Patents by Inventor Scott Taylor

Scott Taylor 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: 12654076
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is an iron-type golf club head that comprises a strike plate, an enclosed internal cavity, and a rear aperture formed in a rear wall. The iron-type golf club head also comprises a stiffening plug, within the internal cavity and compressed between the back surface of the strike plate and the rear wall. The stiffening plug is insertable, through a rear aperture, into the internal cavity. The iron-type golf club head further comprises a rear fascia covering the rear aperture and at least a portion of the rear wall. A characteristic time (CT) at a geometric center of the strike face is at least 250 microseconds. A maximum thickness of the strike plate, at the strike face, is less than 3.5 millimeters, inclusive. The strike plate, excluding grooves, has a minimum thickness between 1.1 millimeters and 2.2 millimeters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2026
    Assignee: TAYLOR MADE GOLF COMPANY, INC.
    Inventors: Scott Taylor, Joseph H. Hoffman, Matthew D. Johnson, Todd Beach
  • Publication number: 20260114925
    Abstract: Implementations of the present disclosure generally relate to medical aspiration devices and their methods of use. In some cases, the devices are configured to create a vacuum to capture and/or immobilize a solid deposit at a location internal to a subject. Such configurations may be useful, for example, for removing intact kidney stones small enough to pass through the ureter. In some cases, the devices further include an ablation instrument. Such devices may be useful, for example, for ablating larger solid deposits into a plurality of smaller particles at a location internal to the subject (e.g., ablating kidney stones that are too large to pass through the ureter). In some cases, the vacuum created by the devices is used to remove the plurality of smaller particles from the location internal to the subject.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2025
    Publication date: April 30, 2026
    Inventors: Surag Mantri, Scott Taylor, Peter Bentley, Chris Danek
  • Publication number: 20260114883
    Abstract: Implementations of the present disclosure generally relate to medical aspiration devices and their methods of use. In some cases, the devices are configured to create a vacuum to capture and/or immobilize a solid deposit at a location internal to a subject. Such configurations may be useful, for example, for removing intact kidney stones small enough to pass through the ureter. In some cases, the devices further include an ablation instrument. Such devices may be useful, for example, for ablating larger solid deposits into a plurality of smaller particles at a location internal to the subject (e.g., ablating kidney stones that are too large to pass through the ureter). In some cases, the vacuum created by the devices is used to remove the plurality of smaller particles from the location internal to the subject.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2025
    Publication date: April 30, 2026
    Inventors: Surag Mantri, Scott Taylor, Peter Bentley, Chris Danek
  • Patent number: 12594470
    Abstract: Iron-type golf club heads can have a high-COR face portion with an optimized face thickness profile that maximizes selected performance characteristics, such as ball speed, ball spin or ball trajectory angle, while maintaining certain required constraint properties, such as keeping stresses low for durability. Such face portions can have certain regions that are significantly stiffer than other regions of the face portion. For example, a low region of the face portion can be significantly stiffer than a high region of the face, or one quadrant of the face can be significantly stiffer than other quadrants of the face. Disclosed face thickness profiles can feature irregularly shaped contours that maximize the distribution of material in the face for optimal performance characteristics within defined constraints.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2026
    Assignee: Taylor Made Golf Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Connor Mark Halberg, Scott Taylor
  • Patent number: 12583551
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates generally to bicycles. In particular, the present disclosure provides systems and devices for converting a standard bicycle into a cargo bicycle using various detachable components. The ability to convert a standard bicycle into a cargo bicycle and back again confers many advantages, including eliminating the need for a separate bicycle for transporting cargo and encouraging the use of bicycles as a mode of transportation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2026
    Inventor: Scott Taylor
  • Patent number: 12576315
    Abstract: Clubheads for iron-type golf clubs include a damper positioned within a lower cavity and a weight coupled to the damper and positioned within the lower cavity, wherein the weight is spaced apart from the club head body, or “floating.” The floating weight can be fully supported by the damper and while not contacting any surface of the club head body. Such a floating weight and damper can beneficially affect mass properties of the clubhead, such as Zup, CG, and MOI, without unduly stiffening lower portions of the clubhead, thereby allowing the clubhead to have improved mass properties while maintaining desirable ball-striking properties, such as COR and CT, and also providing damping to improve sound and feel. Some clubheads can also include a dual undercut topline to reduce mass. Some clubheads can also include several raised flats on the rear of the face for improved face thickness measurements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2026
    Assignee: Taylor Made Golf Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Matthew David Johnson, Scott Taylor, Bret H. Wahl, Adam Robert Warren, Connor Mark Halberg
  • Patent number: 12569729
    Abstract: An iron-type golf club head is provided with a body having a volume less than 120 cc. The body can include a sole portion with two or more slots extending upwardly into the body through the sole portion into a cavity behind a face portion. A damper can be included in the cavity and in contact with a rear surface of the face portion. The club head can have a maximum CT proximate to the ideal striking location and a CT dropoff of no more than 110 ?s at a point located between a first and second scoreline proximate to the sole portion. The club head can also have a CG along the y-axis (CG-y) between 0.25 mm and 20 mm and a CG along a positive z-up axis (CG-z) between 12 mm and 25 mm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2026
    Assignee: Taylor Made Golf Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Scott Taylor, Peter L. Larsen, Bret H. Wahl, Joshua J. Dipert
  • Patent number: 12569731
    Abstract: A shim or badge is affixed to a golf club body to produce a cap-back iron, giving the appearance of a hollow-body iron. In this way, the golf club can be manufactured with the performance benefits of a game improvement iron, while providing the appearance of a blade, player's iron, and/or a hollow-body iron. For example, by using a lightweight and rigid shim or badge to close a cavity opening in the golf club body, the golf club head can provide increased stiffness in the topline, while maintaining a low CG. Various shim or badge arrangements and materials can be used, and a filler material and/or damper can be included within the cavity to improve sound and feel, while minimizing loss in COR.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 2024
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2026
    Assignee: Taylor Made Golf Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Connor Mark Halberg, Adam Robert Warren, John Bernard Krzywiec, Scott Taylor, Bret H. Wahl
  • Publication number: 20260041970
    Abstract: An iron-type golf club head where a ratio of a maximum toe height of the iron-type golf club head to a blade length of the iron-type golf club head is greater than zero and at most 0.62. A maximum thickness of the front portion, along the strike face, corresponds with a location toeward of a geometric center of the strike face. The thickness of the front portion, at the geometric center of the strike face, is less than the maximum thickness of the front portion. A coefficient of restitution (COR) of the iron-type golf club head is at least 0.818 and at most 0.830. An entirety of the sole is rounded along a plane parallel to the strike face, and a radius of curvature of the sole, along the plane parallel to the strike face, is no more than between, and inclusive of, 100 mm and 275 mm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2025
    Publication date: February 12, 2026
    Inventors: Scott Taylor, Connor Halberg
  • Publication number: 20260027431
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is an iron-type golf club head that comprises a strike plate, an enclosed internal cavity, and a rear aperture formed in a rear wall. The iron-type golf club head also comprises a stiffening plug, within the internal cavity and compressed between the back surface of the strike plate and the rear wall. The stiffening plug is insertable, through a rear aperture, into the internal cavity. The iron-type golf club head further comprises a rear fascia covering the rear aperture and at least a portion of the rear wall. A characteristic time (CT) at a geometric center of the strike face is at least 250 microseconds. A maximum thickness of the strike plate, at the strike face, is less than 3.5 millimeters, inclusive. The strike plate, excluding grooves, has a minimum thickness between 1.1 millimeters and 2.2 millimeters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2025
    Publication date: January 29, 2026
    Inventors: Scott Taylor, Joseph H. Hoffman, Matthew D. Johnson, Todd Beach
  • Publication number: 20250319367
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is an iron-type golf club head comprising a body comprising a heel portion, a sole portion, a toe portion, and a topline portion. The topline portion has a mass per unit length of between 0.09 g/mm and 0.40 g/mm. The golf club head also comprises a strike plate coupled to the body at a front portion of the golf club head and a cavity defined between the topline portion, the sole portion, and the strike plate. The golf club head further comprises a bridge bar at a rear portion of the golf club head. The bridge bar spans the cavity, is spaced apart from the strike plate, and is rigidly fixed to and extends uprightly between the sole portion and the topline portion. The bridge bar has a mass per unit length of between 0.09 g/mm and 0.40 g/mm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2025
    Publication date: October 16, 2025
    Inventors: Scott Taylor, Adam Warren, Jason Issertell
  • Patent number: 12434115
    Abstract: An iron-type golf club head where a ratio of a maximum toe height of the iron-type golf club head to a blade length of the iron-type golf club head is greater than zero and at most 0.62. A maximum thickness of the front portion, along the strike face, corresponds with a location toeward of a geometric center of the strike face. The thickness of the front portion, at the geometric center of the strike face, is less than the maximum thickness of the front portion. A coefficient of restitution (COR) of the iron-type golf club head is at least 0.818 and at most 0.830. An entirety of the sole is rounded along a plane parallel to the strike face, and a radius of curvature of the sole, along the plane parallel to the strike face, is no more than between, and inclusive of, 100 mm and 275 mm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2025
    Assignee: TAYLOR MADE GOLF COMPANY, INC.
    Inventors: Scott Taylor, Connor Halberg
  • Publication number: 20250281803
    Abstract: An iron-type golf club head that comprises a heel portion, a toe portion, a sole portion, a top portion, a front portion comprising a strike face and a front interior surface opposite the strike face, and a rear portion. The golf club head also comprises a discrete deflection impeding surface spaced apart from the front interior surface such that a gap, perpendicular to the strike face, is defined between the front interior surface and the discrete deflection impeding surface. The gap is between, and inclusive of, 75% and 125% of a minimum face thickness of the front portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2025
    Publication date: September 11, 2025
    Inventors: Connor Halberg, Adam Warren, Allan Saliba, Scott Taylor, Brian Hill, Conner Sarich, Mike Walker
  • Publication number: 20250279825
    Abstract: Methods and systems are described herein for monitoring fault events at a fiber optical network. In particular, a system may receive, from components of an optical network, corresponding component data structures comprising optical measurements. The system may extract, from a component data structure, a set of component metrics for light transmission signals being transmitted or received via fiber optic transmission lines at a corresponding component and input the component data structure into a first machine learning model to obtain an indication of an occurrence of an event at one or more components. The system may generate a prompt for input into a second machine learning model configured to identify corrective actions for addressing any events within optical networks to obtain one or more corrective actions for addressing the occurrence of the event.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2025
    Publication date: September 4, 2025
    Applicant: Citibank, N.A.
    Inventors: Raja BALASUBRAMANIAN, Rene Wilfredo VILLATORO ESCALANTE, Chike Gideon OKECHUKWU, Terry John JENKINS, Scott TAYLOR
  • Publication number: 20250222321
    Abstract: An iron-type golf club head is provided with a body having a volume less than 120 cc. The body can include a sole portion with two or more slots extending upwardly into the body through the sole portion into a cavity behind a face portion. A damper can be included in the cavity and in contact with a rear surface of the face portion. The club head can have a maximum CT proximate to the ideal striking location and a CT dropoff of no more than 110 ?s at a point located between a first and second scoreline proximate to the sole portion. The club head can also have a CG along the y-axis (CG-y) between 0.25 mm and 20 mm and a CG along a positive z-up axis (CG-z) between 12 mm and 25 mm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2025
    Publication date: July 10, 2025
    Applicant: Taylor Made Golf Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Scott Taylor, Peter L. Larsen, Bret H. Wahl, Joshua J. Dipert
  • Publication number: 20250222322
    Abstract: Described herein is a golf club head that comprises a body and a strike plate. The body comprises a heel portion, a sole portion, a toe portion, and a top portion. The strike plate comprises an outer peripheral edge and at least a portion of a strike face. Furthermore, the strike plate is welded to the body via a peripheral weld between the outer peripheral edge of the strike plate and the body. The outer peripheral edge of the strike plate comprises at least one welded portion, welded to the body via the peripheral weld, and at least one non-welded portion, not welded to the body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2025
    Publication date: July 10, 2025
    Inventors: Paul M. Demkowski, Bret H. Wahl, Scott Taylor
  • Publication number: 20250213936
    Abstract: Described herein is a golf club head that comprises a body and a strike plate. The body comprises a heel portion, a sole portion, a toe portion, and a top portion. The strike plate comprises an outer peripheral edge and at least a portion of a strike face. Furthermore, the strike plate is welded to the body via a peripheral weld between the outer peripheral edge of the strike plate and the body. The outer peripheral edge of the strike plate comprises at least one welded portion, welded to the body via the peripheral weld, and at least one non-welded portion, not welded to the body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2025
    Publication date: July 3, 2025
    Inventors: Paul M. Demkowski, Bret H. Wahl, Scott Taylor, Sanjay Kuttappa
  • Patent number: D1112557
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2024
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2026
    Assignee: Taylor Made Golf Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Walker, Paul M. Demkowski, Mattieu Bovee, Robert Nunez, Scott Taylor
  • Patent number: D1125422
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2024
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2026
    Assignee: Taylor Made Golf Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Scott Taylor, Mattieu Bovee
  • Patent number: D1127967
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2024
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2026
    Assignee: Taylor Made Golf Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Nunez, Allan Capili Saliba, Mattieu Bovee, Scott Taylor