Patents by Inventor Helene Rick
Helene Rick 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).
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Patent number: 8647218Abstract: A golf club including a club head having a club head main body including a hitting face and a face support, and a support extension. The support extension extends between the face support and a back flange to define a lower cavity.Type: GrantFiled: April 16, 2012Date of Patent: February 11, 2014Assignee: Acushnet CompanyInventors: Peter J. Gilbert, Douglas C. Jorgensen, Scott A. Knutson, Helene Rick, Adrian L. Stanescu
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Patent number: 8617002Abstract: A wedge type golf club head with improved performance characteristic is disclosed herein where at least a striking surface of the wedge type golf club head is coated with a polymer coating to decrease the coefficient of friction as well as create a hydrophobic surface to remove dirt and debris. More specifically, the present invention discloses a wedge type golf club head with a hydrophobic polymer coating that creates a contact angle of greater than about 90 degrees as well as decreases the coefficient of friction to be less than about 0.1.Type: GrantFiled: June 24, 2009Date of Patent: December 31, 2013Assignee: Acushnet CompanyInventor: Helene Rick
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Patent number: 8500573Abstract: A golf club head with a hardened striking face portion that improves durability and performance is disclosed. More specifically, the golf club head disclosed may have a martensitic striking face portion that may be at least about 1.3 times harder than the rear portion of the golf club head due to the martensitic crystalline structure of the striking face portion foamed by heating and quenching the striking face portion of the golf club head.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2011Date of Patent: August 6, 2013Assignee: Acushnet CompanyInventor: Helene Rick
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Patent number: 8491405Abstract: The present invention is directed to a modular golf club. In particular, a golf club includes a plurality of components that are removably coupled so that the physical attributes of the golf club head may be tuned. The inventive golf club head includes a body member and at least one of a removable sole member and a removable face member.Type: GrantFiled: April 15, 2010Date of Patent: July 23, 2013Assignee: Acushnet CompanyInventors: Douglas C. Jorgensen, Helene Rick, Ryan L. Roach, Peter L. Soracco, Eddie Perez
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Patent number: 8376873Abstract: A golf club head having a replaceable striking face is disclosed herein. More specifically, the present invention discloses a golf club head where at least a portion of the frontal striking surface of the face is detachable and replaceable to improve performance. A golf club head in accordance with the present invention may generally have a thinned striking face with a thickness of less than about 3.0 mm yielding a golf club head with a larger sweet spot that's greater than 6% of the frontal striking surface; defined as an area of the frontal striking surface having at least 99% of the maximum characteristic time between about 239 microseconds to about 257 microseconds.Type: GrantFiled: November 11, 2009Date of Patent: February 19, 2013Assignee: Acushnet CompanyInventors: Charles E. Golden, John Morin, Helene Rick
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Patent number: 8240021Abstract: The present invention is directed to a golf club head with an improved striking surface. The grooves are machined into the strike surface with tight tolerances using a profiled cutter.Type: GrantFiled: July 20, 2009Date of Patent: August 14, 2012Assignee: Acushnet CompanyInventors: Peter J. Gilbert, Helene Rick, Gregory D. Johnson
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Publication number: 20120202619Abstract: A golf club including a club head having a club head main body including a hitting face and a face support, and a support extension. The support extension extends between the face support and a back flange to define a lower cavity.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 16, 2012Publication date: August 9, 2012Inventors: Peter J. Gilbert, Douglas C. Jorgensen, Scott A. Knutson, Helene Rick, Adrian L. Stanescu
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Patent number: 8210966Abstract: The present invention is directed to a golf club head with an improved striking surface. The grooves are machined into the strike surface with tight tolerances. The grooves may contain a plurality of portions including a first portion that interfaces the striking surface with a variety of configurations.Type: GrantFiled: December 2, 2009Date of Patent: July 3, 2012Assignee: Acushnet CompanyInventors: Peter J. Gilbert, Gregory D. Johnson, Helene Rick
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Patent number: 8157673Abstract: A golf club including a club head having a club head main body including a hitting face and a face support, and a support extension. The support extension extends between the face support and a back flange to define a lower cavity.Type: GrantFiled: December 30, 2008Date of Patent: April 17, 2012Assignee: Acushnet CompanyInventors: Peter J. Gilbert, Douglas C. Jorgensen, Scott A. Knutson, Helene Rick, Adrian L. Stanescu
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Publication number: 20120088600Abstract: A golf club head with a hardened striking face portion that improves durability and performance is disclosed. More specifically, the golf club head disclosed may have a martensitic striking face portion that may be at least about 1.3 times harder than the rear portion of the golf club head due to the martensitic crystalline structure of the striking face portion foamed by heating and quenching the striking face portion of the golf club head.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 30, 2011Publication date: April 12, 2012Inventor: Helene Rick
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Patent number: 8075420Abstract: A golf club head with a hardened striking face portion that improves durability and performance is disclosed. More specifically, the golf club head disclosed may have a martensitic striking face portion that may be at least about 1.3 times harder than the rear portion of the golf club head due to the martensitic crystalline structure of the striking face portion formed by heating and quenching the striking face portion of the golf club head.Type: GrantFiled: June 24, 2009Date of Patent: December 13, 2011Assignee: Acushnet CompanyInventor: Helene Rick
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Publication number: 20110256953Abstract: The present invention is directed to a modular golf club. In particular, golf club includes a plurality of components that are removably coupled so that the physical attributes of the golf club head may be tuned. The inventive golf club head includes a body member and at least one of a removable sole member and a removable face member.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 15, 2010Publication date: October 20, 2011Inventors: Douglas C. Jorgensen, Helene Rick, Ryan L. Roach, Peter L. Soracco, Eddie Perez
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Publication number: 20110111885Abstract: A golf club head having a replaceable striking face is disclosed herein. More specifically, the present invention discloses a golf club head where at least a portion of the frontal striking surface of the face is detachable and replaceable to improve performance. A golf club head in accordance with the present invention may generally have a thinned striking face with a thickness of less than about 3.0 mm yielding a golf club head with a larger sweet spot that's greater than 6% of the frontal striking surface; defined as an area of the frontal striking surface having at least 99% of the maximum characteristic time between about 239 microseconds to about 257 microseconds.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 11, 2009Publication date: May 12, 2011Inventors: Charles E. Golden, John Morin, Helene Rick
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Publication number: 20100331107Abstract: A wedge type golf club head with improved performance characteristic is disclosed herein where at least a striking surface of the wedge type golf club head is coated with a polymer coating to decrease the coefficient of friction as well as create a hydrophobic surface to remove dirt and debris. More specifically, the present invention discloses a wedge type golf club head with a hydrophobic polymer coating that creates a contact angle of greater than about 90 degrees as well as decreases the coefficient of friction to be less than about 0.1.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 24, 2009Publication date: December 30, 2010Inventor: Helene Rick
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Publication number: 20100331108Abstract: A golf club head with a hardened striking face portion that improves durability and performance is disclosed. More specifically, the golf club head disclosed may have a martensitic striking face portion that may be at least about 1.3 times harder than the rear portion of the golf club head due to the martensitic crystalline structure of the striking face portion formed by heating and quenching the striking face portion of the golf club head.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 24, 2009Publication date: December 30, 2010Inventor: Helene Rick
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Publication number: 20100093460Abstract: A set of golf clubs including golf club heads having a progressive effective sole width through the set. The set includes golf club heads having a club head main body including a hitting face and a face support. A portion of the set includes golf club heads having trailing edge sole chamfers that reduce the overall sole width to the effective sole width.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 16, 2009Publication date: April 15, 2010Inventors: Peter J. Gilbert, Douglas C. Jorgensen, Helene Rick, Andrian L. Stanescu
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Publication number: 20100075772Abstract: The present invention is directed to a golf club head with an improved striking surface. The grooves are machined into the strike surface with tight tolerances. The grooves may contain a plurality of portions including a first portion that interfaces the striking surface with a variety of configurations.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 2, 2009Publication date: March 25, 2010Inventors: Peter J. Gilbert, Gregory D. Johnson, Helene Rick
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Publication number: 20090282670Abstract: The present invention is directed to a golf club head with an improved striking surface. The grooves are machined into the strike surface with tight tolerances using a profiled cutter.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 20, 2009Publication date: November 19, 2009Inventors: Peter J. Gilbert, Helene Rick, Gregory D. Johnson
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Publication number: 20090131199Abstract: A golf club including a club head having a club head main body including a hitting face and a face support, and a support extension. The support extension extends between the face support and a back flange to define a lower cavity.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 30, 2008Publication date: May 21, 2009Inventors: Peter J. Gilbert, Douglas C. Jorgensen, Scott A. Knutson, Helene Rick, Adrian L. Stanescu
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Patent number: D601215Type: GrantFiled: October 14, 2008Date of Patent: September 29, 2009Assignee: Acushnet CompanyInventors: Tomas Diaz, Peter J. Gilbert, Douglas C. Jorgensen, Helene Rick, Kongdach Sethapun, Daniel Remington Vehse, John Wooster