Patents by Inventor Shinichi Inukai

Shinichi Inukai 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).

  • Publication number: 20090227393
    Abstract: A golf club head having a primary body of a first material defining an opening. A cover of a second material which covers the opening and includes a periphery. The cover being unsuitable for welding with the primary body. A reinforcing edge mask having a first portion bonded to and at least partially covering the periphery of the cover and also having a second portion secured to the primary body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2009
    Publication date: September 10, 2009
    Applicant: Mizuno Corporation
    Inventors: Onoda Kenji, Katsuyuki Aizawa, Philip Chuang, Junichi Dogan, Noguchi Shuichi, Shinichi Inukai
  • Patent number: 7074136
    Abstract: A golf club head includes: a head body including a crown portion having a plurality of openings, a face portion, a toe portion, a heel portion and a sole portion; a crown part mounted to the head body so as to close the openings, and a support portion provided between the openings for supporting the crown part. The support portion is X-shaped, for example.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2006
    Assignee: Mizuno Corporation
    Inventors: Shuichi Noguchi, Shinichi Inukai
  • Patent number: 6960141
    Abstract: A sole portion of a golf club head includes a first portion contacting with ground in address position and a second portion being raised in a direction from the first portion toward a toe portion. The first and second portions are each in a shape of a curved surface convex toward the outside of a head body. An angle of the second portion with respect to the first portion is adjusted such that an angle formed by a first plane contacting with a vertex of the first portion in address position with a prescribed lie angle and a second plane contacting with a vertex of the second portion becomes at least 30° and at most 60°.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2005
    Assignee: Mizuno Corporation
    Inventors: Shuichi Noguchi, Junichi Dogan, Shinichi Inukai
  • Publication number: 20050014576
    Abstract: A sole portion of a golf club head includes a first portion contacting with ground in address position and a second portion being raised in a direction from the first portion toward a toe portion. The first and second portions are each in a shape of a curved surface convex toward the outside of a head body. An angle of the second portion with respect to the first portion is adjusted such that an angle formed by a first plane contacting with a vertex of the first portion in address position with a prescribed lie angle and a second plane contacting with a vertex of the second portion becomes at least 30° and at most 60°.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2003
    Publication date: January 20, 2005
    Applicant: MIZUNO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shuichi Noguchi, Junichi Dogan, Shinichi Inukai
  • Publication number: 20040266551
    Abstract: A golf club head includes: a head body including a crown portion having a plurality of openings, a face portion, a toe portion, a heel portion and a sole portion; a crown part mounted to the head body so as to close the openings, and a support portion provided between the openings for supporting the crown part. The support portion is X-shaped, for example.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2004
    Publication date: December 30, 2004
    Applicant: Mizuno Corporation
    Inventors: Shuichi Noguchi, Shinichi Inukai
  • Publication number: 20040192468
    Abstract: A golf club head having a primary body of a first material defining an opening. A cover of a second material which covers the opening and includes a periphery. The cover being unsuitable for welding with the primary body. A reinforcing edge mask having a first portion bonded to and at least partially covering the periphery of the cover and also having a second portion secured to the primary body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2004
    Publication date: September 30, 2004
    Inventors: Kenji Onoda, Katsuyuki Aizawa, Philip Chuang, Junichi Dogan, Shuichi Noguchi, Shinichi Inukai
  • Patent number: D501524
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2005
    Assignee: Mizuno Corporation
    Inventors: Junichi Dogan, Shuichi Noguchi, Shinichi Inukai
  • Patent number: D502520
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2005
    Assignee: Mizuno Corporation
    Inventors: Junichi Dogan, Shuichi Noguchi, Shinichi Inukai
  • Patent number: D505701
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2005
    Assignee: Mizuno Corporation
    Inventors: Junichi Dogan, Shuichi Noguchi, Shinichi Inukai
  • Patent number: D507321
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2005
    Assignee: Mizuno Corporation
    Inventors: Junichi Dogan, Shuichi Noguchi, Shinichi Inukai