Patents by Inventor Joseph H. Hoffman
Joseph H. 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).
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Patent number: 11890516Abstract: Disclosed herein is an iron-type golf club head that comprises a strike plate, an enclosed internal cavity, and a rear aperture formed in a rear wall. The iron-type golf club head also comprises a stiffening plug, within the internal cavity and compressed between the back surface of the strike plate and the rear wall. The stiffening plug is insertable, through a rear aperture, into the internal cavity. The iron-type golf club head further comprises a rear fascia covering the rear aperture and at least a portion of the rear wall. A characteristic time (CT) at a geometric center of the strike face is at least 250 microseconds. A maximum thickness of the strike plate, at the strike face, is less than 3.5 millimeters, inclusive. The strike plate, excluding grooves, has a minimum thickness between 1.1 millimeters and 2.2 millimeters.Type: GrantFiled: July 1, 2022Date of Patent: February 6, 2024Assignee: TAYLOR MADE GOLF COMPANY, INC.Inventors: Scott Taylor, Joseph H. Hoffman, Matthew D. Johnson, Todd Beach
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Publication number: 20230218956Abstract: Disclosed herein is a golf club head that comprises a body. The body comprises a sole portion, a crown portion, a skirt portion, and a face portion, positioned at a forward region of the golf club head, opposite a rearward region of the golf club head, and extending from a toe region to a heel region of the golf club head. At least a portion of the body is made of a titanium alloy. The golf club head also comprises a large weight, coupled to the sole portion of the body and made of a steel alloy. A mass of the large weight is at least 40% of a mass of the portion of the body made of the titanium alloy. A total mass of the large weight and the portion of the body made of the titanium alloy is at least 210 grams.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 8, 2022Publication date: July 13, 2023Inventors: Joseph H. Hoffman, Chris Rollins
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Patent number: 11577130Abstract: Disclosed herein is a golf club head that comprises a body. The body comprises a sole portion, a crown portion, a skirt portion, and a face portion, positioned at a forward region of the golf club head, opposite a rearward region of the golf club head, and extending from a toe region to a heel region of the golf club head. At least a portion of the body is made of a titanium alloy. The golf club head also comprises a large weight, coupled to the sole portion of the body and made of a steel alloy. A mass of the large weight is at least 40% of a mass of the portion of the body made of the titanium alloy. A total mass of the large weight and the portion of the body made of the titanium alloy is at least 210 grams.Type: GrantFiled: August 16, 2021Date of Patent: February 14, 2023Assignee: TAYLOR MADE GOLF COMPANY, INC.Inventors: Joseph H. Hoffman, Chris Rollins
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Publication number: 20220401802Abstract: Disclosed herein is an iron-type golf club head that comprises a strike plate, an enclosed internal cavity, and a rear aperture formed in a rear wall. The iron-type golf club head also comprises a stiffening plug, within the internal cavity and compressed between the back surface of the strike plate and the rear wall. The stiffening plug is insertable, through a rear aperture, into the internal cavity. The iron-type golf club head further comprises a rear fascia covering the rear aperture and at least a portion of the rear wall. A characteristic time (CT) at a geometric center of the strike face is at least 250 microseconds. A maximum thickness of the strike plate, at the strike face, is less than 3.5 millimeters, inclusive. The strike plate, excluding grooves, has a minimum thickness between 1.1 millimeters and 2.2 millimeters.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 1, 2022Publication date: December 22, 2022Inventors: Scott Taylor, Joseph H. Hoffman, Matthew D. Johnson, Todd Beach
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Patent number: 11406882Abstract: Disclosed herein is an iron-type golf club head that comprises a strike plate, an enclosed internal cavity, and a rear aperture formed in a rear wall. The iron-type golf club head also comprises a stiffening plug, within the internal cavity and compressed between the back surface of the strike plate and the rear wall. The stiffening plug is insertable, through a rear aperture, into the internal cavity. The iron-type golf club head further comprises a rear fascia covering the rear aperture and at least a portion of the rear wall. A characteristic time (CT) at a geometric center of the strike face is at least 250 microseconds. A maximum thickness of the strike plate, at the strike face, is less than 3.5 millimeters, inclusive. The strike plate, excluding grooves, has a minimum thickness between 1.1 millimeters and 2.2 millimeters.Type: GrantFiled: May 8, 2020Date of Patent: August 9, 2022Assignee: TAYLOR MADE GOLF COMPANY, INC.Inventors: Scott Taylor, Joseph H. Hoffman, Matthew D. Johnson, Todd Beach
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Publication number: 20220241653Abstract: Disclosed herein is a golf club head that comprises a strike face. The strike face has a central region, defined by a forty millimeter by twenty millimeter rectangular area centered on a center of the strike face and elongated in a heel-to-toe direction. Within the central region, the strike face has a characteristic time (CT) of no more than 257 microseconds. Within the central region, no less than 25% of the strike face has a coefficient of restitution (COR) of at least 0.8. Within the central region, no less than 60% of the strike face has a CT of at least 235 microseconds. Within the central region, no less than 35% of the strike face has a CT of at least 240 microseconds.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 18, 2022Publication date: August 4, 2022Inventors: Joseph H. Hoffman, Matthew D. Johnson, Todd Beach
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Patent number: 11253756Abstract: Disclosed herein is a golf club head that comprises a strike face. The strike face has a central region, defined by a forty millimeter by twenty millimeter rectangular area centered on a center of the strike face and elongated in a heel-to-toe direction. Within the central region, the strike face has a characteristic time (CT) of no more than 257 microseconds. Within the central region, no less than 25% of the strike face has a coefficient of restitution (COR) of at least 0.8. Within the central region, no less than 60% of the strike face has a CT of at least 235 microseconds. Within the central region, no less than 35% of the strike face has a CT of at least 240 microseconds.Type: GrantFiled: May 26, 2020Date of Patent: February 22, 2022Assignee: TAYLOR MADE GOLF COMPANY, INC.Inventors: Joseph H. Hoffman, Matthew D. Johnson, Todd Beach
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Publication number: 20220032136Abstract: Disclosed herein is a golf club head that comprises a body. The body comprises a sole portion, a crown portion, a skirt portion, and a face portion, positioned at a forward region of the golf club head, opposite a rearward region of the golf club head, and extending from a toe region to a heel region of the golf club head. At least a portion of the body is made of a titanium alloy. The golf club head also comprises a large weight, coupled to the sole portion of the body and made of a steel alloy. A mass of the large weight is at least 40% of a mass of the portion of the body made of the titanium alloy. A total mass of the large weight and the portion of the body made of the titanium alloy is at least 210 grams.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 16, 2021Publication date: February 3, 2022Inventors: Joseph H. Hoffman, Chris Rollins
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Patent number: 11117027Abstract: Disclosed herein is a golf club head that comprises a body. The body comprises a sole portion, a crown portion, a skirt portion, and a face portion, positioned at a forward region of the golf club head, opposite a rearward region of the golf club head, and extending from a toe region to a heel region of the golf club head. At least a portion of the body is made of a titanium alloy. The golf club head also comprises a large weight, coupled to the sole portion of the body and made of a steel alloy. A mass of the large weight is at least 40% of a mass of the portion of the body made of the titanium alloy. A total mass of the large weight and the portion of the body made of the titanium alloy is at least 210 grams.Type: GrantFiled: August 11, 2020Date of Patent: September 14, 2021Assignee: TAYLOR MADE GOLF COMPANY, INC.Inventors: Joseph H. Hoffman, Chris Rollins
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Publication number: 20210060393Abstract: Disclosed herein is a golf club head that comprises a body. The body comprises a sole portion, a crown portion, a skirt portion, and a face portion, positioned at a forward region of the golf club head, opposite a rearward region of the golf club head, and extending from a toe region to a heel region of the golf club head. At least a portion of the body is made of a titanium alloy. The golf club head also comprises a large weight, coupled to the sole portion of the body and made of a steel alloy. A mass of the large weight is at least 40% of a mass of the portion of the body made of the titanium alloy. A total mass of the large weight and the portion of the body made of the titanium alloy is at least 210 grams.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 11, 2020Publication date: March 4, 2021Inventors: Joseph H. Hoffman, Chris Rollins
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Publication number: 20200353322Abstract: Disclosed herein is a golf club head that comprises a strike face. The strike face has a central region, defined by a forty millimeter by twenty millimeter rectangular area centered on a center of the strike face and elongated in a heel-to-toe direction. Within the central region, the strike face has a characteristic time (CT) of no more than 257 microseconds. Within the central region, no less than 25% of the strike face has a coefficient of restitution (COR) of at least 0.8. Within the central region, no less than 60% of the strike face has a CT of at least 235 microseconds. Within the central region, no less than 35% of the strike face has a CT of at least 240 microseconds.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 26, 2020Publication date: November 12, 2020Inventors: Joseph H. Hoffman, Matthew D. Johnson, Todd Beach
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Publication number: 20200353325Abstract: Disclosed herein is an iron-type golf club head that comprises a strike plate, an enclosed internal cavity, and a rear aperture formed in a rear wall. The iron-type golf club head also comprises a stiffening plug, within the internal cavity and compressed between the back surface of the strike plate and the rear wall. The stiffening plug is insertable, through a rear aperture, into the internal cavity. The iron-type golf club head further comprises a rear facia covering the rear aperture and at least a portion of the rear wall. A characteristic time (CT) at a geometric center of the strike face is at least 250 microseconds. A maximum thickness of the strike plate, at the strike face, is less than 3.5 millimeters, inclusive. The strike plate, excluding grooves, has a minimum thickness between 1.1 millimeters and 2.2 millimeters.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 8, 2020Publication date: November 12, 2020Inventors: Scott Taylor, Joseph H. Hoffman, Matthew D. Johnson, Todd Beach
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Patent number: 10780326Abstract: Described herein is a golf club head that comprises a body and a face portion. The golf club head further comprises at least one stiffener, at least partially within the interior cavity and directly coupled to the face portion at a location with an x-axis coordinate, of a club head origin coordinate system of the golf club head, greater than 20 mm and less than 50 mm or greater than ?50 mm and less than ?20 mm.Type: GrantFiled: August 6, 2018Date of Patent: September 22, 2020Assignee: TAYLOR MADE GOLF COMPANY, INC.Inventors: Joseph H. Hoffman, Matthew D. Johnson, Todd Beach
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Patent number: 10773135Abstract: Disclosed herein is a golf club head that comprises a body. The body comprises a sole portion, a crown portion, a skirt portion, and a face portion, positioned at a forward region of the golf club head, opposite a rearward region of the golf club head, and extending from a toe region to a heel region of the golf club head. At least a portion of the body is made of a titanium alloy. The golf club head also comprises a large weight, coupled to the sole portion of the body and made of a steel alloy. A mass of the large weight is at least 40% of a mass of the portion of the body made of the titanium alloy. A total mass of the large weight and the portion of the body made of the titanium alloy is at least 210 grams.Type: GrantFiled: August 28, 2019Date of Patent: September 15, 2020Assignee: TAYLOR MADE GOLF COMPANY, INC.Inventors: Joseph H. Hoffman, Chris Rollins
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Patent number: 10695621Abstract: Disclosed herein is a golf club head that comprises a strike face. The strike face has a central region, defined by a forty millimeter by twenty millimeter rectangular area centered on a center of the strike face and elongated in a heel-to-toe direction. Within the central region, the strike face has a characteristic time (CT) of no more than 257 microseconds. Within the central region, no less than 25% of the strike face has a coefficient of restitution (COR) of at least 0.8. Within the central region, no less than 60% of the strike face has a CT of at least 235 microseconds. Within the central region, no less than 35% of the strike face has a CT of at least 240 microseconds.Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 2018Date of Patent: June 30, 2020Assignee: TAYLOR MADE GOLF COMPANY, INC.Inventors: Joseph H. Hoffman, Matthew D. Johnson, Todd Beach
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Patent number: D892957Type: GrantFiled: December 10, 2018Date of Patent: August 11, 2020Assignee: Taylor Made Golf Company, Inc.Inventors: Joseph H. Hoffman, Matthew D. Johnson, Todd P. Beach
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Patent number: D893651Type: GrantFiled: December 10, 2018Date of Patent: August 18, 2020Assignee: Taylor Made Golf Company, Inc.Inventors: Joseph H. Hoffman, Matthew D. Johnson, Todd P. Beach
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Patent number: D893652Type: GrantFiled: December 10, 2018Date of Patent: August 18, 2020Assignee: Taylor Made Golf Company, Inc.Inventors: Joseph H. Hoffman, Matthew D. Johnson, Todd P. Beach
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Patent number: D898146Type: GrantFiled: December 10, 2018Date of Patent: October 6, 2020Assignee: Taylor Made Golf Company, Inc.Inventors: Joseph H. Hoffman, Matthew D. Johnson, Todd P. Beach
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Patent number: D898147Type: GrantFiled: December 10, 2018Date of Patent: October 6, 2020Assignee: Taylor Made Golf Company, Inc.Inventors: Joseph H. Hoffman, Matthew D. Johnson, Todd P. Beach