Patent ID: 7798203
Filing Date: 2010-09-21
Classification: A63B,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A method of manufacturing a golf club head comprising: casting a golf club head body from a molten metallic alloy, the golf club head body comprising a hollow shell having a heel end, a toe end, a front wall, a sole and a unitary metallic crown having an inner surface and an outer surface, the unitary metallic crown comprising a first region having a plurality of thin regions and a plurality of ribs, wherein each thin region of the plurality of thin regions has a thickness of less than 0.030 inches measured between the inner surface and the outer surface, and wherein each thin region of the plurality of thin regions is separated from an adjacent thin region by one of the plurality of ribs, each rib of the plurality of ribs having a thickness greater than the thickness of each thin region of the plurality of thin regions.