Patents by Inventor Ryan J. A. Ritchie
Ryan J. A. Ritchie 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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Patent number: 9782644Abstract: A correlated set of golf club heads is provided. The set of golf clubs has a first club head that, when oriented in a reference position, includes: a first loft angle, a first heel portion, a first toe portion opposite the first heel portion, a first top portion, and a first sole portion that comprises a first sole rail having a first setback length. The set of golf clubs also has a second club head that, when oriented in the reference position, includes: a second loft angle greater than the first loft angle, a second heel portion, a second toe portion opposite the second heel portion, a second top portion, and a second sole portion that comprises a second sole rail having a second setback length that is different from the first setback length.Type: GrantFiled: June 8, 2015Date of Patent: October 10, 2017Assignee: DUNLOP SPORTS CO., LTD.Inventors: Keith F. Dolezel, Sharon J. Park, Ryan J. A. Ritchie
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Patent number: 9750993Abstract: The present invention is direct to a set of golf clubs comprising long irons, mid-irons and short irons. The invention contemplates the use of titanium or steel for the main body portion and significant tungsten weight members coupled to at least the toe via a mechanical fastener.Type: GrantFiled: December 9, 2015Date of Patent: September 5, 2017Assignee: Acushnet CompanyInventors: Ryan J. A. Ritchie, Marni Ines, Jonathan Hebreo, Michael E. Franz
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Publication number: 20160375320Abstract: The present invention is direct to a set of golf clubs comprising long irons, mid-irons and short irons. The invention contemplates the use of titanium or steel for the main body portion and significant tungsten weight members coupled to at least the toe and a heel weight member coupled in a hosel cavity.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 9, 2016Publication date: December 29, 2016Applicant: Acushnet CompanyInventors: Michael E. Franz, Marni Ines, Jonathan Hebreo, Ryan J. A. Ritchie
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Publication number: 20160287955Abstract: 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 face portion and a back portion and at least one weight adjustment portion monolithically encased within the back portion of the co-forged iron type golf club head without the need for secondary attachment or machining operations.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 14, 2016Publication date: October 6, 2016Applicant: Acushnet CompanyInventors: Ryan J. A. Ritchie, Takeshi Casey Funaki, Marni Ines, Jonathan Hebreo
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Publication number: 20160243413Abstract: The present invention is direct to a set of golf clubs comprising long irons, mid-irons and short irons. The invention contemplates the use of titanium or steel for the main body portion and significant tungsten weight members coupled to at least the toe via a mechanical fastener.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 9, 2015Publication date: August 25, 2016Applicant: Acushnet CompanyInventors: Ryan J. A. Ritchie, Marni Ines, Jonathan Hebreo, Michael E. Franz
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Publication number: 20160184669Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: March 9, 2016Publication date: June 30, 2016Applicant: Acushnet CompanyInventors: Uday V. Deshmukh, Ryan J.A. Ritchie, Jonathan Hebreo
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Publication number: 20150265886Abstract: A correlated set of golf club heads is provided. The set of golf clubs has a first club head that, when oriented in a reference position, includes: a first loft angle, a first heel portion, a first toe portion opposite the first heel portion, a first top portion, and a first sole portion that comprises a first sole rail having a first setback length. The set of golf clubs also has a second club head that, when oriented in the reference position, includes: a second loft angle greater than the first loft angle, a second heel portion, a second toe portion opposite the second heel portion, a second top portion, and a second sole portion that comprises a second sole rail having a second setback length that is different from the first setback length.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 8, 2015Publication date: September 24, 2015Inventors: Keith F. DOLEZEL, Sharon J. PARK, Ryan J. A. RITCHIE
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Publication number: 20150209627Abstract: A golf club head comprises a loft angle no less than 18°, a striking face, a sole portion, and a top portion having an exterior surface. In an imaginary vertical plane spaced from a face center by no more than 10 mm and perpendicular to an imaginary striking face plane, an imaginary line segment has a length of 25 mm, a first endpoint located in the imaginary striking face plane, a second endpoint located above the exterior surface, and forms an angle ? with the striking face plane between 55° and 65°. The line segment is tangent to the exterior surface at a first point. A second point is located on the imaginary line segment and spaced from the first point by no less than 1 mm. The second point is spaced from the exterior surface by a gap distance that is no greater than 0.15 mm.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 2, 2015Publication date: July 30, 2015Inventors: Jeff D. BRUNSKI, Darius CYRULIK, Matthew R. DARASKAVICH, Michael T. PRICHARD, Ryan J A. RITCHIE, Michael J. COHEN
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Patent number: 9061185Abstract: A correlated set of golf club heads is provided. The set of golf clubs has a first club head that, when oriented in a reference position, includes: a first loft angle, a first heel portion, a first toe portion opposite the first heel portion, a first top portion, and a first sole portion that comprises a first sole rail having a first setback length. The set of golf clubs also has a second club head that, when oriented in the reference position, includes: a second loft angle greater than the first loft angle, a second heel portion, a second toe portion opposite the second heel portion, a second top portion, and a second sole portion that comprises a second sole rail having a second setback length that is different from the first setback length.Type: GrantFiled: September 18, 2012Date of Patent: June 23, 2015Assignee: DUNLOP SPORTS CO. LTD.Inventors: Keith F. Dolezel, Sharon J. Park, Ryan J. A. Ritchie
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Patent number: 9011266Abstract: A golf club head comprises a loft angle no less than 18°, a striking face, a sole portion, and a top portion having an exterior surface. In an imaginary vertical plane spaced from a face center by no more than 10 mm and perpendicular to an imaginary striking face plane, an imaginary line segment has a length of 25 mm, a first endpoint located in the imaginary striking face plane, a second endpoint located above the exterior surface, and forms an angle ? with the striking face plane between 55° and 65°. The line segment is tangent to the exterior surface at a first point. A second point is located on the imaginary line segment and spaced from the first point by no less than 1 mm. The second point is spaced from the exterior surface by a gap distance that is no greater than 0.15 mm.Type: GrantFiled: August 7, 2012Date of Patent: April 21, 2015Assignee: Dunlop Sports Co. Ltd.Inventors: Jeffrey D. Brunski, Darius Cyrulik, Matthew R. Daraskavich, Michael T. Prichard, Ryan J. A. Ritchie, Michael J. Cohen
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Publication number: 20140045609Abstract: A golf club head comprises a loft angle no less than 18°, a striking face, a sole portion, and a top portion having an exterior surface. In an imaginary vertical plane spaced from a face center by no more than 10 mm and perpendicular to an imaginary striking face plane, an imaginary line segment has a length of 25 mm, a first endpoint located in the imaginary striking face plane, a second endpoint located above the exterior surface, and forms an angle ? with the striking face plane between 55° and 65°. The line segment is tangent to the exterior surface at a first point. A second point is located on the imaginary line segment and spaced from the first point by no less than 1 mm. The second point is spaced from the exterior surface by a gap distance that is no greater than 0.15 mm.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 7, 2012Publication date: February 13, 2014Applicant: DUNLOP SPORTS CO., LTD.Inventors: Jeff D. BRUNSKI, Darius CYRULIK, Matthew R. DARASKAVICH, Michael T. PRICHARD, Ryan J. A. RITCHIE, Michael J. COHEN
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Publication number: 20130072319Abstract: A correlated set of golf club heads is provided. The set of golf clubs has a first club head that, when oriented in a reference position, includes: a first loft angle, a first heel portion, a first toe portion opposite the first heel portion, a first top portion, and a first sole portion that comprises a first sole rail having a first setback length. The set of golf clubs also has a second club head that, when oriented in the reference position, includes: a second loft angle greater than the first loft angle, a second heel portion, a second toe portion opposite the second heel portion, a second top portion, and a second sole portion that comprises a second sole rail having a second setback length that is different from the first setback length.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 18, 2012Publication date: March 21, 2013Inventors: Keith F. DOLEZEL, Sharon J. PARK, Ryan J. A. RITCHIE
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Patent number: D600767Type: GrantFiled: June 22, 2009Date of Patent: September 22, 2009Assignee: Roger Cleveland Golf Co., Inc.Inventors: Robert J. Horacek, Samuel G. Lacey, Nathaniel J. Radcliffe, John J. Rae, Ryan J. A. Ritchie
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Patent number: D604784Type: GrantFiled: June 22, 2009Date of Patent: November 24, 2009Assignee: Roger Cleveland Golf Co., Inc.Inventors: Robert J. Horacek, Samuel G. Lacey, Nathaniel J. Radcliffe, John J. Rae, Ryan J. A. Ritchie
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Patent number: D658249Type: GrantFiled: August 26, 2011Date of Patent: April 24, 2012Assignee: SRI Sports LimitedInventors: Keith F. Dolezel, Sharon J. Park, Matthew R. Daraskavich, Ryan J. A. Ritchie
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Patent number: D658250Type: GrantFiled: August 26, 2011Date of Patent: April 24, 2012Assignee: SRI Sports LimitedInventors: Keith F. Dolezel, Sharon J. Park, Matthew R. Daraskavich, Ryan J. A. Ritchie
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Patent number: D658732Type: GrantFiled: August 26, 2011Date of Patent: May 1, 2012Assignee: SRI Sports LimitedInventors: Keith F. Dolezel, Sharon J. Park, Matthew R. Daraskavich, Ryan J. A. Ritchie
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Patent number: D659784Type: GrantFiled: August 26, 2011Date of Patent: May 15, 2012Assignee: SRI Sports LimitedInventors: Keith F. Dolezel, Sharon J. Park, Matthew R. Daraskavich, Ryan J. A. Ritchie
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Patent number: D688763Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2012Date of Patent: August 27, 2013Assignee: Dunlop Sports Co., Ltd.Inventors: Jeff D. Brunski, Darius Cyrulik, Matthew R. Daraskavich, James R. Harris, Michael T. Prichard, Ryan J. A. Ritchie, Nick Trahan
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Patent number: D694843Type: GrantFiled: August 7, 2012Date of Patent: December 3, 2013Assignee: Dunlop Sports Co. Ltd.Inventors: Jeffrey D. Brunski, Darius Cyrulik, Matthew R. Daraskavich, James R. Harris, Michael T. Prichard, Ryan J. A. Ritchie, Nick Trahan