US Patent Issued to Acushnet on July 29 for "Golf club having a damping element for ball speed control" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,370,425, issued on July 29, was assigned to Acushnet Co. (Fairhaven, Mass.).

"Golf club having a damping element for ball speed control" was invented by Richard Sanchez (Temecula, Calif.), Richard L. Cleghorn (Oceanside, Calif.) and Jonathan Hebreo (San Diego).

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 damping element is pressed against the striking face using a ro...