Patents by Inventor Scott Manwaring
Scott Manwaring 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: 10039964Abstract: A golf club head with at least one cavity including a fill material comprising a polymer and a plurality of microscopic glass bubbles, and methods of manufacturing such golf club heads, are disclosed herein. In particular, the golf club head is an iron having a striking face, a rear portion, and an internal cavity disposed behind the striking face, which is at least partially filled with the fill material. The plurality of microscopic glass bubbles constitutes at 5-70% of the volume of the fill material, and more preferably approximately 20-30% of the volume of the fill material. The polymer material preferably is a polyurethane having a Poisson's ratio of 0.40-0.50. In some embodiments, the fill material takes the form a medallion affixed to a rear surface of the striking face, while in others, the fill material is injected into the internal cavity.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2017Date of Patent: August 7, 2018Assignee: Callaway Golf CompanyInventors: Joshua D. Westrum, Hong G. Jeon, Scott Manwaring
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Patent number: 9808685Abstract: A golf club head with at least one cavity including a fill material comprising a polymer and a plurality of microscopic glass bubbles, and methods of manufacturing such golf club heads, are disclosed herein. In particular, the golf club head is an iron having a striking face, a rear portion, and an internal cavity disposed behind the striking face, which is at least partially filled with the fill material. The plurality of microscopic glass bubbles constitutes at 5-70% of the volume of the fill material, and more preferably approximately 20-30% of the volume of the fill material. The polymer material preferably is a polyurethane having a Poisson's ratio of 0.40-0.50. In some embodiments, the fill material takes the form a medallion affixed to a rear surface of the striking face, while in others, the fill material is injected into the internal cavity.Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2017Date of Patent: November 7, 2017Assignee: Callaway Golf CompanyInventors: Joshua D. Westrum, Hong G. Jeon, Scott Manwaring
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Patent number: 9561404Abstract: An adjustable shaft and hosel assembly allows for dependent and independent adjustment of a golf club's face angle, loft angle, and lie angle. The adjustable shaft and hosel assembly comprises a shaft sleeve, a hosel portion, and a ball joint, wherein the ball joint is located either on the shaft sleeve or the hosel portion and fits within, and is rotatable along various axes within, a socket.Type: GrantFiled: September 22, 2015Date of Patent: February 7, 2017Assignee: Callaway Golf CompanyInventors: Homer E. Aguinaldo, Broadus Perry Wall, Jr., Denver Holt, James A. Seluga, Scott Manwaring
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Patent number: 9333404Abstract: A golf club having features that permit easy customization by consumers is disclosed herein. The golf club includes at least one weight port, at least one removable weight port insert, which may be a weight port ring or one or more weight port medallions, and at least one weight screw. The weight port of the golf club head preferably is non-circular and asymmetric.Type: GrantFiled: May 16, 2014Date of Patent: May 10, 2016Assignee: CALLOWAY GOLF COMPANYInventors: Craig E. Abbott, William C. Watson, Wee Joung Kim, Bradley C. Rice, Irina Ivanova, Catherine Brookshire, Scott Manwaring
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Publication number: 20160008675Abstract: An adjustable shaft and hosel assembly allows for dependent and independent adjustment of a golf club's face angle, loft angle, and lie angle. The adjustable shaft and hosel assembly comprises a shaft sleeve, a hosel portion, and a ball joint, wherein the ball joint is located either on the shaft sleeve or the hosel portion and fits within, and is rotatable along various axes within, a socket.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 22, 2015Publication date: January 14, 2016Inventors: Homer E. Aguinaldo, Broadus Perry Wall, JR., Denver Holt, James A. Seluga, Scott Manwaring
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Patent number: 9067108Abstract: An adjustable shaft and hosel assembly allows for dependent and independent adjustment of a golf club's face angle, loft angle, and lie angle. The adjustable shaft and hosel assembly comprises a shaft sleeve with a joint portion, a hosel portion, and a fitting piece, wherein the joint portion fits within the fitting piece and the fitting piece fits within the hosel portion.Type: GrantFiled: January 22, 2014Date of Patent: June 30, 2015Assignee: Callaway Golf CompanyInventors: Homer E. Aguinaldo, Broadus Perry Wall, Jr., Denver Holt, James A. Seluga, Scott Manwaring
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Publication number: 20140248975Abstract: A golf club having features that permit easy customization by consumers is disclosed herein. The golf club includes at least one weight port, at least one removable weight port insert, which may be a weight port ring or one or more weight port medallions, and at least one weight screw. The weight port of the golf club head preferably is non-circular and asymmetric.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 16, 2014Publication date: September 4, 2014Applicant: CALLAWAY GOLF COMPANYInventors: Craig E. Abbott, William C. Watson, Wee Joung Kim, Bradley C. Rice, Irina Ivanova, Catherine Brookshire, Scott Manwaring
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Patent number: 8758165Abstract: A golf club having features that permit easy customization by consumers is disclosed herein. The golf club includes at least one weight port, a ribbon, at least one removable weight port ring, and at least one removable ribbon insert.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2012Date of Patent: June 24, 2014Assignee: Callaway Gold CompanyInventors: Craig E. Abbott, Catherine Brookshire, Tim Goudarzi, Scott Manwaring
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Publication number: 20140135143Abstract: An adjustable shaft and hosel assembly allows for dependent and independent adjustment of a golf club's face angle, loft angle, and lie angle. The adjustable shaft and hosel assembly comprises a shaft sleeve with a joint portion, a hosel portion, and a fitting piece, wherein the joint portion fits within the fitting piece and the fitting piece fits within the hosel portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 22, 2014Publication date: May 15, 2014Applicant: CALLAWAY GOLF COMPANYInventors: Homer E. Aguinaldo, Broadus Perry Wall, JR., Denver Holt, James A. Seluga, Scott Manwaring
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Patent number: 8715104Abstract: An adjustable shaft and hosel assembly allows for dependent and independent adjustment of a golf club's face angle, loft angle, and lie angle. The adjustable shaft and hosel assembly comprises a shaft sleeve and a tubular adjustment piece, which may be a shim or a wheel, that encircles at least a part of the shaft sleeve and is disposed within a hosel bore.Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2012Date of Patent: May 6, 2014Assignee: Callaway Golf CompanyInventors: Broadus Perry Wall, Jr., Homer E. Aguinaldo, Denver Holt, James A. Seluga, Scott Manwaring
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Patent number: 8715102Abstract: An adjustable shaft and hosel assembly allows for dependent and independent adjustment of a golf club's face angle, loft angle, and lie angle. The adjustable shaft and hosel assembly comprises a shaft sleeve, a hosel portion, and a ball joint, wherein the ball joint is located either on the shaft sleeve or the hosel portion and fits within, and is rotatable along various axes within, a socket.Type: GrantFiled: December 14, 2011Date of Patent: May 6, 2014Assignee: Callaway Golf CompanyInventors: Homer E. Aguinaldo, Broadus Perry Wall, Jr., Denver Holt, James A. Seluga, Scott Manwaring
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Patent number: 8696486Abstract: An adjustable shaft and hosel assembly allows for dependent and independent adjustment of a golf club's face angle, loft angle, and lie angle. The adjustable shaft and hosel assembly comprises a shaft sleeve with a joint portion, a hosel portion, and a fitting piece, wherein the joint portion fits within the fitting piece and the fitting piece fits within the hosel portion.Type: GrantFiled: February 6, 2012Date of Patent: April 15, 2014Assignee: Callaway Golf CompanyInventors: Homer E. Aguinaldo, Broadus Perry Wall, Jr., Denver Holt, James A. Seluga, Scott Manwaring
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Patent number: 8684859Abstract: An adjustable shaft and hosel assembly allows for dependent and independent adjustment of a golf club's face angle, loft angle, and lie angle. The adjustable shaft and hosel assembly comprises a shaft sleeve with a joint portion, a hosel portion, and a fitting piece, wherein the joint portion fits within the fitting piece and the fitting piece fits within the hosel portion.Type: GrantFiled: December 5, 2011Date of Patent: April 1, 2014Assignee: Callaway Golf CompanyInventors: Homer E. Aguinaldo, Broadus Perry Wall, Jr., Denver Holt, James A. Seluga, Scott Manwaring
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Patent number: 8403770Abstract: An adjustable shaft and hosel assembly allows for dependent and independent adjustment of a golf club's face angle, loft angle, and lie angle. The adjustable shaft and hosel assembly comprises a shaft sleeve with a joint portion, a hosel portion, and a fitting piece, wherein the joint portion fits within the fitting piece and the fitting piece fits within the hosel portion.Type: GrantFiled: April 4, 2012Date of Patent: March 26, 2013Assignee: Callaway Golf CompanyInventors: Homer E. Aguinaldo, Broadus Perry Wall, Jr., Denver Holt, James A. Seluga, Scott Manwaring
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Publication number: 20120231896Abstract: An adjustable shaft and hosel assembly allows for dependent and independent adjustment of a golf club's face angle, loft angle, and lie angle. The adjustable shaft and hosel assembly comprises a shaft sleeve, a hosel portion, a tubular adjustment piece having non-parallel upper and lower surfaces, and a retention piece removably attached to the tip end of the shaft sleeve, wherein the retention piece prevents the tubular adjustment piece from becoming detached from the shaft sleeve. The retention piece may be a ball joint, a universal joint connection, or a retention cap.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 21, 2011Publication date: September 13, 2012Applicant: CALLAWAY GOLF COMPANYInventors: JAMES A. SELUGA, DENVER HOLT, SCOTT MANWARING, HOMER E. AGUINALDO
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Patent number: 8257196Abstract: A golf club having features that permit easy customization by consumers is disclosed herein. The golf club includes at least one weight port, a ribbon, at least one removable weight port ring, and at least one removable ribbon insert.Type: GrantFiled: April 19, 2012Date of Patent: September 4, 2012Assignee: Callaway Golf CompanyInventors: Craig E. Abbott, Catherine Brookshire, Tim Goudarzi, Scott Manwaring
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Publication number: 20080020867Abstract: A method for determining a golfer's golf club head orientation and impact location for a golf swing is disclosed herein. The method inputs the optimized values for the golf club head orientation and impact location, a plurality of golf swing properties of a golfer, a plurality of mass properties of a first golf club, and a plurality of mass properties of a first golf ball into a rigid body code. A plurality of calculated ball launch parameters is generated from the rigid body, which are compared to a plurality of actual ball launch parameters measured using a CMOS imaging system. The ball launch parameters are compared to each other to verify the optimized values. If the verification is not within a predetermined value, new optimized values are selected for the method. The method is repeated until the verification is within the value.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 26, 2007Publication date: January 24, 2008Applicant: CALLAWAY GOLF COMPANYInventor: SCOTT MANWARING
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Publication number: 20070244667Abstract: A method for a predicting golfer's performance is disclosed herein. The method inputs the pre-impact swing properties of a golfer obtained from a CMOS imaging system, a plurality of mass properties of a first golf club, and a plurality of mass properties of a first golf ball into a rigid body code. Ball launch parameters are generated from the rigid body. The ball launch parameters, a plurality of atmospheric conditions and lift and drag properties of the golf ball are inputted into a trajectory code. This trajectory code is used to predict the performance of a golf ball if struck by the golfer with the golf club under the atmospheric conditions. The method can then predict the performance of the golf ball if struck by the golfer with a different golf club. The method and system of the present invention predict the performance of the golf ball without the golfer actually striking the golf ball.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 13, 2007Publication date: October 18, 2007Applicant: CALLAWAY GOLF COMPANYInventors: Peter LIGOTTI, Scott MANWARING, Frank FAN
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Publication number: 20050070366Abstract: A system for a predicting golfer's performance is disclosed herein. The system inputs the pre-impact swing properties of a golfer, a plurality of mass properties of a first golf club, and a plurality of mass properties of a first golf ball into a rigid body code. Ball launch parameters are generated from the rigid body. The ball launch parameters, a plurality of atmospheric conditions and lift and drag properties of the golf ball are inputted into a trajectory code. This trajectory code is used to predict the performance of a golf ball if struck by the golfer with the golf club under the atmospheric conditions. The system can then predict the performance of the golf ball if struck by the golfer with a different golf club. The system of the present invention predicts the performance of the golf ball without the golfer actually striking the golf ball.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 15, 2004Publication date: March 31, 2005Inventors: Scott Manwaring, Frank Fan, Peter Ligotti
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Patent number: D682965Type: GrantFiled: June 6, 2012Date of Patent: May 21, 2013Assignee: Callaway Golf CompanyInventors: James A. Seluga, Denver Holt, J. Neil Hall, Scott Manwaring