Patents by Inventor Daisuke KOHNO

Daisuke KOHNO 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).

  • Publication number: 20200338407
    Abstract: A golf club includes a head; a shaft; a grip; and a weight member that is located in a butt end region. The grip and the weight member constitute a grip-weight portion. The shaft, the grip, and the weight member constitute a shaft-grip-weight portion. The head has a weight of greater than or equal to 195 g. The grip-weight portion has a weight of greater than or equal to 40 g. The shaft has a weight of less than or equal to 40 g. The golf club has a weight of greater than or equal to 275 g and less than or equal to 300 g. W1/W3 is greater than or equal to 0.40, where W1 represents a weight (g) of the butt end region, and W3 represents a weight (g) of the shaft-grip-weight portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2020
    Publication date: October 29, 2020
    Applicant: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Takashi NAKAMURA, Naruhiro MIZUTANI, Kenji TAKASU, Daisuke KOHNO, Wataru KIMIZUKA, Masahiko UEDA
  • Publication number: 20200338406
    Abstract: A golf club includes a head; a shaft; a grip; and a weight member that is located in a butt end region. The grip and the weight member constitute a grip-weight portion. The shaft, the grip, and the weight member constitute a shaft-grip-weight portion. The golf club has a length of greater than or equal to 45.0 inches. The golf club has a weight of less than 295 g. The head has a weight of greater than or equal to 195 g. The grip-weight portion has a weight of greater than or equal to 40 g. W1/W3 is greater than or equal to 0.40, where W1 represents a weight (g) of the butt end region, and W3 represents a weight (g) of the shaft-grip-weight portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2020
    Publication date: October 29, 2020
    Applicant: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Takashi NAKAMURA, Naruhiro MIZUTANI, Kenji TAKASU, Daisuke KOHNO, Wataru KIMIZUKA, Masahiko UEDA
  • Publication number: 20200338416
    Abstract: A golf club includes a head; a shaft having a tip end and a butt end; a grip; and a weight member that is located in a butt end region having a distance from a butt end of the grip of less than or equal to 100 mm. The grip and the weight member constitute a grip-weight portion. The shaft, the grip, and the weight member constitute a shaft-grip-weight portion. The shaft has a weight of less than or equal to 40 g. The shaft has a shaft torque of less than or equal to 7.0°. The grip-weight portion has a weight of greater than or equal to 40 g. A ratio W1/W3 of a weight W1 of the butt end region to a weight W3 of the shaft-grip-weight portion is greater than or equal to 0.40.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2020
    Publication date: October 29, 2020
    Applicant: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Naruhiro MIZUTANI, Takashi NAKAMURA, Kenji TAKASU, Daisuke KOHNO
  • Publication number: 20200338410
    Abstract: A golf club includes a head; a shaft having a tip end and a butt end; a grip; and a weight member that is located in a butt end region having a distance from a butt end of the grip of 100 mm or less. The grip and the weight member constitute a grip-weight portion. The shaft, the grip, and the weight member constitute a shaft-grip-weight portion. The golf club has a weight of less than 295 g. The head has a weight of greater than or equal 195 g. The grip-weight portion has a weight of greater than or equal to 40 g. The head has a gravity center distance of greater than or equal to 44.5 mm. A ratio W1/W3 of a weight W1 (g) of the butt end region to a weight W3 (g) of the shaft-grip-weight portion is greater than or equal to 0.40.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2020
    Publication date: October 29, 2020
    Applicant: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Naruhiro Mizutani, Takashi Nakamura, Kenji Takasu, Daisuke Kohno
  • Publication number: 20200338411
    Abstract: A golf club includes a head; a shaft having a tip end and a butt end; and a grip. The golf club has a length of greater than or equal to 45.0 inches. The head has a weight of greater than or equal to 195 g. The golf club has a club moment about a rotation center of less than or equal to 22.74 (kg·cm), the rotation center being a point 100 mm away from a butt end of the grip. The shaft may have a weight of less than or equal to 40 g. The golf club has a weight of greater than or equal to 280 g. A butt end region having a distance from the butt end of the grip of 100 mm or less may have a weight of greater than or equal to 27 g. This golf club can exhibit an on-plane effect.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2020
    Publication date: October 29, 2020
    Applicant: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Takashi NAKAMURA, Naruhiro MIZUTANI, Kenji TAKASU, Daisuke KOHNO, Wataru KIMIZUKA, Masahiko UEDA
  • Publication number: 20200338415
    Abstract: A golf club includes a head; a shaft having a tip end and a butt end; a grip; and a weight member that is located in a butt end region having a distance from a butt end of the grip of less than or equal to 100 mm. The grip and the weight member constitute a grip-weight portion. The shaft, the grip, and the weight member constitute a shaft-grip-weight portion. The shaft has a weight Ws of less than or equal to 40 g. The shaft has a flex point ratio of less than or equal to 50%. The grip-weight portion has a weight W2 of greater than or equal to 40 g. A ratio W1/W3 of a weight W1 of the butt end region to a weight W3 of the shaft-grip-weight portion is greater than or equal to 0.40.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2020
    Publication date: October 29, 2020
    Applicant: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Kenji TAKASU, Takashi NAKAMURA, Naruhiro MIZUTANI, Daisuke KOHNO
  • Publication number: 20200222773
    Abstract: A golf club 2 includes a head 4, a shaft 6, and a grip 8. The club 2 has a forward club flex of greater than or equal to 170 mm. The forward club flex is measured for a golf club in the completed state. The weight of the head is denoted by Wh, and the weight of the club is denoted by Wc. Wh/Wc is greater than or equal to 0.72. With the golf club 2, a force acting on the player's body during a swing can be reduced. The golf club 2 can stabilize swing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2020
    Publication date: July 16, 2020
    Applicant: Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Naruhiro MIZUTANI, Seiji HAYASE, Kenji TAKASU, Takashi NAKANO, Daisuke KOHNO
  • Patent number: 10632355
    Abstract: A golf club 2 includes a head 4, a shaft 6, and a grip 8. The club 2 has a forward club flex of greater than or equal to 170 mm. The forward club flex is measured for a golf club in the completed state. The weight of the head is denoted by Wh, and the weight of the club is denoted by Wc. Wh/Wc is greater than or equal to 0.72. With the golf club 2, a force acting on the player's body during a swing can be reduced. The golf club 2 can stabilize swing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Naruhiro Mizutani, Seiji Hayase, Kenji Takasu, Takashi Nakano, Daisuke Kohno
  • Patent number: 10543404
    Abstract: The golf club head of the present invention includes a face portion, a crown portion, and a sole portion. The golf club head also has an interior space surrounded by the face portion, the crown portion, and the sole portion. A first channel and a second channel that extend in a toe-heel direction and are recessed toward the interior space side are formed in the sole portion. The first channel is disposed on a face side relative to the second channel, and has a first main inner wall disposed on the face side, and a first sub inner wall disposed on a back side. The first main inner wall is formed with a longer length in a face-back direction than the first sub inner wall, and is inclined so as to extend upward while extending toward the back side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2020
    Assignee: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Daisuke Kohno, Naruhiro Mizutani
  • Patent number: 10508038
    Abstract: The present provides a carbon material containing 50 to 1,000 ppm by mass of vanadium (V), wherein a mean particle diameter D50 is 3 to 7 ?m; a tapping density after 400 times of tapping is 0.40 to 1.00 g/cm3; a BET specific surface area is 4.0 to 12.0 m2/g; an R value (ID/IG) measured in the spectrum observed by Raman spectroscopy is 0.10 to 0.30; and an interplanar spacing d002 of plane (002) (nm) and Lc002 (nm) as being the size in the c-axis direction of the graphite crystals satisfy the relationship represented by the following formulae (1) and (2) 0.3362?d002?0.3370??(1) ?23660×d002+8010?Lc002??23660×d002+8025??(2); which is suitable for a non-aqueous electrolytic secondary battery having a low resistance and a high coulomb efficiency; a method for producing the same; a carbon material for a battery electrode; an electrode; and a lithium-ion secondary battery using the above-described carbon material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2019
    Assignee: SHOWA DENKO K.K.
    Inventors: Akihisa Tonegawa, Daisuke Kohno, Daisuke Harada, Yasuaki Wakizaka
  • Patent number: 10434387
    Abstract: A golf club includes a head, a shaft, and a grip. The golf club has a club vibration frequency of less than or equal to 210 cpm. The golf club has a swing weight of greater than or equal to D5. With the golf club, a force acting on the player's body during a swing can be reduced. The golf club can stabilize swing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Naruhiro Mizutani, Seiji Hayase, Kenji Takasu, Takashi Nakano, Daisuke Kohno
  • Patent number: 10369428
    Abstract: A golf club head with a hollow therein includes a head main body and a crown member. The head main body includes a face portion having a hitting face, a crown portion provided with an opening and a peripheral region forming around the opening, wherein the opening is covered with the crown member. The peripheral region of the opening includes a mounting portion for mounting the crown member with an interior surface and an exterior surface thereof. The mounting portion, at least, includes a face-side mounting portion, a toe-side mounting portion and a heel-side mounting portion. The crown member includes a face-side peripheral portion fixed to the interior surface of the face-side mounting portion, a toe-side peripheral portion fixed to the exterior surface of the toe-side mounting portion and a heel-side peripheral portion fixed to the exterior surface of the heel-side mounting portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2019
    Assignee: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Yuki Motokawa, Daisuke Kohno
  • Patent number: 10369431
    Abstract: A head includes a head body and a face plate fixed to the head body. The face plate includes a plate front surface, a plate back surface, and a plate side surface. The plate back surface includes a center of figure. The head body includes a receiving surface which supports the plate back surface from rear. An outer peripheral edge part of the plate back surface includes a projection part which abuts on the receiving surface. If a toe-side region, a top-side region, and a sole-side region of the projection part are defined as a first section, and a heel-side region of the projection part is defined as a second section, then a width of the projection part is varied in the first section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2019
    Assignee: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Takashi Nakamura, Daisuke Kohno
  • Patent number: 10369425
    Abstract: A sleeve 8 includes an engaging projection part P1. A head 2 includes an engaging recess part R1. The engaging projection part P1 includes a first side surface P11 located on a side receiving a rotating force caused by hitting, a second side surface P12 located on an opposite side to the first side surface P11, and an outer surface P13. The engaging recess part R1 includes a first opposed surface R11 opposed to the surface P11, a second opposed surface R12 opposed to the surface P12, and an inner surface R13 opposed to the surface P13. The engaging projection part P1 has a tapered projection part TP1. The tapered projection part TP1 has a maximum width of not less than an opening width of the engaging recess part R1. At least one of the first side surface and the first opposed surface extends along an axial direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2019
    Assignee: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Naruhiro Mizutani, Daisuke Kohno
  • Patent number: 10335657
    Abstract: A golf club 2 includes a head 4, a shaft 6, and a grip 8. The club 2 has a forward club flex of greater than or equal to 140 mm. The forward club flex is measured for a golf club in the completed state. The grip 8 has a weight Wg of less than or equal to 30 g. With the golf club 2, a force acting on the player's body during a swing can be reduced. The golf club 2 can stabilize swing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Assignee: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Naruhiro Mizutani, Seiji Hayase, Kenji Takasu, Takashi Nakano, Daisuke Kohno
  • Publication number: 20190151729
    Abstract: A golf club 2 includes a head 4, a shaft 6, and a grip 8. The club 2 has a forward club flex of greater than or equal to 170 mm. The forward club flex is measured for a golf club in the completed state. The weight of the head is denoted by Wh, and the weight of the club is denoted by Wc. Wh/Wc is greater than or equal to 0.72. With the golf club 2, a force acting on the player's body during a swing can be reduced. The golf club 2 can stabilize swing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2019
    Publication date: May 23, 2019
    Applicant: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Naruhiro MIZUTANI, Seiji HAYASE, Kenji TAKASU, Takashi NAKANO, Daisuke KOHNO
  • Patent number: 10279230
    Abstract: Provided is a golf club head that is able to suppress lowering of the pitch of a ball hitting sound. The golf club head according to the present invention includes a crown portion, a face portion, and a sole portion having at least one recessed portion. The recessed portion is configured to house a weight member such that the weight member does not protrude externally. The sole portion is provided with a placement region connected to the face portion and to be at least partially placed on a placement surface in a reference state, and a rear region arranged further to a back side in a face-back direction than the placement region and in which the recessed portion is arranged. The rear region inclines upward relative to the placement region toward the back side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignee: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Abe, Naruhiro Mizutani, Daisuke Kohno
  • Patent number: 10272299
    Abstract: Provided is a golf club head having a hollow structure and including a face portion, a crown portion, and a sole portion. In the sole portion, a first groove and a second groove are formed extending in a toe-heel direction and recessed toward the inside of the sole portion. The first groove is disposed on a face side relative to the second groove. The second groove is deeper than the first groove.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignee: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Naruhiro Mizutani, Daisuke Kohno
  • Patent number: 10272301
    Abstract: The golf club head includes a decoration member to be attached in the recessed portion, and a fixing member for fixing the decoration member in the recessed portion. A fixing hole is formed in a bottom surface of the recessed portion, and the fixing member is provided with a tubular head portion and a shaft portion that is attached to the head portion, has a smaller diameter than the head portion and is to be fixed in the fixing hole. The decoration member has a through hole. The through hole includes a shaft portion insertion portion and a head portion in which the head portion is to be arranged, with a gap being formed at least in a portion that is externally exposed between the inner wall surface of the head portion arrangement portion and the outer peripheral surface of the head portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignee: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Abe, Daisuke Kohno
  • Patent number: 10220278
    Abstract: A golf club 2 includes a head 4, a shaft 6, and a grip 8. The club 2 has a forward club flex of greater than or equal to 170 mm. The forward club flex is measured for a golf club in the completed state. The weight of the head is denoted by Wh, and the weight of the club is denoted by Wc. Wh/Wc is greater than or equal to 0.72. With the golf club 2, a force acting on the player's body during a swing can be reduced. The golf club 2 can stabilize swing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2019
    Assignee: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Naruhiro Mizutani, Seiji Hayase, Kenji Takasu, Takashi Nakano, Daisuke Kohno