US Patent Issued to Karsten Manufacturing on May 13 for "Golf club head including impact influencing flexture joint" (Arizona Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,296,236, issued on May 13, was assigned to Karsten Manufacturing Corp. (Phoenix).

"Golf club head including impact influencing flexture joint" was invented by Martin R. Jertson (Phoenix) and Eric J. Morales (Laveen, Ariz.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A mixed material golf club head including an outer metallic component and a polymeric component. The outer metallic component comprises the strike face. The polymeric component comprises a reaction wall that lies flush with a rear surface of the strike face. The reaction wall slidably translates across a back surface of the strike face at impact. In some embodiments, the outer metallic com...