US Patent Issued to Acushnet on Nov. 18 for "Golf club head having a multi-material face and method of manufacture" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,472,663, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to Acushnet Co. (Fairhaven, Mass.).

"Golf club head having a multi-material face and method of manufacture" was invented by Grant M. Martens (San Diego) and Uday V. Deshmukh (Carlsbad, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A golf club with a multi-material face is disclosed herein. More specifically, the golf club head in accordance with the present invention has a multi-material striking face portion that is made out of a backing layer having a frontal pocket, made out of titanium, and an insert, made out of a composite material, adapted to be inserted into the frontal pocket. The frontal pocket ...