Patents by Inventor Joseph Andrew Hoffman

Joseph Andrew Hoffman 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).

  • GOLF CLUB HEAD
    Publication number: 20240139592
    Abstract: A golf club head having a flexible channel to improve the performance of the club head, and a channel tuning system to reduce undesirable club head characteristics introduced, or heightened, via the flexible channel. The channel tuning system includes a sole engaging channel tuning element in contact with the sole and the channel. The club head may include an aerodynamic configuration, as well as a body tuning system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2023
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Applicant: Taylor Made Golf Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Jason Andrew Mata, Joseph Henry Hoffman, Bradley Poston, Matthew David Johnson, Mark Vincent Greaney
  • Light guide with protective outer sleeve
    Patent number: 6621973
    Abstract: An illumination device including a light guide 22 surrounded by a protective sleeve 24. The light guide 22 is hollow and includes a cylindrical wall 26 having a structured outer surface 28 and a smooth inner surface 30. Light release structures are provided to reflect or refract light through the cylindrical wall 26 of the light guide 22. In certain embodiments, the protective sleeve is bonded to the light guide. Rigid fixtures can be used to retain the light guide in elastically deformed, non-cylindrical cross-sectional shapes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2003
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventor: Joseph Andrew Hoffman
  • Illumination device
    Patent number: 6612729
    Abstract: An illumination device including a light guide 22 surrounded by a protective sleeve 24. The light guide 22 is hollow and includes a cylindrical wall 26 having a structured outer surface 28 and a smooth inner surface 30. Release structures are provided to reflect or refract light through the cylindrical wall 26 of the light guide 22.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2003
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventor: Joseph Andrew Hoffman