ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,311,241, issued on May 27, was assigned to Karsten Manufacturing Corp. (Phoenix).
"Variable thickness face plate for a golf club head" was invented by Eric J. Morales (Laveen, Ariz.), Martin R. Jertson (Phoenix), Ryan M. Stokke (Anthem, Ariz.) and Jacob T. Clarke (Apex, N.C.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed herein is a golf club heads having a body portion and a face portion, wherein the face portion comprises a variable thickness profile disposed at an angle on the rear surface of the face plate."
The patent was filed on July 31, 2023, under Application No. 18/362,563.
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