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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 16, 1998
Filed:
Apr. 12, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:
Nicolas Mimeur, Annecy le Vieux, FR;
Jean-Marc Guibaud, Annecy, FR;
Assignee:
Taylor Made Golf Company, Carlsbad, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A63B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
473329 ; 473332 ; 473345 ; 473350 ;
Abstract
An iron-type golf club head comprising a hollow metal body (1) incorporating an internal cavity (2) delimited by a series of walls (10, 11, 12, 13) including an impact wall (10) connected peripherally at all points to other walls (11, 12, 13). The inner surface (100) of the impact wall (10) is coated with a thin layer (4) of a viscoelastic resin which has damping properties, and which fills only a portion of the internal cavity (2). The resin layer assures reduced interference vibrations peculiar to 'hollow' irons, i.e., those incorporating an internal cavity for improved weight distribution.
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