ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,370,419, issued on July 29, was assigned to Acushnet Co. (Fairhaven, Mass.).
"Golf club head with improved performance" was invented by Richard L. Cleghorn (Oceanside, Calif.), Peter L. Soracco (Carlsbad, Calif.) and Ryuichi Sugimae (San Diego).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A golf club head with an improved Center of Gravity (CG) location is disclosed. More specifically, the present invention relates to a metalwood type golf club head with improved performance via shifting the CG towards a location that reduces spin, at the same time, without sacrificing launch angle and the forgiveness of the golf club head. This golf club head may gene...