Patents Assigned to Callaway Golf Company
  • Publication number: 20240066369
    Abstract: An adjustable golf club putter head is disclosed herein. The putter head includes a removable top plate that can be swapped with a different top plate with a different material composition and alignment pattern to affect the cosmetics of the putter head and also adjust the putter head's mass properties.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2022
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Applicant: Callaway Golf Company
    Inventor: Nicholas F. Hallet
  • Publication number: 20220379173
    Abstract: A golf ball with improved durability is disclosed herein. The golf ball has a mantle layer comprising a blend of ionomers and methyl methacrylate, butadiene, styrene (MBS) with a weight percentage of MBS ranging from 5 to 15 weight percent of the mantle layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2022
    Publication date: December 1, 2022
    Applicant: Callaway Golf Company
    Inventor: Carl Brown
  • Patent number: 11484757
    Abstract: A golf club head, preferably a putter head, comprising at least one structural support member is disclosed herein. The structural support member has a smooth, organic-looking aesthetic, with a continuously changing curvature along its spline and at least one surface, and preferably connects one portion of the golf club head to another portion. Where the support member connects to other portions of the golf club head, the surfaces of the member have a curvature that changes smoothly and continuously, lacking any sharp corners. The support member may be part of a lattice structure formed via binder jetting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: Callaway Golf Company
    Inventors: Brandon D. DeMille, William C. Watson, Eric Stubben, David R. Handy, Irina Ivanova, Patrick Dawson
  • Patent number: 11465016
    Abstract: A method for forming a golf ball core with a nanofiller masterbatch is disclosed herein. The method includes mixing the nanofiller masterbatch, a graphene masterbatch material with other materials to form a core mixture, wherein the masterbatch preferably comprises 1-80% by weight of nanofillers and 20-99% by weight of a carrier polymer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: Callaway Golf Company
    Inventor: Vijay Chavan
  • Publication number: 20220305346
    Abstract: A golf ball comprising layers that have from 0.05% to 70% by weight of a radio-opaque filler, and wherein the concentration of the radio-opaque filler is measurably different in each layer is disclosed herein. The radio-opaque filler is preferably a compound based on barium, bismuth, tungsten, iodine, or reduced iron.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2022
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Applicant: Callaway Golf Company
    Inventor: David M. Melanson
  • Patent number: 11439873
    Abstract: A golf ball core, mantle, and/or cover layer(s) of golf ball having a composition comprising functionalized aluminosilicate particles having a particle size of less than 50 ?m is disclosed herein. The aluminosilicate microspheres with an average diameter less than 50 ?m are functionalized with, but not limited to, polysulfide, vinyl, amino, epoxy, hydroxyl, carboxyl, methacryloyl, hydrocarbon, mercapto and isocyanate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: Callaway Golf Company
    Inventor: Hong G. Jeon
  • Patent number: 11433282
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a golf club head with a plurality of stiffening members proximate the face, and particularly solid rods or a plate with one or more cutouts, is disclosed herein. The method includes the steps of preparing a wax of a golf club head body having at least one through-hole, a hollow interior, and at least one receiving pocket, preparing waxes of one or more stiffening members, inserting the wax of the stiffening members into the through-hole and seating its opposite end in the receiving pocket, bonding each of the stiffening members to the body with an adhesive material to form a combined wax mold, and casting a golf club head from the combined wax mold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: Callaway Golf Company
    Inventors: Evan D. Gibbs, Alan Hocknell, Austin L. Frederickson, Christopher A. G. Nunez, James A. Seluga, Matthew Myers, Matthew Hannen, Bart R. Fliers, Robert S. Gonczi
  • Patent number: 11433277
    Abstract: A golf ball with improved durability is disclosed herein. The golf ball has a core comprising a polybutadiene material and methyl methacrylate, butadiene, styrene (MBS) with a weight percentage of MBS ranging from 0.5 to 5 weight percent of the core.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: Callaway Golf Company
    Inventors: Armando Becerra, Carl Brown, David Bartels, Vijay Chavan
  • Patent number: 11433281
    Abstract: Methods of manufacturing a golf club head with one or more stiffening members proximate the face, and particularly solid rods or a plate with one or more cutouts, is disclosed herein. One method includes the steps of preparing a wax mold of a golf club head including a plate stiffening member with excess material, casting the golf club head, and machining away the excess material. Another method includes the steps of casting a golf club body, providing a plate stiffening member, providing a face component such as a face cup, tack welding the plate stiffening member and the face component to the golf club body, and welding these parts together.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: Callaway Golf Company
    Inventors: James A. Seluga, Matthew Myers, Christopher A. G. Nunez, Timothy G. Scott, Jeremy R. Hanhart, Kelsey Bazshushtari, Robert S. Gonczi, Alex Power, Romulus M. Tomimbang, Justin Del Rosario
  • Publication number: 20220249917
    Abstract: A golf ball comprising layers that have from 0.05% to 70% by weight of a radio-opaque filler, and wherein the concentration of the radio-opaque filler is measurably different in each layer is disclosed herein. The radio-opaque filler is preferably a compound based on barium, bismuth, tungsten, iodine, or reduced iron.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2022
    Publication date: August 11, 2022
    Applicant: Callaway Golf Company
    Inventor: David M. Melanson
  • Patent number: 11406877
    Abstract: A golf ball with a cover layer composed of a blend of non- or partially neutralized copolymeric or terpolymeric ionomer(s), hydroxyl-functionalized styrenic block copolymer and silane coupling agent (SCA). The amount of SCA is preferably between 0.01 and 2.0 weight percent based on the total weight of the polymer composition. The cover layer preferably has a Shore A hardness less than 90.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: Callaway Golf Company
    Inventors: Vijay Chavan, Hong G. Jeon
  • Patent number: 11400349
    Abstract: A golf club head with plate-like, heel and toe side internal stiffeners is disclosed herein. Each stiffener has a planar portion extending approximately parallel with a portion of the striking face, and is entirely disposed within an interior cavity of the golf club head. The heel side stiffener is connected to top, sole, and heel walls of the club head, with a toe-side edge unconnected to any other portion of the head, and the toe side stiffener is connected to the top, sole, and toe walls of the club head, with a heel-side edge unconnected to any other portion of the head. The toe and heel side edges may have large concavities that distribute mass away from the geometric face center and toward the heel and toe sides of the golf club head.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: Callaway Golf Company
    Inventors: Patrick C. Davis, Michael J. Murphy
  • Patent number: 11403444
    Abstract: A method of optimizing golf club head and golf ball design is disclosed herein. The method includes inputting a RBF for stress, a RBF for CT and a RBF for ball speed into an Adaptive Simulated Annealing algorithm to generate an optimized structure for the club head for ball speed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: Callaway Golf Company
    Inventor: James A. Seluga
  • Patent number: 11400347
    Abstract: A golf ball with improved durability is disclosed herein. The golf ball has a mantle layer comprising a blend of ionomers and methyl methacrylate, butadiene, styrene (MBS) with a weight percentage of MBS ranging from 5 to 15 weight percent of the mantle layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: Callaway Golf Company
    Inventor: Carl Brown
  • Patent number: D958914
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2022
    Assignee: Callaway Golf Company
    Inventors: Augustin W. Rollinson, Wee Joung Kim, Oliver G. Brewer
  • Patent number: D959583
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: Callaway Golf Company
    Inventors: Sean Toulon, Luke Williams, Patrick Dawson, Keith Kingston
  • Patent number: D959584
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: Callaway Golf Company
    Inventors: Sean Toulon, Luke Williams, Patrick Dawson, Gioacchino Glorioso, Eric Stubben, Jim Sotherland
  • Patent number: D960271
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: Callaway Golf Company
    Inventors: Sean Toulon, Luke Williams, Patrick Dawson, Keith Kingston
  • Patent number: D961028
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: Callaway Golf Company
    Inventors: Sean Toulon, Luke Williams, Patrick Dawson, Gioacchino Glorioso
  • Patent number: D1001218
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: Callaway Golf Company
    Inventors: Jason Finley, Ian Barrett, Maeve Moylan, Sarah Ebert