Patents by Inventor Joshua C. Stokes
Joshua C. Stokes 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: 10010772Abstract: The present invention is direct to a set of golf clubs comprising long irons, mid-irons and short irons. The invention contemplates the use of titanium or steel for the main body portion and significant tungsten weight members at the heel and toe.Type: GrantFiled: August 24, 2016Date of Patent: July 3, 2018Assignee: Acushnet CompanyInventors: Marni Ines, Jonathan Hebreo, Michael E. Franz, Joshua C. Stokes
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Publication number: 20180133565Abstract: A golf club head including a club head perimeter comprising a toe portion, a heel portion, a topline, and a sole portion, a striking face, and a cantilevered face support tab extending from an interior surface of the sole portion towards a rear surface of the striking face, wherein the cantilevered face support tab is secured to the interior surface of the sole portion, wherein the cantilevered face support tab is in contact with but not secured to the rear surface of the striking face, wherein a depth D measured vertically from the interior surface of the sole portion to a top of the cantilevered face support tab is greater than 10 mm and less than 30 mm, wherein the striking face has a face thickness FT of less than 2 mm.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2017Publication date: May 17, 2018Applicant: Acushnet CompanyInventors: Jonathan Hebreo, Nick Frame, Oswaldo Gonzalez, Marni D. Ines, Joshua C. Stokes
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Publication number: 20180104552Abstract: A golf club head has a striking face. A ledge extends from the perimeter contact rim of the golf club head. The striking face is secured to the club head body proximate the rim. There is a gap between the striking face and the ledge. The inner wall's perimeter edge is disposed in the gap and is in contact with the ledge. The rear surface of the striking face is in contact with a portion of the inner wall.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 15, 2017Publication date: April 19, 2018Applicant: Acushnet CompanyInventors: Jonathan Hebreo, Michael E. Franz, Marni Ines, Joshua C. Stokes, Grant M. Martens, Charles E. Golden, Uday V. Deshmukh
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Publication number: 20180085641Abstract: The present invention is direct to a set of golf clubs comprising long irons, mid-irons and short irons. The invention contemplates the use of titanium or steel for the main body portion and significant tungsten weight members coupled to at least the toe and a heel weight member coupled in a hosel cavity.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 1, 2017Publication date: March 29, 2018Applicant: Acushnet CompanyInventors: Joshua G. Breier, Jonathan Hebreo, Marni D. Ines, Grant M. Martens, Jason A. Mata, Michael E. Franz, Joshua C. Stokes
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Publication number: 20180028879Abstract: A golf club head including a plurality of face support tabs that are attached to an interior surface of the perimeter of a golf club head. The face support tabs are in contact with a rear surface of a striking face and, in some examples, are fastened to the rear surface of the striking face. Where the face support tabs are fastened to the rear surface of the striking face, the edges of the striking face are not directly fastened to the perimeter of the golf club head. Where the face support tabs are not secured to the rear surface of the striking face, the striking face is fastened to the perimeter of the club head body and the face support tabs are preloaded so as to exert a force against the rear surface of the striking face even when the striking face is in a neutral position.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 22, 2016Publication date: February 1, 2018Applicant: Acushnet CompanyInventors: Marni Ines, Joshua C. Stokes
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Publication number: 20170361177Abstract: A golf club head having a golf club head body and an inner wall structure. The club head body includes a back portion, a striking face, a sole, and a topline. The inner wall structure is at least partially in contact with a rear surface of the striking face. The inner wall structure also has a fixed end and an unfixed end. The golf club head is also configured such that the portion of the inner wall structure in contact with the rear surface of the striking face may slide against one another. The golf club head may also include a sole channel, and the fixed end of the inner wall structure may be attached to either a front edge or back edge of the sole channel.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 16, 2016Publication date: December 21, 2017Applicant: Acushnet CompanyInventors: Jonathan Hebreo, Michael E. Franz, Marni Ines, Joshua C. Stokes, Grant M. Martens, Charles E. Golden, Uday V. Deshmukh
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Patent number: 9757628Abstract: A golf club incorporating an interchangeable shaft system includes a shaft, a shaft sleeve assembly, and a club head. The shaft sleeve assembly is coupled to an end of the shaft and is received in a hosel included in the club head. The shaft sleeve assembly is removably coupled to the club head includes portions coupled by a flexible coupling.Type: GrantFiled: April 29, 2016Date of Patent: September 12, 2017Assignee: Acushnet CompanyInventors: Scott A. Knutson, Gery M. Zimmerman, Joshua C. Stokes
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Publication number: 20170050092Abstract: The present invention is direct to a set of golf clubs comprising long irons, mid-irons and short irons. The invention contemplates the use of titanium or steel for the main body portion and significant tungsten weight members at the heel and toe.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 8, 2016Publication date: February 23, 2017Applicant: Acushnet CompanyInventors: Marni Ines, Jonathan Hebreo, Michael E. Franz, Joshua C. Stokes
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Publication number: 20160361609Abstract: The present invention is direct to a set of golf clubs comprising long irons, mid-irons and short irons. The invention contemplates the use of titanium or steel for the main body portion and significant tungsten weight members at the heel and toe.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 24, 2016Publication date: December 15, 2016Applicant: Acushnet CompanyInventors: Marni Ines, Jonathan Hebreo, Michael E. Franz, Joshua C. Stokes
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Publication number: 20160296809Abstract: A co-forged iron type golf club is disclosed. More specifically, the present invention discloses a co-forged iron type golf club with the body portion made out of a first material and at least one weight adjustment portion monolithically encased within the body portion of the co-forged iron type golf club head without the need for secondary attachment or machining operations. The present invention creates of an iron type golf club head from a pre-form billet that already contains two or more materials before the actual forging process resulting in a multi-material golf club head that doesn't require any post manufacturing operations such as machining, welding, swaging, gluing, and the like.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 21, 2016Publication date: October 13, 2016Inventors: Charles E. Golden, Jonathan Hebreo, Joshua C. Stokes
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Publication number: 20160243412Abstract: The present invention is direct to a set of golf clubs comprising long irons, mid-irons and short irons. The invention contemplates the use of titanium or steel for the main body portion and significant tungsten weight members at the heel and toe.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 19, 2015Publication date: August 25, 2016Applicant: Acushnet CompanyInventors: Marni Ines, Jonathan Hebreo, Michael E. Franz, Joshua C. Stokes
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Publication number: 20160243411Abstract: A golf club incorporating an interchangeable shaft system includes a shaft, a shaft sleeve assembly, and a club head. The shaft sleeve assembly is coupled to an end of the shaft and is received in a hosel included in the club head. The shaft sleeve assembly is removably coupled to the club head includes portions coupled by a flexible coupling.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 29, 2016Publication date: August 25, 2016Applicant: Acushnet CompanyInventors: Scott A. Knutson, Gery M. Zimmerman, Joshua C. Stokes
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Patent number: 9403067Abstract: A golf club incorporating an interchangeable shaft system includes a shaft, a shaft sleeve, a club head. The shaft sleeve is coupled to an end of the shaft and is received in a hosel included in the club head. The shaft sleeve is removably coupled to the club head. Hosel and shaft sleeve alignment features provide discrete orientations between the shaft and club head.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2014Date of Patent: August 2, 2016Assignee: Acushnet CompanyInventors: Gery M. Zimmerman, Kevin Tassistro, Scott A. Knutson, Joshua C. Stokes
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Patent number: 9327171Abstract: A golf club incorporating an interchangeable shaft system includes a shaft, a shaft sleeve assembly, and a club head. The shaft sleeve assembly is coupled to an end of the shaft and is received in a hosel included in the club head. The shaft sleeve assembly is removably coupled to the club head includes portions coupled by a flexible coupling.Type: GrantFiled: August 11, 2014Date of Patent: May 3, 2016Assignee: Acushnet CompanyInventors: Scott A. Knutson, Gery M. Zimmerman, Joshua C. Stokes
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Publication number: 20150018116Abstract: A golf club incorporating an interchangeable shaft system includes a shaft, a shaft sleeve, a club head. The shaft sleeve is coupled to an end of the shaft and is received in a hosel included in the club head. The shaft sleeve is removably coupled to the club head. Hosel and shaft sleeve alignment features provide discrete orientations between the shaft and club head.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 29, 2014Publication date: January 15, 2015Applicant: Acushnet CompanyInventors: Gery M. Zimmerman, Kevin Tassistro, Scott A. Knutson, Joshua C. Stokes
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Publication number: 20140349778Abstract: A golf club incorporating an interchangeable shaft system includes a shaft, a shaft sleeve assembly, and a club head. The shaft sleeve assembly is coupled to an end of the shaft and is received in a hosel included in the club head. The shaft sleeve assembly is removably coupled to the club head includes portions coupled by a flexible coupling.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 11, 2014Publication date: November 27, 2014Applicant: Acushnet CompanyInventors: Scott A. Knutson, Gery M. Zimmerman, Joshua C. Stokes
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Patent number: 8801538Abstract: A golf club incorporating an interchangeable shaft system includes a shaft, a shaft sleeve, a club head. The shaft sleeve is coupled to an end of the shaft and is received in a hosel included in the club head. The shaft sleeve is removably coupled to the club head. Hosel and shaft sleeve alignment features provide discrete orientations between the shaft and club head.Type: GrantFiled: August 30, 2013Date of Patent: August 12, 2014Assignee: Acushnet CompanyInventors: Scott A. Knutson, Gery M. Zimmerman, Joshua C. Stokes
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Publication number: 20130344981Abstract: A golf club incorporating an interchangeable shaft system includes a shaft, a shaft sleeve, a club head. The shaft sleeve is coupled to an end of the shaft and is received in a hosel included in the club head. The shaft sleeve is removably coupled to the club head. Hosel and shaft sleeve alignment features provide discrete orientations between the shaft and club head.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 30, 2013Publication date: December 26, 2013Applicant: Acushnet CompanyInventors: Scott A. Knutson, Gery M. Zimmerman, Joshua C. Stokes
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Patent number: D797224Type: GrantFiled: May 17, 2016Date of Patent: September 12, 2017Assignee: Acushnet CompanyInventors: Austin Oliveiro, Joshua C. Stokes
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Patent number: D806813Type: GrantFiled: August 30, 2016Date of Patent: January 2, 2018Assignee: Acushnet CompanyInventors: Yu-Jin Song, Joshua C. Stokes