Patent ID: 11896879
Assignee: KARSTEN MANUFACTURING CORPORATION
Field: Furniture, games (Other fields)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 11:
12. A golf club head comprising:
a front body including a strike face defining a ball striking surface, a hosel, and a frame that at least partially surrounds the strike face and extends rearward from a perimeter of the strike face away from the ball striking surface;
a rear body coupled to the front body to define a hollow cavity therebetween; and
wherein:
an entirety of the strike face and frame are formed from a thermoplastic composite comprising a thermoplastic polymer having a plurality of discontinuous fibers embedded therein,
between a center of the strike face and the hosel, greater than about 50% of the plurality of discontinuous fibers are aligned within about 30 degrees of parallel to a horizontal axis extending from the center of the strike face to the hosel;
each of the plurality of discontinuous fibers have a length of between about 0.01 mm and 3 mm;
a plurality of continuous reinforcing elements embedded within the thermoplastic polymer of the strike face;
wherein:
a first set of the plurality of continuous reinforcing elements extend generally parallel to each other.