Patents by Inventor Naruhiro MIZUTANI

Naruhiro MIZUTANI 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: 9295885
    Abstract: A golf club 1 includes a head 3 and a shaft 5. The head 3 has a head body M3, a grounding member Y1 and a movement restricting member Y2. The head body M3 has a sole s3. The sole s3 has a slide part S1 that can slide the grounding member Y1. The movement restricting member Y2 restricts slide movement of the grounding member Y1 while allowing the grounding member Y1 to be fixed at a plurality of slide positions. A face angle can be varied depending on the plurality of slide positions of the grounding member Y1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2016
    Assignee: DUNLOP SPORTS CO. LTD.
    Inventors: Kiyofumi Matsunaga, Naruhiro Mizutani
  • Patent number: 9265994
    Abstract: A head 4 includes a socket 10 and a weight body 12. The socket 10 has an upper hole part 18 and a lower hole part 20. The weight body 12 has an engaging part 32. The lower hole part 20 and the engaging part 32 can be relatively rotated. By the relative rotation, the weight body 12 can take an engaging position EP and non-engaging position NP. The engaging part 32 has an outermost part E1. The lower hole part 20 has a first portion 20x and a second portion 20y. The outermost part E1 can pass through the first portion 20x while compressively deforming the first portion 20x. A distance D2 between the second portion 20y and an axis line Z is greater than a distance D1 between the first portion 20x and the axis line Z.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2016
    Assignee: DUNLOP SPORTS CO. LTD.
    Inventor: Naruhiro Mizutani
  • Publication number: 20160008683
    Abstract: A hollow golf club head comprises a head main body made of a metallic material and having a bottom portion including a first portion and a second portion being connected with the first portion having difference in level, and at least one weight member having a specific gravity larger than that of the head main body and attached to the second portion of the head main body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2015
    Publication date: January 14, 2016
    Applicant: DUNLOP SPORTS CO. LTD.
    Inventor: Naruhiro MIZUTANI
  • Publication number: 20160001144
    Abstract: A head 4 includes a head body m1 and a recessed-part forming member b1. The head body m1 includes an opening hs1 for a recessed part, and a receiving part x1 formed on at least a part of a periphery of the opening hs1 for a recessed part. The recessed-part forming member b1 is fixed to the opening hs1 for a recessed part. A recessed part R is formed on an outer surface of the head by the recessed-part forming member b1. The recessed-part forming member b1 is formed separately from the head body m1. The recessed-part forming member b1 includes an outer extension part y1. The outer extension part y1 is supported by the receiving part x1. The head 4 is hollow.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2014
    Publication date: January 7, 2016
    Applicant: DUNLOP SPORTS CO. LTD.
    Inventor: Naruhiro MIZUTANI
  • Publication number: 20150375066
    Abstract: The golf club head of this invention includes: a head body having a crown portion, face portion, and sole portion; at least one weight configured to be detachably attached to the sole portion; and a cover kit configured to be detachably attached to the sole portion. Out of a cover provided with a decoration and configured to cover at least a portion of the sole portion, and at least one auxiliary weight configured to be attached to the cover, the cover kit includes at least the cover. The weight of the cover kit is the same as the weight of the weight. The sole portion is configured to selectively be in one of a first mode in which the weight is attached, and a second mode in which the cover kit is attached.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2015
    Publication date: December 31, 2015
    Applicant: DUNLOP SPORTS CO. LTD.
    Inventor: Naruhiro MIZUTANI
  • Publication number: 20150375068
    Abstract: A golf club head including a cup face is provided. The cup face includes a face portion and a rising portion extending from a peripheral edge of the face portion on a rear surface side of the face portion. The peripheral edge of the face portion includes a top line on a top side and a sole line on a sole side. The face portion includes a central region and peripheral regions. The central region includes a face center, extends from the sole line to the top line while being inclined from the sole side to the top side along a direction from the heel side toward the toe side, and does not reach the toe-side edge point. The peripheral regions are thinner than the central region and surround the central region on the toe side and the heel side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2015
    Publication date: December 31, 2015
    Applicant: DUNLOP SPORTS CO. LTD.
    Inventor: Naruhiro MIZUTANI
  • Publication number: 20150367187
    Abstract: A golf club includes a shaft, a golf club head including a hosel having an aperture to which the shaft being secured, a securing member configured in a cylindrical shape to cover the shaft, the securing member including a first securing portion detachably fitted to the aperture of the hosel, and an insert member configured in a cylindrical shape to cover the shaft, the insert member including a second securing portion being detachably attachable to the aperture of the hosel and a third securing portion being detachably attachable to the first securing portion of the securing member. The golf club is capable of adopting a first mode of securing the first securing portion to the hosel, and a second mode of securing the insert member to the hosel and securing the first securing portion to the third securing portion of the insert member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2015
    Publication date: December 24, 2015
    Applicant: DUNLOP SPORTS CO. LTD.
    Inventor: Naruhiro MIZUTANI
  • Publication number: 20150367188
    Abstract: A golf club according to one aspect of the present invention includes a shaft, a golf club head including a hosel containing a hole to attach the shaft, and a sleeve system including a body attached to a tip of the shaft and inserted together with the shaft into the hole of the hosel and an adaptor attached to the body so as to enable an adjustment of an axis-directional position with respect to the body and engaging with an upper end of the hosel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2015
    Publication date: December 24, 2015
    Applicant: DUNLOP SPORTS CO. LTD.
    Inventor: Naruhiro MIZUTANI
  • Publication number: 20150343279
    Abstract: A golf club 2 includes a head 4, a shaft 6, a grip 8, a first member m1 detachably attached, a second member m2 detachably attached, and a tool 102. A minimum force required to detach the first member m1 from the tool 102 in a connection state of the tool 102 and the first member m1 is defined as F1. A minimum force required to detach the second member m2 from the tool 102 in a connection state of the tool 102 and the second member m2 is defined as F2. The force F1 is greater than the force F2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2015
    Publication date: December 3, 2015
    Applicant: DUNLOP SPORTS CO. LTD.
    Inventor: Naruhiro MIZUTANI
  • Patent number: 9168430
    Abstract: A hollow golf club head comprises a head main body made of a metallic material and having a bottom portion including a first portion and a second portion being connected with the first portion having difference in level, and at least one weight member having a specific gravity larger than that of the head main body and attached to the second portion of the head main body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2015
    Assignee: DUNLOP SPORTS CO. LTD.
    Inventor: Naruhiro Mizutani
  • Patent number: 9155942
    Abstract: A head 2 includes a head body h1 and a neck part n1. The head body h1 and the neck part n1 are joined. The head body h1 has a body side joint surface s1 and a first recessed part opened in the body side joint surface s1. A space v1 is formed by the first recessed part r1. The neck part n1 has a neck side joint surface brought into surface contact with the body side joint surface s1 and a shaft hole 14. An abutted boundary surface Pt passes through a vicinity ad1 of a head height lowest point. When a plane perpendicular to an axis line z of the shaft hole 14 is defined as PL, and an angle between the plane PL and the abutted boundary surface Pt is ? degree, the angle ? is a plus value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2015
    Assignee: DUNLOP SPORTS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Naoyoshi Ueda, Naruhiro Mizutani
  • Patent number: 9039543
    Abstract: A head 1 is provided with a head body h1 and an adherend s1. The adherend s1 has a cast resin 53 formed by casting, a metal part 51, and a vibration absorber 55. The cast resin 53 has a formed surface formed by the metal part 51. The cast resin 53 further may have a formed surface formed by the vibration absorber 55. A base material of the cast resin 53 is an epoxy resin, for example. The cast resin 53 may have a cutting surface PL1. The cutting surface PL1 may be a joint surface of the adherend to the head body h1. Preferably, a loss tangent tan ? of the vibration absorber 55 is 0.07 or greater and 0.25 or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2015
    Assignee: SRI SPORTS LIMITED
    Inventor: Naruhiro Mizutani
  • Patent number: 8951141
    Abstract: A set of iron-type golf clubs and a set of iron-type golf club heads are disclosed. The loft angles of the heads are gradually increased from the lowest numbered golf club to the highest numbered golf club in the set. Given that a coefficient of inertia of the head is the ratio Ms/M of a moment of inertia Ms (gram sq·cm) of the head around a horizontal axis extending in a toe-heel direction of the head passing through the center of gravity of the head, to the mass M (g) of the head, the coefficient of inertia is gradually increased with the increase in the loft angle, and the difference of the coefficient of inertia of the head of the highest numbered club from that of the lowest numbered club is 0.3 or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2015
    Assignee: Dunlop Sports Co. Ltd.
    Inventor: Naruhiro Mizutani
  • Publication number: 20150038253
    Abstract: The golf club of the present invention includes: a shaft; a golf club head having a hosel portion and a first opening portion that is formed on a side opposite to the hosel portion and is in communication with an interior space of the hosel portion, and having a hosel coupling portion in the interior space of the hosel portion; a first adapter having a first end portion and a second end portion, having a shaft receiving recessed portion that is open on the first end portion side and is fixed together with the shaft, and having a coupling portion in the second end portion; a second adapter accommodated in the interior space of the hosel portion, the second adapter having a first end portion and a second end portion; and a fixing member removably fixing the second adapter and the first adapter together.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2014
    Publication date: February 5, 2015
    Inventors: Naruhiro MIZUTANI, Kiyofumi MATSUNAGA
  • Publication number: 20150031469
    Abstract: A golf club 52 includes a shaft 56, a head 54 including a hosel, a sleeve 58 fixed to a tip part of the shaft 56, a grip 60 fixed to a back end part of the shaft 56, and a connecting member 10 which can be connected to the sleeve 58. The shaft 56 is detachably attached to the head 54. The shaft 56 includes an exposed part Ex. The sleeve 58 can be fixed to the head 54 at a plurality of circumferential direction fixed positions. A three-dimensional angle of the shaft 56 to the head 54 is changed depending on the circumferential direction fixed positions of the sleeve 58. The head 54 includes a head marking Hm. The exposed part Ex includes a shaft marking Sm for confirming the circumferential direction fixed positions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2014
    Publication date: January 29, 2015
    Inventors: Kota YAMASAWA, Kiyofumi MATSUNAGA, Naruhiro MIZUTANI
  • Publication number: 20150031468
    Abstract: A golf club 1 includes a head 3 and a shaft 5. The head 3 has a head body M3, a grounding member Y1 and a movement restricting member Y2. The head body M3 has a sole s3. The sole s3 has a slide part S1 that can slide the grounding member Y1. The movement restricting member Y2 restricts slide movement of the grounding member Y1 while allowing the grounding member Y1 to be fixed at a plurality of slide positions. A face angle can be varied depending on the plurality of slide positions of the grounding member Y1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2014
    Publication date: January 29, 2015
    Inventors: Kiyofumi MATSUNAGA, Naruhiro MIZUTANI
  • Publication number: 20150031470
    Abstract: A golf club 2 includes a face angle adjusting mechanism 20 provided on a sole s4. The face angle adjusting mechanism 20 has a grounding member 22 which can be protruded from the sole s4, a storing part 24 storing the grounding member 22, and a coil spring 26 pressing the grounding member 22 so that the grounding member 22 is protruded from the storing part 24. The grounding member 22 is set so that a protruding amount of the grounding member 22 from the sole s4 is varied depending on its position of rotation angle about its axis in a state where the grounding member 22 is stored in the storing part 24. By changing a position of rotation angle of the grounding member 22, the protruding amount of the grounding member 22 is changed thereby to change a face angle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2014
    Publication date: January 29, 2015
    Inventors: Kiyofumi MATSUNAGA, Naruhiro MIZUTANI
  • Publication number: 20150011327
    Abstract: A golf club 2 includes a head 4 and a shaft 6. A face 5 includes a sole s4 and a grounding member X1. The sole s4 includes a plurality of attaching portions r1. The grounding member X1 can be fixed to each of the plurality of attaching portions r1. A face angle can be varied depending on an attached position of the grounding member X1. Preferably, the golf club 2 further includes a non-grounding member X2. Preferably, the non-grounding member X2 can be fixed to each of the attaching portions r1. Preferably, attached position of the non-grounding member X2 does not influence the face angle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2014
    Publication date: January 8, 2015
    Inventors: Kiyofumi MATSUNAGA, Naruhiro MIZUTANI
  • Publication number: 20140357402
    Abstract: A head 4 includes a socket 10 and a weight body 12. The socket 10 has an upper hole part 18 and a lower hole part 20. The weight body 12 has an engaging part 32. The lower hole part 20 and the engaging part 32 can be relatively rotated. By the relative rotation, the weight body 12 can take an engaging position EP and non-engaging position NP. The engaging part 32 has an outermost part E1. The lower hole part 20 has a first portion 20x and a second portion 20y. The outermost part E1 can pass through the first portion 20x while compressively deforming the first portion 20x. A distance D2 between the second portion 20y and an axis line Z is greater than a distance D1 between the first portion 20x and the axis line Z.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2014
    Publication date: December 4, 2014
    Applicant: DUNLOP SPORTS CO. LTD.
    Inventor: Naruhiro MIZUTANI
  • Publication number: 20140349779
    Abstract: A head 4 includes a head main body h1, a socket 10, an attachment member 11, and a weight body 12. The head main body h1 includes a socket housing portion 14. The socket 10 is attached to the socket housing portion 14. The socket housing portion 14 includes a first opening K1 through which the socket 10 can be housed. The attachment member 11 is mechanically joined to the head main body h1. The attachment member 11 is disposed so as to block at least a part of the first opening K1. The attachment member 11 controls the falling off of the socket 10 from the first opening K1. The socket 10 includes a held portion 10b. The held portion 10b is pressed by the attachment member 11. The socket 10 is formed of a polymer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2014
    Publication date: November 27, 2014
    Applicant: DUNLOP SPORTS CO. LTD.
    Inventor: Naruhiro MIZUTANI