Patents by Inventor Robert D. Gibbs

Robert D. Gibbs 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: 20240075354
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a golf club head with a plurality of stiffening members proximate the face, and particularly solid rods or a plate with one or more cutouts, is disclosed herein. The method includes the steps of preparing a wax of a golf club head body having at least one through-hole, a hollow interior, and at least one receiving pocket, preparing waxes of one or more stiffening members, inserting the wax of the stiffening members into the through-hole and seating its opposite end in the receiving pocket, bonding each of the stiffening members to the body with an adhesive material to form a combined wax mold, and casting a golf club head from the combined wax mold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2023
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Applicant: Topgolf Callaway Brands Corp.
    Inventors: Evan D. Gibbs, Alan Hocknell, Austin L. Frederickson, Christopher A. G. Nunez, James A. Seluga, Matthew Myers, Matthew Hannen, Bart R. Fliers, Robert S. Gonczi
  • Patent number: 4567902
    Abstract: A tobacco stream is formed on the underside of a vacuum belt conveyor and is transported past a tobacco trimming device (18) to be converted into a rod-like filler which is draped onto cigarette paper and severed to yield discrete cigarettes which are united with filter plugs. Trimming device 18 consists of overlapping disc knives (19) and (20). Overlapping of disc knives (19) and (20) eliminates the need for brushes to remove excess tobacco.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 1983
    Date of Patent: February 4, 1986
    Assignee: Philip Morris Incorporated
    Inventors: Robert D. Gibbs, James A. Remington
  • Patent number: 4217159
    Abstract: A process and apparatus for laying highly ordered webs wherein a fibrous strand forwarded towards a collecting surface is caused to oscillate up to an amplitude equal to the desired web width and by passing between two closely spaced plates is laid in successive courses with a very high degree of parallelism and precision. A plurality of the laying devices may be used to produce thicker or wider webs or webs having layers of differing orientation directions. Various bonding methods may be applied to the ordered webs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 1978
    Date of Patent: August 12, 1980
    Assignee: Imperial Chemical Industries Limited
    Inventors: Peter M. Ellis, Robert D. Gibb