Patent ID: 6386990
Filing Date: 2002-05-14
Classification: A63B,B29C,B29L

Abstract:
A golf club head of the fairway wood or driver type comprising:a body having a hollow interior and composed of a plurality of layers of plies of carbon pre-preg sheets; wherein the body has a face, a sole having a soleplate with an integral hosel tube, a crown, and a ribbon juxtaposed by the sole and the crown extending from a heel end to a toe end of the golf club face; the soleplate being comprised of stainless steel is disposed within a recess of the sole and the hosel tube also being comprised of stainless steel lies within the hollow interior of the club head extending from the soleplate aperture to the crown; a weight strip composed of tungsten having a density greater than the plies of pre-preg material, is co-cured to the ribbon between the plurality of layers of plies of pre-preg material in the ribbon; the weight strip extends from the toe end of the ribbon to the heel end of ribbon; and the golf club head has a weight ranging from 188 grams to 195 grams and a volume in excess of 320 cubic centimeters.