Patents by Inventor Mark Vincent Greaney

Mark Vincent Greaney 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: 20150224374
    Abstract: A golf club head comprises a club head body having an external surface with a heel portion, a toe portion, a crown, a sole, and a face. The golf club head has a moment of inertia about a CG Z axis, IZZ. In some implementations, IZZ is greater than 4150 g·cm2 or greater than 4400 g·cm2. The face comprises a bulge curvature that satisfies a predetermined mathematical relationship. In some implementations, a moment of inertia about the CG X axis, Ixx, exceeds a predetermined value, and Izz is greater than Ixx. The face can comprise a roll curvature, and a ratio of the bulge curvature divided by the roll curvature, RC, can be greater than 0.28 and less than 0.75.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2015
    Publication date: August 13, 2015
    Inventors: Mark Vincent Greaney, Brandon Woolley, Ian Wright, Todd P. Beach
  • Patent number: 9089745
    Abstract: Described herein are methods for treating a surface of a first golf club head component with a plasma treatment prior to bonding a second golf club head component to the plasma-treated surface of the first golf club head component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2015
    Assignee: Taylor Made Golf Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Vincent Greaney, Sanjay Mukatira Kuttappa, Herbert Stanley Heffernan, III
  • Publication number: 20150151174
    Abstract: A golf club head, comprising a striking surface having an outer cover layer comprising a polyurethane or polyurea having a material Shore D hardness of 40 to 70, a layer thickness of 0.2 to 0.6 mm, and a flexural modulus of 5 to 110 kpsi.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2015
    Publication date: June 4, 2015
    Applicant: Taylor Made Golf Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Vincent Greaney, Bing-Ling Chao, Sanjay Mukatira Kuttappa
  • Publication number: 20150148149
    Abstract: A golf club head includes a club body including a crown, a sole, a skirt disposed between and connecting the crown and the sole and a face portion connected to a front end of the club body. The face portion includes a geometric center defining the origin of a coordinate system when the golf club head is ideally positioned, the coordinate system including an x-axis being tangent to the face portion at the origin and parallel to a ground plane, a y-axis intersecting the origin being parallel to the ground plane and orthogonal to the x-axis, and a z-axis intersecting the origin being orthogonal to both the x-axis and the y-axis. The golf club head defines a center of gravity CG, the CG being a distance CGY from the origin as measured along the y-axis and a distance CGZ from the origin as measured along the z-axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2013
    Publication date: May 28, 2015
    Applicant: Taylor Made Golf Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Todd P. Beach, John Francis Lorentzen, Bing-Ling Chao, Mark Vincent Greaney
  • Publication number: 20150091205
    Abstract: A method of producing a mold includes obtaining a master mold, the master mold including surface details; exposing a curable material to the surface details; and curing the curable material with the surface details. A mold includes a surface for molding a composite part, the surface including surface details, wherein the mold is made of phenolic material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2014
    Publication date: April 2, 2015
    Inventors: Mark Vincent Greaney, Bing-Ling Chao, Herbert Stanley Heffernan, III
  • Patent number: 8979669
    Abstract: A golf club head, comprising a striking surface having an outer cover layer comprising a polyurethane or polyurea having a material Shore D hardness of 40 to 70, a layer thickness of 0.2 to 0.6 mm, and a flexural modulus of 5 to 110 kpsi.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2015
    Assignee: Taylor Made Golf Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Vincent Greaney, Bing-Ling Chao, Sanjay Mukatira Kuttappa
  • Publication number: 20140274446
    Abstract: A golf club-head can have a body having a crown, a heel, a toe, and a sole, the body defining a front opening; and a face plate closing the front opening of the body, the face plate comprising a lay-up of multiple, composite prepreg plies, wherein at least a portion of the plies comprise a plurality of elongated prepreg strips arranged in a crisscross pattern defining an overlapping region where the strips overlap each other. The face plate also includes an exterior and interior surface and having an image or indicia printed on the exterior surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2014
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: Taylor Made Golf Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Vincent Greaney, Parker Drennan, Sanjay Kuttappa, Bing-Ling Chao
  • Publication number: 20140106898
    Abstract: A golf club head with an increased moment of inertia (MOI) about the X axis and the Z axis. Generally, the MOI about the Z axis is at least about 4400 g·cm2 and the MOI about the X axis is at least about 2500 g·cm2. The radius of the bulge of the club face is increased while the radius of the roll is reduced to compensate for the gear effect produced by the increased MOIs. The bulge curvature is generally between about 0.016 cm?1 and about 0.028 cm?1, and the roll curvature is between about 0.033 cm?1 and about 0.066 cm?1. The roll curvature is greater than the bulge curvature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2013
    Publication date: April 17, 2014
    Applicant: Taylor Made Golf Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Vincent Greaney, Brandon H. Woolley, Ian Wright, Todd P. Beach
  • Patent number: 8616999
    Abstract: A golf club head with an increased moment of inertia (MOI) about the X axis and the Z axis. Generally, the MOI about the Z axis is at least about 4400 g·cm2 and the MOI about the X axis is at least about 2500 g·cm2. The radius of the bulge of the club face is increased while the radius of the roll is reduced to compensate for the gear effect produced by the increased MOIs. The bulge curvature is generally between about 0.016 cm?1 and about 0.028 cm?1, and the roll curvature is between about 0.033 cm?1 and about 0.066 cm?1. The roll curvature is greater than the bulge curvature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2013
    Assignee: Taylor Made Golf Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Vincent Greaney, Brandon Woolley, Ian Wright, Todd P. Beach
  • Patent number: 8292756
    Abstract: A golf club head with an increased moment of inertia (MOI) about the X axis and the Z axis. Generally, the MOI about the Z axis is at least about 4400 g·cm2 and the MOI about the X axis is at least about 2500 g·cm2. The radius of the bulge of the club face is increased while the radius of the roll is reduced to compensate for the gear effect produced by the increased MOIs. The bulge curvature is generally between about 0.016 cm?1 and about 0.028 cm?1, and the roll curvature is between about 0.033 cm?1 and about 0.066 cm?1. The roll curvature is greater than the bulge curvature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2012
    Assignee: Taylor Made Golf Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Vincent Greaney, Brandon Woolley, Ian Wright, Todd P. Beach
  • Publication number: 20120202614
    Abstract: A golf club head with an increased moment of inertia (MOI) about the X axis and the Z axis. Generally, the MOI about the Z axis is at least about 4400 g·cm2 and the MOI about the X axis is at least about 2500 g·cm2. The radius of the bulge of the club face is increased while the radius of the roll is reduced to compensate for the gear effect produced by the increased MOIs. The bulge curvature is generally between about 0.016 cm?1 and about 0.028 cm?1, and the roll curvature is between about 0.033 cm?1 and about 0.066 cm?1. The roll curvature is greater than the bulge curvature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2012
    Publication date: August 9, 2012
    Inventors: Mark Vincent Greaney, Brandon Woolley, Ian Wright, Todd P. Beach
  • Publication number: 20120172146
    Abstract: A golf club head includes a body defining an interior cavity. The body includes a sole positioned at a bottom portion of the golf club head, a crown positioned at a top portion, and a skirt positioned around a periphery between the sole and crown. The body has a forward portion and a rearward portion. The club head includes a face positioned at the forward portion of the body. Embodiments include golf club heads having high static loft angles, low centers of gravity, or both high static loft angles and low centers of gravity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2011
    Publication date: July 5, 2012
    Inventors: Mark Vincent Greaney, Brandon H. Woolley
  • Publication number: 20120172143
    Abstract: A golf club head, comprising a striking surface having an outer cover layer comprising a polyurethane or polyurea having a material Shore D hardness of 40 to 70, a layer thickness of 0.2 to 0.6 mm, and a flexural modulus of 5 to 110 kpsi.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2011
    Publication date: July 5, 2012
    Inventors: Mark Vincent Greaney, Bing-Ling Chao, Sanjay Mukatira Kuttappa
  • Publication number: 20120165116
    Abstract: Described herein are methods for treating a surface of a first golf club head component with a plasma treatment prior to bonding a second golf club head component to the plasma-treated surface of the first golf club head component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2011
    Publication date: June 28, 2012
    Inventors: Mark Vincent Greaney, Sanjay Mukatira Kuttappa, Herbert Stanley Heffernan, III
  • Patent number: 8157672
    Abstract: A golf club head with an increased moment of inertia (MOI) about the X axis and the Z axis. Generally, the MOI about the Z axis is at least about 4400 g·cm2 and the MOI about the X axis is at least about 2500 g·cm2. The radius of the bulge of the club face is increased while the radius of the roll is reduced to compensate for the gear effect produced by the increased MOIs. The bulge curvature is generally between about 0.016 cm?1 and about 0.028 cm?1, and the roll curvature is between about 0.033 cm?1 and about 0.066 cm?1. The roll curvature is greater than the bulge curvature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2012
    Assignee: Taylor Made Golf Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Vincent Greaney, Brandon Woolley, Ian Wright, Todd P. Beach
  • Publication number: 20110287855
    Abstract: A golf club head with an increased moment of inertia (MOI) about the X axis and the Z axis. Generally, the MOI about the Z axis is at least about 4400 g·cm2 and the MOI about the X axis is at least about 2500 g·cm2. The radius of the bulge of the club face is increased while the radius of the roll is reduced to compensate for the gear effect produced by the increased MOIs. The bulge curvature is generally between about 0.016 cm?1 and about 0.028 cm?1, and the roll curvature is between about 0.033 cm?1 and about 0.066 cm?1. The roll curvature is greater than the bulge curvature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2011
    Publication date: November 24, 2011
    Inventors: Mark Vincent Greaney, Brandon Woolley, Ian Wright, Todd P. Beach
  • Publication number: 20110275451
    Abstract: Golf club heads are described comprising a striking surface that includes a surface profile having at least one peak, at least one valley, and a transition segment between the peak and the valley, wherein the at least one peak, the at least one valley, and the transition segment together define a mean line, and a substantial portion of the transition segment is near to, or on, the mean line. In other embodiments, a golf club head includes a ball-striking surface comprising an asymmetric surface texture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2011
    Publication date: November 10, 2011
    Inventors: Bing-Ling Chao, Todd P. Beach, Mark Vincent Greaney, Yong Ling, Brandon H. Woolley, John F. Lorentzen
  • Patent number: 8012039
    Abstract: A golf club head with an increased moment of inertia (MOI) about the X axis and the Z axis. Generally, the MOI about the Z axis is at least about 4400 g·cm2 and the MOI about the X axis is at least about 2500 g·cm2. The radius of the bulge of the club face is increased while the radius of the roll is reduced to compensate for the gear effect produced by the increased MOIs. The bulge curvature is generally between about 0.016 cm?1 and about 0.028 cm?1, and the roll curvature is between about 0.033 cm?1 and about 0.066 cm?1. The roll curvature is greater than the bulge curvature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2011
    Assignee: Taylor Made Golf Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Vincent Greaney, Brandon Woolley, Ian Wright, Todd P. Beach
  • Patent number: 7846041
    Abstract: Embodiments of movable weights, such as weight assemblies and weight screws, for a golf club head are disclosed herein. One embodiment for a weight assembly, for example, comprises a mass element having a first end, a second end and a sidewall extending between the first end and the send end. The sidewall of the mass element defines a first bore extending through the mass element and at least a portion of the sidewall of mass element tapers in a direction from the first end to the second end. This embodiment further includes a retaining element configured to engage the first bore adjacent the first end of the mass element and defining a second bore. The weight assembly further includes an elongate fastener having a first end configured to be received within the second bore of the retaining element and a second end extending through the first bore and beyond the second end of the mass element when the mass element, retaining element and fastener are assembled together.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2010
    Assignee: Taylor Made Golf Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Todd P. Beach, Bing-Ling Chao, Mark Vincent Greaney, Marc Kronenberg, Thomas Olsavsky, Benoit Vincent, Ian Wright, Kraig Alan Willett, Gery Mel Zimmerman
  • Publication number: 20100048321
    Abstract: Embodiments of movable weights, such as weight assemblies and weight screws, for a golf club head are disclosed herein. One embodiment for a weight assembly, for example, comprises a mass element having a first end, a second end and a sidewall extending between the first end and the send end. The sidewall of the mass element defines a first bore extending through the mass element and at least a portion of the sidewall of mass element tapers in a direction from the first end to the second end. This embodiment further includes a retaining element configured to engage the first bore adjacent the first end of the mass element and defining a second bore. The weight assembly further includes an elongate fastener having a first end configured to be received within the second bore of the retaining element and a second end extending through the first bore and beyond the second end of the mass element when the mass element, retaining element and fastener are assembled together.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2009
    Publication date: February 25, 2010
    Inventors: Todd P. Beach, Bing-Ling Chao, Mark Vincent Greaney, Marc Kronenberg, Thomas Olsavsky, Benoit Vincent, Ian Wright, Kraig Alan Willett, Gery Mel Zimmerman