Patents by Inventor Ryan E. Locke

Ryan E. Locke 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: 20260115552
    Abstract: The presently disclosed technology is directed to a golf club head. For example, the golf club head includes a striking face portion, a back portion, a removable weight, and a fastener. The back portion may include an upper blade portion, a gutter, and a lower muscle portion. The lower muscle portion may include a sole and a back flange including a weight recess. The sole may include a fastener through hole accessible to the weight recess. The removable weight may fit into the weight recess.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2025
    Publication date: April 30, 2026
    Applicant: Acushnet Company
    Inventors: Ryan E. Locke, Kevin Tassistro, Ronald K. Hettinger, Richard L. Cleghorn
  • Publication number: 20260115551
    Abstract: The presently disclosed technology is directed to a golf club head. For example, the golf club head includes a striking face portion, a back portion, a removable weight, and a fastener. The back portion may include an upper blade portion, a gutter, and a lower muscle portion. The lower muscle portion may include a sole and a back flange including a weight recess. The sole may include a fastener through hole accessible to the weight recess. The removable weight may fit into the weight recess.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2025
    Publication date: April 30, 2026
    Applicant: Acushnet Company
    Inventors: Ryan E. Locke, Kevin Tassistro, Ronald K. Hettinger, Richard L. Cleghorn
  • Publication number: 20250367519
    Abstract: The presently disclosed technology is directed to a removable weight including a body portion. The body portion may include one or more body cavities and one or more body weights to fit into the one or more body cavities.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2025
    Publication date: December 4, 2025
    Applicant: Acushnet Company
    Inventors: Ryan E. Locke, Ronald K. Hettinger, Kevin Tassistro, Jason W. Brown
  • Publication number: 20250367517
    Abstract: The presently disclosed technology is directed to a golf club head including a removable weight to fit into a weight recess. The removable weight may include one or more rib cavities and one or more ribs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2025
    Publication date: December 4, 2025
    Applicant: Acushnet Company
    Inventors: Ryan E. Locke, Ronald K. Hettinger, Kevin Tassistro, Richard L. Cleghorn
  • Publication number: 20250367518
    Abstract: The presently disclosed technology is directed to a golf club head including a removable weight to fit into a weight recess. The removable weight may include a body portion comprising a first body end on a toeward end of the body portion in an installed position and a second body end on a heelward end of the body portion in the installed position. The second body end is shaped to have the angle such that the second body end fits into the first heelward end.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2025
    Publication date: December 4, 2025
    Applicant: Acushnet Company
    Inventors: Ronald K. Hettinger, Kevin Tassistro, Ryan E. Locke
  • Publication number: 20250345672
    Abstract: A golf club head including a removable weight assembly is disclosed herein. In accordance with the presently disclosed technology, the golf club head may include a striking face portion, a back portion, and a removable weight assembly. The removable weight assembly may include a removable weight and a cover portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2024
    Publication date: November 13, 2025
    Applicant: Acushnet Company
    Inventors: Ronald K. Hettinger, Kevin Tassistro, Ryan E. Locke
  • Publication number: 20250256172
    Abstract: The presently disclosed technology is directed to a removable weight to fit into a right handed golf club head or a left handed golf club head. For example, the removable weight includes a body portion and a cover portion. The body portion includes a first body end and a second body end.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2024
    Publication date: August 14, 2025
    Applicant: Acushnet Company
    Inventors: Ryan E. Locke, Kevin Tassistro, Ronald K. Hettinger, Richard L. Cleghorn
  • Publication number: 20250256171
    Abstract: The presently disclosed technology is directed to a golf club head. For example, the golf club head includes a striking face portion, a back portion, a removable weight, and a fastener. The back portion may include an upper blade portion, a gutter, and a lower muscle portion. The lower muscle portion may include a sole and a back flange including a weight recess. The sole may include a fastener through hole accessible to the weight recess. The removable weight may fit into the weight recess.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2024
    Publication date: August 14, 2025
    Applicant: Acushnet Company
    Inventors: Ryan E. Locke, Kevin Tassistro, Ronald K. Hettinger, Richard L. Cleghorn
  • Publication number: 20240226673
    Abstract: The presently disclosed technology is directed to a golf club head. For example, the golf club head includes a striking face portion, an upper back portion, and a removable weight assembly. The sole may include a sole recess and a sole blind hole. The removable weight assembly may include a cylindrical weight to fit into the sole blind hole and a weight cover to cover the cylindrical weight in an installed position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2024
    Publication date: July 11, 2024
    Applicant: Acushnet Company
    Inventors: Richard L. Cleghorn, Ronald K. Hettinger, Kevin Tassistro, Ryan E. Locke
  • Publication number: 20240189675
    Abstract: A golf club head includes a recessed channel; and a weight assembly including a weight at least partially disposed within the recessed channel, a cover at least partially covering the recessed channel, the cover including a cover main body, a top rail protruding from the cover main body along a first direction, and a side rail protruding from the cover main body along a second direction different from the first direction, and a fastener coupling the cover to the body, wherein the weight has top and side grooves that are respectively shaped and sized to receive at least part of the top and side rails, wherein the top groove has opposite front and rear surfaces respectively proximal and distal to the striking face, and wherein the side groove has opposite top and bottom surfaces respectively proximal and distal to an exterior surface of the cover.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2023
    Publication date: June 13, 2024
    Inventors: Takeshi Casey Funaki, Ryan E. Locke, Thomas Orrin Bennett
  • Publication number: 20230347214
    Abstract: A golf club head, including: a body including: a striking face having a lower leading edge, and a sole extending from the lower leading edge, wherein the striking face and the sole form part of an outer surface of the body; a recessed channel formed in the outer surface of the body; and a weight assembly including: a weight at least partially disposed within the recessed channel and configured to be moveable therein, a cover adapted to releasably secure the weight within the recessed channel, and having one or more window openings adapted to identify a location of the weight within recessed channel; and an at least partially transparent window member attached to the cover and overlapping the one or more window openings.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2023
    Publication date: November 2, 2023
    Inventors: David S. Cornelius, Mitchell E. Bac, Thomas Orrin Bennett, Jorgen Meister, Stephanie Luttrell, Darryl C. Galvan, Ryan E. Locke
  • Patent number: D1006158
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: Acushnet Company
    Inventors: Christopher G Engel, Ryan E. Locke
  • Patent number: D1068985
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2025
    Assignee: Acushnet Company
    Inventors: Kevin J. Chun, Christopher G. Engel, Ryan E. Locke, David S. Cornelius
  • Patent number: D1121754
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2024
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2026
    Assignee: Acushnet Company
    Inventors: Vincent Jacobson, Ryan E. Locke
  • Patent number: D1127105
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2024
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2026
    Assignee: Acushnet Company
    Inventors: Christopher G. Engel, Ryan E. Locke