Patents by Inventor Joshua A. Degerness

Joshua A. Degerness 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: 20250135302
    Abstract: A multi-weight assembly for a golf club head includes a primary weight and a weighted retainer. The primary weight is inserted into a socket, which may be formed in a low-toe region of the golf club head, while the weighted retainer secures the primary weight within the socket. The primary weight and weighted retainer may be formed of different materials and/or have difference masses, thereby allowing for greater variation and range of total mass provided by the multi-weight assembly. In some examples, the primary weight provides a coarse adjustment of total mass, while the weighted retainer provides a fine adjustment of total mass.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2024
    Publication date: May 1, 2025
    Inventors: Joshua A. Degerness, Mark C. Bloxham, Travis D. Milleman
  • Publication number: 20240367010
    Abstract: A golf club head with a slit and cantilevered arm extending from an interior surface of the sole forward into the slit. The cantilevered arm has a fixed end coupled to the interior surface of the sole rearward of the slit, and a tip end opposite the fixed end. The cantilevered arm extends arcuately from the fixed end and over the rear wall so that the tip end is disposed between the front and rear wall and is configured to abut the front wall of the slit during impact with a golf ball.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2024
    Publication date: November 7, 2024
    Inventors: Eric J. Morales, Travis D. Milleman, Joshua A. Degerness, Cole D. Brubaker
  • Publication number: 20240307743
    Abstract: Described herein is a golf club head comprising reinforcement members. The reinforcement members span across a rear cavity to connect to at least two portions of the perimeter of the club head and do not touch the rear surface of the strike face. The reinforcement members can be integrally casted or separately formed and attached to the club head. The reinforcement members improve the sound and vibrational response of the club head.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2024
    Publication date: September 19, 2024
    Inventors: Evan R. Greer, Cole D. Brubaker, Joshua A. Degerness
  • Patent number: 11975246
    Abstract: Described herein is a golf club head comprising reinforcement members. The reinforcement members span across a rear cavity to connect to at least two portions of the perimeter of the club head and do not touch the rear surface of the strike face. The reinforcement members can be integrally casted or separately formed and attached to the club head. The reinforcement members improve the sound and vibrational response of the club head.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: Karsten Manufacturing Corporation
    Inventors: Evan R. Greer, Cole D. Brubaker, Joshua A. Degerness
  • Publication number: 20240131402
    Abstract: A golf club head that achieves high performance by improving and/or balancing physical properties and performance characteristics. The golf club heads described herein achieve an IYY at or near the allowable limit, an IXX/IYY ratio near 1, and a club head CG position that is centered relative to the club head perimeter and located at or near the loft-normal axis. The golf club head comprises one or more structures that create discretionary mass to be redistributed into a heavy weight member in an extreme rearward and soleward position, and/or a central mass pad at or near the Y?-axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2023
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Inventors: Cory S. Bacon, Evan R. Greer, Travis D. Milleman, Joshua A. Degerness
  • Publication number: 20240091601
    Abstract: A wood-type golf club head having a normalized impact response across the entire face of the club. Components of the club head can provide structural rigidity to the club head at rest and during low-energy impacts and provide flexure during high-energy impacts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Inventors: Eric J. Morales, Lance R. White, Joshua A. Degerness, Mitchell J. Simonet
  • Publication number: 20240091605
    Abstract: A golf club head includes a resilient member extending from a sole of the club head to the crown. The resilient member has a convex, arcuate shape relative to a strike face of the club. The resilient member has a rest state prior to impact with a golf ball, in which the resilient member defines a first chord length, and a deflected state during impact with a golf ball, in which the resilient member defines a second chord length that is greater than the first chord length. The resilient member improves impact response of the strike face to allow strike face thickness to be reduced while maintaining durability of the golf club head.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Inventors: Clayson C. Spackman, Eric J. Morales, Joshua A. Degerness, Cory S. Bacon
  • Publication number: 20230233908
    Abstract: Described herein are embodiments of golf club heads with slits and flexure inserts. The slit comprises an opening through the club head body communicating between the exterior of the club head and the hollow interior cavity. The flexure insert can comprise a spring component and a cap. The spring component creates a spring effect within the flexure insert that increases the internal energy of the club head at impact, leading to improvements in ball speed and other golf ball performance characteristics.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2023
    Publication date: July 27, 2023
    Inventors: Travis D. Milleman, Eric J. Morales, Joshua A. Degerness
  • Patent number: D1006930
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: Karsten Manufacturing Corporation
    Inventors: Anthony D. Serrano, Joshua A. Degerness
  • Patent number: D1068993
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2025
    Assignee: Karsten Manufacturing Corporation
    Inventors: Anthony D. Serrano, Joshua A. Degerness