US Patent Issued to SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES on Nov. 4 for "Golf club head and method for manufacturing the same" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,458,851, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES LTD. (Kobe, Japan).

"Golf club head and method for manufacturing the same" was invented by Yohei Ozaki (Kobe, Japan), Seiji Hayase (Kobe, Japan) and Masahide Onuki (Kobe, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A golf club head having a hollow portion therein, the head includes a face portion, and a main body including a crown portion and a sole portion each extending backwardly from the face portion. The main body is provided with at least one slit that penetrates the main body and extends in a head-front-back direction. The at least one slit includes a pair of slit inner...