Patents by Inventor Richard De La Cruz

Richard De La Cruz 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).

  • Publication number: 20100237136
    Abstract: A method of applying brazing to the task of attaching a golf club head to a hozel is presented. Brazing is preferable over gluing because of its improves strength characteristics, and preferable to welding because their is no risk of deforming the head or hozel because of high welding temperatures, and there is no welding bead to grind down.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2009
    Publication date: September 23, 2010
    Inventors: Richard De La Cruz, Richard D. De La Cruz
  • Publication number: 20090291773
    Abstract: A new method for producing a precision-ground golf club face is presented, the golf club face possessing a hitting zone comprised of several parallel grooves ground into the surface. The hitting zone grooves each possess triangular walls, which confer a ball-gripping capability to the golf club face.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2009
    Publication date: November 26, 2009
    Inventors: Richard De La Cruz, Richard D. De La Cruz
  • Publication number: 20090239678
    Abstract: a means and method of assembling a golf club head and hozel together using mechanical means is presented. The method includes precision drilling of placement holes and press fitting a locater device into said hole to receive a characteristically shaped golf club hozel end. The mechanical means is sufficient to hold the club head and hozel together, but can be supplemented with gluing or brazing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2009
    Publication date: September 24, 2009
    Inventors: Richard De La Cruz, Richard D. De La Cruz
  • Publication number: 20080182680
    Abstract: An improved golf club head design for irons is presented which provides a carburized tungsten alloy insert in the club face. The carburized tungsten alloy insert improves the club's center of gravity and center of mass characteristics and presents a harder surface to the golf ball, improving club face longevity. There are also improved rebound characteristics seen with the use of a carburized tungsten alloy club face insert.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2007
    Publication date: July 31, 2008
    Inventor: Richard De La Cruz
  • Publication number: 20060199666
    Abstract: An improved golf driver head design is presented which permits golf drivers to be adjusted to correct the swing characteristics of most golfers. A system of attachable weights is shown which make it possible to adjust golf club swing characteristics at the factory simply and economically. The invention is cast from very light weight metals to allow the maximum amount of weight adjustment within the head while keeping the head weight to a minimum.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2005
    Publication date: September 7, 2006
    Inventor: Richard De La Cruz
  • Publication number: 20050045253
    Abstract: A novel method of manufacturing, finishing, and attaching together the components of a golf club head is presented. The method permits separate heat treatments for the components to maximize hardness and strength and a novel means of attaching the components together to minimize weight.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2003
    Publication date: March 3, 2005
    Inventor: Richard De La Cruz
  • Publication number: 20040038749
    Abstract: An improved golf club design is proposed wherein a light-weight alloy club head is combined with a dense club face insert to concentrate the club head weight behind the ball-striking surface. The insert is polished to a mirror finish to improve the clubs ball-striking capabilities and impart a unique appearance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2002
    Publication date: February 26, 2004
    Inventor: Richard De La Cruz
  • Patent number: 6305063
    Abstract: A golf club head of the metal wood type has a body formed entirely from one billet of high strength aluminum alloy with a separate sole plate of the same or different material secured in a machined recess on the lower face of the body. The body has an internal, empty cavity machined through a lower wall of the body, and the walls are thicker than in conventional cast stainless steel metalwoods. The front, striking face is machined to any selected bulge and roll, loft and face angle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 1996
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2001
    Assignee: Danny Ashcraft
    Inventors: Danny C. Ashcraft, Richard E. Parente, Richard De La Cruz
  • Patent number: 5911638
    Abstract: A golf club head has a body having a front, striking face, an upper wall, a lower face with a plurality of threaded openings at selected positions, a rear wall, a heel and a toe, and a separate sole plate for securing to the lower face of the body. The sole plate has a plurality of through bores aligned with the openings, through which fastener screws project to secure the sole plate to the body. The fastener screws are selected from a plurality of sets of screws of different weights, whereby each fastener screw may be selected from any one of the sets to control total head weight and weight distribution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 1994
    Date of Patent: June 15, 1999
    Assignee: Goldwin Golf USA, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard E. Parente, Richard De La Cruz, Danny C. Ashcraft
  • Patent number: 5788584
    Abstract: A golf club metal wood head made of lighter weight material than stainless steel, such as aluminum alloy, has a front wall with an outer striking face, an upper wall, a lower wall, a rear wall, a heel and a toe, and an internal cavity milled out through a wall of the head to selected dimensions to provide a selected front wall thickness, and a varying wall thickness around the remainder of the head to provide a selected perimeter weighting to the head. The front wall is made significantly thicker than in conventional heads.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 1994
    Date of Patent: August 4, 1998
    Assignee: Goldwin Golf U.S.A., Inc.
    Inventors: Richard E. Parente, Danny C. Ashcraft, Richard De La Cruz
  • Patent number: D537136
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2007
    Inventor: Richard De La Cruz
  • Patent number: D588658
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2009
    Inventors: Richard De La Cruz, Richard D. De La Cruz
  • Patent number: D590902
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2009
    Inventors: Richard De La Cruz, Richard D. De La Cruz
  • Patent number: D591379
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2009
    Inventors: Richard De La Cruz, Richard D. De La Cruz
  • Patent number: D591815
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2009
    Inventors: Richard De La Cruz, Richard D. De La Cruz
  • Patent number: D378111
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 1994
    Date of Patent: February 18, 1997
    Assignee: Goldwin Golf U.S.A., Inc.
    Inventors: Richard E. Parente, Richard De La Cruz, Danny C. Ashcraft
  • Patent number: D384120
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 1994
    Date of Patent: September 23, 1997
    Assignee: Goldwin Golf USA, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard De La Cruz, Danny C. Ashcraft, Richard E. Parente
  • Patent number: D398357
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 1996
    Date of Patent: September 15, 1998
    Assignee: Goldwin Golf U.S.A.
    Inventors: Richard De La Cruz, Richard E. Parente
  • Patent number: D407456
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 1997
    Date of Patent: March 30, 1999
    Inventors: Richard De La Cruz, Richard Parente, Richard Tennent
  • Patent number: D409701
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 1994
    Date of Patent: May 11, 1999
    Inventors: Danny Craig Ashcraft, Richard De La Cruz