Patents by Inventor Eric Burch

Eric Burch 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: 20220379174
    Abstract: A universal connector for an adjustable golf club is provided. Such a universal connector includes a first member having a head portion and a body portion and having a bore for receiving a terminal end of a shaft. The connector also includes a second member having a bore for receiving a portion of the first member therein. The first member includes a first anti-rotational member and the second member includes a second anti-rotational member. The first and second anti-rotational members are engageable with one another to prevent relative rotation of the first member relative to the second member about a longitudinal axis of the connector. The second member includes a third anti-rotational member, the third anti-rotational member configured to mate with an anti-rotational member of the golf club head to prevent relative rotation of the second member relative to the head.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2022
    Publication date: December 1, 2022
    Applicant: Club-Conex LLC
    Inventor: Eric Burch
  • Patent number: 11426638
    Abstract: A universal connector for an adjustable golf club is provided. Such a universal connector includes a first member having a head portion and a body portion and having a bore for receiving a terminal end of a shaft. The connector also includes a second member having a bore for receiving a portion of the first member therein. The first member includes a first anti-rotational member and the second member includes a second anti-rotational member. The first and second anti-rotational members are engageable with one another to prevent relative rotation of the first member relative to the second member about a longitudinal axis of the connector. The second member includes a third anti-rotational member, the third anti-rotational member configured to mate with an anti-rotational member of the golf club head to prevent relative rotation of the second member relative to the head.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: Club-Conex LLC
    Inventor: Eric Burch
  • Publication number: 20170296882
    Abstract: A universal connector for an adjustable golf club is provided. Such a universal connector includes a first member having a head portion and a body portion and having a bore for receiving a terminal end of a shaft. The connector also includes a second member having a bore for receiving a portion of the first member therein. The first member includes a first anti-rotational member and the second member includes a second anti-rotational member. The first and second anti-rotational members are engageable with one another to prevent relative rotation of the first member relative to the second member about a longitudinal axis of the connector. The second member includes a third anti-rotational member, the third anti-rotational member configured to mate with an anti-rotational member of the golf club head to prevent relative rotation of the second member relative to the head.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2017
    Publication date: October 19, 2017
    Applicant: Club-Conex LLC
    Inventor: Eric Burch
  • Patent number: 9724571
    Abstract: A universal connector for an adjustable golf club is provided. Such a universal connector includes a first member having a head portion and a body portion and having a bore for receiving a terminal end of a shaft. The connector also includes a second member having a bore for receiving a portion of the first member therein. The first member includes a first anti-rotational member and the second member includes a second anti-rotational member. The first and second anti-rotational members are engageable with one another to prevent relative rotation of the first member relative to the second member about a longitudinal axis of the connector. The second member includes a third anti-rotational member, the third anti-rotational member configured to mate with an anti-rotational member of the golf club head to prevent relative rotation of the second member relative to the head.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2017
    Assignee: Club-Conex LLC
    Inventor: Eric Burch
  • Publication number: 20150273285
    Abstract: A universal connector for an adjustable golf club is provided. Such a universal connector includes a first member having a head portion and a body portion and having a bore for receiving a terminal end of a shaft. The connector also includes a second member having a bore for receiving a portion of the first member therein. The first member includes a first anti-rotational member and the second member includes a second anti-rotational member. The first and second anti-rotational members are engageable with one another to prevent relative rotation of the first member relative to the second member about a longitudinal axis of the connector. The second member includes a third anti-rotational member, the third anti-rotational member configured to mate with an anti-rotational member of the golf club head to prevent relative rotation of the second member relative to the head.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2014
    Publication date: October 1, 2015
    Applicant: CLUB-CONEX, INC.
    Inventor: Eric Burch
  • Patent number: 8562454
    Abstract: A connector of a golf club is provided. The connector includes a shaft adapter and a hosel adapter. A compression nut fits over both adapters to secure them against one another. The hosel adapter advantageously fits over the hosel, thereby allowing the bore of the hosel to remain unmodified from its original design. The connector also includes an anti-rotation arrangement to prevent relative rotation between the shaft adapter and the hosel adapter. Further, the tip end of the club shaft passes entirely through the connector and seats within the hosel as it normally would in the absence of the connector. The connector does not surround the tip end of the shaft where it seats in the hosel, giving the club an unaltered feel, despite the inclusion of the connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2013
    Assignee: Club-Conex, Inc.
    Inventor: Eric Burch
  • Publication number: 20120225729
    Abstract: A connector of a golf club is provided. The connector includes a shaft adapter and a hosel adapter. A compression nut fits over both adapters to secure them against one another. The hosel adapter advantageously fits over the hosel, thereby allowing the bore of the hosel to remain unmodified from its original design. The connector also includes an anti-rotation arrangement to prevent relative rotation between the shaft adapter and the hosel adapter. Further, the tip end of the club shaft passes entirely through the connector and seats within the hosel as it normally would in the absence of the connector. The connector does not surround the tip end of the shaft where it seats in the hosel, giving the club an unaltered feel, despite the inclusion of the connector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2011
    Publication date: September 6, 2012
    Applicant: CLUB-CONEX, INC.
    Inventor: Eric Burch
  • Patent number: 8046899
    Abstract: A connector for releasably securing a shaft and a head having a hosel with a bore of standard size. The connector includes a shaft adapter, a hosel adapter, and a compression nut. The shaft adapter has a shaft bore sized to receive the shaft, a first threaded coupling member, and a axial shaft. The hosel adapter has a hosel bore and a main body portion. The hosel bore is sized to receive the axial shaft. The compression nut has a second coupling member. The shaft is secured within the shaft bore and the main body portion is secured within the bore of the hosel using an adhesive and the axial shaft is inserted within the hosel bore. Thereafter, the compression nut is rotated to couple the first and second coupling members together thereby securing the shaft and head together without the shaft being received within the bore of the hosel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2011
    Assignee: Club-Conex, Inc.
    Inventor: Eric Burch
  • Publication number: 20110086724
    Abstract: A connector for releasably securing a shaft and a head having a hosel with a bore of standard size. The connector includes a shaft adapter, a hosel adapter, and a compression nut. The shaft adapter has a shaft bore sized to receive the shaft, a first threaded coupling member, and a axial shaft. The hosel adapter has a hosel bore and a main body portion. The hosel bore is sized to receive the axial shaft. The compression nut has a second coupling member. The shaft is secured within the shaft bore and the main body portion is secured within the bore of the hosel using an adhesive and the axial shaft is inserted within the hosel bore. Thereafter, the compression nut is rotated to couple the first and second coupling members together thereby securing the shaft and head together without the shaft being received within the bore of the hosel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2010
    Publication date: April 14, 2011
    Inventor: Eric Burch
  • Patent number: 7857709
    Abstract: A connector for releasably securing a shaft and a head having a hosel with a bore of standard size. The connector includes a shaft adapter, a hosel adapter, and a compression nut. The shaft adapter has a shaft bore sized to receive the shaft, a first threaded coupling member, and a axial shaft. The hosel adapter has a hosel bore and a main body portion. The hosel bore is sized to receive the axial shaft. The compression nut has a second coupling member. The shaft is secured within the shaft bore and the main body portion is secured within the bore of the hosel using an adhesive and the axial shaft is inserted within the hosel bore. Thereafter, the compression nut is rotated to couple the first and second coupling members together thereby securing the shaft and head together without the shaft being received within the bore of the hosel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2010
    Inventor: Eric Burch
  • Publication number: 20090181792
    Abstract: A connector for releasably securing a shaft and a head having a hosel with a bore of standard size. The connector includes a shaft adapter, a hosel adapter, and a compression nut. The shaft adapter has a shaft bore sized to receive the shaft, a first threaded coupling member, and a axial shaft. The hosel adapter has a hosel bore and a main body portion. The hosel bore is sized to receive the axial shaft. The compression nut has a second coupling member. The shaft is secured within the shaft bore and the main body portion is secured within the bore of the hosel using an adhesive and the axial shaft is inserted within the hosel bore. Thereafter, the compression nut is rotated to couple the first and second coupling members together thereby securing the shaft and head together without the shaft being received within the bore of the hosel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2009
    Publication date: July 16, 2009
    Inventor: Eric Burch
  • Publication number: 20080107843
    Abstract: A printing arrangement can include an ink-receiving coating applied to a media substrate, the ink-receiving coating having a coating thickness being configured to have a concentration gradient relative to the thickness. In the concentration gradient, the concentration of a cationic agent is greater in a center region of the ink-receiving coating relative to an upper region and a lower region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2008
    Publication date: May 8, 2008
    Inventors: Eric Burch, Douglas Knight
  • Publication number: 20070259775
    Abstract: Methods of polymerizing polyethylene-based polymers on a support, and supports coated with polyethylene-based polymers. The coated supports may be used to improve the ink fixation properties of an ink-jet printing medium. The coated supports may also be useful for highly tailored chromatographic separations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2007
    Publication date: November 8, 2007
    Inventors: Eric Burch, James Stoffer, Thomas Schuman
  • Publication number: 20070218254
    Abstract: A non-absorbing barrier layer for photographic printing paper includes a non-polyolefin resin. A photographic printing paper includes a base substrate; a image receiving layer and a barrier layer comprising a non-polyolefin resin coated on the base substrate. A method of making a photographic printing paper includes coating a barrier layer comprising a non-polyolefin resin on a base substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2006
    Publication date: September 20, 2007
    Inventors: Xiaoqi Zhou, Tao Chen, Silke Courtenay, Eric Burch
  • Publication number: 20070173344
    Abstract: A golf shaft mount for use in assembling a golf club, which includes a golf club shaft and a golf club head forming a hosel, is provided. The golf shaft mount comprises a hosel adapter and a shaft sleeve. The hosel adapter has a first connector and a reduced diameter portion. The reduced diameter portion is interposed between a shoulder and a stub shaft. The hosel adapter is insertable in the hosel and securable to the golf club head. The shaft sleeve has a bore axially formed therein and a central portion. The central portion is interposed between a seating flange and a second connector. The golf club shaft is securable in the bore. The first connector and the second connector are mated until the seating flange abuts the hosel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2007
    Publication date: July 26, 2007
    Inventor: Eric Burch
  • Patent number: 7207897
    Abstract: A connector used to assemble a golf club. The connector includes a shaft mount having bore and a first connector and a head mount having a shaft and a second connector. The bore is sized to mate with and secure the golf club shaft while the shaft is sized to mate with and secure the golf club head. First threads, formed on the first interchangeable connector, and second threads, formed on the second interchangeable connector, are of a common or universal size. The first threads on the first interchangeable connector and the second threads on the second interchangeable are threadably mateable to connect the shaft mount and the head mount together even though the bore and the shaft may each be one of a plurality of different sizes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2007
    Inventors: Eric Burch, Michael Tolmie
  • Publication number: 20060254916
    Abstract: One microfluidic device of the present invention includes a substrate having a surface and a depression formed in the surface of the substrate. The microfluidic device further includes a detectable marker in the depression and a coating covering the surface. Methods of producing and using the microfluidic device are further described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2005
    Publication date: November 16, 2006
    Inventors: Juan Hernandez, Eric Burch, Gary Larson
  • Publication number: 20060246239
    Abstract: In one aspect of the present system and method, an ink receiving substrate includes a photobase layer, a layer of inorganic oxide dispensed on the photobase layer, and a layer of colloidal inorganic oxide formed on the layer of inorganic oxide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2005
    Publication date: November 2, 2006
    Inventors: Tienteh Chen, Eric Burch
  • Publication number: 20060177608
    Abstract: A printing arrangement can include an ink-receiving coating applied to a media substrate, the ink-receiving coating having a coating thickness being configured to have a concentration gradient relative to the thickness. In the concentration gradient, the concentration of a cationic agent is greater in a center region of the ink-receiving coating relative to an upper region and a lower region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2005
    Publication date: August 10, 2006
    Inventors: Eric Burch, Douglas Knight
  • Patent number: 7066010
    Abstract: A system and method of hydrostatic testing a pipeline that is not in service, according to which the pipeline is hydrostatically pressurized and a portable remote telemetry unit is temporarily connected to the pipeline for measuring variables corresponding to the hydrostatic pressurization. Data corresponding to the variable measurements is transmitted to a central location and the portable remote telemetry unit is disconnected from the pipeline.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2006
    Assignee: Milbar Hydro-Test, Inc.
    Inventors: Layton Bryant, Eric Burch