Patents by Inventor Helene Rick

Helene Rick 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).

  • Patent number: 8647218
    Abstract: A golf club including a club head having a club head main body including a hitting face and a face support, and a support extension. The support extension extends between the face support and a back flange to define a lower cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2014
    Assignee: Acushnet Company
    Inventors: Peter J. Gilbert, Douglas C. Jorgensen, Scott A. Knutson, Helene Rick, Adrian L. Stanescu
  • Patent number: 8617002
    Abstract: A wedge type golf club head with improved performance characteristic is disclosed herein where at least a striking surface of the wedge type golf club head is coated with a polymer coating to decrease the coefficient of friction as well as create a hydrophobic surface to remove dirt and debris. More specifically, the present invention discloses a wedge type golf club head with a hydrophobic polymer coating that creates a contact angle of greater than about 90 degrees as well as decreases the coefficient of friction to be less than about 0.1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2013
    Assignee: Acushnet Company
    Inventor: Helene Rick
  • Patent number: 8500573
    Abstract: A golf club head with a hardened striking face portion that improves durability and performance is disclosed. More specifically, the golf club head disclosed may have a martensitic striking face portion that may be at least about 1.3 times harder than the rear portion of the golf club head due to the martensitic crystalline structure of the striking face portion foamed by heating and quenching the striking face portion of the golf club head.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Assignee: Acushnet Company
    Inventor: Helene Rick
  • Patent number: 8491405
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a modular golf club. In particular, a golf club includes a plurality of components that are removably coupled so that the physical attributes of the golf club head may be tuned. The inventive golf club head includes a body member and at least one of a removable sole member and a removable face member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2013
    Assignee: Acushnet Company
    Inventors: Douglas C. Jorgensen, Helene Rick, Ryan L. Roach, Peter L. Soracco, Eddie Perez
  • Patent number: 8376873
    Abstract: A golf club head having a replaceable striking face is disclosed herein. More specifically, the present invention discloses a golf club head where at least a portion of the frontal striking surface of the face is detachable and replaceable to improve performance. A golf club head in accordance with the present invention may generally have a thinned striking face with a thickness of less than about 3.0 mm yielding a golf club head with a larger sweet spot that's greater than 6% of the frontal striking surface; defined as an area of the frontal striking surface having at least 99% of the maximum characteristic time between about 239 microseconds to about 257 microseconds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2013
    Assignee: Acushnet Company
    Inventors: Charles E. Golden, John Morin, Helene Rick
  • Patent number: 8240021
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a golf club head with an improved striking surface. The grooves are machined into the strike surface with tight tolerances using a profiled cutter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2012
    Assignee: Acushnet Company
    Inventors: Peter J. Gilbert, Helene Rick, Gregory D. Johnson
  • Publication number: 20120202619
    Abstract: A golf club including a club head having a club head main body including a hitting face and a face support, and a support extension. The support extension extends between the face support and a back flange to define a lower cavity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2012
    Publication date: August 9, 2012
    Inventors: Peter J. Gilbert, Douglas C. Jorgensen, Scott A. Knutson, Helene Rick, Adrian L. Stanescu
  • Patent number: 8210966
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a golf club head with an improved striking surface. The grooves are machined into the strike surface with tight tolerances. The grooves may contain a plurality of portions including a first portion that interfaces the striking surface with a variety of configurations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2012
    Assignee: Acushnet Company
    Inventors: Peter J. Gilbert, Gregory D. Johnson, Helene Rick
  • Patent number: 8157673
    Abstract: A golf club including a club head having a club head main body including a hitting face and a face support, and a support extension. The support extension extends between the face support and a back flange to define a lower cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2012
    Assignee: Acushnet Company
    Inventors: Peter J. Gilbert, Douglas C. Jorgensen, Scott A. Knutson, Helene Rick, Adrian L. Stanescu
  • Publication number: 20120088600
    Abstract: A golf club head with a hardened striking face portion that improves durability and performance is disclosed. More specifically, the golf club head disclosed may have a martensitic striking face portion that may be at least about 1.3 times harder than the rear portion of the golf club head due to the martensitic crystalline structure of the striking face portion foamed by heating and quenching the striking face portion of the golf club head.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2011
    Publication date: April 12, 2012
    Inventor: Helene Rick
  • Patent number: 8075420
    Abstract: A golf club head with a hardened striking face portion that improves durability and performance is disclosed. More specifically, the golf club head disclosed may have a martensitic striking face portion that may be at least about 1.3 times harder than the rear portion of the golf club head due to the martensitic crystalline structure of the striking face portion formed by heating and quenching the striking face portion of the golf club head.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2011
    Assignee: Acushnet Company
    Inventor: Helene Rick
  • Publication number: 20110256953
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a modular golf club. In particular, golf club includes a plurality of components that are removably coupled so that the physical attributes of the golf club head may be tuned. The inventive golf club head includes a body member and at least one of a removable sole member and a removable face member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2010
    Publication date: October 20, 2011
    Inventors: Douglas C. Jorgensen, Helene Rick, Ryan L. Roach, Peter L. Soracco, Eddie Perez
  • Publication number: 20110111885
    Abstract: A golf club head having a replaceable striking face is disclosed herein. More specifically, the present invention discloses a golf club head where at least a portion of the frontal striking surface of the face is detachable and replaceable to improve performance. A golf club head in accordance with the present invention may generally have a thinned striking face with a thickness of less than about 3.0 mm yielding a golf club head with a larger sweet spot that's greater than 6% of the frontal striking surface; defined as an area of the frontal striking surface having at least 99% of the maximum characteristic time between about 239 microseconds to about 257 microseconds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2009
    Publication date: May 12, 2011
    Inventors: Charles E. Golden, John Morin, Helene Rick
  • Publication number: 20100331108
    Abstract: A golf club head with a hardened striking face portion that improves durability and performance is disclosed. More specifically, the golf club head disclosed may have a martensitic striking face portion that may be at least about 1.3 times harder than the rear portion of the golf club head due to the martensitic crystalline structure of the striking face portion formed by heating and quenching the striking face portion of the golf club head.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2009
    Publication date: December 30, 2010
    Inventor: Helene Rick
  • Publication number: 20100331107
    Abstract: A wedge type golf club head with improved performance characteristic is disclosed herein where at least a striking surface of the wedge type golf club head is coated with a polymer coating to decrease the coefficient of friction as well as create a hydrophobic surface to remove dirt and debris. More specifically, the present invention discloses a wedge type golf club head with a hydrophobic polymer coating that creates a contact angle of greater than about 90 degrees as well as decreases the coefficient of friction to be less than about 0.1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2009
    Publication date: December 30, 2010
    Inventor: Helene Rick
  • Publication number: 20100093460
    Abstract: A set of golf clubs including golf club heads having a progressive effective sole width through the set. The set includes golf club heads having a club head main body including a hitting face and a face support. A portion of the set includes golf club heads having trailing edge sole chamfers that reduce the overall sole width to the effective sole width.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2009
    Publication date: April 15, 2010
    Inventors: Peter J. Gilbert, Douglas C. Jorgensen, Helene Rick, Andrian L. Stanescu
  • Publication number: 20100075772
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a golf club head with an improved striking surface. The grooves are machined into the strike surface with tight tolerances. The grooves may contain a plurality of portions including a first portion that interfaces the striking surface with a variety of configurations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2009
    Publication date: March 25, 2010
    Inventors: Peter J. Gilbert, Gregory D. Johnson, Helene Rick
  • Publication number: 20090282670
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a golf club head with an improved striking surface. The grooves are machined into the strike surface with tight tolerances using a profiled cutter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2009
    Publication date: November 19, 2009
    Inventors: Peter J. Gilbert, Helene Rick, Gregory D. Johnson
  • Publication number: 20090131199
    Abstract: A golf club including a club head having a club head main body including a hitting face and a face support, and a support extension. The support extension extends between the face support and a back flange to define a lower cavity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2008
    Publication date: May 21, 2009
    Inventors: Peter J. Gilbert, Douglas C. Jorgensen, Scott A. Knutson, Helene Rick, Adrian L. Stanescu
  • Patent number: D601215
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2009
    Assignee: Acushnet Company
    Inventors: Tomas Diaz, Peter J. Gilbert, Douglas C. Jorgensen, Helene Rick, Kongdach Sethapun, Daniel Remington Vehse, John Wooster