119/18 (2020.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A63B 53/045 (2020.08); A63B 53/0416 (2020.08); A63B 53/0433 (2020.08); A63B 53/0437 (2020.08); B22F 3/1021 (2013.01); B22F 10/14 (2021.01); B22F 10/68 (2021.01); B22F 10/80 (2021.01); B29C 64/165 (2017.08); B29C 64/35 (2017.08); B29C 64/386 (2017.08); B29C 64/393 (2017.08); B33Y 10/00 (2014.12); B33Y 40/20 (2020.01); B33Y 50/00 (2014.12); B33Y 50/02 (2014.12); G06F 30/10 (2020.01); A63B 53/0458 (2020.08); A63B 53/0466 (2013.01); A63B 53/047 (2013.01); A63B 53/0475 (2013.01); A63B 53/0487 (2013.01); A63B 2102/32 (2015.10); A63B 2209/00 (2013.01); B29L 2031/52 (2013.01); B33Y 80/00 (2014.12); G06F 2113/10 (2020.01); G06F 2119/18 (2020.01);
Abstract

Methods of creating golf club components with complex structures that would be difficult, impossible, or cost prohibitive to produce, such as lattice structures, beam structures, and complex surface-based structures, are described herein. In particular, a binder jet machine is used create complex structures to optimize weighting, sound, and performance of golf club heads. The method preferably includes the steps of designing a golf club head component in CAD using optimization software, printing the component from a powdered material, and then removing excess powder from the component via port holes that extend into an external surface of the component and communicate with interior voids within the component.

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