Patents by Inventor Peter J Gilbert

Peter J Gilbert 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).

  • Custom milled iron set
    Patent number: 7785218
    Abstract: A process for the custom design and automated, custom manufacture of golf clubs. According to a first embodiment, a computer user interface, preferably a graphical user interface (GUI), guides a user's selection of preferred golf club design parameters. According to a second embodiment, input data about a golfer's style of play and golf club performance needs are captured from data collection systems, and analyzed by black box algorithms, preferably fuzzy logic algorithms, to infer golf club design parameters. After preferences for, or inferences about, golf club design parameters are developed in accordance with the two embodiments, a computer aided (CA) system is used to design and manufacture the desired golf clubs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2010
    Assignee: Acushnet Company
    Inventors: Michael Scott Burnett, Peter J. Gilbert, Bruce R. Pettibone, Scott A. Knutson
  • SET OF IRON CLUBS WITH CONSTANT GROUND ROLL
    Publication number: 20100203980
    Abstract: A set of iron clubs where each club in the set has the same or substantially the same ground roll. The set is produced by adjusting at least two club design characteristics of the clubs based upon measured or assumed player swing data. The design characteristics of the clubs include club length, static clubhead loft, location of the center of gravity, shaft flexibility, and groove volume. Preferably, club length and static clubhead loft are adjusted for coarse adjustments, while the other characteristics are used to fine-tune the design.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2010
    Publication date: August 12, 2010
    Inventors: Michael Scott Burnett, Peter J. Gilbert, Charles E. Golden, David A. Shear
  • Golf club head with face insert
    Patent number: 7771288
    Abstract: A golf club head is disclosed. The golf club head has a body member and a face insert formed of different materials. The body material is relatively soft and ductile to allow the club to be customized, and the face insert member is relatively hard and wear resistant to ensure that the face groove geometry remains substantially unaltered through use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2010
    Assignee: Acushnet Company
    Inventors: Peter J. Gilbert, M. Scott Burnett, Thomas O. Bennett
  • IRON-TYPE GOLF CLUBS
    Publication number: 20100190568
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a number of customized sets of iron-type golf clubs selected from a relatively small number of clubs. The multiple custom-fitted iron sets can be achieved by pivoting these sets off a common 6-iron. In a preferred embodiment, a portfolio of clubs contains seventeen forged iron-type golf clubs, wherein the clubs are a blended collection of oversized cavity back-type clubs, mid-sized clubs, and standard-sized muscle back-type clubs, which can be configured to create at least four custom-fitted iron sets pivoted off a common 6-iron.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2010
    Publication date: July 29, 2010
    Inventors: Peter J. Gilbert, Bruce R. Pettibone
  • SPIN MILLED GROOVES FOR A GOLF CLUB
    Publication number: 20100190572
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a method of forming a golf club head with an improved striking surface. The grooves are machined into the strike surface with tight tolerances. The grooves have sharp edges, radiused ends, and a draft angle between about 2° and 12°. The striking face is machined such that it has a uniform texture with a roughness of more than 40 Ra.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2010
    Publication date: July 29, 2010
    Applicant: Acushnet Company
    Inventors: Robert W. Vokey, Peter J. Gilbert, M. Scott Burnett, Christopher R. Kays
  • Golf club head having a grooved and textured face
    Patent number: 7758449
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a golf club head with an improved striking surface. The grooves are machined into the strike surface with tight tolerances. The grooves have sharp edges, radiused ends, and a draft angle between about 2° and 12°. The striking face is machined such that it has a uniform texture with a roughness of more than 40 Ra. The face may be selectively textured to enhance certain shots that the golfer may perform. This may include providing a plurality of distinct sets of texturing to accommodate a plurality of different shots. The grooves may contain a plurality of portions, including a radiused or angled portion, a portion having substantially parallel walls, a portion having a v-shape, and a curved portion. The grooves may also be characterized by various dimensions, including draft angle, inclusive side wall angle, width, depth, cross-sectional area, spacing, and pitch ratio.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2010
    Assignee: Acushnet Company
    Inventors: Peter J. Gilbert, Charles E. Golden, Robert W. Vokey
  • IRON-TYPE GOLF CLUBS
    Publication number: 20100144460
    Abstract: A set of iron-type golf clubs includes long irons with channel back configurations and short irons with cavity back configurations. The rear face configurations transition from channel backs through to pure cavity backs for increased performance continuum for the set. Additional design parameters for the set may also be systematically varied through the set, such as groove type and depth, loft angle, cavity volume, hitting face roughness, and sole width. At least one of the clubs of the set includes a sandwich-type construction for the hitting face having a dampening element disposed between a hitting face insert and a lightweight reinforcing core. In one embodiment, at least one club head is oversized.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2010
    Publication date: June 10, 2010
    Inventors: Peter J. Gilbert, Bruce R. Pettibone, Michael Scott Burnett, Christopher R. Kays, Tomas Diaz
  • IRON-TYPE GOLF CLUBS
    Publication number: 20100137074
    Abstract: An iron-type golf club includes a conventional-weight section, a lightweight section and a heavyweight section. The conventional-weight section includes the hitting face and at least a portion of the hosel. The heavyweight section, made of a denser material than the conventional-weight section, includes the sole and an optional back flange. The lightweight section, made of a material less dense than either of the other sections, includes a core to which the other two sections are secured, such as by co-molding the core to the other two sections. In the co-molding context, the components need not be constrained by their respective weight and density, but could be classified more generically as having a pre-formed component and a molding component irrespective of the densities of the components.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2009
    Publication date: June 3, 2010
    Inventors: Peter J. Gilbert, James G. Lewis, Ryan L. Roach
  • Set of iron clubs with constant ground roll
    Patent number: 7699716
    Abstract: A set of iron clubs where each club in the set has the same or substantially the same ground roll. The set is produced by adjusting at least two club design characteristics of the clubs based upon measured or assumed player swing data. The design characteristics of the clubs include club length, static clubhead loft, location of the center of gravity, shaft flexibility, and groove volume. Preferably, club length and static clubhead loft are adjusted for coarse adjustments, while the other characteristics are used to fine-tune the design.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2010
    Assignee: Acushnet Company
    Inventors: Michael Scott Burnett, Peter J. Gilbert, Charles E. Golden, David A. Shear
  • SET OF GOLF CLUBS
    Publication number: 20100093460
    Abstract: A set of golf clubs including golf club heads having a progressive effective sole width through the set. The set includes golf club heads having a club head main body including a hitting face and a face support. A portion of the set includes golf club heads having trailing edge sole chamfers that reduce the overall sole width to the effective sole width.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2009
    Publication date: April 15, 2010
    Inventors: Peter J. Gilbert, Douglas C. Jorgensen, Helene Rick, Andrian L. Stanescu
  • Iron-type golf clubs
    Patent number: 7686704
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a number of customized sets of iron-type golf clubs selected from a relatively small number of clubs. The multiple custom-fitted iron sets can be achieved by pivoting these sets off a common 6-iron. In a preferred embodiment, a portfolio of clubs contains seventeen forged iron-type golf clubs, wherein the clubs are a blended collection of oversized cavity back-type clubs, mid-sized clubs, and standard-sized muscle back-type clubs, which can be configured to create at least four custom-fitted iron sets pivoted off a common 6-iron.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2010
    Assignee: Acushnet Golf
    Inventors: Peter J. Gilbert, Bruce R. Pettibone
  • GOLF CLUB GROOVE CONFIGURATION
    Publication number: 20100075772
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a golf club head with an improved striking surface. The grooves are machined into the strike surface with tight tolerances. The grooves may contain a plurality of portions including a first portion that interfaces the striking surface with a variety of configurations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2009
    Publication date: March 25, 2010
    Inventors: Peter J. Gilbert, Gregory D. Johnson, Helene Rick
  • Iron-type golf clubs
    Patent number: 7662050
    Abstract: A set of iron-type golf clubs includes long irons with channel back configurations and short irons with cavity back configurations. The rear face configurations transition from channel backs through to pure cavity backs for increased performance continuum for the set. Additional design parameters for the set may also be systematically varied through the set, such as groove type and depth, loft angle, cavity volume, hitting face roughness, and sole width. At least one of the clubs of the set includes a sandwich-type construction for the hitting face having a dampening element disposed between a hitting face insert and a lightweight reinforcing core. In one embodiment, at least one club head is oversized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2010
    Assignee: Acushnet Company
    Inventors: Peter J. Gilbert, Bruce R. Pettibone, Michael Scott Burnett, Christopher R. Kays, Tomas Diaz
  • Spin milled grooves for a golf club
    Patent number: 7658685
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a golf club head with an improved striking surface. The grooves are machined into the strike surface with tight tolerances. The grooves have sharp edges, radiused ends, and a draft angle between about 2° and 12°. The striking face is machined such that it has a uniform texture with a roughness of more than 40 Ra.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2010
    Assignee: Acushnet Company
    Inventors: Robert W. Vokey, Peter J. Gilbert, M. Scott Burnett, Christopher R. Kays
  • GOLF CLUB HEAD
    Publication number: 20100029405
    Abstract: A golf club head having a multi-material face. The golf club head has a hard, wear resistant material as the ball-impacting face surface coupled to a softer material, allowing the multi-material face to be joined to a soft body material such that the body can be bent and customized. The multi-material face allows for improved playing characteristics by allowing the club designer to use a thinner face and lighter body material while still providing improved face wear resistance and durability.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2009
    Publication date: February 4, 2010
    Inventor: Peter J. Gilbert
  • Spin milled grooves for a golf club
    Patent number: 7653980
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a method of forming a golf club head with an improved striking surface. The grooves are machined into the strike surface with tight tolerances. The grooves have sharp edges, radiused ends, and a draft angle between about 2° and 12°. The striking face is machined such that it has a uniform texture with a roughness of more than 40 Ra.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2010
    Assignee: Acushnet Company
    Inventors: Robert W. Vokey, Peter J. Gilbert, M. Scott Burnett, Christopher R. Kays
  • GOLF CLUB HEAD HAVING A GROOVED AND TEXTURED FACE
    Publication number: 20090318243
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a golf club head with an improved striking surface. The grooves are machined into the strike surface with tight tolerances. The face may be selectively textured to enhance certain shots that the golfer may perform. This may include providing a plurality of distinct sets of texturing and surface roughening to accommodate a plurality of different shots. The grooves may contain a plurality of portions, including a radiused or angled portion, a portion having substantially parallel walls, a portion having a v-shape, and a curved portion. The grooves may also be characterized by various dimensions, including draft angle, inclusive side wall angle, width, depth, cross-sectional area, spacing, and pitch ratio.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2008
    Publication date: December 24, 2009
    Inventors: Charles E. Golden, Peter J. Gilbert, Robert W. Vokey
  • MUSCLE-BACK IRON GOLF CLUBS WITH HIGHER MOMENT OF INERTIA AND LOWER CENTER OF GRAVITY
    Publication number: 20090318244
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are muscle-back iron golf clubs that have improved mass qualities to provide higher rotational moments of inertia and lower center of gravity while retaining the workability of muscle-back irons and the size, shape and dimensions preferred by tour players and low handicap players.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2009
    Publication date: December 24, 2009
    Inventors: Peter J. Gilbert, Douglas C. Jorgensen
  • GOLF CLUB GROOVE CONFIGURATION
    Publication number: 20090313806
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a golf club head, and a method of making the golf club head, with an improved striking surface. The grooves are formed in the strike surface with tight tolerances. The grooves may contain a plurality of portions, including a radiused or angled portion, a portion having substantially parallel walls, and a portion having a v-shape.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2009
    Publication date: December 24, 2009
    Inventor: Peter J. Gilbert
  • GOLF CLUB GROOVE CONFIGURATION
    Publication number: 20090298609
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a golf club head with an improved striking surface. The grooves are machined into the strike surface with tight tolerances. The grooves have sharp edges, radiused ends, and a draft angle between about 2° and 12°. The striking face is machined such that it has a uniform texture with a roughness of more than 40 Ra. The face may be selectively textured to enhance certain shots that the golfer may perform. This may include providing a plurality of distinct sets of texturing to accommodate a plurality of different shots. The grooves may contain a plurality of portions, including a radiused or angled portion, a portion having substantially parallel walls, and a portion having a v-shape.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2009
    Publication date: December 3, 2009
    Inventors: Peter J. Gilbert, Gregory D. Johnson
  • 5-HT.sub.3 receptor antagonists for the treatment of autism
    Patent number: 5225407
    Abstract: The invention relates to the use of a compound which acts as an antagonist of 5-HT at 5-HT.sub.3 receptors in the treatment of autism or another disorder originating in childhood in which there is mental retardation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 1992
    Date of Patent: July 6, 1993
    Assignee: Glaxo Group Limited
    Inventors: Nigel R. Oakley, Ian H. Coates, Peter C. North, Alexander W. Oxford