Patents by Inventor Masafumi Nishitani
Masafumi Nishitani 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: 7887435Abstract: A golf club head is a hollow head made of metal, preferably titanium or a titanium alloy. The golf club head has a face portion, a crown portion, a sole portion, a side portion, and a hosel portion. A thin and small plate made of metal is fixedly attached to the internal surface of the sole portion on the toe side so as to be in tight contact with the internal surface. The thin and small plate made of metal preferably has a thickness of 0.2 mm-1.2 mm, particularly 0.4 mm-1.1 mm, more particularly 0.5 mm-1.0 mm, and a weight of 0.5 g-1.5 g, particularly 0.6 g-1.0 g.Type: GrantFiled: July 18, 2005Date of Patent: February 15, 2011Assignee: Bridgestone Sports Co., Ltd.Inventor: Masafumi Nishitani
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Patent number: 7857712Abstract: An iron-type golf club head has a face which has a face surface of a flat shape, and a hosel which is continuous with the face on its heel side. A shaft insertion hole is disposed in the hosel. A protrusion protruding rearward is disposed in the vicinity of the center in a toe-heel direction. A material of the golf club head is pure iron having a high purity of at least 99.8%, for instance, pure iron having a purity within a range of 99.995 to 99.9999%. The golf club head is subjected to carburizing so that carbon diffuses up to about 0.2 to 0.5 mm from the surface. A region within 0.2 mm from the face surface has a hardness of HV 300 to 600, and a region where a distance from the face surface is 0.7 mm or more has a hardness of HV 100 or lower.Type: GrantFiled: May 3, 2005Date of Patent: December 28, 2010Assignee: Bridgestone Sports Co., Ltd.Inventors: Masafumi Nishitani, Hisashi Yamagishi, Makoto Kubota, Koki Motoyoshi
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Publication number: 20100234136Abstract: A weight material is provided on a heel side of a hosel portion in a golf club head. A convex portion E is provided on the heel side of the head. The weight material is disposed within the convex portion. The weight material is made of high specific gravity metal such as tungsten, and welded on both a lower column and a skirt portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 21, 2010Publication date: September 16, 2010Applicant: BRIDGESTONE SPORTS CO., LTD.Inventor: Masafumi NISHITANI
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Patent number: 7749095Abstract: A weight material is provided on a heel side of a hosel portion in a golf club head. A convex portion E is provided on the heel side of the head. The weight material is disposed within the convex portion. The weight material is made of high specific gravity metal such as tungsten, and welded on both a lower column and a skirt portion.Type: GrantFiled: February 29, 2008Date of Patent: July 6, 2010Assignee: Bridgestone Sports Co., Ltd.Inventor: Masafumi Nishitani
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Patent number: 7563175Abstract: A golf club includes a shaft and a metal head attached to the shaft. The metal head includes a plurality of metal pieces fixed together by means of laser welding. For example, a face member of the head is manufactured by laser welding three metal pieces; i.e., a center metal piece, an intermediate metal piece, and an outer metal piece.Type: GrantFiled: December 4, 2001Date of Patent: July 21, 2009Assignees: Bridgestone Sports Co., Ltd., K. K. Endo SeisakushaoInventors: Masafumi Nishitani, Masaei Tsurumaki
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Publication number: 20080214321Abstract: A weight material is provided on a heel side of a hosel portion in a golf club head. A convex portion E is provided on the heel side of the head. The weight material is disposed within the convex portion. The weight material is made of high specific gravity metal such as tungsten, and welded on both a lower column and a skirt portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 29, 2008Publication date: September 4, 2008Applicant: BRIDGESTONE SPORTS CO., LTD.Inventor: Masafumi NISHITANI
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Patent number: 7156750Abstract: A golf club head includes a front body, a middle body, a back body integrally. The middle body is disposed between the front body and the back body. The middle body includes a middle crown constituting a middle portion of a crown portion in back and forth directions, a middle side constituting middle portions of both side surfaces on a toe side and a heel side in the back and forth directions, a middle sole constituting a middle portion of a sole portion in the back and forth directions. The middle body may include aluminum alloy. The front body and the back body may include titanium alloy.Type: GrantFiled: January 28, 2004Date of Patent: January 2, 2007Assignee: Bridgestone Sports Co., Ltd.Inventors: Masafumi Nishitani, Hideo Matsunaga
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Publication number: 20050250597Abstract: A golf club head is a hollow head made of metal, preferably titanium or a titanium alloy. The golf club head has a face portion, a crown portion, a sole portion, a side portion, and a hosel portion. A thin and small plate made of metal is fixedly attached to the internal surface of the sole portion on the toe side so as to be in tight contact with the internal surface. The thin and small plate made of metal preferably has a thickness of 0.2 mm-1.2 mm, particularly 0.4 mm-1.1 mm, more particularly 0.5 mm-1.0 mm, and a weight of 0.5 g-1.5 g, particularly 0.6 g-1.0 g.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 18, 2005Publication date: November 10, 2005Inventor: Masafumi Nishitani
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Publication number: 20050250594Abstract: An iron-type golf club head has a face which has a face surface of a flat shape, and a hosel which is continuous with the face on its heel side. A shaft insertion hole is disposed in the hosel. A protrusion protruding rearward is disposed in the vicinity of the center in a toe-heel direction. A material of the golf club head is pure iron having a high purity of at least 99.8%, for instance, pure iron having a purity within a range of 99.995 to 99.9999%. The golf club head is subjected to carburizing so that carbon diffuses up to about 0.2 to 0.5 mm from the surface. A region within 0.2 mm from the face surface has a hardness of HV 300 to 600, and a region where a distance from the face surface is 0.7 mm or more has a hardness of HV 100 or lower.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 3, 2005Publication date: November 10, 2005Inventors: Masafumi Nishitani, Hisashi Yamagishi, Makoto Kubota, Koki Motoyoshi
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Publication number: 20050245329Abstract: An iron-type golf club head has a face having a face surface of a flat surface, and a hosel which is continuous with the face on its heel side. A shaft insertion hole is disposed in the hosel. A protrusion protruding rearward in the vicinity of the center in a toe-heel direction is disposed. A material of the golf club head is pure iron having a high purity of at least 99.995%, for instance, a purity within a range of 99.995 to 99.9999%. The golf club head is subjected to carburizing so that carbon diffuses to a range of about 0.2 to 0.5 mm from the surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 27, 2005Publication date: November 3, 2005Inventors: Masafumi Nishitani, Hisashi Yamagishi, Makoto Kubota, Koki Motoyoshi
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Patent number: 6932718Abstract: A golf club head is a hollow head made of metal, preferably titanium or a titanium alloy. The golf club head has a face portion, a crown portion, a sole portion, a side portion, and a hosel portion. A thin and small plate made of metal is fixedly attached to the internal surface of the sole portion on the toe side so as to be in tight contact with the internal surface. The thin and small plate made of metal preferably has a thickness of 0.2 mm-1.2 mm, particularly 0.4 mm-1.1 mm, more particularly 0.5 mm-1.0 mm, and a weight of 0.5 g-1.5 g, particularly 0.6 g-1.0 g.Type: GrantFiled: April 16, 2003Date of Patent: August 23, 2005Assignee: Bridgestone Sports Co., Ltd.Inventor: Masafumi Nishitani
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Patent number: 6929563Abstract: A golf club head has a head body, filler fixedly attached to the head body 1 by press fitting into a recess portion of the head body, and a back weight disposed on the rear surface side of the filler and fixedly attached to a sole portion of the head body. Titanium, titanium alloys, aluminum, aluminum alloys and magnesium alloys are preferable as the filler. The back weight may be made of the same material as the head body or may be made of metal higher in specific gravity than the head body.Type: GrantFiled: April 25, 2003Date of Patent: August 16, 2005Assignee: Bridgestone Sports Co., Ltd.Inventor: Masafumi Nishitani
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Publication number: 20050085313Abstract: A weight material is provided on a heel side of a hosel portion in a golf club head. A convex portion E is provided on the heel side of the head. The weight material is disposed within the convex portion. The weight material is made of high specific gravity metal such as tungsten, and welded on both a lower column and a skirt portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 1, 2004Publication date: April 21, 2005Inventor: Masafumi Nishitani
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Patent number: D502976Type: GrantFiled: November 17, 2003Date of Patent: March 15, 2005Assignee: Bridgestone Sports Co., Ltd.Inventors: Masafumi Nishitani, Koki Motoyoshi
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Patent number: D504480Type: GrantFiled: November 17, 2003Date of Patent: April 26, 2005Assignee: Bridgestone Sports Co., Ltd.Inventors: Masafumi Nishitani, Koki Motoyoshi, Atsuo Tateno
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Patent number: D504481Type: GrantFiled: September 22, 2004Date of Patent: April 26, 2005Assignee: Bridgestone Sports Co., Ltd.Inventors: Masafumi Nishitani, Koki Motoyoshi, Atsuo Tateno
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Patent number: D517146Type: GrantFiled: March 23, 2004Date of Patent: March 14, 2006Assignee: Bridgestone Sports Co., Ltd.Inventor: Masafumi Nishitani
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Patent number: D518863Type: GrantFiled: June 17, 2005Date of Patent: April 11, 2006Assignee: Bridgestone Sports Co., Ltd.Inventors: Koki Motoyoshi, Masafumi Nishitani
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Patent number: D521583Type: GrantFiled: July 9, 2004Date of Patent: May 23, 2006Assignee: Bridgestone Sports Co., Ltd.Inventors: Koki Motoyoshi, Masafumi Nishitani
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Patent number: D526036Type: GrantFiled: March 23, 2004Date of Patent: August 1, 2006Assignee: Bridgestone Sports Co., Ltd.Inventor: Masafumi Nishitani