Patents by Inventor Christopher D. Harvell

Christopher D. Harvell 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: 8784233
    Abstract: A golf club head with improved striking face performance is disclosed herein. More specifically, the present invention discloses a golf club head having a thickened central region surrounded by an internal and an external transition region; wherein the thickened central region has an inner perimeter that takes on a shape that substantially resembles the shape of an outer perimeter of the striking face of the golf club head.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2014
    Assignee: Acushnet Company
    Inventors: John Morin, Noah de la Cruz, Christopher D. Harvell, Thomas O. Bennett
  • Patent number: 8747248
    Abstract: A golf club incorporating an interchangeable shaft system includes a shaft, a shaft sleeve, a club head. The shaft sleeve is coupled to an end of the shaft and is received in a hosel included in the club head. The shaft sleeve is removably coupled to the club head. Hosel and shaft sleeve alignment features provide discrete orientations between the shaft and club head.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2014
    Assignee: Acushnet Company
    Inventors: Christopher D. Harvell, Stephen S. Murphy
  • Patent number: 8715109
    Abstract: A more efficient triangular shape for metal wood clubs or driver clubs is disclosed. This triangular shape allows the clubs to have higher rotational moments of inertia in both the vertical and horizontal directions, and a lower center of gravity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2014
    Assignee: Acushnet Company
    Inventors: Thomas Orrin Bennett, Charles E. Golden, Christopher D. Harvell, Stephen S. Murphy, Daniel Stone
  • Publication number: 20140106901
    Abstract: A golf club head is provided with a body that has an address position with a zero degree bounce portion on the sole and a center sole position with a multi-relief surface of the sole having a negative bounce portion. The negative bounce portion may comprise a negative 0.5 to a negative 4.0 degree surface. In one embodiment, the multi-relief surface may comprise the negative bounce portion and a cutaway portion extending to the back of the sole, which may have a depth of about 0.05 to 0.5 inch from a regular sole surface. In another embodiment, the golf club head includes a weight system to adjust the center of gravity. In one embodiment, the weight system is a tube having a weight at one end that may be inserted into the golf club head to move the center of gravity at least forward and backward within 6 mm and up and down within 6 mm. Preferably, the tube is angled downward toward the face by at least 3 degrees.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2013
    Publication date: April 17, 2014
    Applicant: Acushnet Company
    Inventors: Thomas Orrin Bennett, Michael Scott Burnett, Daniel S. Callinan, Christopher D. Harvell, Jeffrey W. Meyer, Stephen S. Murphy
  • Publication number: 20140106896
    Abstract: A golf club head is provided with a body that has an address position with a zero degree bounce portion on the sole and a center sole position with a multi-relief surface of the sole having a negative bounce portion. The negative bounce portion may comprise a negative 0.5 to a negative 4.0 degree surface. In one embodiment, the multi-relief surface may comprise the negative bounce portion and a cutaway portion extending to the back of the sole, which may have a depth of about 0.05 to 0.5 inch from a regular sole surface. In another embodiment, the golf club head includes a weight system to adjust the center of gravity. In one embodiment, the weight system is a tube having a weight at one end that may be inserted into the golf club head to move the center of gravity at least forward and backward within 6 mm and up and down within 6 mm. Preferably, the tube is angled downward toward the face by at least 3 degrees.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2013
    Publication date: April 17, 2014
    Applicant: Acushnet Company
    Inventors: Thomas Orrin Bennett, Michael Scott Burnett, Daniel S. Callinan, Christopher D. Harvell, Jeffrey W. Meyer, Stephen S. Murphy
  • Publication number: 20140073448
    Abstract: A device designed for modifying the length of a golf club shaft. The device is a three-piece mechanism with a bottom part bonded into the top end of a tubular golf club shaft, a top part provided within the grip, a threaded screw provided within the top part and threadably connected to the bottom part such that movement of the screw will adjust the distance between the top part and bottom part thereby adjusting the club length. The extension device is hidden within the shaft and grip and does not require a custom grip or shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2012
    Publication date: March 13, 2014
    Inventors: Scott A. Knutson, Thomas Orrin Bennett, Christopher D. Harvell
  • Publication number: 20140051528
    Abstract: A golf club head with improved striking face performance is disclosed herein. More specifically, the present invention discloses a golf club head having a thickened central region surrounded by an internal and an external transition region; wherein the thickened central region has an inner perimeter that takes on a shape that substantially resembles the shape of an outer perimeter of the striking face of the golf club head.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2013
    Publication date: February 20, 2014
    Applicant: Acushnet Company
    Inventors: John Morin, Noah de la Cruz, Christopher D. Harvell, Thomas O. Bennett
  • Patent number: 8622848
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a golf club including a shaft, a club head and several devices for releasably connecting the shaft to the club head.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2014
    Assignee: Acushnet Company
    Inventors: Thomas Orrin Bennett, Michael Scott Burnett, Noah De La Cruz, Charles E. Golden, Christopher D. Harvell, Scott A. Knutson, Stephen S. Murphy, Kenneth C. Scott, Daniel S. Callinan
  • Publication number: 20130344979
    Abstract: A golf club head with an improved Moment of Inertia (MOI) is disclosed herein. More specifically, the present invention relates to a golf club head with a releasable hosel mechanism that is leaner and more lightweight, it allows a significant amount of weight to be saved from the hosel portion of the golf club head and used to improve Center of Gravity (CG) location of the golf club head; which contributes to the improvement of the MOI of the golf club head.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2013
    Publication date: December 26, 2013
    Applicant: Acushnet Company
    Inventors: Charles E. Golden, Christopher D. Harvell
  • Patent number: 8562458
    Abstract: A golf club head with improved striking face performance is disclosed herein. More specifically, the present invention discloses a golf club head having a thickened central region surrounded by an internal and an external transition region; wherein the thickened central region has an inner perimeter that takes on a shape that substantially resembles the shape of an outer perimeter of the striking face of the golf club head.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2013
    Assignee: Acushnet Company
    Inventors: John Morin, Noah de la Cruz, Christopher D. Harvell, Thomas Orrin Bennett
  • Publication number: 20130252759
    Abstract: A more efficient triangular shape for metal wood clubs or driver clubs is disclosed. This triangular shape allows the clubs to have higher rotational moments of inertia in both the vertical and horizontal directions, and a lower center of gravity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2013
    Publication date: September 26, 2013
    Inventors: Thomas Orrin Bennett, Charles E. Golden, Christopher D. Harvell, Stephen S. Murphy, Daniel Stone
  • Patent number: 8535173
    Abstract: A golf club head with an improved Moment of Inertia (MOI) is disclosed herein. More specifically, the present invention relates to a golf club head with a releasable hosel mechanism that is leaner and more lightweight, it allows a significant amount of weight to be saved from the hosel portion of the golf club head and used to improve Center of Gravity (CG) location of the golf club head; which contributes to the improvement of the MOI of the golf club head.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2013
    Assignee: Acushnet Company
    Inventors: Charles E. Golden, Christopher D. Harvell
  • Patent number: 8430764
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a golf club head is presented having a sole with three recessed cavities for attachment to a hosel-bending tool. In another embodiment, a golf club head is presented having a sole that includes one predetermined contact area proximal to the toe edge of the sole. In another embodiment, a golf club head is presented having a sole in which pads of material are incorporated that may be milled to vary the relief of the sole and to modify mass characteristics of the club head. Yet another embodiment presents a golf club head having a body with a cavity to receive a cartridge that has a constant density and weight.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2013
    Assignee: Acushnet Company
    Inventors: Thomas Orrin Bennett, Christopher D. Harvell, Stephen S. Murphy, Eddie G. Perez, Michael Scott Burnett
  • Patent number: 8419569
    Abstract: A more efficient triangular shape for metal wood clubs or driver clubs is disclosed. This triangular shape allows the clubs to have higher rotational moments of inertia in both the vertical and horizontal directions, and a lower center of gravity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2013
    Assignee: Acushnet Company
    Inventors: Thomas Orrin Bennett, Charles E. Golden, Christopher D. Harvell, Stephen S. Murphy, Daniel Stone
  • Patent number: 8409032
    Abstract: A metal wood golf club with a striking face portion made from more than one material is disclosed. More specifically, due to the unique construction of the striking face portion having multiple materials, the present invention utilizes diffusion bonding, liquid interface diffusion, or even super plastic forming techniques to achieve the desirable bond between the more than one material used to form the striking face. The striking face portion is formed by adding a chip insert made from a secondary material that is different from the remainder of the striking face portion substantially near a geometric center of the striking face portion; wherein the secondary material has a higher Young's modulus than the remainder of the striking face portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2013
    Assignee: Acushnet Company
    Inventors: Mark C. Myrhum, Uday V. Deshmukh, Charles E. Golden, John Morin, Nicholas Abbruzzese, Richard L. Cleghorn, Christopher D. Harvell, Steven J. Forshner, Scott A. Knutson
  • Patent number: 8353787
    Abstract: A metal wood golf club head adapted for attachment to a shaft, with a body comprising of a first body portion and a second body portion, each portion constructed of a different density material. Combining a high density material in the first body portion with a low density material in the second body portion, creates an ultra-low center of gravity relative to the geometric face center, resulting in higher launch angles and spin rate ratios. Thickening the lower area of the front face lowers the center of gravity and upwardly shifts the coefficient of restitution to the geometric center of the face.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2013
    Assignee: Acushnet Company
    Inventors: Jeffrey W. Meyer, Christopher D. Harvell, Stephen S. Murphy, Douglas C. Jorgensen
  • Publication number: 20130012333
    Abstract: A golf club head with improved striking face performance is disclosed herein. More specifically, the present invention discloses a golf club head having a thickened central region surrounded by an internal and an external transition region; wherein the thickened central region has an inner perimeter that takes on a shape that substantially resembles the shape of an outer perimeter of the striking face of the golf club head.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2012
    Publication date: January 10, 2013
    Applicant: Acushnet Company
    Inventors: John Morin, Noah DeLaCruz, Christopher D. Harvell, Thomas Orrin Bennett
  • Patent number: D703282
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2014
    Assignee: Cobra Golf Incorporated
    Inventors: Joshua G. Breier, Anthony J. Schomin, III, Jose Miraflor, III, Christopher D. Harvell, Scott H. Moreira
  • Patent number: D708685
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2014
    Assignee: Cobra Golf Incorporated
    Inventors: Christopher D. Harvell, Ryan L. Roach, Cameron J. Day, Douglas E. Roberts, Karl A. Clausen, Sean Tang
  • Patent number: D709150
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: Cobra Golf Incorporated
    Inventors: Cameron J. Day, Christopher D. Harvell, Steven M. Mitzel, Oswaldo Gonzalez, Douglas E. Roberts, Sean Tang