US Patent Issued to Acushnet on Feb. 3 for "Golf club having a damping element for ball speed control" (California, Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,539,452, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to Acushnet Co. (Fairhaven, Mass.).

"Golf club having a damping element for ball speed control" was invented by Charles E. Golden (Encinitas, Calif.), Marni D. Ines (San Marcos, Calif.), Christopher Savage (San Diego), Grant M. Martens (San Diego), Gentry Ferguson (San Marcos, Calif.), John Morin (The Woodlands, Texas), Jason A. Mata (Carlsbad, Calif.), Oswaldo Gonzalez (San Jacinto, Calif.), Jonathan Hebreo (San Diego) and Nick Frame (Vista, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A golf club head including a striking face, a periphery portion, and a support arm spaced from the rear surface of the st...