Patents by Inventor Satoru HANAMITSU
Satoru HANAMITSU 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: 11707650Abstract: In a head, a center vertical cross section passing through a face center satisfies the following (a) and (b): (a) when a boundary point between an inner surface of a crown portion and an inner surface of a face portion is defined as a CF inner surface boundary point, a curvature radius of a head inner surface at the CF inner surface boundary point is 6.0 mm or greater and 10.0 mm or less, and the head thickness at the CF inner surface boundary point is 2.0 mm or greater; and (b) when a spot located 10 mm apart from the CF inner surface boundary point toward the crown side is defined as a spot C10, the head thickness reduces gradually from the CF inner surface boundary point to the spot C10, and the head thickness at the spot C10 is 1.0 mm or less.Type: GrantFiled: February 22, 2021Date of Patent: July 25, 2023Assignee: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Takashi Nakamura, Satoru Hanamitsu, Shimpei Oyama, Yuki Nagano, Naoyoshi Ueda, Masahiko Ueda
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Publication number: 20220249921Abstract: A head includes a body member that has an opening, and a face member that includes a striking face and closes the opening. The face member includes a face portion that forms the striking face, and a peripheral portion that extends from a peripheral edge of the face portion toward a back side. The peripheral portion of the face member is welded to the body member. A weld bead that juts from the inner surface of the head is formed at a boundary position between the peripheral portion and the body member. A wall thickness at a face-side end point of the weld bead is greater than a wall thickness at a body-side end point of the weld bead. The peripheral portion has a length of less than or equal to 6 mm.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 4, 2022Publication date: August 11, 2022Applicant: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Naruhiro MIZUTANI, Daisuke KOHNO, Masahiko UEDA, Yuki NAGANO, Satoru HANAMITSU, Naoyoshi UEDA
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Publication number: 20210268346Abstract: In a head, a center vertical cross section passing through a face center satisfies the following (a) and (b): (a) when a boundary point between an inner surface of a crown portion and an inner surface of a face portion is defined as a CF inner surface boundary point, a curvature radius of a head inner surface at the CF inner surface boundary point is 6.0 mm or greater and 10.0 mm or less, and the head thickness at the CF inner surface boundary point is 2.0 mm or greater; and (b) when a spot located 10 mm apart from the CF inner surface boundary point toward the crown side is defined as a spot C10, the head thickness reduces gradually from the CF inner surface boundary point to the spot C10, and the head thickness at the spot C10 is 1.0 mm or less.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 22, 2021Publication date: September 2, 2021Applicant: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Takashi NAKAMURA, Satoru HANAMITSU, Shimpei OYAMA, Yuki NAGANO, Naoyoshi UEDA, Masahiko UEDA
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Patent number: 10786717Abstract: Provided is an impact point estimation apparatus that is capable of estimating, easily and with high accuracy, an impact point on a face surface of a golf club head at the time of a golf swing. The impact point estimation apparatus includes an acquisition part configured to acquire time-series sensor data that is output from at least one of an angular velocity sensor and an acceleration sensor attached to at least one of a grip and a shaft of a golf club and an estimation part configured to estimate the impact point, according to a shaft characteristic which is a characteristic of the shaft, based on the sensor data.Type: GrantFiled: May 24, 2017Date of Patent: September 29, 2020Assignee: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Satoru Hanamitsu, Masahiko Ueda, Kousuke Okazaki, Yuto Nakamura
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Patent number: 10639525Abstract: A golf club set includes a plurality of golf clubs 1 having different loft angles. The golf clubs 1 include at least one 1st golf club 1A having a loft angle of less than 34 degrees, and at least one 2nd golf club 1B having a loft angle of not less than 34 degrees. Each of the at least one 1st golf club 1A and the at least one 2nd golf club 1B comprises a clubface 3 provided with a plurality of face grooves 8 having a depth. The depth of the face grooves 8 of the at least one 2nd golf club 1B is larger than the depth of the face grooves 8 of the at least one 1st golf club 1A.Type: GrantFiled: March 6, 2019Date of Patent: May 5, 2020Assignee: Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Naoyoshi Ueda, Masahiko Ueda, Shimpei Oyama, Yuki Nagano, Satoru Hanamitsu, Tomoya Hirano, Kenji Kii, Hiroshi Abe, Yasushi Sugimoto
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Publication number: 20190282862Abstract: A golf club set includes a plurality of golf clubs 1 having different loft angles. The golf clubs 1 include at least one 1st golf club 1A having a loft angle of less than 34 degrees, and at least one 2nd golf club 1B having a loft angle of not less than 34 degrees. Each of the at least one 1st golf club 1A and the at least one 2nd golf club 1B comprises a clubface 3 provided with a plurality of face grooves 8 having a depth. The depth of the face grooves 8 of the at least one 2nd golf club 1B is larger than the depth of the face grooves 8 of the at least one 1st golf club 1A.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 6, 2019Publication date: September 19, 2019Applicant: Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Naoyoshi UEDA, Masahiko UEDA, Shimpei OYAMA, Yuki NAGANO, Satoru HANAMITSU, Tomoya HIRANO, Kenji KII, Hiroshi ABE, Yasushi SUGIMOTO
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Patent number: 10384115Abstract: Provided is a GUI display device that is able to explain the movement for holding the wrist cock and the movement for releasing the wrist cock during a golf swing visually in easily understandable manner. The GUI display device includes a display control part. The display control part simultaneously displays, on the GUI screen, a first graphic G1(i) representing a strength with which a wrist cock is held at an i-th timing during a swing motion of a golf club, and a second graphic G2(i) representing the strength with which the wrist cock is released at the i-th timing, where i=1, 2, . . . , N (N being an integer of 2 or more).Type: GrantFiled: June 9, 2017Date of Patent: August 20, 2019Assignee: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Kousuke Okazaki, Masahiko Ueda, Yuto Nakamura, Satoru Hanamitsu
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Publication number: 20170354859Abstract: Provided is a GUI display device that is able to explain the movement for holding the wrist cock and the movement for releasing the wrist cock during a golf swing visually in easily understandable manner. The GUI display device includes a display control part. The display control part simultaneously displays, on the GUI screen, a first graphic G1(i) representing a strength with which a wrist cock is held at an i-th timing during a swing motion of a golf club, and a second graphic G2(i) representing the strength with which the wrist cock is released at the i-th timing, where i=1, 2, . . . , N (N being an integer of 2 or more).Type: ApplicationFiled: June 9, 2017Publication date: December 14, 2017Applicants: DUNLOP SPORTS CO. LTD., SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Kousuke OKAZAKI, Masahiko UEDA, Yuto NAKAMURA, Satoru HANAMITSU
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Publication number: 20170340936Abstract: Provided is an impact point estimation apparatus that is capable of estimating, easily and with high accuracy, an impact point on a face surface of a golf club head at the time of a golf swing. The impact point estimation apparatus includes an acquisition part configured to acquire time-series sensor data that is output from at least one of an angular velocity sensor and an acceleration sensor attached to at least one of a grip and a shaft of a golf club and an estimation part configured to estimate the impact point, according to a shaft characteristic which is a characteristic of the shaft, based on the sensor data.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 24, 2017Publication date: November 30, 2017Applicants: DUNLOP SPORTS CO. LTD., SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Satoru HANAMITSU, Masahiko UEDA, Kousuke OKAZAKI, Yuto NAKAMURA