Patents by Inventor Alan Hocknell

Alan Hocknell 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: 20250213939
    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).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2025
    Publication date: July 3, 2025
    Applicant: Acushnet Company
    Inventors: Daniel G. Chelius, Richard L. Cleghorn, Hiroshi Kawaguchi, Alan Hocknell, Ryuichi Sugimae, Peter Larsen
  • Patent number: 12343600
    Abstract: A golf club head with a sole having a low stiffness compliance zone, which allows the face to deflect downward upon impact with a golf ball, is disclosed herein. The compliance zone comprises a plurality of through openings that are filled with one or more filler pieces comprising a low modulus material, all of which are located within three inches of a face section measured along a front-to-back axis of the golf club head.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2025
    Assignee: Topgolf Callaway Brands Corp.
    Inventors: Irina Ivanova, Brandon D. DeMille, Alan Hocknell, William C. Watson, Timothy G. Scott, Romulus M. Tomimbang, Justin Del Rosario
  • Publication number: 20250128131
    Abstract: A system for generating a putter fitting recommendation includes a processor; and a memory storing instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations including: receiving ball shot data for each of at least one putt, the ball shot data including path angle data and at least one of ball speed data or path length data, generating, based on the ball shot data, at least one simulated ball shot data, the simulated ball shot data including simulated path angle data and at least one of simulated ball speed data or simulated path length data; plotting at least one simulated putt onto a virtual hole respectively based on the at least one simulated ball shot data; determining, for each of the at least one simulated putt, simulated shot-made data; and generating, based on the simulated putt and simulated shot-made data, a putter fitting recommendation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2024
    Publication date: April 24, 2025
    Inventors: Gregory D. Johnson, Alan Hocknell, Parker Rosquist
  • Publication number: 20250001266
    Abstract: A golf club head having a laser-generated features to create contrast on the club face of the golf club head. The club face includes a central region, a toe region, and a heel region. The central region includes a first plurality of laser-generated features that provide a height-intersection coverage of the central region, a width-intersection coverage of the central region, and a surface-area coverage of the central region. The laser-generated features increase the surface roughness value of the external surface of the club face by imparting micro-grooves that have an average groove depths of between about 45 ?m and about 60 ?m.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2024
    Publication date: January 2, 2025
    Applicant: Acushnet Company
    Inventors: Uday V. Deshmukh, Charles E. Golden, Alan Hocknell, Taylor F. Linkenhelt, Stephanie Luttrell
  • Patent number: 12109460
    Abstract: A golf club head having a laser-generated features to create contrast on the club face of the golf club head. The club face includes a central region, a toe region, and a heel region. The central region includes a first plurality of laser-generated features that provide a height-intersection coverage of the central region, a width-intersection coverage of the central region, and a surface-area coverage of the central region. The laser-generated features increase the surface roughness value of the external surface of the club face by imparting micro-grooves that have an average groove depths of between about 45 ?m and about 60 ?m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2024
    Assignee: Acushnet Company
    Inventors: Uday V. Deshmukh, Charles E. Golden, Alan Hocknell, Taylor F. Linkenhelt, Stephanie Luttrell
  • Patent number: 12102891
    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: November 7, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Assignee: Topgolf Callaway Brands Corp.
    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
  • Publication number: 20240115909
    Abstract: A golf club head having a laser-generated features to create contrast on the club face of the golf club head. The club face includes a central region, a toe region, and a heel region. The central region includes a first plurality of laser-generated features that provide a height-intersection coverage of the central region, a width-intersection coverage of the central region, and a surface-area coverage of the central region. The laser-generated features increase the surface roughness value of the external surface of the club face by imparting micro-grooves that have an average groove depths of between about 45 ?m and about 60 ?m.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2023
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Applicant: Acushnet Company
    Inventors: Uday V. Deshmukh, Charles E. Golden, Alan Hocknell, Taylor F. Linkenhelt, Stephanie Luttrell
  • Publication number: 20240075352
    Abstract: A golf club head with a sole having a low stiffness compliance zone, which allows the face to deflect downward upon impact with a golf ball, is disclosed herein. The compliance zone comprises a plurality of through openings that are filled with one or more filler pieces comprising a low modulus material, all of which are located within three inches of a face section measured along a front-to-back axis of the golf club head.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2023
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Applicant: Topgolf Callaway Brands Corp.
    Inventors: Irina Ivanova, Brandon D. DeMille, Alan Hocknell, William C. Watson, Timothy G. Scott, Romulus M. Tomimbang, Justin Del Rosario
  • Publication number: 20240075354
    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: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2023
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Applicant: Topgolf Callaway Brands Corp.
    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
  • Publication number: 20240033599
    Abstract: A system for generating a fitting recommendation includes: at least one processor; and a memory storing instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to perform operations including: receiving ball flight data for each of a plurality of golf shots taken with a first golf club, plotting, for each of the plurality of golf shots, the ball flight data onto each of at least one virtual golf hole, respectively corresponding to at least one real golf hole, to generate at least one hole position data respectively on the at least one virtual golf holes for the golf shot, and generating, based on the plurality of hole position data on each of the at least one virtual golf holes, a first golf club recommendation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2023
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Inventors: Gregory D. Johnson, Alan Hocknell
  • Patent number: 11813504
    Abstract: A golf club head with a sole having a low stiffness compliance zone, which allows the face to deflect downward upon impact with a golf ball, is disclosed herein. The compliance zone comprises a plurality of through openings that are filled with one or more filler pieces comprising a low modulus material, all of which are located within three inches of a face section measured along a front-to-back axis of the golf club head.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: Topgolf Callaway Brands Corp.
    Inventors: Alan Hocknell, Brandon D. DeMille, Irina Ivanova, William C. Watson, Timothy G. Scott, Romulus M. Tomimbang, Justin Del Rosario
  • Patent number: 11806587
    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: September 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: Topgolf Callaway Brands Corp.
    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
  • Publication number: 20230277903
    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: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2022
    Publication date: September 7, 2023
    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
  • Publication number: 20230105620
    Abstract: A golf club head with a sole having a low stiffness compliance zone, which allows the face to deflect downward upon impact with a golf ball, is disclosed herein. The compliance zone comprises a plurality of through openings that are filled with one or more filler pieces comprising a low modulus material, all of which are located within three inches of a face section measured along a front-to-back axis of the golf club head.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2022
    Publication date: April 6, 2023
    Inventors: Alan Hocknell, Brandon D. DeMille, Irina Ivanova, William C. Watson, Timothy G. Scott, Romulus M. Tomimbang, Justin Del Rosario
  • 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
  • Publication number: 20210370144
    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: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2021
    Publication date: December 2, 2021
    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: D928258
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: Callaway Golf Company
    Inventors: Alan Hocknell, David Bartels, Petra Petrich
  • Patent number: D931390
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: Callaway Golf Company
    Inventors: David Bartels, Alan Hocknell, Petra Petrich
  • Patent number: D933145
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: Callaway Golf Company
    Inventors: David Bartels, Alan Hocknell, Petra Petrich
  • Patent number: D944347
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: Callaway Golf Company
    Inventors: Alan Hocknell, David Bartels, Petra Petrich