Patent ID: 8826512
Filing Date: 2014-09-09
Classification: A63B,B23C,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A method for manufacturing a golf club head comprising: providing a face plate material for a face plate having a strike side and a back side; and milling the face plate material in an elliptical pattern to concurrently form, in a single elliptical orbit: a central region comprising a first elliptical outer edge; a transition region extending from the first elliptical outer edge to a second elliptical outer edge; and a peripheral region bounding the transition region and extending from the second elliptical outer edge out to a face plate edge of the face plate; wherein: the elliptical pattern and the first, second, and face plate edges are non-circular; the transition region comprises a substantially constant width throughout the transition region and between the first and second elliptical outer edges; and from the strike side to the back side of the face plate material: