Patents by Inventor Uday V. Deshmukh

Uday V. Deshmukh 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).

  • Golf club head having a multi-material face
    Patent number: 9370698
    Abstract: A golf club with a multi-material face is disclosed herein. More specifically, the golf club head in accordance with the present invention has a striking face that forms a pocket, wherein the pocket is filled with a secondary material having a lower density to improve the performance of the golf club head. The multi-material face disclosed in accordance with the present invention may generally have a characteristic time slope of greater than about 5 and less than about 50, wherein the characteristic time slope is determined based on the various data points collected according to the United States Golf Association's (USGA's) Characteristic Time (CT) test.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2016
    Assignee: Acushnet Company
    Inventors: Uday V. Deshmukh, Charles E. Golden
  • Mid-density materials for golf applications
    Patent number: 9327172
    Abstract: The golf club head has a body comprising a crown portion, a sole portion, a toe portion, heel portion, hosel portion, rear portion, and a front portion including a striking face. At least one or more portions of the body of the golf club head is made out of at least one or more mid-density materials. The at least one mid-density material or composite of mid-density materials have a density within a range from about 4.5 g/cm3 to 7.9 g/cm3. The mid-density material or composite of mid-density materials provide sufficient stiffness at a reduced weight to optimize the center of gravity and moment of inertia of the golf club head. Also, by using mid-density materials, discretionary weight of the golf club head is increased which can be used to position higher density weights at selective portions of the golf club head.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2016
    Assignee: Acushnet Company
    Inventors: Uday V. Deshmukh, Ronald K. Hettinger
  • Golf club head with flexure
    Patent number: 9320949
    Abstract: A golf club head including a crown, a sole, a hosel, a face and a flexure. The golf club head includes a multi-material construction including a face member, a midsection and an aft member that allows optimization of the mass distribution of the golf club head. The flexure provides compliance during an impact between the golf club head and a golf ball.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2016
    Assignee: Acushnet Company
    Inventors: Charles E. Golden, Uday V. Deshmukh, Stephanie Bezilla, Mark C. Myrhum, Stephen S. Murphy
  • GOLF CLUB HEAD WITH FLEXURE
    Publication number: 20160101328
    Abstract: A golf club head including a crown, a sole, a hosel, a face and a flexure. The face is configured to provide varying stiffness while minimizing the change in thickness across the face. The flexure provides compliance during an impact between the golf club head and a golf ball.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2015
    Publication date: April 14, 2016
    Applicant: Acushnet Company
    Inventors: Stephanie Luttrell, Noah de la Cruz, Charles E. Golden, Uday V. Deshmukh
  • CO-FORGED GOLF CLUB HEAD AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURE
    Publication number: 20160089581
    Abstract: A forged golf club face has a continuous outer layer of a first material encasing at least one inner layer made of second material. The materials may have differing properties, such as Young's Modulus, density, and strength properties, among others. By incorporating the different materials into the outer layer and the inner layer, the coefficient of restitution (COR) of the golf club face is improved without sacrificing durability. The club face is forged from a pre-formed billet having at least one monolithically encased inner layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2015
    Publication date: March 31, 2016
    Inventor: Uday V. Deshmukh
  • GOLF CLUB HEAD HAVING A MULTI-MATERIAL FACE
    Publication number: 20160051868
    Abstract: A golf club with a multi-material face is disclosed herein. More specifically, the golf club head in accordance with the present invention has a striking face that forms a pocket, wherein the pocket is filled with a secondary material having a lower density to improve the performance of the golf club head. The multi-material face disclosed in accordance with the present invention may generally have an inter laminar shear strength of greater than about 60 MPa, most preferably greater than about 60 MPa and less than about 145 MPa.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2015
    Publication date: February 25, 2016
    Inventors: Uday V. Deshmukh, Charles E. Golden, Noah de la Cruz
  • GOLF CLUB HEAD HAVING A MULTI-MATERIAL FACE
    Publication number: 20160038799
    Abstract: A golf club with a multi-material face is disclosed herein. More specifically, the golf club head in accordance with the present invention has a striking face that forms a pocket, wherein the pocket is filled with a secondary material having a lower density to improve the performance of the golf club head. The multi-material face disclosed in accordance with the present invention may generally have a characteristic time slope of greater than about 5 and less than about 50, wherein the characteristic time slope is determined based on the various data points collected according to the United States Golf Association's (USGA's) Characteristic Time (CT) test.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2015
    Publication date: February 11, 2016
    Applicant: Acushnet Company
    Inventors: Noah de la Cruz, Christopher D. Harvell, Charles E. Golden, Uday V. Deshmukh
  • GOLF CLUB HEAD WITH IMPROVED COMPOSITE MATERIAL
    Publication number: 20150360094
    Abstract: A golf club with a multi-material face is disclosed herein. More specifically, the present invention discloses a golf club head with a composite material wherein the composite material has a significantly lower Fiber Areal Weight (FAW) less than about 50 grams per meters square (gsm). In one embodiment of the invention the golf club head has a striking face that forms a pocket, wherein the pocket is filled with a secondary material having a lower density to improve the performance of the golf club head. The multi-material face disclosed in accordance with the present invention may generally have an inter laminar shear strength of greater than about 60 MPa, most preferably greater than about 60 MPa and less than about 145 MPa.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2015
    Publication date: December 17, 2015
    Applicant: Acushnet Company
    Inventor: Uday V. Deshmukh
  • GOLF CLUB HEAD WITH IMPROVED PERFORMANCE
    Publication number: 20150360093
    Abstract: A golf club head with an improved striking face is disclosed herein. More specifically, the present invention utilizes an innovative die quenching method that can alter the Young's modulus of the material of the striking face. The striking face portion of the present invention generally created from an ?+? titanium alloy such as SP 700 that contains a ? rich alloy composition to create more phase change in the alloying elements. In a preferred embodiment, the die quenching process could create a localized change in the material's Young's modulus throughout different regions of the striking face, resulting in a change in the Young's modulus of the material within the same striking face.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2015
    Publication date: December 17, 2015
    Inventors: Ryuichi Sugimae, Uday V. Deshmukh, Heng-Jui Henry Yeh
  • Golf club head with flexure
    Patent number: 9211448
    Abstract: A golf club head including a crown, a sole, a hosel, a face and a flexure. The face is configured to provide varying stiffness while minimizing the change in thickness across the face. The flexure provides compliance during an impact between the golf club head and a golf ball.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2015
    Assignee: Acushnet Company
    Inventors: Stephanie Bezilla, Noah de la Cruz, Charles E. Golden, Uday V. Deshmukh
  • Golf club having multi-material face
    Patent number: 9199137
    Abstract: A golf club with a multi-material face is disclosed herein. More specifically, the golf club head in accordance with the present invention has a striking face that forms a pocket, wherein the pocket is filled with a secondary material having a lower density to improve the performance of the golf club head. The multi-material face disclosed in accordance with the present invention may generally have an inter laminar shear strength of greater than about 60 MPa, most preferably greater than about 60 MPa and less than about 145 MPa.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2015
    Assignee: Acushnet Company
    Inventors: Uday V. Deshmukh, Charles E. Golden
  • Golf club head having a multi-material face
    Patent number: 9192826
    Abstract: A golf club with a multi-material face is disclosed herein. More specifically, the golf club head in accordance with the present invention has a striking face that forms a pocket, wherein the pocket is filled with a secondary material having a lower density to improve the performance of the golf club head. The multi-material face disclosed in accordance with the present invention may generally have a characteristic time slope of greater than about 5 and less than about 50, wherein the characteristic time slope is determined based on the various data points collected according to the United States Golf Association's (USGA's) Characteristic Time (CT) test.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2015
    Assignee: Acushnet Company
    Inventors: Charles E. Golden, Uday V. Deshmukh
  • MULTI-MATERIAL GOLF CLUB
    Publication number: 20150297958
    Abstract: A golf club including a golf club head having improved mass distribution characteristics. The golf club includes a golf club head that is constructed multiple materials and includes a body member, a mass member, and an interface that allows the mass member to be coupled to the body member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2015
    Publication date: October 22, 2015
    Applicant: ACUSHNET COMPANY
    Inventors: Jonathan Hebreo, Helene Hipp, Marni Ines, Uday V. Deshmukh, Charles E. Golden, Daniel Stone
  • MULTI-MATERIAL IRON TYPE GOLF CLUB HEAD
    Publication number: 20150283433
    Abstract: An iron type golf club head comprising a blade portion located near a terminal end of said iron type golf club head forming a cavity near a bottom sole portion of said blade portion,; a hosel portion located near a proximal end of said iron type golf club head,; wherein said first material has a yield strength greater than about 570 MPa; wherein said second material has a yield strength less than about 570 MPa.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2015
    Publication date: October 8, 2015
    Applicant: Acushnet Company
    Inventors: Jonathan Hebreo, Uday V. Deshmukh, Marni Ines
  • COMPOSITE GOLF CLUB HEAD WITH IMPROVED SOUND
    Publication number: 20150238828
    Abstract: A composite golf club head with improved sound characteristics is disclosed herein. More specifically, the present invention relates to a golf club head that utilizes a unique composite type material having a low damping coefficient; creating more discretionary weight to optimize performance without comprising the sound of the golf club head. Depending on the amount of discretionary weight desired, the present invention could replace parts of the crown, the sole, the striking face, or even all three of the above referenced components with a low-damping composite material to improve the performance. The low-damping composite material used in accordance with the current invention may generally have a damping loss factor (?) of less than about 0.02.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2015
    Publication date: August 27, 2015
    Applicant: Acushnet Company
    Inventors: Charles E. Golden, Uday V. Deshmukh
  • GOLF CLUB HEAD WITH FLEXURE
    Publication number: 20150190688
    Abstract: A golf club head including a crown, a sole, a hosel, a face and a flexure. The flexure provides compliance during an impact between the golf club head and a golf ball, and is tuned to vibrate, immediately after impact, at a predetermined frequency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2015
    Publication date: July 9, 2015
    Applicant: ACUSHNET COMPANY
    Inventors: Thomas Orrin Bennett, Stephanie Bezilla, Richard L. Cleghorn, Uday V. Deshmukh, Noah de la Cruz, Darryl C. Galvan, Charles E. Golden, Marni Ines, John Morin, Stephen S. Murphy, Mark C. Myrhum, Gery Zimmerman
  • Composite golf club head with improved sound
    Patent number: 9056230
    Abstract: A composite golf club head with improved sound characteristics is disclosed herein. More specifically, the present invention relates to a golf club head that utilizes a unique composite type material having a low damping coefficient; creating more discretionary weight to optimize performance without comprising the sound of the golf club head. Depending on the amount of discretionary weight desired, the present invention could replace parts of the crown, the sole, the striking face, or even all three of the above referenced components with a low-damping composite material to improve the performance. The low-damping composite material used in accordance with the current invention may generally have a damping loss factor (?) of less than about 0.02.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2015
    Assignee: Acushnet Company
    Inventors: Charles E. Golden, Uday V. Deshmukh
  • Golf club head having a multi-material face
    Patent number: 9033818
    Abstract: A golf club head with a multi-material face is disclosed herein. The layers of the multi-material face are preferably attached to the club head using adhesive and mechanical methods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2015
    Assignee: Acushnet Company
    Inventors: Mark C. Myrhum, Uday V. Deshmukh
  • GOLF CLUB HEAD WITH FLEXURE
    Publication number: 20150133233
    Abstract: A golf club head including a crown, a sole, a hosel, a face and a flexure. The flexure provides compliance during an impact between the golf club head and a golf ball.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2014
    Publication date: May 14, 2015
    Applicant: ACUSHNET COMPANY
    Inventors: Stephanie Bezilla, Uday V. Deshmukh, Charles E. Golden, Mark C. Myrhum, Noah De la Cruz, John Morin, Darryl C. Galvan
  • METHOD OF FORMING GOLF CLUB HEAD WITH MULTI-MATERIAL FACE USING SPRAY DEPOSITION
    Publication number: 20150125618
    Abstract: A metal wood golf club with a striking face portion made from more than one material is disclosed. More specifically, due to the unique construction of the striking face portion having multiple materials, the present invention utilizes bonding spray deposition process to achieve the desirable bond between the more than one materials used to form the striking face. The striking face portion is formed by creating a chip insert type material utilizing the spray deposition process that is made from a secondary material that is different from the remainder of the striking face portion substantially near a geometric center of the striking face portion; wherein the secondary material has a higher Young's modulus than the remainder of the striking face portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 2, 2015
    Publication date: May 7, 2015
    Applicant: ACUSHNET COMPANY
    Inventors: Uday V. Deshmukh, Charles E. Golden