ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,337,217, issued on June 24, was assigned to SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES LTD. (Kobe, Japan).
"Golf club head" was invented by Hiroshi Abe (Kobe, Japan) and Kiyofumi Matsunaga (Kobe, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A golf club head comprises a head main body and a face member. The head main body is provided with a face support portion to which the face member is fixed. The face member comprises a front plate portion, a backwardly directed portion extending backwardly of the head from the front plate portion, and a centrally directed portion extending toward of a center of the face from the backwardly directed portion. The rear surface ...