Patents by Inventor Ming T. Chen

Ming T. Chen 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: 7022027
    Abstract: A tri-weight correlated set of iron-type golf clubs, wherein at least two of the clubs of the set have a combined sole weight and center weight, which reinforces the most likely hitting surface of the club to add distance behind well hit center shots, and a periphery weight system along the heel and toe to straighten out off-center hit shots.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2006
    Inventor: Ming T. Chen
  • Patent number: 6231457
    Abstract: A low center of gravity golf club shaft for attachment to a lightweight golf club head having a toe, heel, face, sole, and top made of titanium or similar density material comprising: a hollow tapered cone-like shaft with a smaller club end attached to the club head proximate the heel, and a handle end; the shaft made of graphite wrapped with uni-direction tape to form at least two nodes to selectively stiffen or allow the shaft to flex at pre-selected points along the shaft, and a handwrap tape of desired length wrapped around the handle end of the shaft to provide a handgrip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2001
    Inventor: Ming T. Chen
  • Patent number: 5356138
    Abstract: An improved dual weight correlated set of iron-type golf clubs, each club having a neck to attach to a shaft, and a face for impacting a golf ball, a back surface, a heel portion, a toe portion, and a sole, wherein the improvement comprises: reinforcement periphery balancing weight structure placed along the perimeter of the back of the club defining a cavitated back, the balancing weight structure having least weight and thickness starting at the top of the back of the club and gradually increasing in weight and thickness toward the sole of the club along the perimeter of the toe, sole, and heel to provide better balance and strength behind the periphery of the hitting surface of the face of the club, and a second mound weight reinforcing structure partially filling the cavitated back of the iron-type club behind the hitting surface of the club, with a curvilinear base reinforcing the sole of the club and a mound mass curvilinearly rising from low points proximate the toe and heel along the sole and graduall
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 1993
    Date of Patent: October 18, 1994
    Assignee: Pro Sports, U.S.A.
    Inventors: Ming T. Chen, Jeffrey R. Thurman