Patents by Inventor Ryan L. Roach

Ryan L. Roach 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: 12280539
    Abstract: A process of manufacturing a golf club head that includes the steps of generating, via an additive manufacturing process, a printed part that includes the steps of printing a material, layer by layer, along a build plane and creating at least one blow through aperture that allows fluid to flow through an internal cavity of the printed part. The build plane is offset from a ground plane by between about 5 degrees and about 160 degrees. The ground plane is defined as a horizontal plane parallel to the ground when the golf club head is at address. The process also includes the steps of excavating the printed part by forcing excess material out from within the internal cavity using the at least one blow through aperture and removing excess material formed at one or more material deposits disposed along the printed part golf club head.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2025
    Assignee: Cobra Golf Incorporated
    Inventors: Ryan L. Roach, Cameron J. Day, Bryce W. Hobbs
  • Patent number: 12269209
    Abstract: A process of manufacturing a golf club component includes spreading a thin layer of metal powder over a build plane defined over a build platform and bonding, using a laser, portions of the thin layer of metal powder. The spreading and bonding are repeated until the golf club component is formed. The golf club component comprises a lattice structure positioned within an internal cavity of the golf club component and the lattice structure is interrupted by a solid portion that extends along a bottom side of the golf club component from a toe region of the golf club component to a location between the toe region and a heel region of the golf club component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2024
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignee: Cobra Golf Incorporated
    Inventors: Ryan L. Roach, Cameron J. Day, Bryce W. Hobbs
  • Patent number: 12233595
    Abstract: An iron-type golf club includes an iron-type golf club head formed of metal by an additive manufacturing process. The iron-type golf club head includes a front side, a rear side, a bottom side, a top side, a toe side, and a heel side, and a body that defines a medial region between a toe region and a heel region. The iron-type golf club head also includes a first plane that extends orthogonal to a ground plane and separates the toe region from the medial region, and a second plane that extends orthogonal to the ground plane and separates the heel region from the medial region. A front face extends along the front side from the toe region, through the medial region, and into the heel region, and the front face and the body are formed of sintered metal by the additive manufacturing process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2024
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: Cobra Golf Incorporated
    Inventors: Ryan L. Roach, Cameron J. Day, Bryce W. Hobbs
  • Patent number: 12214263
    Abstract: A golf club head includes a body and an insert. The body defines a top side, a toe side, and a heel side, and includes a sole extending between the toe side and the heel side at a location on the body opposite to the top side. The body defines an internal volume defined between a ball-striking face and an internal wall. The insert is arranged within the internal volume and is formed layer by layer via an additive manufacturing process. The insert includes a lattice structure arranged between a rear surface of the ball-striking face and the internal wall. The lattice structure is in engagement with the rear surface and formed integrally with the ball-striking face and the internal wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Assignee: Cobra Golf Incorporated
    Inventors: Ryan L. Roach, Cameron J. Day, Bryce W. Hobbs, D. Clayton Evans
  • Publication number: 20250010156
    Abstract: A headcover for a golf club, the headcover comprising a body. The body includes a head portion and a sleeve portion. The head portion defines a chamber including a body aperture disposed at a heel end of the head portion, the body aperture being configured to provide access to the chamber. The sleeve portion extends outwardly from the head portion. Each of the head portion and the sleeve portion of the body includes a wall having a continuous network of interconnected concave and convex surfaces. A sleeve cutout is defined by a sleeve frame of the sleeve portion. The body aperture and the sleeve cutout are in direct fluid communication with one another and are configured to receive a portion of the golf club.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2024
    Publication date: January 9, 2025
    Inventors: Ryan L. Roach, Cameron J. Day
  • Patent number: 12145200
    Abstract: A process of manufacturing a face insert of a golf club head that includes the steps of forming, via an additive manufacturing process, a mold insert that includes a lattice structure or a ribbed structure protruding therefrom, creating a mold from the mold insert formed via the additive manufacturing process, and molding an insert from the mold insert.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignee: Cobra Golf Incorporated
    Inventors: Ryan L. Roach, Cameron J. Day, Bryce W. Hobbs
  • Patent number: 12128277
    Abstract: A golf club head includes a body formed layer by layer and having a topline, a sole, and an internal cavity arranged between the topline and the sole. The golf club head further includes at least one aperture formed through at least one of a hosel extending from the body, a rear surface of the body, and a toe portion of the body. The at least one aperture is configured to form a flow path that extends along the internal cavity and the at least one aperture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignee: Cobra Golf Incorporated
    Inventors: Ryan L. Roach, Cameron J. Day, Bryce W. Hobbs
  • Patent number: 12121779
    Abstract: A golf club head that includes a body that defines an interior cavity and an exterior surface that has a forward-most point and a rearward-most point that define a horizontal club head length therebetween that extends parallel to a ground plane. The golf club head also includes a front weight assembly having a first weight secured with the sole. The front weight assembly defines a first center of gravity. The golf club head further includes a rear weight assembly that has a second weight that is coupled with the body. The rear weight assembly defines a second center of gravity. The first center of gravity and the second center of gravity define a horizontal weight system length therebetween that extends parallel to the ground plane. A ratio between the horizontal weight system length and the horizontal club head length expressed as a percentage is between 80% and 99%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Assignee: Cobra Golf Incorporated
    Inventors: D. Clayton Evans, Ryan L. Roach
  • Patent number: 12109469
    Abstract: A headcover for a golf club includes a body formed layer by layer upon a build plane during an additive manufacturing process. The body defines a chamber adapted to receive a golf club head and includes a heel end, a toe end, and a plurality of sidewalls. The headcover further includes a lattice structure formed unitarily on a portion of the body during the additive manufacturing process. The lattice structure extends over at least a portion of each of the plurality of sidewalls and the toe end of the body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2024
    Assignee: Cobra Golf Incorporated
    Inventors: Ryan L. Roach, Cameron J. Day
  • Publication number: 20240261859
    Abstract: A golf club head component includes a body defining an internal cavity, a plurality of apertures formed in the body, a lattice structure disposed within the internal cavity of the body, and a flow path that extends through the lattice structure and the plurality of apertures. the lattice structure includes a plurality of segments and a plurality of unit cells. The lattice structure varies in a thickness, a size, or a shape of the plurality of segments, a unit cell density, or a unit cell shape at various locations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2024
    Publication date: August 8, 2024
    Inventors: Ryan L. Roach, Cameron J. Day, Bryce W. Hobbs
  • Publication number: 20240252891
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a golf club includes receiving user information and selecting at least one parameter of the golf club by a user that is selected from a plurality of parameters. Additional steps include generating a design model of the golf club based on user information or at least one parameter of the golf club in a design space, generating a 3D lattice environment, inlaying the lattice environment into the design model of the golf club, reorienting a first lattice array of the lattice environment according to the user information, adjusting, based on the user interface, at least a thickness, a shape, or a density of a lattice beam of the first lattice array, customizing the at least one parameter based on at least a swing characteristic or a location of center of gravity of the golf club, and printing using an additive manufacturing device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2024
    Publication date: August 1, 2024
    Inventors: Ryan L. Roach, Linqing Huang, Michael S. Yagley, Michael T. McDonnell, Bryce W. Hobbs
  • Publication number: 20240252890
    Abstract: A method for producing a golf club component can include receiving a selection of at least one parameter from a user via a user interface, the at least one parameter being selected from a plurality of parameters. The method can further include generating a design model of the golf club component based on the selected parameter, providing the design model of the golf club component to an additive manufacturing device, and forming the golf club component via the additive manufacturing device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2023
    Publication date: August 1, 2024
    Inventors: Ryan L. Roach, Michael S. Yagley, Michael T. McDonnell, Daniel Chelius, Cameron J. Day, Bryce W. Hobbs
  • Publication number: 20240239041
    Abstract: A process of manufacturing a golf club component includes spreading a thin layer of metal powder over a build plane defined over a build platform and bonding, using a laser, portions of the thin layer of metal powder. The spreading and bonding are repeated until the golf club component is formed. The golf club component comprises a lattice structure positioned within an internal cavity of the golf club component and the lattice structure is interrupted by a solid portion that extends along a bottom side of the golf club component from a toe region of the golf club component to a location between the toe region and a heel region of the golf club component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2024
    Publication date: July 18, 2024
    Inventors: Ryan L. Roach, Cameron J. Day, Bryce W. Hobbs
  • Patent number: 12029947
    Abstract: A golf club head includes a body having a crown that is opposite a sole, a toe region, a heel region, a medial region extending between the toe region and the heel region, and an insert cavity at a front side. The golf club head further includes a face insert that has front wall, a rear wall, and a core. The core includes a plurality of channels extending concavely relative to the sole from the heel region to the toe region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2024
    Assignee: Cobra Golf Incorporated
    Inventors: Bryce W. Hobbs, Ryan L. Roach
  • Patent number: 11998810
    Abstract: A golf club head can include a body having a toe region and a heel region. The golf club body defines an opening to an internal cavity of the body and the opening is surrounded by a perimeter. The golf club head includes a face, a first support member, and a sole plate supported by the first support member and secured to the body at the perimeter. The sole plate is configured to be secured to the body in a plurality of arrangements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2024
    Assignee: Cobra Golf Incorporated
    Inventors: Cameron J. Day, Bryce W. Hobbs, Ryan L. Roach, Michael T. McDonnell, Michael S. Yagley
  • Patent number: 11980796
    Abstract: A golf club head includes a body having a toe region, a heel region, and a sole weight bar extending between the toe region and the heel region, a sole defining a toe segment, a medial segment, and a heel segment, and a face coupled to the body. A gap is arranged between the sole weight bar and a rear surface of the face. The gap extends around an outer periphery of the sole weight bar and is formed between the sole weight bar and the medial segment of the sole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: Cobra Golf Incorporated
    Inventors: Bryce W. Hobbs, Ryan L. Roach
  • Patent number: 11938382
    Abstract: A method of making a golf club head includes the steps of providing a face of a club head, the face having a ball striking surface and a perimeter defining a border of the ball striking surface, providing a golf club head body that includes a crown, a sole, a toe, and a heel, attaching the face to a front portion of the club head body, and milling the ball striking surface and an edge portion of the face to cut a machined surface into the ball striking surface and the edge portion. The milled surface includes a plurality of first grooves located along the ball striking surface and defining a first depth, and a plurality of second grooves located adjacent the perimeter along the edge portion and defining a second depth. The first depth is different than the second depth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: COBRA GOLF INCORPORATED
    Inventors: D. Clayton Evans, Cameron J. Day, Michael T. McDonnell, Ryan L. Roach, Douglas E. Roberts, Bryce Hobbs, Yi-Ching Liao
  • Publication number: 20240095700
    Abstract: A method of providing benefits to owners of non-fungible tokens is provided. A minter of a non-fungible token corresponding to a digital asset can encourage or incentivize users of the non-fungible tokens to purchase additional non-fungible tokens, or perform transactions using a non-fungible token to receive benefits.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2022
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Inventors: Michael T. McDonnell, Bryce W. Hobbs, Ryan L. Roach
  • Publication number: 20240091611
    Abstract: A headcover for a golf club includes a body formed layer by layer upon a build plane during an additive manufacturing process. The body defines a chamber adapted to receive a golf club head and includes a heel end, a toe end, and a plurality of sidewalls. The headcover further includes a lattice structure formed unitarily on a portion of the body during the additive manufacturing process. The lattice structure extends over at least a portion of each of the plurality of sidewalls and the toe end of the body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2020
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Inventors: Ryan L. Roach, Cameron J. Day
  • Publication number: 20240091600
    Abstract: A golf club head includes a body formed layer by layer and having a topline, a sole, and an internal cavity arranged between the topline and the sole. The golf club head further includes at least one aperture formed through at least one of a hosel extending from the body, a rear surface of the body, and a toe portion of the body. The at least one aperture is configured to form a flow path that extends along the internal cavity and the at least one aperture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2020
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Inventors: Ryan L. Roach, Cameron J. Day, Bryce W. Hobbs