ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,246,228, issued on March 11, was assigned to Cobra Golf Inc. (Carlsbad, Calif.).
"Additive manufacturing for golf club shaft" was invented by Bryce W. Hobbs (Carlsbad, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for printing a golf club shaft includes the steps of receiving a model of the golf club shaft, providing an additive manufacturing system, and manufacturing the model using the additive manufacturing system. The golf club shaft includes an extended body defining a longitudinal axis that extends centrally through a top and bottom of the golf club shaft, and through which a plane extends. The plane defines a first side of the e...