US Patent Issued to Acushnet on Feb. 18 for "Golf club having a damping element for ball speed control" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,226,679, issued on Feb. 18, was assigned to Acushnet Co. (Fairhaven, Mass.).

"Golf club having a damping element for ball speed control" was invented by Grant M. Martens (San Diego) and Doug M. Takehara (Oceanside, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A golf club head including a striking face, a periphery portion surrounding and extending rearwards from the striking face, a damping element including a front surface and a rear surface, the rear surface of the damping element opposite the front surface of the damping element, wherein the striking face comprises a first portion having a substantially constant thickness, wherein the front ...