Patents by Inventor Jake GRENIER

Jake GRENIER 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: 20250010147
    Abstract: A golf club head includes a striking face having a face center and defining a face plane, a virtual vertical center plane perpendicular to the face plane and passing through the face center, a sole portion, a top portion, a heel portion, a toe portion, a hosel configured to receive a shaft, and a loft, L, no less than 39°. A center of gravity is spaced toe-ward from the vertical center plane by a distance, Dt, of greater than 0.0 mm. A moment of inertia, Iyy, measured about an axis extending in a heel to toe direction, parallel with a ground plane, passes through the center of gravity such that Iyy is no less than 1150 g·cm2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2023
    Publication date: January 9, 2025
    Applicant: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Jacob LAMBETH, Pat RIPP, Rick FILLON, Jake GRENIER
  • Publication number: 20240316417
    Abstract: A golf club head includes a loft no less than 40 degrees; a striking face; a virtual center plane that is vertical and perpendicular to a virtual striking face plane and includes a face center; a rear face; and a recess. The recess extends in a heel-to-toe direction along an upper sole surface and has a depth that varies in the heel-to-toe direction such that a first depth corresponds with a first location heel-ward of the face center and a second depth corresponds with a second location toe-ward of the face center, the first depth being no less than 10 mm and greater than the second depth by at least 5 mm. An insert is received in the recess. And a center of gravity of the golf club head is spaced no greater than 5.0 mm from the virtual center plane measured in the heel-to-toe direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2024
    Publication date: September 26, 2024
    Applicant: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Jake GRENIER, Phillip SEAGRAM, Joseph CHEN, Dustin BREKKE
  • Patent number: 12017124
    Abstract: A golf club head includes a loft no less than 40 degrees; a striking face; a virtual center plane that is vertical and perpendicular to a virtual striking face plane and includes a face center; a rear face; and a recess. The recess extends in a heel-to-toe direction along an upper sole surface and has a depth that varies in the heel-to-toe direction such that a first depth corresponds with a first location heel-ward of the face center and a second depth corresponds with a second location toe-ward of the face center, the first depth being no less than 10 mm and greater than the second depth by at least 5 mm. An insert is received in the recess. And a center of gravity of the golf club head is spaced no greater than 5.0 mm from the virtual center plane measured in the heel-to-toe direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2024
    Assignee: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Jake Grenier, Phillip Seagram, Joseph Chen, Dustin Brekke
  • Publication number: 20230372785
    Abstract: A golf club head includes a center of gravity spaced less than 5 mm from a vertical center plane that is perpendicular to a striking face plane and extends through a striking face center. The golf club head also includes a first component having a first melting point and a first density and a second component having a second melting point higher than the first melting point and a second density less than the first density. And the second component (i) is at least partially encapsulated by the first component, (ii) extends into a hosel portion below a hosel bore, and (iii) has a mass less than about 5 g.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2023
    Publication date: November 23, 2023
    Applicant: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Dustin BREKKE, Jacob LAMBETH, Jake GRENIER, Joseph CHEN
  • Patent number: 11752398
    Abstract: A golf club head includes a center of gravity spaced less than 5 mm from a vertical center plane that is perpendicular to a striking face plane and extends through a striking face center. The golf club head also includes a first component having a first melting point and a first density and a second component having a second melting point higher than the first melting point and a second density less than the first density. And the second component (i) is at least partially encapsulated by the first component, (ii) extends into a hosel portion below a hosel bore, and (iii) has a mass less than about 5 g.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Dustin Brekke, Jacob Lambeth, Jake Grenier, Joseph Chen
  • Publication number: 20220001251
    Abstract: A golf club head includes a loft no less than 40 degrees; a striking face; a virtual center plane that is vertical and perpendicular to a virtual striking face plane and includes a face center; a rear face; and a recess. The recess extends in a heel-to-toe direction along an upper sole surface and has a depth that varies in the heel-to-toe direction such that a first depth corresponds with a first location heel-ward of the face center and a second depth corresponds with a second location toe-ward of the face center, the first depth being no less than 10 mm and greater than the second depth by at least 5 mm. An insert is received in the recess. And a center of gravity of the golf club head is spaced no greater than 5.0 mm from the virtual center plane measured in the heel-to-toe direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2021
    Publication date: January 6, 2022
    Applicant: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Jake GRENIER, Phillip SEAGRAM, Joseph CHEN, Dustin BREKKE
  • Publication number: 20210387060
    Abstract: A golf club head includes a center of gravity spaced less than 5 mm from a vertical center plane that is perpendicular to a striking face plane and extends through a striking face center. The golf club head also includes a first component having a first melting point and a first density and a second component having a second melting point higher than the first melting point and a second density less than the first density. And the second component (i) is at least partially encapsulated by the first component, (ii) extends into a hosel portion below a hosel bore, and (iii) has a mass less than about 5 g.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2021
    Publication date: December 16, 2021
    Applicant: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Dustin BREKKE, Jacob LAMBETH, Jake GRENIER, Joseph CHEN
  • Patent number: 11148018
    Abstract: A golf club head includes a loft no less than 40 degrees; a striking face; a virtual center plane that is vertical and perpendicular to a virtual striking face plane and includes a face center; a rear face; and a recess. The recess extends in a heel-to-toe direction along an upper sole surface and has a depth that varies in the heel-to-toe direction such that a first depth corresponds with a first location heel-ward of the face center and a second depth corresponds with a second location toe-ward of the face center, the first depth being no less than 10 mm and greater than the second depth by at least 5 mm. An insert is received in the recess. And a center of gravity of the golf club head is spaced no greater than 5.0 mm from the virtual center plane measured in the heel-to-toe direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Jake Grenier, Phillip C. Seagram, Joseph Chen, Dustin Brekke
  • Patent number: 11130023
    Abstract: A golf club head includes a center of gravity spaced less than 5 mm from a vertical center plane that is perpendicular to a striking face plane and extends through a striking face center. The golf club head also includes a first component having a first melting point and a first density and a second component having a second melting point higher than the first melting point and a second density less than the first density. And the second component (i) is at least partially encapsulated by the first component, (ii) extends into a hosel portion below a hosel bore, and (iii) has a mass less than about 5 g.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Assignee: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Dustin Brekke, Jacob Lambeth, Jake Grenier, Joseph Chen
  • Publication number: 20200353321
    Abstract: A golf club head includes a loft no less than 40 degrees; a striking face; a virtual center plane that is vertical and perpendicular to a virtual striking face plane and includes a face center; a rear face; and a recess. The recess extends in a heel-to-toe direction along an upper sole surface and has a depth that varies in the heel-to-toe direction such that a first depth corresponds with a first location heel-ward of the face center and a second depth corresponds with a second location toe-ward of the face center, the first depth being no less than 10 mm and greater than the second depth by at least 5 mm. An insert is received in the recess. And a center of gravity of the golf club head is spaced no greater than 5.0 mm from the virtual center plane measured in the heel-to-toe direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2020
    Publication date: November 12, 2020
    Applicant: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Jake GRENIER, Phillip C. SEAGRAM, Joseph CHEN, Dustin BREKKE