Patents by Inventor Richard L. Cleghorn

Richard L. Cleghorn 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).

  • MULTI-MATERIAL GOLF CLUB HEAD
    Publication number: 20230338787
    Abstract: A multi-material golf club head wherein the junction between the two different components made from different materials are seamlessly incorporated within existing visual cues of a golf club head is disclosed. More specifically, the present invention adjusts the design of the bond between the two different components to reflect the needs of the golf club head at the various visual cues around the perimeter of the golf club head.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2023
    Publication date: October 26, 2023
    Applicant: Acushnet Company
    Inventor: Richard L. Cleghorn
  • GOLF CLUB HAVING AN ADJUSTABLE WEIGHT ASSEMBLY
    Publication number: 20230338794
    Abstract: An iron-type golf club head includes: a body having an outer surface and including a striking face; a channel extending into the body and having an opening in the outer surface of the body; and a weighted insert shaped and sized to be at least partially inserted into the channel and including a heavy end and a light end, wherein the channel is oriented such that, when the weighted insert is at least partially inserted into the channel, a longitudinal axis of the weighted insert is parallel to a striking face plane that is tangential to an outermost surface of the striking face.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2022
    Publication date: October 26, 2023
    Applicant: Acushnet Company
    Inventors: Ronald K. Hettinger, Kevin Tassistro, Richard L. Cleghorn
  • MULTI-MATERIAL GOLF CLUB HEAD
    Publication number: 20230330494
    Abstract: A multi-material golf club head having an improved performance is disclosed. More specifically, the present invention relates to a multi-material golf club head having a metallic frontal portion and a lightweight aft portion with an addition of an internal ribbon support member. The present invention may also further be comprised of a weighting mechanism that is accessible via an opening in the lightweight after portion but connects directly to the metallic frontal portion to mitigate any of the structural integrity issues associated with installing weights in a lightweight portion of a golf club head.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2023
    Publication date: October 19, 2023
    Applicant: Acushnet Company
    Inventors: Ryuichi Sugimae, Darryl C. Galvan, Richard L. Cleghorn, Christopher D. Harvell
  • MODULAR GOLF CLUB INCLUDING AN ADJUSTABLE WEIGHT ASSEMBLY
    Publication number: 20230330499
    Abstract: A modular golf club head with an improved adjustable weighting system for an iron and/or wedge type golf club head is disclosed herein. In accordance with the presently disclosed technology, the golf club head may include a body. The body may include a striking face and a back. The back may include a recessed channel. The golf club head may include a weight assembly. The weight assembly may include a movable weight installable within the recessed channel and movable therein, a slidable cover to engage at least part of the recessed channel, and a fastener.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2023
    Publication date: October 19, 2023
    Applicant: Acushnet Company
    Inventors: Sang Yi, Richard L. Cleghorn, Kyle A. Carr
  • MULTI-MATERIAL GOLF CLUB HEAD
    Publication number: 20230330495
    Abstract: A multi-material golf club head having an improved performance is disclosed. More specifically, the present invention relates to a multi-material golf club head having a metallic frontal portion and a lightweight aft portion with an addition of an internal ribbon support member. The internal ribbon support member may include a secondary wall, separating an internal overall volume of said golf club head into a frontal volumetric chamber and a rear volumetric chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2023
    Publication date: October 19, 2023
    Applicant: Acushnet Company
    Inventors: Ryuichi Sugimae, Darryl C. Galvan, Richard L. Cleghorn, Christopher D. Harvell
  • ADJUSTABLE BOUNCE WEDGE
    Publication number: 20230302335
    Abstract: An iron type golf club head, including a body including a striking face, a topline located at a top of the striking face, a leading edge located at a bottom of the striking face, a body sole surface extending rearward from the leading edge, a hosel located at a heel side of the golf club head, a toe side opposite the heel side, a sole plate rotatably coupled to the body, wherein the sole plate comprises an adjustment member located between the body and the sole plate, wherein the adjustment member is adjustable between a maximum bounce position and a minimum bounce position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2022
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Applicant: Acushnet Company
    Inventors: Jonathan Hebreo, Richard L. Cleghorn, Doug M. Takehara, Aaron Dill
  • Multi-material golf club head
    Patent number: 11766592
    Abstract: A multi-material golf club head having an improved performance is disclosed. More specifically, the present invention relates to a multi-material golf club head having a metallic frontal portion and a lightweight aft portion with an addition of an internal ribbon support member. The present invention may also further be comprised of a weighting mechanism that is accessible via an opening in the lightweight after portion but connects directly to the metallic frontal portion to mitigate any of the structural integrity issues associated with installing weights in a lightweight portion of a golf club head.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: Acushnet Company
    Inventors: Ryuichi Sugimae, Darryl C. Galvan, Richard L. Cleghorn, Christopher D. Harvell
  • Adjustable bounce wedge
    Patent number: 11766593
    Abstract: An iron type golf club head, including a body including a striking face, a topline located at a top of the striking face, a leading edge located at a bottom of the striking face, a body sole surface extending rearward from the leading edge, a hosel located at a heel side of the golf club head, a toe side opposite the heel side, a sole plate rotatably coupled to the body, wherein the sole plate comprises an adjustment member located between the body and the sole plate, wherein the adjustment member is adjustable between a maximum bounce position and a minimum bounce position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: Acushnet Company
    Inventors: Jonathan Hebreo, Richard L. Cleghorn, Doug M. Takehara, Aaron Dill
  • METHOD OF FORMING A GOLF CLUB HEAD WITH IMPROVED INERTIA PERFORMANCE
    Publication number: 20230293952
    Abstract: A method of forming a golf club head that is capable improving on the inertia properties of a golf club head all while also improving the Center of Gravity (CG) location is disclosed herein. More specifically, the method forms a golf club head that achieves a relative low Moment of Inertia (MOI) about the Z-axis (MOI-Z) as well as a relatively low MOI about the Shaft-axis (MOI-SA).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2023
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Applicant: Acushnet Company
    Inventors: Ryuichi Sugimae, Darryl C. Galvan, Stephen S. Murphy, Charles E. Golden, Peter Larsen, Richard L. Cleghorn
  • GOLF CLUB HEAD WITH IMPROVED PERFORMANCE
    Publication number: 20230285813
    Abstract: A golf club head with an improved Center of Gravity (CG) location is disclosed. More specifically, the present invention relates to a metalwood type golf club head with improved performance via shifting the CG towards a location that reduces spin, at the same time, without sacrificing launch angle and the forgiveness of the golf club head. This golf club head may generally have a unique construction capable of achieving a low and forward CG location that is less than 40 mm from the face center along a Z-axis, a CG height that is no more than 2 mm above the neutral axis, and a MOI-Y of greater than about 4,000 g-cm2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2023
    Publication date: September 14, 2023
    Applicant: Acushnet Company
    Inventors: Richard L. Cleghorn, Peter L. Soracco, Ryuichi Sugimae
  • Golf club head with improved inertia performance
    Patent number: 11752405
    Abstract: A golf club head that is capable improving on the inertia properties of a golf club head all while also improving the Center of Gravity (CG) location is disclosed herein. More specifically, the golf club head in accordance with the present invention achieves a relative low Moment of Inertia (MOI) about the Z-axis (MOI-Z) as well as a relatively low MOI about the Shaft-axis (MOI-SA), all combined with a high MOI about the X and Y-axis (MOI-X and MOI-Y).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: Acushnet Company
    Inventors: Ryuichi Sugimae, Peter Larsen, Stephen S. Murphy, Scott A. Knutson, Charles E. Golden, Joey Ashcroft, Richard L. Cleghorn, Gregory D. Johnson, Gentry Ferguson, Peter L. Soracco, Noah de la Cruz, Hiroshi Kawaguchi
  • GOLF CLUB HEAD WITH IMPROVED INERTIA PERFORMANCE
    Publication number: 20230241465
    Abstract: A golf club head that is capable improving on the inertia properties of a golf club head all while also improving the Center of Gravity (CG) location is disclosed herein. More specifically, the golf club head in accordance with the present invention achieves a relative low Moment of Inertia (MOI) about the Z-axis (MOI-Z) as well as a relatively low MOI about the Shaft-axis (MOI-SA), all combined with a high MOI about the X and Y-axis (MOI-X and MOI-Y) and maintaining a consistently and relatively low CG location measured along a direction tangent to the hosel axis along the X-Y plane (CG-B).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2023
    Publication date: August 3, 2023
    Applicant: Acushnet Company
    Inventors: Stephen S. Murphy, Ryuichi Sugimae, Peter Larsen, Vincent Jacobson, Richard L. Cleghorn, Richard Sanchez, Christopher D. Harvell, Yu-Jin Song, Peter L. Soracco, Charles E. Golden
  • GOLF CLUB HAVING AN ADJUSTABLE WEIGHT ASSEMBLY
    Publication number: 20230233912
    Abstract: A golf club head includes: a body having an outer surface; a recessed channel formed in the outer surface; and a weight assembly including: a weight at least partially disposed within the recessed channel and configured to move therein, a cover configured to engage with the body such that the cover at least partially covers the recessed channel; and a fastener selectively movable along a fastener axis, and configured to lockingly engage with an end of the cover.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2023
    Publication date: July 27, 2023
    Inventors: Sang YI, Thomas Orrin Bennett, Richard L. Cleghorn
  • Golf club head with improved performance
    Patent number: 11691055
    Abstract: A golf club head with an improved Center of Gravity (CG) location is disclosed. More specifically, the present invention relates to a metalwood type golf club head with improved performance via shifting the CG towards a location that reduces spin, at the same time, without sacrificing launch angle and the forgiveness of the golf club head. This golf club head may generally have a unique construction capable of achieving a low and forward CG location that is less than 40 mm from the face center along a Z-axis, a CG height that is no more than 2 mm above the neutral axis, and a MOI-Y of greater than about 4,000 g-cm2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: Acushnet CAmpanv
    Inventors: Richard L. Cleghorn, Peter L. Soracco, Ryuichi Sugimae
  • GOLF CLUB HEAD HAVING MULTI-LAYERED STRIKING FACE
    Publication number: 20230201677
    Abstract: A golf club head having a multi-layered striking face is disclosed herein. More specifically, the golf club head in accordance with the present invention has an external frontal face layer, an internal rear face layer, and an intermediary sandwiched face layer juxtaposed between the external frontal face layer and the internal rear face layer. The intermediary sandwiched face layer may generally be made out of a high flexural modulus polymeric material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2022
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Applicant: Acushnet Company
    Inventors: Richard Sanchez, Richard L. Cleghorn, Tony Luna, Kyle A. Carr
  • GOLF CLUB HEAD WITH HOSEL HOLE COVER
    Publication number: 20230201681
    Abstract: A golf club head with a hosel hole cover that helps improve the performance of the golf club head is disclosed. More specifically, the present invention relates to a golf club head having a hosel hole cover at a bottom portion of an interchangeable connection system that not only provides improved performance of the golf club head by strategically utilizing an existing opening to adjust the weighting of a golf club head, but it also improves the aerodynamics of the golf club head by eliminating undesirable recesses that could be detrimental to the aerodynamics of a golf club head.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2023
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Applicant: Acushnet Company
    Inventors: Sang Yi, Stephen S. Murphy, Richard L. Cleghorn, Richard Sanchez
  • GOLF CLUB HEAD WITH IMPROVED INERTIA PERFORMANCE
    Publication number: 20230158378
    Abstract: A golf club head that is capable improving on the inertia properties of a golf club head all while also improving the Center of Gravity (CG) location is disclosed herein. More specifically, the golf club head in accordance with the present invention achieves a relative low Moment of Inertia (MOI) about the Z-axis (MOI-Z) as well as a relatively low MOI about the Shaft-axis (MOI-SA), all combined with a high MOI about the X and Y-axis (MOI-X and MOI-Y) and maintaining a consistently and relatively low CG location measured along a direction tangent to the hosel axis along the X-Y plane (CG-B).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2023
    Publication date: May 25, 2023
    Applicant: Acushnet Company
    Inventors: Stephen S. Murphy, Ryuichi Sugimae, Peter Larsen, Vincent Jacobson, Richard L. Cleghorn, Richard Sanchez, Christopher D. Harvell, Yu-Jin Song, Peter L. Soracco, Charles E. Golden
  • GOLF CLUB HAVING A LOW MODULUS CROWN
    Publication number: 20230158373
    Abstract: A golf club head with a crown comprising an inner crown portion and an outer crown portion. The inner crown portion may be made of a low density or low elastic modulus material. The outer portion of the crown defines an opening to the cavity. The inner portion of the crown is attached to the outer portion of the crown such that the opening is covered by the inner portion of the crown.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2022
    Publication date: May 25, 2023
    Applicant: Acushnet Company
    Inventors: Grant M. MARTENS, Uday V. DESHMUKH, Nick FRAME, Richard L. CLEGHORN, Takeshi Casey FUNAKI, Doug M. TAKEHARA
  • GOLF CLUB HAVING REMOVABLE WEIGHT
    Publication number: 20230124609
    Abstract: A golf club head includes a club head body and a weight member that is secured to the body. The weight member is constructed to utilize lateral forces to couple to the head body to minimize the structure required to retain the weight member, and the weight member is preferably constructed so that it has a low profile.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2022
    Publication date: April 20, 2023
    Applicant: Acushnet Company
    Inventors: Richard L. Cleghorn, David Cornelius, Hiroshi Kawaguchi, Dustin Barksdale
  • Golf club head with hosel hole cover
    Patent number: 11617926
    Abstract: A golf club head with a hosel hole cover that helps improve the performance of the golf club head is disclosed. More specifically, the present invention relates to a golf club head having a hosel hole cover at a bottom portion of an interchangeable connection system that not only provides improved performance of the golf club head by strategically utilizing an existing opening to adjust the weighting of a golf club head, but it also improves the aerodynamics of the golf club head by eliminating undesirable recesses that could be detrimental to the aerodynamics of a golf club head.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: Acushnet Company
    Inventors: Sang Yi, Stephen S. Murphy, Richard L. Cleghorn, Richard Sanchez