Patents by Inventor Richard L. Cleghorn

Richard L. Cleghorn 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: 11577131
    Abstract: A golf club head that is capable improving on the inertia properties of a golf club head all while also improving the Center of Gravity (CG) location is disclosed herein. More specifically, the golf club head in accordance with the present invention achieves a relative low Moment of Inertia (MOI) about the Z-axis (MOI-Z) as well as a relatively low MOI about the Shaft-axis (MOI-SA), all combined with a high MOI about the X and Y-axis (MOI-X and MOI-Y) and maintaining a consistently and relatively low CG location measured along a direction tangent to the hosel axis along the X-Y plane (CG-B).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: Acushnet Company
    Inventors: Ryuichi Sugimae, Charles E. Golden, Joey Ashcroft, Richard L. Cleghorn, Gregory D. Johnson, Gentry Ferguson, Peter L. Soracco, Noah de la Cruz, Hiroshi Kawaguchi, Peter Larsen
  • Publication number: 20230044977
    Abstract: A golf club head that is capable improving on the inertia properties of a golf club head all while also improving the Center of Gravity (CG) location is disclosed herein. More specifically, the golf club head in accordance with the present invention achieves a relative low Moment of Inertia (MOI) about the Z-axis (MOI-Z) as well as a relatively low MOI about the Shaft-axis (MOI-SA), all combined with a high MOI about the X and Y-axis (MOI-X and MOI-Y) and maintaining a consistently and relatively low CG location measured along a direction tangent to the hosel axis along the X-Y plane (CG-B). The golf club head includes a frontal portion and a rear portion which may be secured together with rotational motion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2022
    Publication date: February 9, 2023
    Applicant: Acushnet Company
    Inventors: Sang Yi, Richard L. Cleghorn
  • Publication number: 20230030831
    Abstract: An iron-type golf club head incudes a body, a recessed channel, and a weight assembly. The body includes a striking face, a sole, and a back portion positioned between the sole and the striking face. The striking face includes an upper topline edge and a lower leading edge opposite to the upper topline edge. The recessed channel is formed in the back portion and includes a plurality of dividers. The weight assembly includes a weight at least partially disposed within the recessed channel and configured to engage one of the plurality of dividers in a locked configuration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2022
    Publication date: February 2, 2023
    Applicant: Acushnet Company
    Inventors: Sang Yi, Kyle A. Carr, Richard L. Cleghorn
  • Publication number: 20230026545
    Abstract: A golf club head that is capable improving on the inertia properties of a golf club head all while also improving the Center of Gravity (CG) location is disclosed herein. More specifically, the golf club head in accordance with the present invention achieves a relative low Moment of Inertia (MOI) about the Z-axis (MOI-Z) as well as a relatively low MOI about the Shaft-axis (MOI-SA), all combined with a high MOI about the X and Y-axis (MOI-X and MOI-Y) and maintaining a consistently and relatively low CG location measured along a direction tangent to the hosel axis along the X-Y plane (CG-B).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2022
    Publication date: January 26, 2023
    Applicant: Acushnet Company
    Inventors: Ryuichi Sugimae, Charles E. Golden, Joey Ashcroft, Richard L. Cleghorn, Gregory D. Johnson, Gentry Ferguson, Peter L. Soracco, Noah de la Cruz, Hiroshi Kawaguchi, Peter Larsen
  • Publication number: 20230024044
    Abstract: A golf club head with an improved Center of Gravity (CG) location is disclosed. More specifically, the present invention relates to a metalwood type golf club head with improved performance via shifting the CG towards a location that reduces spin, at the same time, without sacrificing launch angle and the forgiveness of the golf club head. This golf club head may generally have a unique construction capable of achieving a low and forward CG location that is less than 40 mm from the face center along a Z-axis, a CG height that is no more than 2 mm above the neutral axis, and a MOI-Y of greater than about 4,000 g-cm2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2021
    Publication date: January 26, 2023
    Applicant: Acushnet Company
    Inventors: Richard L. Cleghorn, Peter L. Soracco, Ryuichi Sugimae
  • Publication number: 20230018341
    Abstract: A golf club head including a striking face, a periphery portion surrounding and extending rearwards from the striking face, wherein the striking face comprises a front surface configured to strike a golf ball and a rear surface opposite the front surface, a support arm spaced from the rear surface of the striking face, the support arm extending from the periphery portion, wherein the support arm extends from the sole to the topline, a first damping element residing between the support arm and the rear surface of the striking face, a second damping element located between the support arm and the striking face, the second damping element in contact with the rear surface of the striking face and the support arm, and wherein the second damping element wraps around the support arm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2022
    Publication date: January 19, 2023
    Inventors: Joshua G. Breier, Marni D. Ines, Charles E. Golden, Richard L. Cleghorn
  • Patent number: 11541289
    Abstract: A golf club head includes a club head body and a weight member that is secured to the body. The weight member is constructed to utilize lateral forces to couple to the head body to minimize the structure required to retain the weight member, and the weight member is preferably constructed so that it has a low profile.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: Acushnet Company
    Inventors: Richard L. Cleghorn, David Cornelius, Hiroshi Kawaguchi, Dustin Barksdale
  • Publication number: 20220409964
    Abstract: A method of forming a golf club head that is capable improving on the inertia properties of a golf club head all while also improving the Center of Gravity (CG) location is disclosed herein. More specifically, the method forms a golf club head that achieves a relative low Moment of Inertia (MOI) about the Z-axis (MOI-Z) as well as a relatively low MOI about the Shaft-axis (MOI-SA).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2022
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Applicant: Acushnet Company
    Inventors: Ryuichi Sugimae, Darryl C. Galvan, Stephen S. Murphy, Charles E. Golden, Peter Larsen, Richard L. Cleghorn
  • Publication number: 20220401801
    Abstract: A multi-material golf club head having an improved performance is disclosed. More specifically, the present invention relates to a multi-material golf club head having a metallic frontal striking face portion and aft body portion with a crown opening and a sole opening that are covered by a composite crown sub-shell and a composite sole sub-shell, respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2022
    Publication date: December 22, 2022
    Inventors: Richard L. Cleghorn, Nick Frame
  • Patent number: 11497970
    Abstract: A golf club head that is capable improving on the inertia properties of a golf club head all while also improving the Center of Gravity (CG) location is disclosed herein. More specifically, the golf club head in accordance with the present invention achieves a relative low Moment of Inertia (MOI) about the Z-axis (MOI-Z) as well as a relatively low MOI about the Shaft-axis (MOI-SA), all combined with a high MOI about the X and Y-axis (MOI-X and MOI-Y) and maintaining a consistently and relatively low CG location measured along a direction tangent to the hosel axis along the X-Y plane (CG-B). The golf club head includes a frontal portion and a rear portion, each including one or more cantilevered extensions and one or more elongate protrusions that collectively constitute a snap fit mechanism adapted to removably couple the frontal portion to the rear portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: Acushnet Company
    Inventors: Sang Yi, Peter Larsen, Stephen S. Murphy, Scott A. Knutson, Charles E. Golden, Joey Ashcroft, Richard L. Cleghorn, Gregory D. Johnson, Gentry Ferguson, Peter L. Soracco, Noah de la Cruz, Hiroshi Kawaguchi, Ryuichi Sugimae
  • Patent number: 11497975
    Abstract: A golf club head including a weight mount disposed on the sole, a weight member configured to reside in the weight mount, a compressible member residing between the weight member and the weight mount, wherein the weight member comprises a longitudinal axis about which the weight member is configured to rotate, the weight member comprising projections extending radially outwards from the longitudinal axis, wherein the weight mount comprises circumferential ramps, wherein rotation of the weight member about the longitudinal axis forces the projections along the circumferential ramps, wherein the weight member goes from an unlocked position to a locked position in less than one full turn of the weight member relative to the weight mount, wherein rotation of the weight member compresses the compressible member, wherein the circumferential ramps comprise detents, wherein the projections are configured to reside in the detents when the weight member is in the locked position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: Acushnet Company
    Inventors: Richard L. Cleghorn, Richard Sanchez, Stephen S. Murphy, Ryuichi Sugimae, Stephanie Luttrell, Thomas Orrin Bennett
  • Patent number: 11497971
    Abstract: A golf club head with a crown comprising an inner crown portion and an outer crown portion. The inner crown portion may be made of a low density or low elastic modulus material. The outer portion of the crown defines an opening to the cavity, a riser extending into the cavity, and a ledge extending from the edge of the riser. The ledge may define a first channel and a second channel that extend around the ledge. The first channel is filled with adhesive to secure the inner portion of the crown to the ledge. The inner portion of the crown is attached to the ledge such that the opening is covered by the inner portion of the crown. The golf club head may also have a sole comprising an inner sole portion and an outer sole portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: Acushnet Company
    Inventors: Grant M. Martens, Uday V. Deshmukh, Nick Frame, Richard L. Cleghorn, Takeshi Casey Funaki, Doug M. Takehara
  • Patent number: 11491377
    Abstract: A golf club head having a multi-layered striking face is disclosed herein. More specifically, the golf club head in accordance with the present invention has an external frontal face layer, an internal rear face layer, and an intermediary sandwiched face layer juxtaposed between the external frontal face layer and the internal rear face layer. The intermediary sandwiched face layer may generally be made out of a high flexural modulus polymeric material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: Acushnet Company
    Inventors: Richard Sanchez, Richard L. Cleghorn, Tony Luna, Kyle A. Carr
  • Publication number: 20220347526
    Abstract: A golf club head that is capable improving on the inertia properties of a golf club head all while also improving the Center of Gravity (CG) location is disclosed herein. More specifically, the golf club head in accordance with the present invention achieves a relative low Moment of Inertia (MOI) about the Z-axis (MOI-Z), a relatively low MOI about the Shaft-axis (MOI-SA), a low MOI about the Y-axis (MOI-Y) and a high MOI about the X-axis (MOI-X).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2022
    Publication date: November 3, 2022
    Applicant: Acushnet Company
    Inventor: Richard L. Cleghorn
  • Publication number: 20220323832
    Abstract: A multi-material golf club head having an improved performance is disclosed. More specifically, the present invention relates to a multi-material golf club head having a metallic frontal portion and a lightweight aft portion with an addition of an internal ribbon support member. The lightweight aft portion could be formed of a multi-layered sandwich material with at least one layer having low damping properties. The lightweight aft portion may be formed out of a lightweight crown sub-shell and a lightweight sole sub-shell, both of which combine to receive a weighting system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2022
    Publication date: October 13, 2022
    Applicant: Acushnet Company
    Inventors: Ryuichi Sugimae, Richard L. Cleghorn
  • Publication number: 20220305351
    Abstract: A golf club head that is capable improving on the inertia properties of a golf club head all while also improving the Center of Gravity (CG) location is disclosed herein. More specifically, the golf club head in accordance with the present invention achieves a relative low Moment of Inertia (MOI) about the Z-axis (MOI-Z), a relatively low MOI about the Shaft-axis (MOI-SA), a low MOI about the Y-axis (MOI-Y) and a high MOI about the X-axis (MOI-X).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2022
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Applicant: Acushnet Company
    Inventors: Charles E. Golden, Richard L. Cleghorn, Ryuichi Sugimae
  • Publication number: 20220288471
    Abstract: A golf club head with a hosel hole cover that helps improve the performance of the golf club head is disclosed. More specifically, the present invention relates to a golf club head having a hosel hole cover at a bottom portion of an interchangeable connection system that not only provides improved performance of the golf club head by strategically utilizing an existing opening to adjust the weighting of a golf club head, but it also improves the aerodynamics of the golf club head by eliminating undesirable recesses that could be detrimental to the aerodynamics of a golf club head.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2021
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Applicant: Acushnet Company
    Inventors: Sang Yi, Stephen S. Murphy, Richard L. Cleghorn
  • Publication number: 20220288470
    Abstract: A golf club head with a hosel hole cover that helps improve the performance of the golf club head is disclosed. More specifically, the present invention relates to a golf club head having a hosel hole cover at a bottom portion of an interchangeable connection system that not only provides improved performance of the golf club head by strategically utilizing an existing opening to adjust the weighting of a golf club head, but it also improves the aerodynamics of the golf club head by eliminating undesirable recesses that could be detrimental to the aerodynamics of a golf club head.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2021
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Applicant: Acushnet Company
    Inventors: Sang Yi, Stephen S. Murphy, Richard L. Cleghorn, Richard Sanchez
  • Patent number: 11439879
    Abstract: A golf club head includes a body having an outer surface, a recessed channel defined in the outer surface of the body, and a weight assembly. The weight assembly includes a weight at least partially disposed within the recessed channel and configured to slide therein, and a cover adapted to releasably secure the weight within the recessed channel. The cover including a first portion and a second portion. The weight assembly also including a fastener coupling the cover to the body and defining a fastener axis. The fastener engages with the first portion of the cover such that the cover is moveable along the fastener axis, and the second portion of the cover is rotatable relative to the first portion when the first portion is raised at least partially out of the recessed channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: Acushnet Company
    Inventors: Sang Yi, Richard Sanchez, Richard L. Cleghorn, Thomas Orrin Bennett
  • Patent number: 11433285
    Abstract: A golf club head with a hosel hole cover that helps improve the performance of the golf club head is disclosed. More specifically, the present invention relates to a golf club head having a hosel hole cover at a bottom portion of an interchangeable connection system that not only provides improved performance of the golf club head by strategically utilizing an existing opening to adjust the weighting of a golf club head, but it also improves the aerodynamics of the golf club head by eliminating undesirable recesses that could be detrimental to the aerodynamics of a golf club head.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: Acushnet Company
    Inventors: Sang Yi, Stephen S. Murphy, Richard L. Cleghorn