1-26. (canceled)
27. A method of manufacturing a golf club, the method comprising steps of:
forming a rear portion of a head of the golf club;
placing the rear portion of the head into a mold; and
molding a forward portion of the head by introducing a molten material into the mold and adjacent the rear portion.
28. The method recited in claim 27, wherein the step of forming includes casting the rear portion.
29. The method recited in claim 27, wherein the step of forming includes investment casting the rear portion.
30. The method recited in claim 27, wherein the step of forming includes defining an aperture that extends through the rear portion.
31. The method recited in claim 30, wherein the step of forming further includes defining a protrusion that extends into the aperture.
32. The method recited in claim 27, further including a step of positioning a plate adjacent the rear portion to limit flow of the molten material.
33. The method recited in claim 32, wherein the step of forming includes defining cavities in the rear portion.
34. The method recited in claim 33, wherein the step of positioning includes locating the plate adjacent the cavities.
35. The method recited in claim 27, wherein the step of forming includes casting the rear portion from steel, and the step of molding includes aluminum as the molten material.
36. A method of manufacturing a golf club having a head and a shaft secured to the head, the method comprising steps of:
casting a rear portion of the head with a molten steel material, the rear portion being cast to define an aperture that extends from an upper surface to a lower surface of the head;
placing the rear portion into a mold having a void with a shape of the head; and
molding a forward portion of the head by introducing a molten aluminum material into the mold and adjacent the rear portion.
37. The method recited in claim 36, wherein the step of casting further includes defining a protrusion that extends into the aperture.
38. The method recited in claim 36, further including a step of positioning a plate adjacent the rear portion to limit flow of the molten aluminum material.
39. The method recited in claim 38, wherein the step of casting includes defining cavities in the rear portion.
40. The method recited in claim 39, wherein the step of positioning includes locating the plate adjacent the cavities.
41. A method of manufacturing a golf club having a head and a shaft, the method comprising steps of:
casting a rear portion of the head from a molten steel material, the rear portion being cast to define:
an aperture that extends from an upper surface to a lower surface of the head,
a protrusion that extends into the aperture, and
at least one cavity;
positioning a plate adjacent the at least one cavity;
placing the rear portion and the plate into a mold having a void with a shape of the head; and
molding a forward portion of the head by introducing a molten aluminum material into the mold and adjacent the rear portion.
42. The method recited in claim 41, further including a step of securing the head to the shaft.
43-64. (canceled)
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claims which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. A seed of the hybrid corn variety CH384418, produced by crossing a first plant of variety CV774864 with a second plant of variety CV258468, wherein representative seed of said varieties CV774864 and CV258468 have been deposited under ATCC Accession numbers PTA-11317 and PTA-11301, respectively.
2. A plant of the hybrid corn variety CH384418 grown from the seed of claim 1.
3. A plant part of the plant of claim 2.
4. The plant part of claim 3, further defined as an ear, ovule, pollen or cell.
5. A composition comprising the seed of claim 1 comprised in plant seed growth media.
6. The composition of claim 5, wherein the growth media is soil or a synthetic cultivation medium.
7. The seed of claim 1, further comprising at least a first transgene.
8. The seed of claim 7, wherein the transgene confers a trait selected from the group consisting of male sterility, herbicide tolerance, insect resistance, disease resistance, waxy starch, modified fatty acid metabolism, modified phytic acid metabolism, modified carbohydrate metabolism and modified protein metabolism.
9. A method of producing hybrid corn seed comprising crossing a plant of variety CV774864 with a plant of variety CV258468, wherein representative seed of variety CV774864 and variety CV258468 have been deposited under ATCC Accession numbers PTA-11317 and PTA-11301, respectively.
10. A seed of the hybrid corn variety CH384418 further comprising at least a first single locus conversion, produced by crossing a first plant of variety CV774864 with a second plant of variety CV258468, wherein representative seed of said varieties CV774864 and CV258468 have been deposited under ATCC Accession numbers PTA-11317 and PTA-11301, respectively, and wherein one or both of the first plant and second plant comprises the single locus conversion, and wherein a hybrid plant grown from the seed exhibits the trait conferred by the single locus conversion and otherwise exhibits essentially all of the morphological and physiological characteristics of hybrid corn variety CH384418 when grown under the same environmental conditions.
11. The seed of claim 10, wherein the single locus conversion confers a trait selected from the group consisting of male sterility, herbicide tolerance, insect resistance, disease resistance, waxy starch, modified fatty acid metabolism, modified phytic acid metabolism, modified carbohydrate metabolism and modified protein metabolism.
12. A plant grown from the seed of claim 10.
13. A method of introducing a heritable trait into hybrid corn variety CH384418 comprising the steps of:
(a) introducing at least a first heritable trait into at least one inbred corn variety selected from the group consisting of variety CV774864 and variety CV258468 to produce a plant of the first inbred corn variety that heritably carries the trait, wherein the heritable trait is introduced into said first inbred corn variety by backcrossing and wherein representative samples of seed of variety CV774864 and variety CV258468 have been deposited under ATCC Accession numbers PTA-11317 and PTA-11301, respectively; and
(b) crossing a plant of the first inbred corn variety that heritably carries the trait with a plant of a different variety selected from said group consisting of CV774864 and CV258468 to produce a plant of hybrid corn variety CH384418 comprising the heritable trait and essentially all of the physiological and morphological characteristics of hybrid corn variety CH384418.
14. The method of claim 13, wherein the trait is selected from the group consisting of male sterility, herbicide tolerance, insect resistance, disease resistance, waxy starch, modified fatty acid metabolism, modified phytic acid metabolism, modified carbohydrate metabolism and modified protein metabolism.
15. The method of claim 14, further comprising repeating step (a) at least once to introduce at least a second heritable trait into hybrid corn variety CH384418, wherein the second heritable trait is selected from the group consisting of male sterility, herbicide tolerance, insect resistance, disease resistance, waxy starch, modified fatty acid metabolism, modified phytic acid metabolism, modified carbohydrate metabolism and modified protein metabolism.
16. A plant produced by the method of claim 13.
17. A method of producing a corn plant derived from the hybrid corn variety CH384418, wherein the method comprises crossing the plant of claim 2 with a second corn plant to produce a progeny corn plant derived from the hybrid corn variety CH384418.
18. The method of claim 17, further comprising the steps of:
(a) crossing the progeny corn plant derived from the hybrid corn variety CH384418 with itself or a second plant to produce a seed of a progeny plant of a subsequent generation;
(b) growing a progeny plant of a subsequent generation from the seed and crossing the progeny plant of a subsequent generation with itself or a second plant; and
(c) repeating steps (a) and (b) for at least an additional 3-10 generations to produce a corn plant further derived from the hybrid corn variety CH384418.
19. The method of claim 18, further comprising the step of:
(d) crossing the corn plant further derived from the hybrid corn variety CH384418 with a second, distinct corn plant.
20. A method of producing a commodity plant product comprising obtaining the plant of claim 2 or a part thereof and producing said commodity plant product therefrom.
21. The method of claim 20, wherein the commodity plant product is grain, starch, seed oil, corn syrup or protein.