ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,285,663, issued on April 29, was assigned to Acushnet Co. (Fairhaven, Mass.).
"Golf club head with improved inertia performance" was invented by Thomas Orrin Bennett (Carlsbad, Calif.), Stephen S. Murphy (Carlsbad, Calif.), Peter L. Soracco (Carlsbad, Calif.) and Charles E. Golden (Encinitas, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A golf club head that is capable improving on the inertia properties of a golf club head all while also improving the Center of Gravity (CG) location is disclosed herein. More specifically, the golf club head in accordance with the present invention achieves a relative low Moment of Inertia (MOI) about the Z-axis...