Patents by Inventor Ronald K. Hettinger
Ronald K. Hettinger 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).
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Publication number: 20240066366Abstract: A golf club head with an improved adjustable weighting system for an iron and/or wedge type golf club head is disclosed herein. More specifically, the golf club head in accordance with the presently disclosed technology may provide an improved adjustable weighting system that allows a user to view a position of one or more weights in the golf club head.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 6, 2023Publication date: February 29, 2024Applicant: Acushnet CompanyInventors: Sang Yi, Kevin Tassistro, Ronald K. Hettinger, Stephen S. Murphy
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Publication number: 20240066367Abstract: A golf club head with an improved adjustable weighting system for an iron and/or wedge type golf club head is disclosed herein. More specifically, the golf club head in accordance with the present invention provides an improved weighting system that fits in seamlessly with the traditional shaping of a wedge type golf club head that preserves the aesthetics of the golf club head that golfer have come to expect.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 30, 2022Publication date: February 29, 2024Applicant: Acushnet CompanyInventors: Ronald K. Hettinger, Kevin Tassistro
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Patent number: 11911672Abstract: A golf club head with an improved adjustable weighting system for an iron and/or wedge type golf club head is disclosed herein. More specifically, the golf club head in accordance with the present invention provides an improved weighting system that fits in seamlessly with the traditional shaping of a wedge type golf club head that preserves the aesthetics of the golf club head that golfer have come to expect.Type: GrantFiled: August 30, 2022Date of Patent: February 27, 2024Assignee: Acushnet CompanyInventors: Ronald K. Hettinger, Kevin Tassistro
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Publication number: 20240033590Abstract: A co-forged iron type golf club is disclosed. More specifically, the present invention discloses an iron type golf club head from a pre-form billet that already contains two or more materials before the actual forging process resulting in a multi-material golf club head that doesn't require any post manufacturing operations such as machining, welding, swaging, gluing, and the like. The resultant golf club head may be capable of achieving center of gravity locations previously unachievable without utilizing this co-forging technique. The resultant golf club head may be used to create a set of golf club heads with center of gravity locations that are more advantageous throughout a set of golf clubs.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 9, 2023Publication date: February 1, 2024Applicant: Acushnet CompanyInventors: Kevin Tassistro, Ronald K. Hettinger
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Publication number: 20230338794Abstract: An iron-type golf club head includes: a body having an outer surface and including a striking face; a channel extending into the body and having an opening in the outer surface of the body; and a weighted insert shaped and sized to be at least partially inserted into the channel and including a heavy end and a light end, wherein the channel is oriented such that, when the weighted insert is at least partially inserted into the channel, a longitudinal axis of the weighted insert is parallel to a striking face plane that is tangential to an outermost surface of the striking face.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 21, 2022Publication date: October 26, 2023Applicant: Acushnet CompanyInventors: Ronald K. Hettinger, Kevin Tassistro, Richard L. Cleghorn
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Publication number: 20230083855Abstract: A golf club head includes: a body including: a striking face having a lower leading edge and an upper topline edge opposite to the lower leading edge, a sole extending from the lower leading edge, a back portion coupled between the sole and the upper topline edge; a recessed channel at least partially formed in the back portion; and a weight assembly including: a weight at least partially disposed within the recessed channel and configured to move therein; a cover adapted to releasably secure the weight within the recessed channel; and a fastener coupling the cover to the body and extending at least partially into the body at a position on the back portion between the recessed channel and the upper topline edge.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 1, 2022Publication date: March 16, 2023Inventors: Ronald K. Hettinger, Thomas Orrin Bennett
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Publication number: 20230072814Abstract: A set of golf club heads includes a first golf club head having a first loft and a second golf club head having a second loft greater than the first loft. The first golf club head includes a first striking face defining a first striking face plane and a first weight assembly including: a first weight, a first cover, and a first fastener. The second golf club head includes a second striking face defining a second striking face plane and a second weight assembly including: a second weight, a second cover, and a second fastener. The first and second fasteners are respectively controllably movable along first and second fastener axes, and a smallest angle between the second fastener axis and the second striking face plane is smaller than a smallest angle between the first fastener axis and the first striking face plane.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 15, 2022Publication date: March 9, 2023Inventors: Ronald K. Hettinger, Thomas Orrin Bennett, Kevin Tassistro
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Publication number: 20230064631Abstract: A golf club head includes: a body having an outer surface; a recessed channel formed in the outer surface; and a weight assembly including: a weight at least partially disposed within the recessed channel and configured to move therein, the weight including a main body and a protruding tongue, the protruding tongue including a distal tongue portion and a proximal tongue portion, a cover extending at least partially over the recessed channel, having a window cutout shaped and sized to block at least part of the distal tongue portion from moving through the window cutout, and having a slot cutout forming, together with a portion of the window cutout, an opening in the cover that is shaped and sized to allow movement of the distal tongue portion through the opening, and a slot wedge at least partially filling the slot cutout and forming a portion of the window cutout.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 7, 2022Publication date: March 2, 2023Inventors: Richard Sanchez, Doug M. Takehara, Ronald K. Hettinger, Sang Yi, Richard L. Cleghorn, Thomas Orrin Bennett
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Publication number: 20230057513Abstract: A co-forged iron type golf club is disclosed. More specifically, the present invention discloses an iron type golf club head from a pre-form billet that already contains two or more materials before the actual forging process resulting in a multi-material golf club head that doesn't require any post manufacturing operations such as machining, welding, swaging, gluing, and the like. The resultant golf club head may be capable of achieving center of gravity locations previously unachievable without utilizing this co-forging technique. The resultant golf club head may be used to create a set of golf club heads with center of gravity locations that are more advantageous throughout a set of golf clubs.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 7, 2022Publication date: February 23, 2023Applicant: Acushnet CompanyInventors: Kevin Tassistro, Ronald K. Hettinger
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Publication number: 20220379180Abstract: A golf club head includes: a body including: a striking face defining a striking face plane that is tangential to an outermost surface of the striking face; and a sole; a recessed channel formed in the body and defining a path; and a weight assembly including a weight at least partially disposed within the recessed channel and configured to be positioned in at least a first position on the path and at a second position on the path, wherein a first distance is defined by a minimum distance between the weight at the first position and the striking face plane, wherein a second distance is defined by a minimum distance between the weight at the second position and the striking face plane, and wherein the first distance and the second distance are substantially equal.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 28, 2022Publication date: December 1, 2022Inventors: Ronald K. Hettinger, Kevin Tassistro, Thomas Orrin Bennett
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Patent number: 11504589Abstract: A co-forged iron type golf club is disclosed. More specifically, the present invention discloses an iron type golf club head from a pre-form billet that already contains two or more materials before the actual forging process resulting in a multi-material golf club head that doesn't require any post manufacturing operations such as machining, welding, swaging, gluing, and the like. The resultant golf club head may be capable of achieving center of gravity locations previously unachievable without utilizing this co-forging technique. The resultant golf club head may be used to create a set of golf club heads with center of gravity locations that are more advantageous throughout a set of golf clubs.Type: GrantFiled: June 18, 2021Date of Patent: November 22, 2022Assignee: Acushnet CompanyInventors: Kevin Tassistro, Ronald K. Hettinger
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Publication number: 20210339095Abstract: A co-forged iron type golf club is disclosed. More specifically, the present invention discloses an iron type golf club head from a pre-form billet that already contains two or more materials before the actual forging process resulting in a multi-material golf club head that doesn't require any post manufacturing operations such as machining, welding, swaging, gluing, and the like. The resultant golf club head may be capable of achieving center of gravity locations previously unachievable without utilizing this co-forging technique. The resultant golf club head may be used to create a set of golf club heads with center of gravity locations that are more advantageous throughout a set of golf clubs.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 18, 2021Publication date: November 4, 2021Applicant: Acushnet CompanyInventors: Kevin Tassistro, Ronald K. Hettinger
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Patent number: 11065513Abstract: A co-forged iron type golf club is disclosed. More specifically, the present invention discloses an iron type golf club head from a pre-form billet that already contains two or more materials before the actual forging process resulting in a multi-material golf club head that doesn't require any post manufacturing operations such as machining, welding, swaging, gluing, and the like. The resultant golf club head may be capable of achieving center of gravity locations previously unachievable without utilizing this co-forging technique. The resultant golf club head may be used to create a set of golf club heads with center of gravity locations that are more advantageous throughout a set of golf clubs.Type: GrantFiled: May 8, 2019Date of Patent: July 20, 2021Assignee: Acushnet CompanyInventors: Kevin Tassistro, Ronald K. Hettinger
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Publication number: 20190262674Abstract: A co-forged iron type golf club is disclosed. More specifically, the present invention discloses an iron type golf club head from a pre-form billet that already contains two or more materials before the actual forging process resulting in a multi-material golf club head that doesn't require any post manufacturing operations such as machining, welding, swaging, gluing, and the like. The resultant golf club head may be capable of achieving center of gravity locations previously unachievable without utilizing this co-forging technique. The resultant golf club head may be used to create a set of golf club heads with center of gravity locations that are more advantageous throughout a set of golf clubs.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 8, 2019Publication date: August 29, 2019Applicant: Acushnet CompanyInventors: Kevin Tassistro, Ronald K. Hettinger
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Patent number: 10391370Abstract: A co-forged iron type golf club is disclosed. More specifically, the present invention discloses a co-forged iron type golf club with the body portion made out of a first material and at least one weight adjustment portion monolithically encased within the body portion of the co-forged iron type golf club head without the need for secondary attachment or machining operations. The present invention creates of an iron type golf club head from a pre-form billet that already contains two or more materials before the actual forging process resulting in a multi-material golf club head that doesn't require any post manufacturing operations such as machining, welding, swaging, gluing, and the like.Type: GrantFiled: October 24, 2016Date of Patent: August 27, 2019Assignee: Acushnet CompanyInventors: Kevin Tassistro, Ronald K. Hettinger, Michael Wu, Jonathan Hebreo
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Publication number: 20190118049Abstract: A co-forged iron type golf club is disclosed. More specifically, the present invention discloses a co-forged iron type golf club with the body portion made out of a first material and at least one weight adjustment portion monolithically encased within the body portion of the co-forged iron type golf club head without the need for secondary attachment or machining operations. The present invention creates of an iron type golf club head from a pre-form billet that already contains two or more materials before the actual final forging process resulting in a multi-material golf club head that doesn't require any post manufacturing operations such as machining, welding, swaging, gluing, and the like.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2018Publication date: April 25, 2019Applicant: Acushnet CompanyInventors: Kevin Tassistro, Ronald K. Hettinger
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Publication number: 20180185721Abstract: A golf club head including a multi-piece construction. The golf club head includes a plurality of body components coupled at a seam. A weight member is coupled to the golf club head so that it overlaps a seam.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 1, 2018Publication date: July 5, 2018Applicant: Acushnet CompanyInventors: Ronald K. Hettinger, Uday V. Deshmukh, Gentry Ferguson, Eddie G. Perez
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Patent number: 9908013Abstract: A golf club head including a multi-piece construction. The golf club head includes a plurality of body components coupled at a seam. A weight member is coupled to the golf club head so that it overlaps a seam.Type: GrantFiled: December 30, 2015Date of Patent: March 6, 2018Assignee: Acushnet CompanyInventors: Ronald K. Hettinger, Uday V. Deshmukh, Gentry Ferguson, Eddie G. Perez
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Publication number: 20180036605Abstract: A co-forged iron type golf club is disclosed. More specifically, the present invention discloses an iron type golf club head from a pre-form billet that already contains two or more materials before the actual forging process resulting in a multi-material golf club head that doesn't require any post manufacturing operations such as machining, welding, swaging, gluing, and the like. The resultant golf club head may be capable of achieving center of gravity locations previously unachievable without utilizing this co-forging technique. The resultant golf club head may be used to create a set of golf club heads with center of gravity locations that are more advantageous throughout a set of golf clubs.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 22, 2017Publication date: February 8, 2018Applicant: Acushnet CompanyInventors: Kevin Tassistro, Ronald K. Hettinger
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Patent number: D952083Type: GrantFiled: September 3, 2020Date of Patent: May 17, 2022Assignee: Acushnet CompanyInventors: Kevin Wolfe, Vincent Jacobson, Ronald K. Hettinger