Patents by Inventor Yuan-Jen Hou

Yuan-Jen Hou 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: 11911979
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a striking plate of a golf club head includes the steps of: a sewing step, in which at least one roving material is sewn onto a base material so as to form a laminate blank with an uneven thickness in a normal direction of the base material; and a forming step, in which the laminate blank is placed in a mold cavity of a mold and is formed into the striking plate with an uneven thickness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: ADVANCED INTERNATIONAL MULTITECH CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yen-Zhou Xie, Yuan-Jen Hou
  • Publication number: 20230182413
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a striking plate of a golf club head includes the steps of: a sewing step, in which at least one roving material is sewn onto a base material so as to form a laminate blank with an uneven thickness in a normal direction of the base material; and a forming step, in which the laminate blank is placed in a mold cavity of a mold and is formed into the striking plate with an uneven thickness.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2022
    Publication date: June 15, 2023
    Inventors: Yen-Zhou XIE, Yuan-Jen HOU
  • Publication number: 20220363020
    Abstract: A method for making a molded composite includes the steps of providing a lower mold that has an upward depressed surface having first and second surface regions and an interconnecting region, placing a mold release film on the upward depressed surface to cover at least the first and second surface regions and the interconnecting region, placing a molding material on the mold release film such that the mold release film is disposed between the upward depressed surface and the molding material, and hot pressing the molding material by pressing a downward pressing region of an upper mold toward the upward depressed region of the lower mold so as to form the molding material into a molded composite.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2021
    Publication date: November 17, 2022
    Inventors: Yuan-Jen HOU, Chi-Nan HSIAO
  • Patent number: 11253755
    Abstract: A process for manufacturing a golf club head includes steps of: placing a patterned release film on a lower mold half, making the patterned release film intimately contact an upward pressed region of the lower mold half, laminating a carbon fiber composite sheet on the patterned release film to form a laminate, hot-pressing the laminate by pressing a downward pressing region of an upper mold half toward the upward pressed region of the lower mold half to thereby form a decorative piece, and fitting the decorative piece into a depressed region of a club head body to obtain the golf club head.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: Advanced International Multitech Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Te-Fu Hsiao, Yuan-Jen Hou
  • Publication number: 20190030401
    Abstract: A process for manufacturing a golf club head includes steps of: placing a patterned release film on a lower mold half, making the patterned release film intimately contact an upward pressed region of the lower mold half, laminating a carbon fiber composite sheet on the patterned release film to form a laminate, hot-pressing the laminate by pressing a downward pressing region of an upper mold half toward the upward pressed region of the lower mold half to thereby form a decorative piece, and fitting the decorative piece into a depressed region of a club head body to obtain the golf club head.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2017
    Publication date: January 31, 2019
    Inventors: Te-Fu Hsiao, Yuan-Jen Hou
  • Publication number: 20170100792
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a striking plate for a golf club head includes the steps of: providing a metal blank plate having a surface which includes a plurality of first machining zones displaced from each other by a corresponding one of a plurality of second machining zones, machining the first machining zones of the metal blank plate using a precise electrochemical machining device, and machining the second machining zones using the precise electrochemical machining device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2016
    Publication date: April 13, 2017
    Inventors: CHEN-KUO HUANG, YUAN-JEN HOU, WEN-YUAN WANG
  • Publication number: 20160361607
    Abstract: A striking plate for a golf club head includes a striking surface, a plurality of parallel linear grooves, and a plurality of protrusions. The parallel linear grooves are formed in the striking surface and are spaced apart from one another by a predetermined distance. The protrusions are formed on the striking surface, extend between two adjacent ones of the linear grooves, and are spaced apart from each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2015
    Publication date: December 15, 2016
    Inventors: Chen-Kuo HUANG, Yuan-Jen HOU, Wen-Yuan WANG
  • Patent number: 7628711
    Abstract: A golf club head includes a head body formed with a cavity, and a counterweight unit fitted in the cavity and including a sleeve body and an insert body. The sleeve body has a first end face, a second end face, first and second cavities, and first and second inner walls. The first inner wall has at least one first corner. The second inner wall has at least one second corner out of alignment with the first corner. The sleeve body further has at least one shoulder face formed at a junction of the first and second cavities. The insert body includes an insert portion removably inserted into the sleeve body, and an abutting portion extending outward from the sleeve body and abutting against the first end face. The insert portion has at least one flange engaging the second corner and having a stop face abutting against the shoulder face.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2009
    Assignee: Advanced International Multitech Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sasamoto Akinori, Cheng-Tao Lee, Yuan-Jen Hou, Te-Fu Hsiao
  • Publication number: 20090131200
    Abstract: A golf club head includes a head body formed with a cavity, and a counterweight unit fitted in the cavity and including a sleeve body and an insert body. The sleeve body has a first end face, a second end face, first and second cavities, and first and second inner walls. The first inner wall has at least one first corner. The second inner wall has at least one second corner out of alignment with the first corner. The sleeve body further has at least one shoulder face formed at a junction of the first and second cavities. The insert body includes an insert portion removably inserted into the sleeve body, and an abutting portion extending outward from the sleeve body and abutting against the first end face. The insert portion has at least one flange engaging the second corner and having a stop face abutting against the shoulder face.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2008
    Publication date: May 21, 2009
    Inventors: Sasamoto Akinori, Cheng-Tao Lee, Yuan-Jen Hou, Te-Fu Hsiao
  • Patent number: 7507168
    Abstract: A golf club head includes a hollow head body, a metal plate, and a compression resistant plate. The hollow head body is formed with an opening. The metal plate is fixed to the hollow head body, covers the opening, and has a thickness ranging from 0.1 to 0.5 mm. The compression resistant plate is bonded to an inner surface of the metal plate and spans the opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2009
    Assignee: Advanced International Multitech Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: I-Nan Chou, Tai-Kung Liu, Chieh-Fu Tseng, Chang-Horng Lai, Yuan-Jen Hou
  • Publication number: 20080214322
    Abstract: A golf club head includes a hollow head body, a metal plate, and a compression resistant plate. The hollow head body is formed with an opening. The metal plate is fixed to the hollow head body, covers the opening, and has a thickness ranging from 0.1 to 0.5 mm. The compression resistant plate is bonded to an inner surface of the metal plate and spans the opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2007
    Publication date: September 4, 2008
    Inventors: I-Nan Chou, Tai-Kung Liu, Chieh-Fu Tseng, Chang-Horng Lai, Yuan-Jen Hou