US 12,246,342 B2
Method of manufacturing golf club head with polymer coated face
Nathan Samuel Reed, San Diego, CA (US); and Denver Holt, Carlsbad, CA (US)
Assigned to Topgolf Callaway Brands Corp., Carlsbad, CA (US)
Filed by Topgolf Callaway Brands Corp., Carlsbad, CA (US)
Filed on Apr. 4, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/130,779.
Application 18/130,779 is a continuation of application No. 17/397,125, filed on Aug. 9, 2021, granted, now 11,623,240.
Application 17/397,125 is a continuation of application No. 16/920,610, filed on Jul. 3, 2020, granted, now 11,135,614, issued on Oct. 5, 2021.
Application 16/920,610 is a continuation in part of application No. 16/800,323, filed on Feb. 25, 2020, abandoned.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/912,559, filed on Oct. 8, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2023/0241643 A1, Aug. 3, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. B05D 1/32 (2006.01); A63B 53/04 (2015.01); B23K 9/00 (2006.01)
CPC B05D 1/32 (2013.01) [B23K 9/0026 (2013.01); A63B 53/0412 (2020.08); A63B 53/045 (2020.08); A63B 53/0458 (2020.08); A63B 53/0466 (2013.01); A63B 53/047 (2013.01); A63B 2209/02 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for manufacturing a golf club head with a polymer coated face, the method comprising:
affixing a face insert within a front opening of a golf club head, the face insert comprising a striking surface, a second interior-facing surface, and a variable thickness pattern;
affixing a guard fixture to at least one stiffening member of the golf club head, wherein the guard fixture comprises a central piece that covers a majority of the at least one stiffening member;
applying a coating to at least a portion of the second interior-facing surface of the face insert wherein the coating follows the contours of the variable thickness pattern;
allowing the coating to cure; and
removing the guard fixture from the golf club head.