Patents by Inventor Justin D. Kleinert
Justin D. Kleinert 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: 20240100402Abstract: A golf club head having discreet regions of specific mass relationships, including a lightweight forward portion, to achieve specific mass properties and performance.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 22, 2023Publication date: March 28, 2024Inventors: Christopher John Harbert, Joseph Henry Hoffman, Christopher Rollins, Todd P. Beach, Mark Vincent Greaney, Justin D. Kleinert, David Bennett
-
Publication number: 20240082655Abstract: Disclosed golf club heads include a body defining an interior cavity, a face, a sole, a crown, and a hosel. Certain embodiments include a weight channel positioned in the sole and defining a path along the sole. Some embodiments include a weight member positioned in the weight channel that is configured to be adjusted to any of a range of selectable positions to adjust mass properties of the golf club head. A fastener may be configured to secure the weight member in any of the selectable positions, while the fastener itself, regardless of where the weight member is positioned along the path, may be secured to the body at a fixed location that is independent of the position of the weight member along the path. Additional mass elements may be added to the weight member, such as at its ends, to further adjust mass properties of the golf club head.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 15, 2023Publication date: March 14, 2024Applicant: Taylor Made Golf Company, Inc.Inventors: Robert Story, Nathan T. Sargent, Justin D. Kleinert
-
Patent number: 11771963Abstract: Disclosed golf club heads include a body defining an interior cavity, a face, a sole, a crown, and a hosel. Certain embodiments include a weight channel positioned in the sole and defining a path along the sole. Some embodiments include a weight member positioned in the weight channel that is configured to be adjusted to any of a range of selectable positions to adjust mass properties of the golf club head. A fastener may be configured to secure the weight member in any of the selectable positions, while the fastener itself, regardless of where the weight member is positioned along the path, may be secured to the body at a fixed location that is independent of the position of the weight member along the path. Additional discretionary mass elements may be added to the weight member, such as at its ends, to further adjust mass properties of the golf club head.Type: GrantFiled: July 28, 2021Date of Patent: October 3, 2023Assignee: Taylor Made Golf Company, Inc.Inventors: Robert Story, Nathan T. Sargent, Justin D. Kleinert
-
Publication number: 20230166163Abstract: Aspects of the invention are directed to golf club having a crown, a sole, a face, and a face alignment feature located on the face.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 16, 2022Publication date: June 1, 2023Inventors: Christopher John Harbert, Joseph Henry Hoffman, Christopher Rollins, Todd P. Beach, Mark Vincent Greaney, Justin D. Kleinert
-
Patent number: 11400350Abstract: Disclosed golf club heads include a body defining an interior cavity, a face, a sole, a crown, and a hosel. Certain embodiments include a weight channel positioned in the sole and defining a path along the sole. Some embodiments include a weight member positioned in the weight channel that is configured to be adjusted to any of a range of selectable positions to adjust mass properties of the golf club head. A fastener may be configured to secure the weight member in any of the selectable positions, while the fastener itself, regardless of where the weight member is positioned along the path, may be secured to the body at a fixed location that is independent of the position of the weight member along the path. Additional discretionary mass elements may be added to the weight member, such as at its ends, to further adjust mass properties of the golf club head.Type: GrantFiled: December 4, 2020Date of Patent: August 2, 2022Assignee: Taylor Made Golf Company, Inc.Inventors: Robert Story, Nathan T. Sargent, Justin D. Kleinert
-
Publication number: 20210354008Abstract: Disclosed golf club heads include a body defining an interior cavity, a face, a sole, a crown, and a hosel. Certain embodiments include a weight channel positioned in the sole and defining a path along the sole. Some embodiments include a weight member positioned in the weight channel that is configured to be adjusted to any of a range of selectable positions to adjust mass properties of the golf club head. A fastener may be configured to secure the weight member in any of the selectable positions, while the fastener itself, regardless of where the weight member is positioned along the path, may be secured to the body at a fixed location that is independent of the position of the weight member along the path. Additional discretionary mass elements may be added to the weight member, such as at its ends, to further adjust mass properties of the golf club head.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 28, 2021Publication date: November 18, 2021Applicant: Taylor Made Golf Company, Inc.Inventors: Robert Story, Nathan T. Sargent, Justin D. Kleinert
-
Patent number: 11013965Abstract: Golf club heads are provided with a body, a sole, a face having a variable face thickness, a crown having a crown opening with a recessed ledge, a crown insert formed from a composite material, and a hosel. A recessed port is located on the body to receive a fastening member for adjustably attaching a head-shaft connection assembly with a shaft sleeve. A forwardmost portion of the recessed ledge extends forward of a rearward-most portion of the shaft sleeve. The golf club heads have a first crown height at a face-to-crown transition region, a second crown height at a crown-to-skirt transition region, and a third crown height located rearward of the first crown height and forward of the second crown height. The third crown height is greater than both the first and second crown heights.Type: GrantFiled: May 15, 2020Date of Patent: May 25, 2021Assignee: Taylor Made Golf Company, Inc.Inventors: Robert Story, Nathan T. Sargent, Justin D. Kleinert
-
Publication number: 20210086042Abstract: Disclosed golf club heads include a body defining an interior cavity, a face, a sole, a crown, and a hosel. Certain embodiments include a weight channel positioned in the sole and defining a path along the sole. Some embodiments include a weight member positioned in the weight channel that is configured to be adjusted to any of a range of selectable positions to adjust mass properties of the golf club head. A fastener may be configured to secure the weight member in any of the selectable positions, while the fastener itself, regardless of where the weight member is positioned along the path, may be secured to the body at a fixed location that is independent of the position of the weight member along the path. Additional discretionary mass elements may be added to the weight member, such as at its ends, to further adjust mass properties of the golf club head.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 4, 2020Publication date: March 25, 2021Applicant: Taylor Made Golf Company, Inc.Inventors: Robert Story, Nathan T. Sargent, Justin D. Kleinert
-
Publication number: 20200346079Abstract: Disclosed golf club heads include a body defining an interior cavity, a face, a sole, a crown, and a hosel. Certain embodiments include a weight channel positioned in the sole and defining a path along the sole. Some embodiments include a weight member positioned in the weight channel that is configured to be adjusted to any of a range of selectable positions to adjust mass properties of the golf club head. A fastener may be configured to secure the weight member in any of the selectable positions, while the fastener itself, regardless of where the weight member is positioned along the path, may be secured to the body at a fixed location that is independent of the position of the weight member along the path. Additional discretionary mass elements may be added to the weight member, such as at its ends, to further adjust mass properties of the golf club head.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 15, 2020Publication date: November 5, 2020Applicant: Taylor Made Golf Company, Inc.Inventors: Robert Story, Nathan T. Sargent, Justin D. Kleinert
-
Patent number: 10653926Abstract: Disclosed golf club heads include a body defining an interior cavity, a face, a sole, a crown, and a hosel. Certain embodiments include a weight channel positioned in the sole and defining a path along the sole. Some embodiments include a weight member positioned in the weight channel that is configured to be adjusted to any of a range of selectable positions to adjust mass properties of the golf club head. A fastener may be configured to secure the weight member in any of the selectable positions, while the fastener itself, regardless of where the weight member is positioned along the path, may be secured to the body at a fixed location that is independent of the position of the weight member along the path. Additional discretionary mass elements may be added to the weight member, such as at its ends, to further adjust mass properties of the golf club head.Type: GrantFiled: July 23, 2018Date of Patent: May 19, 2020Assignee: Taylor Made Golf Company, Inc.Inventors: Robert Story, Nathan T. Sargent, Justin D. Kleinert
-
Publication number: 20200023245Abstract: Disclosed golf club heads include a body defining an interior cavity, a face, a sole, a crown, and a hosel. Certain embodiments include a weight channel positioned in the sole and defining a path along the sole. Some embodiments include a weight member positioned in the weight channel that is configured to be adjusted to any of a range of selectable positions to adjust mass properties of the golf club head. A fastener may be configured to secure the weight member in any of the selectable positions, while the fastener itself, regardless of where the weight member is positioned along the path, may be secured to the body at a fixed location that is independent of the position of the weight member along the path. Additional discretionary mass elements may be added to the weight member, such as at its ends, to further adjust mass properties of the golf club head.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 23, 2018Publication date: January 23, 2020Applicant: Taylor Made Golf Company, Inc.Inventors: Robert Story, Nathan T. Sargent, Justin D. Kleinert
-
Patent number: D860363Type: GrantFiled: February 6, 2018Date of Patent: September 17, 2019Assignee: Taylor Made Golf Company, Inc.Inventors: Christopher J. Harbert, Nathan T. Sargent, Justin D. Kleinert, Todd P. Beach, Brian Bazzel, Robert Nunez