Patents by Inventor Akinori Sasamoto

Akinori Sasamoto 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: 11439876
    Abstract: A golf club head includes a club head main body and a crown. The club head main body includes a main portion, and a receiving portion connected to the main portion. The main portion has an outer shell surface, and an upright side wall surface interconnecting the outer shell surface and the receiving portion. The crown includes a covering portion, and a protrusion protruding upwardly from an outer periphery of the covering portion, adjoining the side wall surface, and having a to-be-ground surface flushing with the outer shell surface. A height difference between the protrusion and the covering portion prevents the covering portion from being ground.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: ADVANCED INTERNATIONAL MULTITECH CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Akinori Sasamoto, Ming Fu Su, Chun-Hao Huang
  • Publication number: 20200086187
    Abstract: A golf club head and a method for manufacturing the same are provided. The golf club head includes a club head body and a striking face unit. The club head body includes a main body and a coupling portion extending from the main body, defining an opening, and having an end that is concaved toward the main body to form an engaging recess. The striking face unit has a connecting portion and covers the opening. The connecting portion is inserted into the engaging recess of the coupling portion and is connected to the club head body. The club head body is made of a first metal material and the connecting portion is made of a second metal material having a melting point higher than that of the first metal material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2019
    Publication date: March 19, 2020
    Inventors: AKINORI SASAMOTO, TE-FU HSIAO, MING-FU SU, MIN-TSUNG CHEN
  • Publication number: 20200030673
    Abstract: A golf club head includes a striking plate, a base block, a connecting unit and a bottom plate. The striking plate includes a bottom end and a top end. The base block is disposed separately from and extending away from the bottom end of the striking plate. The connecting unit is connected to the striking plate and the base block. The bottom plate is formed as a separate piece from the striking plate and the base block, and is connected to the bottom end of the striking plate and the base block. The base block and the bottom plate cooperatively form a sole portion of the golf club head and define a recess therebetween.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2018
    Publication date: January 30, 2020
    Inventors: Akinori SASAMOTO, Ming-Fu SU
  • Publication number: 20070129162
    Abstract: A golf club head with elastic weighted part is provided, which includes a body and an elastic weighted part. The body has a striking surface, and the elastic weighted part is fixed in the body, so as to have both vibration absorption effect and weighting effect, thereby effectively increasing the overall vibration absorption effect of the golf club head, increasing the additional value of the golf club head, and providing users with diversified selectivity and convenience, which are different from that of the conventional golf club head.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2006
    Publication date: June 7, 2007
    Inventors: Yu-Jui Pan, Akinori Sasamoto
  • Patent number: 7025117
    Abstract: A golf club head of the present invention. A cast head body 31 is constituted by a hollow outer shell. Said hollow outer shell define a top portion 35, a sole portion 37, a heel wall 45, a toe portion 39 and a face opening portion 33. A shaft securing portion 43 is formed adjacent to the heel wall and extended from the top portion to the sole portion. And a first hollow portion 47 is formed between the shaft securing portion and the heel wall of the head body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2006
    Assignee: Daiwa Seiko, Inc.
    Inventors: Harunobu Kusumoto, Akinori Sasamoto
  • Patent number: 6926616
    Abstract: A golf club head of the present invention. A cast head body 31 is constituted by a hollow outer shell. Said hollow outer shell define a top portion 35, a sole portion 37, a heel wall 45, a toe portion 39 and a face opening portion 33. A shaft securing portion 43 is formed adjacent to the heel wall and extended from the top portion to the sole portion. And a first hollow portion 47 is formed between the shaft securing portion and the heel wall of the head body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2005
    Assignee: Daiwa Seiko, Inc.
    Inventors: Harunobu Kusumoto, Akinori Sasamoto
  • Publication number: 20020187849
    Abstract: A golf club head of the present invention. A cast head body 31 is constituted by a hollow outer shell. Said hollow outer shell define a top portion 35, a sole portion 37, a heel wall 45, a toe portion 39 and a face opening portion 33. A shaft securing portion 43 is formed adjacent to the heel wall and extended from the top portion to the sole portion. And a first hollow portion 47 is formed between the shaft securing portion and the heel wall of the head body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2002
    Publication date: December 12, 2002
    Applicant: DAIWA SEIKO, INC.
    Inventors: Harunobu Kusumoto, Akinori Sasamoto
  • Patent number: 6402637
    Abstract: A golf club head which can be reduced in its thickness with no fear of impairing the durability and strength of the club head. A face portion of the golf club head is configured such that the vertical dimension of the face portion is smaller than the horizontal dimension thereof, and the face portion is arranged so as to satisfy any of the following conditions: 1) the longitudinal direction of crystal grains of a material of the face portion is oriented in the vertical direction of the face portion; 2) the direction in which the material exhibits a large ductile amount at the time of breaking is oriented in said vertical direction; and 3) the direction in which the material exhibits a large ratio of ductility per unit length is oriented in said vertical direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2002
    Assignee: Daiwa Seiko, Inc.
    Inventors: Akinori Sasamoto, Harunobu Kusumoto, Atsushi Matsuo, Yasuto Imai
  • Patent number: 6193614
    Abstract: A golf club head which can be reduced in its thickness with no fear of impairing the durability and strength of the club head. A face portion of the golf club head is configured such that the vertical dimension of the face portion is smaller than the horizontal dimension thereof, and the face portion is arranged so as to satisfy any of the following conditions: 1) the longitudinal direction of crystal grains of a material of the face portion is oriented in the vertical direction of the face portion; 2) the direction in which the material exhibits a large ductile amount at the time of breaking is oriented in said vertical direction; and 3) the direction in which the material exhibits a large ratio of ductility per unit length is oriented in said vertical direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 1998
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2001
    Assignee: Daiwa Seiko, Inc.
    Inventors: Akinori Sasamoto, Harunobu Kusumoto, Atsushi Matsuo, Yasuto Imai
  • Patent number: 5348302
    Abstract: A golf club head includes: a hosel portion for connection with a shaft; and a base metal body formed integrally with the hosel portion by a metal material so as to continue to the hosel portion, the base metal body being constituted by a sole portion, a top portion and a space portion formed between the sole portion and the top portion and filled with a filling member, the sole portion and the top portion being formed so as to be substantially equal in weight to each other, the space portion being placed in a sweet-spot corresponding position so that the space portion corresponds to a sweet spot, the filling member being formed by a material smaller in specific gravity than the base metal body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 1992
    Date of Patent: September 20, 1994
    Assignee: Daiwa Golf Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Akinori Sasamoto, Yuichi Aizawa