Patents by Inventor Alex Power

Alex Power 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: 12383807
    Abstract: A method of joining dissimilar metal, golf club components, and particularly golf club bodies, hosels, and faces, using a projection resistance welding process is disclosed herein. The method may include the step of applying an interlayer material before the projection resistance weld process occurs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2025
    Assignee: Topgolf Callaway Brands Corp.
    Inventors: Alex Power, Joshua D. Westrum
  • Patent number: 12377323
    Abstract: A golf club head with a mitered joint for joining components of dissimilar materials is disclosed herein. The golf club head has a body with an internal edge defining a recess, and a face component having an internal edge. The face component is disposed over the recess. The internal edge of the body and the internal edge of the face have an angle ranging from about 10 degrees to about 80 degrees.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2024
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2025
    Assignee: Topgolf Callaway Brands Corp.
    Inventors: Eric Itokazu, Alex Power, Patrick Davis, Matthew Myers
  • Patent number: 12377322
    Abstract: A golf club head with a mitered joint for joining components of dissimilar materials is disclosed herein. The golf club head has a body with an internal edge defining a recess, and a face component having an internal edge. The face component is disposed over the recess. The internal edge of the body and the internal edge of the face have an angle ranging from about 10 degrees to about 80 degrees.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2024
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2025
    Assignee: Topgolf Callaway Brands Corp.
    Inventors: Eric Itokazu, Alex Power, Patrick Davis, Matthew Myers
  • Patent number: 12357884
    Abstract: Methods of joining dissimilar metal, non-cylindrical golf club components, and particularly golf club bodies and faces, using one or more solid state processes are disclosed herein. One method includes the steps of preparing a first non-cylindrical golf club component made of a first metal material, preparing a second non-cylindrical golf club component made of a second metal material that is different from the first metal material, and affixing the first non-cylindrical golf club component to the second non-cylindrical golf club component along a plane using a solid state joining process. Another method includes the steps of providing a golf club body with a first planar joining surface, providing a golf club face component with a second planar joining surface, and affixing the first planar joining surface to the second planar joining surface via linear friction welding, rotational friction welding, diffusion bonding, or ultrasonic welding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2025
    Assignee: Topgolf Callaway Brands Corp.
    Inventors: Alex Power, Irina Ivanova, Joshua D. Westrum
  • Patent number: 12343604
    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: May 13, 2024
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2025
    Assignee: Topgolf Callaway Brands Corp.
    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: 20250153010
    Abstract: Methods of manufacturing a golf club head comprising 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 comprises 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 comprises 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: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2025
    Publication date: May 15, 2025
    Applicant: Topgolf Callaway Brands Corp.
    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: 20250069288
    Abstract: Disclosed is a computer-implemented method that includes receiving, by one or more processors, a three-dimensional (3D) representation of a user's mouth where the 3D representation is a mesh representation comprising a plurality of surfaces; mapping, by the one or more processors, the 3D representation of the user's mouth into a two-dimensional (2D) space; encoding, one or more 3D surface characteristics of the plurality of surfaces using one or more channels of a 2D representation; applying, by the one or more processors, a machine learning model to the representation of the user's mouth in 2D space, the machine learning model trained to enhance the representation of the user's mouth in 2D space; and mapping, by the one or more processors, the enhanced representation of the user's mouth in 2D space to an enhanced representation of the user's mouth in 3D space using the one or more surface characteristics.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2023
    Publication date: February 27, 2025
    Applicant: SDC U.S. SmilePay SPV
    Inventors: Ryan Amelon, Alex Powers, Tim Wucher
  • Patent number: 12172062
    Abstract: An apparatus for precisely and accurately measuring the loft and lie of a golf club, and a method of using such apparatus, is disclosed herein. The apparatus includes a clamp assembly powered by a pressure unit to immobilize the head of a golf club, a scoreline measurement unit to capture scoreline angle information, loft and lie measurement arrays that can be moved along horizontal y and x axes to capture loft and lie angle information of the golf club shaft, and a computer with an algorithm that uses information captured by the scoreline measurement unit and loft and lie measurement arrays to calculate final loft and lie angle values that are accurate within +/?0.125°.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2024
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignee: Topgolf Callaway Brands Corp.
    Inventors: Alex Power, Dan Marin
  • Patent number: 12157038
    Abstract: A golf club head with a mitered joint for joining components of dissimilar materials is disclosed herein. The golf club head has a body with an internal edge defining a recess, and a face component having an internal edge. The face component is disposed over the recess. The internal edge of the body and the internal edge of the face have an angle ranging from 10 degrees to 45 degrees.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2024
    Assignee: Topgolf Callaway Brands Corp.
    Inventors: Eric Itokazu, Alex Power, Patrick Davis, Matthew Myers
  • Patent number: 12157039
    Abstract: A golf club head with a mitered joint for joining components of dissimilar materials is disclosed herein. The golf club head has a body with an internal edge defining a recess, and a face component having an internal edge. The face component is disposed over the recess. The internal edge of the body and the internal edge of the face have an angle ranging from 10 degrees to 45 degrees.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2024
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2024
    Assignee: Topgolf Callaway Brands Corp.
    Inventors: Eric Itokazu, Alex Power, Patrick Davis, Matthew Myers
  • Patent number: 12109468
    Abstract: A laser mandrel system that self-centers within a hosel bore of a golf club head to allow for precision adjustment of lie and loft is disclosed herein. The mandrel includes a one-piece housing with upper and lower portions, a laser centered within the upper portion of the housing, and a plurality of o-rings extending around an exterior or interior surface of a lower portion of the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2024
    Assignee: Topgolf Callaway Brands Corp.
    Inventor: Alex Power
  • Publication number: 20240293706
    Abstract: Methods of manufacturing a golf club head comprising 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 comprises 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 comprises 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: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2024
    Publication date: September 5, 2024
    Applicant: Topgolf Callaway Brands Corp.
    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
  • Patent number: 11992739
    Abstract: An apparatus for precisely and accurately measuring the loft and lie of a golf club, and a method of using such apparatus, is disclosed herein. The apparatus includes a clamp assembly powered by a pressure unit to immobilize the head of a golf club, a scoreline measurement unit to capture scoreline angle information, loft and lie measurement arrays that can be moved along horizontal y and x axes to capture loft and lie angle information of the golf club shaft, and a computer with an algorithm that uses information captured by the scoreline measurement unit and loft and lie measurement arrays to calculate final loft and lie angle values that are accurate within +/?0.125°.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: Topgolf Callaway Brands Corp.
    Inventors: Alex Power, Dan Marin
  • Patent number: 11982097
    Abstract: A gutter drain includes a hopper with a convex bottom adjustably mated to a socket in the top of a drain tube. The socket is sized and shaped as a negative impression of the convex bottom, except that the depth of the socket is less than the depth of the convex bottom. A downtube from the drain tube is sized to fit into and mate with a vertical drain pipe. The hopper may be positioned and angled flush with a pitched surface of a gutter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: BAPO Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Douglas Alex Powers, II, Dean Baker
  • Patent number: 11980795
    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: March 24, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: Topgolf Callaway Brands Corp.
    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
  • Patent number: 11850483
    Abstract: A method of joining dissimilar metal, golf club components, and particularly golf club bodies, hosels, and faces, using a projection resistance welding process is disclosed herein. The method may include the step of applying an interlayer material before the projection resistance weld process occurs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: Topgolf Callaway Brands Corp.
    Inventors: Alex Power, Joshua D. Westrum
  • Patent number: 11752409
    Abstract: An apparatus for precisely and accurately measuring the loft and lie of a golf club, and a method of using such apparatus, is disclosed herein. The apparatus includes a clamp assembly powered by a pressure unit to immobilize the head of a golf club, a scoreline measurement unit to capture scoreline angle information, loft and lie measurement arrays that can be moved along horizontal y and x axes to capture loft and lie angle information of the golf club shaft, and a computer with an algorithm that uses information captured by the scoreline measurement unit and loft and lie measurement arrays to calculate final loft and lie angle values that are accurate within +/?0.125°.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: Topgolf Callaway Brands Corp.
    Inventors: Alex Power, Dan Marin
  • Publication number: 20230233910
    Abstract: Methods of manufacturing a golf club head comprising 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 comprises 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 comprises 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: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2023
    Publication date: July 27, 2023
    Applicant: Topgolf Callaway Brands Corp.
    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
  • Patent number: 11612790
    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 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: Topgolf Callaway Brands Corp.
    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: 20230046415
    Abstract: A method of joining dissimilar metal, golf club components, and particularly golf club bodies, hosels, and faces, using a projection resistance welding process is disclosed herein. The method may include the step of applying an interlayer material before the projection resistance weld process occurs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2021
    Publication date: February 16, 2023
    Inventors: Alex Power, Joshua D. Westrum