Patent ID: 8313585
Filing Date: 2012-11-20
Classification: A63B,A63C,C23C,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A method for diffusing titanium and nitride into a sports equipment component comprising: providing a portion of a sports equipment component having a surface and a microstructure including a plurality of voids, wherein said sports equipment component is a portion of a golf club head; providing a salt bath which includes sodium dioxide and a salt selected from the group consisting of sodium cyanate and potassium cyanate; dispersing metallic titanium formed by electrolysis of a titanium compound, in said bath; heating the salt bath to a temperature ranging from about 430° C. to about 670° C.; and soaking the portion of the sports equipment in the salt bath for a time of from about 10 minutes to about 24 hours such that the electrolyzed titanium diffuses into the microstructure and fills at least some of the plurality of voids therein.