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).
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Publication number: 20150224374Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: April 23, 2015Publication date: August 13, 2015Inventors: Mark Vincent Greaney, Brandon Woolley, Ian Wright, Todd P. Beach
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Patent number: 9089745Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: December 22, 2011Date of Patent: July 28, 2015Assignee: Taylor Made Golf Company, Inc.Inventors: Mark Vincent Greaney, Sanjay Mukatira Kuttappa, Herbert Stanley Heffernan, III
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Publication number: 20150151174Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: February 11, 2015Publication date: June 4, 2015Applicant: Taylor Made Golf Company, Inc.Inventors: Mark Vincent Greaney, Bing-Ling Chao, Sanjay Mukatira Kuttappa
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Publication number: 20150148149Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: December 30, 2013Publication date: May 28, 2015Applicant: Taylor Made Golf Company, Inc.Inventors: Todd P. Beach, John Francis Lorentzen, Bing-Ling Chao, Mark Vincent Greaney
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Publication number: 20150091205Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: August 26, 2014Publication date: April 2, 2015Inventors: Mark Vincent Greaney, Bing-Ling Chao, Herbert Stanley Heffernan, III
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Patent number: 8979669Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: December 19, 2011Date of Patent: March 17, 2015Assignee: Taylor Made Golf Company, Inc.Inventors: Mark Vincent Greaney, Bing-Ling Chao, Sanjay Mukatira Kuttappa
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Publication number: 20140274446Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: March 13, 2014Publication date: September 18, 2014Applicant: Taylor Made Golf Company, Inc.Inventors: Mark Vincent Greaney, Parker Drennan, Sanjay Kuttappa, Bing-Ling Chao
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Publication number: 20140106898Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: December 19, 2013Publication date: April 17, 2014Applicant: Taylor Made Golf Company, Inc.Inventors: Mark Vincent Greaney, Brandon H. Woolley, Ian Wright, Todd P. Beach
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Patent number: 8616999Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: October 22, 2012Date of Patent: December 31, 2013Assignee: Taylor Made Golf Company, Inc.Inventors: Mark Vincent Greaney, Brandon Woolley, Ian Wright, Todd P. Beach
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Patent number: 8292756Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: April 16, 2012Date of Patent: October 23, 2012Assignee: Taylor Made Golf Company, Inc.Inventors: Mark Vincent Greaney, Brandon Woolley, Ian Wright, Todd P. Beach
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Publication number: 20120202614Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: April 16, 2012Publication date: August 9, 2012Inventors: Mark Vincent Greaney, Brandon Woolley, Ian Wright, Todd P. Beach
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Publication number: 20120172146Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: December 29, 2011Publication date: July 5, 2012Inventors: Mark Vincent Greaney, Brandon H. Woolley
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Publication number: 20120172143Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: December 19, 2011Publication date: July 5, 2012Inventors: Mark Vincent Greaney, Bing-Ling Chao, Sanjay Mukatira Kuttappa
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Publication number: 20120165116Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: December 22, 2011Publication date: June 28, 2012Inventors: Mark Vincent Greaney, Sanjay Mukatira Kuttappa, Herbert Stanley Heffernan, III
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Patent number: 8157672Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: August 5, 2011Date of Patent: April 17, 2012Assignee: Taylor Made Golf Company, Inc.Inventors: Mark Vincent Greaney, Brandon Woolley, Ian Wright, Todd P. Beach
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Publication number: 20110287855Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: August 5, 2011Publication date: November 24, 2011Inventors: Mark Vincent Greaney, Brandon Woolley, Ian Wright, Todd P. Beach
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Publication number: 20110275451Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: May 19, 2011Publication date: November 10, 2011Inventors: Bing-Ling Chao, Todd P. Beach, Mark Vincent Greaney, Yong Ling, Brandon H. Woolley, John F. Lorentzen
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Patent number: 8012039Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: December 16, 2008Date of Patent: September 6, 2011Assignee: Taylor Made Golf Company, Inc.Inventors: Mark Vincent Greaney, Brandon Woolley, Ian Wright, Todd P. Beach
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Patent number: 7846041Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: October 30, 2009Date of Patent: December 7, 2010Assignee: 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
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Publication number: 20100048321Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: October 30, 2009Publication date: February 25, 2010Inventors: Todd P. Beach, Bing-Ling Chao, Mark Vincent Greaney, Marc Kronenberg, Thomas Olsavsky, Benoit Vincent, Ian Wright, Kraig Alan Willett, Gery Mel Zimmerman