Patents by Inventor Atsuo Tateno
Atsuo Tateno has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Patent number: 8287401Abstract: A putter head includes: a face; a first group of grooves which are mutually-parallel grooves; and a second group of grooves which differ in depth from the first group of grooves, wherein the face includes the first group of grooves and the second group of grooves.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2007Date of Patent: October 16, 2012Assignee: Bridgestone Sports Co., Ltd.Inventors: Atsuo Tateno, Tatsuya Ishikawa, Wataru Ban, Fumiaki Sato
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Patent number: 8066587Abstract: A putter head includes substantially parallel plural grooves formed on a face thereof, wherein a ratio W/S of a groove width W (mm) and a space width S (mm) between the grooves is from 0.5 to 2.0.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2007Date of Patent: November 29, 2011Assignee: Bridgestone Sports Co., Ltd.Inventors: Atsuo Tateno, Tatsuya Ishikawa, Wataru Ban, Fumiaki Sato
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Patent number: 7588499Abstract: A putter head includes a head main body that defines a periphery of the putter head, and a bar that crosses a void space of the head main body in a forward-backward direction. The bar is inserted into insertion holes and fixed thereto by an adhesive. A face member is mounted on a recess. A shaft fixing hole is provided to pass through the bar from the top surface of a front portion of the head main body. A shaft is inserted into the shaft fixing hole and fixed thereto by an adhesive.Type: GrantFiled: April 9, 2007Date of Patent: September 15, 2009Assignee: Bridgestone Sports Co., Ltd.Inventor: Atsuo Tateno
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Patent number: 7500923Abstract: A putter head that includes: a head body having a face portion; and a face insert fitted in the face portion, the face insert including a high-hardness portion that forms a hitting surface, a low-hardness portion jointed to the high-hardness portion and having a hardness lower than that of the high-hardness portion, and a projecting portion formed at least on a central portion of the high-hardness portion, the low-hardness portion filling a recessed portion formed by the projecting portion.Type: GrantFiled: June 26, 2006Date of Patent: March 10, 2009Assignee: Bridgestone Sports Co., Ltd.Inventor: Atsuo Tateno
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Patent number: 7435191Abstract: A hollow golf club head includes a face part, a crown part, a sole part, a side part, and a hosel part. The head has a volume of 300 to 460 cm3 and a weight of 175 to 220 g. The crown part includes a large-thickness crown part formed along an overall edge thereof, and a small-thickness crown part which is formed inside the large-thickness crown part and has a thickness less than a thickness of the large-thickness crown part. The side part includes a heel-side small-thickness side part formed at a heel side, a toe-side small-thickness side part formed at a toe side, and a large-thickness side part which is formed at a portion of the side part other than the heel-side small-thickness side part and the toe-side small-thickness side part and has a thickness greater than thickness of the side parts.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2005Date of Patent: October 14, 2008Assignee: Bridgestone Sports Co., Ltd.Inventors: Atsuo Tateno, Hideo Matsunaga
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Patent number: 7435188Abstract: A golf putter head includes a hollow-structured body frame made of a metal material having a specific gravity of 4 to 9, which includes a face forming a recess, a crown forming in a center thereof a depression occupying at least 35% of an entire area of the crown, a toe, a heel, first and second sides extending backward from the toe and the heel respectively, a back connecting the first side and the second side, and a sole. A weight distribution is provided so that the toe, the heel, and the back are increased in wall thickness relative to a remaining portion. A face member made of a material having a specific gravity of 0.9 to 3 is attached to the recess of the face. A crown member made of the material having the specific gravity of 0.9 to 3 is attached to the depression of the crown.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2005Date of Patent: October 14, 2008Assignee: Bridgestone Sports Co., Ltd.Inventors: Atsuo Tateno, Yasunori Imamoto
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Patent number: 7431668Abstract: A hollow golf club head includes a face part, a crown part, a sole part, a side part, and a hosel part. The head has a volume of 80 to 200 cm3 and a weight of 205 to 250 g, a distance between face-side and back-side edges divided by a distance between a toe-side edge and a intersecting point on a heel-side edge of a horizontal line passing through a face center point is 0.3 to 0.7. The crown part includes a large-thickness crown part formed along an overall edge thereof, and a small-thickness crown part formed inside the large-thickness crown part. The side part includes a heel-side small-thickness side part formed at a heel side, a toe-side small-thickness side part formed at a toe side, and a large-thickness side part formed at a portion of the side part other than the heel-side and toe-side small-thickness side parts.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2005Date of Patent: October 7, 2008Assignee: Bridgestone Sports Co., Ltd.Inventors: Atsuo Tateno, Hideo Matsunaga
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Publication number: 20080125240Abstract: A putter head includes substantially parallel plural grooves formed on a face thereof, wherein a ratio W/S of a groove width W (mm) and a space width S (mm) between the grooves is from 0.5 to 2.0.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 31, 2007Publication date: May 29, 2008Applicant: BRIDGESTONE SPORTS CO., LTDInventors: Atsuo TATENO, Tatsuya ISHIKAWA, Waturu Ban, Fumiaki SATO
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Publication number: 20080125241Abstract: A putter head includes: a face; a first group of grooves which are mutually-parallel grooves; and a second group of grooves which differ in depth from the first group of grooves, wherein the face includes the first group of grooves and the second group of grooves.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 31, 2007Publication date: May 29, 2008Applicant: BRIDGESTONE SPORTS CO., LTDInventors: Atsuo TATENO, Tatsuya ISHIKAWA, Wataru BAN, Fumiaki SATO
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Patent number: 7377861Abstract: A hollow golf club head includes a face part, a crown part, a sole part, a side part, and a hosel part. The head has a volume of 100 to 250 cm3 and a weight of 195 to 250 g. The crown part includes a large-thickness crown part formed along an overall edge thereof, and a small-thickness crown part which is formed inside the large-thickness crown part and has a thickness less than a thickness of the large-thickness crown part. The side part includes a heel-side small-thickness side part formed at a heel side, a toe-side small-thickness side part formed at a toe side, and a large-thickness side part which is formed at a portion of the side part other than the heel-side small-thickness side part and the toe-side small-thickness side part and has a thickness greater than thickness of the side parts.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2005Date of Patent: May 27, 2008Assignee: Bridgestone Sports Co., Ltd.Inventors: Atsuo Tateno, Hideo Matsunaga
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Publication number: 20070238550Abstract: A putter head includes a head main body that defines a periphery of the putter head, and a bar that crosses a void space of the head main body in a forward-backward direction. The bar is inserted into insertion holes and fixed thereto by an adhesive. A face member is mounted on a recess. A shaft fixing hole is provided to pass through the bar from the top surface of a front portion of the head main body. A shaft is inserted into the shaft fixing hole and fixed thereto by an adhesive.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 9, 2007Publication date: October 11, 2007Applicant: Bridgestone Sports Co., Ltd.,Inventor: Atsuo Tateno
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Publication number: 20070099723Abstract: A putter head that includes: a head body having a face portion; and a face insert fitted in the face portion of a head body, the face insert including: a high-hardness portion that forms a hitting surface, and a low-hardness portion jointed to the high-hardness portion and having a hardness lower than that of the high-hardness portion. A thickness of the high-hardness portion is decreased or increased from a central portion toward a peripheral portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 26, 2006Publication date: May 3, 2007Inventor: Atsuo Tateno
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Patent number: D548294Type: GrantFiled: June 1, 2006Date of Patent: August 7, 2007Assignee: Bridgestone Sports Co., Ltd.Inventors: Vinh-Duy Thai Nguyen, Atsuo Tateno
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Patent number: D548299Type: GrantFiled: June 1, 2006Date of Patent: August 7, 2007Assignee: Bridgestone Sports Co., Ltd.Inventors: Vinh-Duy Thai Nguyen, Atsuo Tateno
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Patent number: D550795Type: GrantFiled: June 6, 2006Date of Patent: September 11, 2007Assignee: Bridgestone Sports Co., Ltd.Inventor: Atsuo Tateno
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Patent number: D560736Type: GrantFiled: June 6, 2006Date of Patent: January 29, 2008Assignee: Bridgestone Sports Co., Ltd.Inventor: Atsuo Tateno
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Patent number: D562921Type: GrantFiled: June 1, 2006Date of Patent: February 26, 2008Assignee: Bridgestone Sports Co., Ltd.Inventors: Vinh-Duy Thai Nguyen, Atsuo Tateno
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Patent number: D570934Type: GrantFiled: May 1, 2007Date of Patent: June 10, 2008Assignee: Bridgestone Sports Co., Ltd.Inventors: Wataru Ban, Atsuo Tateno
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Patent number: D571880Type: GrantFiled: May 1, 2007Date of Patent: June 24, 2008Assignee: Bridgestone Sports Co., Ltd.Inventors: Wataru Ban, Atsuo Tateno
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Patent number: D572786Type: GrantFiled: May 1, 2007Date of Patent: July 8, 2008Assignee: Bridgestone Sports Co., LtdInventors: Wataru Ban, Atsuo Tateno