Patents by Inventor Toshihiro Horiba

Toshihiro Horiba 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: 5709614
    Abstract: At a lower end portion of a hole formed in a heel side portion of a hollow metal golf club head and used to fix a golf club shaft therein, a plug member for closing the same hole is provided so that the shaft-fixing hole does not communicate with a hollow portion on the inner side of the club head. This can prevent the entry of extraneous matter into the hollow portion and the occurrence of an imperfect product which makes a sound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 1996
    Date of Patent: January 20, 1998
    Assignee: The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Toshihiro Horiba
  • Patent number: 5397127
    Abstract: A wood type golf club head having a crown portion in an upper part of a club head body, a sole in a lower part thereof, a face in a front side thereof, a side portion between the crown portion and sole, and a continuous ridgeline X extending from a toe side to a heel side along a boundary between the crown portion and side portion, characterized in that a height of a portion Xa of the ridgeline X on the rear side is set less than 1/4 of that H of the club head, a height of a portion Xb of the ridgeline X on the heel side being set more than 1/2 of that H of the club head, a height of remaining portions Xc, Xd of the ridgeline X being set 1/4-1/2 of that H of the club head with a total length of the last-mentioned portions Xc, Xd of the ridgeline X accounting for 60-90% of a total length of a whole ridgeline X.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 1994
    Date of Patent: March 14, 1995
    Assignee: The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuo Kawada, Toshihiro Horiba, Tadashi Miura