Patents by Inventor Yuki MOTOKAWA

Yuki MOTOKAWA 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: 10035050
    Abstract: A head 2 includes a face 4, a crown 6, and a sole 8. At least a part of the crown 6 and/or at least a part of the sole 8 is formed by a clad material. The clad material is joined to an adjacent portion brought into contact with a peripheral edge of the clad material. The clad material includes a first layer s1 and a second layer s2. The first layer s1 is the outermost layer. The first layer s1 is welded to the adjacent portion. The second layer s2 does not have an affinity for welding with the adjacent portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2018
    Assignee: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventor: Yuki Motokawa
  • Publication number: 20180178086
    Abstract: A golf club includes a head 200, a shaft 300, and a tip engagement part RT having a reverse-tapered shape and being disposed at a tip end portion of the shaft 300. The tip engagement part RT includes a sleeve 400 having a reverse-tapered shape and being fixed to the tip end portion of the shaft 300, and a spacer 500 having a reverse-tapered shape and being externally fitted to the sleeve 400. The spacer 500 has a divided structure. The hosel part 202 includes a hosel hole 204. The hosel hole 204 includes a reverse-tapered hole 206 corresponding to the shape of the outer surface of the tip engagement part RT. The hosel hole 204 allows the sleeve 400 to pass through the hosel hole 204. The tip engagement part RT is fitted to the reverse-tapered hole 206, and the sleeve 400 is fitted inside the spacer 500.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2017
    Publication date: June 28, 2018
    Applicants: DUNLOP SPORTS CO. LTD., SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Masahide ONUKI, Hiroshi HASEGAWA, Naruhiro MIZUTANI, Yuki MOTOKAWA
  • Publication number: 20180178089
    Abstract: A golf club head with a hollow therein includes a head main body and a crown member. The head main body includes a face portion having a hitting face, a crown portion provided with an opening and a peripheral region forming around the opening, wherein the opening is covered with the crown member. The peripheral region of the opening includes a mounting portion for mounting the crown member with an interior surface and an exterior surface thereof. The mounting portion, at least, includes a face-side mounting portion, a toe-side mounting portion and a heel-side mounting portion. The crown member includes a face-side peripheral portion fixed to the interior surface of the face-side mounting portion, a toe-side peripheral portion fixed to the exterior surface of the toe-side mounting portion and a heel-side peripheral portion fixed to the exterior surface of the heel-side mounting portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2017
    Publication date: June 28, 2018
    Applicant: DUNLOP SPORTS CO. LTD.
    Inventors: Yuki MOTOKAWA, Daisuke KOHNO
  • Publication number: 20180117423
    Abstract: A golf club 100 includes a head 200 having a hosel part 202, a shaft 300, and a reverse-tapered engagement part RT. The reverse-tapered engagement part RT includes a sleeve 400 having a reverse-tapered shape and being fixed to a tip portion of the shaft 300, and a spacer fitted outside of the sleeve 400. The hosel part 202 includes a hosel hole 204 and a hosel slit 206 which is provided on a side of the hosel hole 204 and enables the shaft 300 to pass through the hosel slit. The hosel hole 204 has a reverse-tapered hole 205 having a shape corresponding to a shape of an outer surface of the reverse-tapered engagement part RT. The reverse-tapered engagement part RT is fitted to the reverse-tapered hole 205. A club length is changed by changing a wall thickness of the spacer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2017
    Publication date: May 3, 2018
    Applicants: DUNLOP SPORTS CO. LTD., SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Masahide ONUKI, Yuki MOTOKAWA, Naruhiro MIZUTANI
  • Publication number: 20180078829
    Abstract: A shaft of a golf club includes a reverse-tapered engagement part. The reverse-tapered engagement part includes a sleeve having a reverse-tapered shape, and a reverse-tapered outer surface. A hosel part of a head includes a reverse-tapered inner surface and a hosel slit. A hosel hole includes the reverse-tapered inner surface having a shape corresponding to that of the reverse-tapered outer surface. Either one of the reverse-tapered outer surface and the reverse-tapered inner surface includes an abutting engagement surface and a non-abutting engagement surface. The other of the reverse-tapered outer surface and the reverse-tapered inner surface includes a first abutting surface and the second abutting surface. In the golf club, a first state and a second state in which club lengths are different from each other can be achieved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2017
    Publication date: March 22, 2018
    Applicants: DUNLOP SPORTS CO. LTD., SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Masahide ONUKI, Yuki MOTOKAWA, Naruhiro MIZUTANI
  • Patent number: 9889348
    Abstract: Provided is a golf club head which produces an improved hitting sound obtained without impairing the appearance of the sole section. A golf club head having a hollow portion (i) formed therein has a sole portion (5) which forms the bottom surface of the head. The sole portion (5) includes a thin-wall portion (8) and a thick-wall portion (9) which has a greater thickness than the thin-wall portion (8). The golf club head is characterized in that a portion of the inner surface of the thick-wall portion (9), the portion facing the hollow section, has a rib (10) secured to the portion by welding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2018
    Assignee: DUNLOP SPORTS CO. LTD.
    Inventor: Yuki Motokawa
  • Patent number: 9855475
    Abstract: Provided is a golf club head including a head body that has a hollow structure, a rib, and a welding bead. The head body has a first region. The rib stands upright from an inner surface of the first region. The welding bead fixes the first region and the rib to each other. An opening is formed in side faces of the rib. The welding bead extends from a first position on the inner surface of the first region, passes through the opening, and reaches a second position on the inner surface of the first region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Assignee: DUNLOP SPORTS CO. LTD.
    Inventor: Yuki Motokawa
  • Patent number: 9814943
    Abstract: A golf club 100 includes a head 200 having a hosel part 202, a shaft 300, and an engaging part 600 disposed at a tip part of the shaft 300. The engaging part 600 includes a sleeve 400 which has an oppositely tapered shape and is fixed to the tip part of the shaft 300. The hosel part 202 includes a hosel hole 204, and a hosel slit 206 which is provided on a side of the hosel hole 204 and enables the shaft 300 to pass through the hosel slit 206. The hosel hole 204 has an oppositely tapered hole having a shape corresponding to a shape of an outer surface of the engaging part 600. The engaging part 600 is fitted into the oppositely tapered hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2017
    Assignee: DUNLOP SPORTS CO. LTD.
    Inventors: Masahide Onuki, Yuki Motokawa, Naruhiro Mizutani
  • Patent number: 9770635
    Abstract: A golf club head is composed of a head main body comprising a face portion, a crown portion and a sole portion, and having a hollow, and a weight member disposed in the hollow of the head main body. The weight member is fixed to a toe side of the head main body at a toe side end portion and fixed to a heel side of the head main body at a heel side end portion so as not to contact with the inner surface of the head main body between the toe side end portion and heel side end portion. The cross-sectional area of the weight member is decreased in a central portion in the toe-heel direction than its heel side and toe side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2017
    Assignee: DUNLOP SPORTS CO. LTD.
    Inventors: Yuki Motokawa, Kota Yamasawa
  • Publication number: 20170173414
    Abstract: Provided is a golf club head including a head body that has a hollow structure, a rib, and a welding bead. The head body has a first region. The rib stands upright from an inner surface of the first region. The welding bead fixes the first region and the rib to each other. An opening is formed in side faces of the rib. The welding bead extends from a first position on the inner surface of the first region, passes through the opening, and reaches a second position on the inner surface of the first region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2016
    Publication date: June 22, 2017
    Applicant: DUNLOP SPORTS CO. LTD.
    Inventor: Yuki MOTOKAWA
  • Publication number: 20170157471
    Abstract: A golf club 100 includes a head 200 having a hosel part 202, a shaft 300, and an engaging part 600 disposed at a tip part of the shaft 300. The engaging part 600 includes a sleeve 400 which has an oppositely tapered shape and is fixed to the tip part of the shaft 300. The hosel part 202 includes a hosel hole 204, and a hosel slit 206 which is provided on a side of the hosel hole 204 and enables the shaft 300 to pass through the hosel slit 206. The hosel hole 204 has an oppositely tapered hole having a shape corresponding to a shape of an outer surface of the engaging part 600. The engaging part 600 is fitted into the oppositely tapered hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2016
    Publication date: June 8, 2017
    Applicant: DUNLOP SPORTS CO. LTD.
    Inventors: Masahide ONUKI, Yuki MOTOKAWA, Naruhiro MIZUTANI
  • Publication number: 20170120114
    Abstract: A head 2 includes a face 4, a crown 6, and a sole 8. At least a part of the crown 6 and/or at least a part of the sole 8 is formed by a clad material. The clad material is joined to an adjacent portion brought into contact with a peripheral edge of the clad material. The clad material includes a first layer s1 and a second layer s2. The first layer s1 is the outermost layer. The first layer s1 is welded to the adjacent portion. The second layer s2 does not have an affinity for welding with the adjacent portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2016
    Publication date: May 4, 2017
    Applicant: DUNLOP SPORTS CO. LTD.
    Inventor: Yuki MOTOKAWA
  • Patent number: 9630067
    Abstract: A golf club includes a shaft, a golf club head, a first adapter, a second adapter, and a fixing member that detachably fixes the second adapter to the first adapter. An internal space of the golf club head has a housing portion for housing the second adapter, and the housing portion is configured to regulate movement of the second adapter. A third opening portion that communicates with the housing portion and in which the second adapter can be inserted is formed in the surface of the golf club head. A first coupling portion of the first adapter is configured to incline relative to the shaft, and a second coupling portion of the second adapter is configured such that the first adapter is coupled at an angle to the second adapter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignee: DUNLOP SPORTS CO. LTD.
    Inventors: Daisuke Kohno, Yuki Motokawa
  • Patent number: 9616300
    Abstract: A hollow golf club head comprises a face portion having a club face for hitting a ball, and a club face's perimeter region extending backwards from the face portion. The perimeter region is provided with at least one set of a front part extending backwards from the face portion to have a free rear end, and a rear part extending forwards to have a free front end. The front part and the rear part are overlapped with each other without being fixed to each other so that, relatively to the rear part, the front part is movable in the front-back direction of the club head when hitting a ball.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2017
    Assignee: DUNLOP SPORTS CO. LTD.
    Inventor: Yuki Motokawa
  • Patent number: 9586101
    Abstract: A golf club includes a golf club head provided with a first hole and a second hole on its bottom side, a shaft detachably fixed to the golf club head, a weight member comprising a first weight member and a second weight member each detachably fixed to the golf club head, and a faster including a first fastener for fixing the shaft and the first weight member to the golf club head through the first hole, and a second fastener for fixing the second weight member to the golf club head through the second hole. The first weight member and the second weight member are configured as mutually replaceable weights so that the first weight member is fixed to the second hole using the second fastener and the second weight member is fixed to the first hole using the first fastener.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: DUNLOP SPORTS CO. LTD.
    Inventor: Yuki Motokawa
  • Patent number: 9498684
    Abstract: Provided is a golf club head having a reduced weight while also preventing degradation in the ball hitting sound. The golf club head includes a head body that is a hollow structure, and a rib that rises from an inner surface of the head body. An opening having a non-circular shape is formed in a side surface of the rib. Note that the opening referred to here may be a through-hole or an opening that has a bottom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2016
    Assignee: DUNLOP SPORTS CO. LTD.
    Inventor: Yuki Motokawa
  • Publication number: 20160250525
    Abstract: A golf club head is composed of a head main body comprising a face portion, a crown portion and a sole portion, and having a hollow, and a weight member disposed in the hollow of the head main body. The weight member is fixed to a toe side of the head main body at a toe side end portion and fixed to a heel side of the head main body at a heel side end portion so as not to contact with the inner surface of the head main body between the toe side end portion and heel side end portion. The cross-sectional area of the weight member is decreased in a central portion in the toe-heel direction than its heel side and toe side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2016
    Publication date: September 1, 2016
    Applicant: DUNLOP SPORTS CO. LTD.
    Inventors: Yuki MOTOKAWA, Kota YAMASAWA
  • Patent number: 9364724
    Abstract: A golf club includes a golf club head provided with a first hole and a second hole on its bottom side, a shaft, a first fastener detachably attached to the first hole to detachably fix the shaft to the golf club head, and a second fastener detachably attached to the second hole to provide weight on the golf club, the second fastener having weight different from that of the first fastener. The first fastener and the second fastener are configured as mutually replaceable fasteners so that the first fastener is detachably attached to the second hole and the second fastener is detachably attached to the first hole to detachably fix the shaft to the golf club head.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2016
    Assignee: DUNLOP SPORTS CO. LTD.
    Inventor: Yuki Motokawa
  • Publication number: 20160144245
    Abstract: A golf club includes a shaft, a golf club head, a first adapter, a second adapter, and a fixing member that detachably fixes the second adapter to the first adapter. An internal space of the golf club head has a housing portion for housing the second adapter, and the housing portion is configured to regulate movement of the second adapter. A third opening portion that communicates with the housing portion and in which the second adapter can be inserted is formed in the surface of the golf club head. A first coupling portion of the first adapter is configured to incline relative to the shaft, and a second coupling portion of the second adapter is configured such that the first adapter is coupled at an angle to the second adapter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2015
    Publication date: May 26, 2016
    Applicant: DUNLOP SPORTS CO. LTD.
    Inventors: Daisuke KOHNO, Yuki MOTOKAWA
  • Publication number: 20160144246
    Abstract: A golf club head comprises a face portion having a club face for hitting a ball and comprising a composite part. The composite part has a layered structure comprising: a thin surficial layer made of a metal material for contacting with a ball; an intermediate elastic layer composed of a rubber-like elastic material disposed inside the thin surficial layer; and a back support layer made of a metal material disposed inside the intermediate elastic layer. In a front view of the club head, the intermediate elastic layer includes a center of the club face. The edge surface of the intermediate elastic layer is at least partially exposed at the outer surface of the club head.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2015
    Publication date: May 26, 2016
    Applicant: DUNLOP SPORTS CO. LTD.
    Inventors: Masahide ONUKI, Yuki MOTOKAWA