Patents by Inventor Kevin P. Dacey

Kevin P. Dacey 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).

  • Patent number: 10058745
    Abstract: An adjustable shaft and hosel assembly allows for dependent and independent adjustment of a golf club's face angle, loft angle, and lie angle. The adjustable shaft and hosel assembly comprises a shaft sleeve, a hosel portion, a tubular adjustment piece having non-parallel upper and lower surfaces, and a retention feature that provides an engagement between the tubular adjustment piece and the shaft sleeve to prevent the tubular adjustment piece from becoming detached from the shaft sleeve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2018
    Assignee: Callaway Golf Company
    Inventors: Kevin P. Dacey, Denver Holt
  • Patent number: 9962583
    Abstract: A putter head having variable face thickness or multiple materials and adjustable weighting features is disclosed herein. The variable face thickness may comprise a plurality of geometric shapes on the striking face surface with spacing between them that decreases in a top to bottom direction, or the face may include a plurality of angled carbon rods. The putter also includes an adjustable weight cartridge that can pivot in a toe-heel direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2018
    Assignee: Callaway Golf Company
    Inventors: Craig E. Abbott, Wee Joung Kim, Kevin P. Dacey, Bradley C. Rice, Brandon D. DeMille, Esteban Aguilar, Augustin W. Rollinson
  • Publication number: 20180071588
    Abstract: An adjustable shaft and hosel assembly allows for dependent and independent adjustment of a golf club's face angle, loft angle, and lie angle. The adjustable shaft and hosel assembly comprises a shaft sleeve, a hosel portion, a tubular adjustment piece having non-parallel upper and lower surfaces, and a retention feature that provides an engagement between the tubular adjustment piece and the shaft sleeve to prevent the tubular adjustment piece from becoming detached from the shaft sleeve.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2017
    Publication date: March 15, 2018
    Inventors: Kevin P. Dacey, Denver Holt
  • Patent number: 9849350
    Abstract: An adjustable shaft and hosel assembly allows for dependent and independent adjustment of a golf club's face angle, loft angle, and lie angle. The adjustable shaft and hosel assembly comprises a shaft sleeve, a hosel portion, a tubular adjustment piece having non-parallel upper and lower surfaces, and a retention feature that provides an engagement between the tubular adjustment piece and the shaft sleeve to prevent the tubular adjustment piece from becoming detached from the shaft sleeve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2017
    Assignee: Callaway Golf Company
    Inventors: Kevin P. Dacey, Denver Holt
  • Patent number: 9795844
    Abstract: A putter-type golf club head with a sound chamber is disclosed herein. The club head comprises a body and a two-piece face insert disposed over the sound chamber. The sound chamber comprises a central sound sub-chamber and an outer sound sub-chamber, while the face insert comprises a first, metallic piece that includes a central recess, which is filled with a second, polymeric piece. The metallic piece is welded to the body, and the polymeric piece is adhered to the metallic piece. The body also includes at least one through-bore extending from the sound chamber through a back wall of the body. The body, the sound chamber, the face insert, and the through-bore amplify the sound generated by the putter-type golf club head striking a golf ball.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2017
    Assignee: Callaway Golf Company
    Inventors: Kevin P. Dacey, Craig E. Abbott, Augustin W. Rollinson, Brandon D. DeMille
  • Publication number: 20170296886
    Abstract: A putter head having variable face thickness or multiple materials and adjustable weighting features is disclosed herein. The variable face thickness may comprise a plurality of geometric shapes on the striking face surface with spacing between them that decreases in a top to bottom direction, or the face may include a plurality of angled carbon rods. The putter also includes an adjustable weight cartridge that can pivot in a toe-heel direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2017
    Publication date: October 19, 2017
    Inventors: Craig E. Abbott, Wee Joung Kim, Kevin P. Dacey, Bradley C. Rice, Brandon D. DeMille, Esteban Aguilar, Augustin W. Rollinson
  • Patent number: 9694260
    Abstract: A putter head having variable face thickness or multiple materials and adjustable weighting features is disclosed herein. The variable face thickness may comprise a plurality of geometric shapes on the striking face surface with spacing between them that decreases in a top to bottom direction, or the face may include a plurality of angled carbon rods. The putter also includes an adjustable weight cartridge that can pivot in a toe-heel direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2017
    Assignee: Callaway Golf Company
    Inventors: Craig E. Abbott, Wee Joung Kim, Kevin P. Dacey, Bradley C. Rice, Brandon D. DeMille, Esteban Aguilar, Augustin W. Rollinson
  • Publication number: 20170113102
    Abstract: An adjustable shaft and hosel assembly allows for dependent and independent adjustment of a golf club's face angle, loft angle, and lie angle. The adjustable shaft and hosel assembly comprises a shaft sleeve, a hosel portion, a tubular adjustment piece having non-parallel upper and lower surfaces, and a retention feature that provides an engagement between the tubular adjustment piece and the shaft sleeve to prevent the tubular adjustment piece from becoming detached from the shaft sleeve.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2017
    Publication date: April 27, 2017
    Inventors: Kevin P. Dacey, Denver Holt
  • Patent number: 9545547
    Abstract: A golf club head comprising a hinged face component is disclosed herein. The face component is preferably a partial face cup with striking face, a flange, and a grooved hinge region between the striking face and the flange, which allows the striking face to flex and improves the sound of the striking face when it makes contact with a golf ball. The face component can be L-shaped, r-shaped, or cup shaped, and the groove preferably extends along the entire horizontal length of at least one hinge. In other embodiments, the groove may extend along a horizontal midline of the rear surface of the face cup striking face.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2017
    Assignee: Callaway Golf Company
    Inventors: Craig E. Abbott, Augustin W. Rollinson, Brett Carter, Kevin P. Dacey, Daniel B. McFarland
  • Patent number: 9539474
    Abstract: An adjustable shaft and hosel assembly allows for dependent and independent adjustment of a golf club's face angle, loft angle, and lie angle. The adjustable shaft and hosel assembly comprises a shaft sleeve, a hosel portion, a tubular adjustment piece having non-parallel upper and lower surfaces, and a retention feature that provides an engagement between the tubular adjustment piece and the shaft sleeve to prevent the tubular adjustment piece from becoming detached from the shaft sleeve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2017
    Assignee: Callaway Golf Company
    Inventors: Kevin P. Dacey, Denver Holt
  • Publication number: 20160016051
    Abstract: An adjustable shaft and hosel assembly allows for dependent and independent adjustment of a golf club's face angle, loft angle, and lie angle. The adjustable shaft and hosel assembly comprises a shaft sleeve, a hosel portion, a tubular adjustment piece having non-parallel upper and lower surfaces, and a retention feature that provides an engagement between the tubular adjustment piece and the shaft sleeve to prevent the tubular adjustment piece from becoming detached from the shaft sleeve.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2015
    Publication date: January 21, 2016
    Inventors: Kevin P. Dacey, Denver Holt
  • Patent number: 9174097
    Abstract: An adjustable shaft and hosel assembly allows for dependent and independent adjustment of a golf club's face angle, loft angle, and lie angle. The adjustable shaft and hosel assembly comprises a shaft sleeve, a hosel portion, a tubular adjustment piece having non-parallel upper and lower surfaces, and a retention feature that provides an engagement between the tubular adjustment piece and the shaft sleeve to prevent the tubular adjustment piece from becoming detached from the shaft sleeve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2015
    Assignee: CALLAWAY GOLF COMPANY
    Inventors: Kevin P. Dacey, Denver Holt
  • Patent number: D759176
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2016
    Assignee: Callaway Golf Company
    Inventors: Craig E. Abbott, Augustin W. Rollinson, Brandon D. DeMille, Kevin P. Dacey
  • Patent number: D759177
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2016
    Assignee: Callaway Golf Company
    Inventors: Craig E. Abbott, Augustin W. Rollinson, Brandon D. DeMille, Kevin P. Dacey
  • Patent number: D769993
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: Callaway Golf Company
    Inventors: Craig E. Abbott, Kevin P. Dacey