ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,434,443, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to TAYLOR MADE GOLF COMPANY INC. (Carlsbad, Calif.).

"Golf club head manufacturing system and associated method" was invented by Patrick Chen (Tainan, Taiwan), Joseph Yu (Kaohsiung, Taiwan) and Bret Wahl (Carlsbad, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed herein is a head fixture for adhesively bonding a part of a golf club head to a body of the golf club head. The head fixture includes a bottom portion, including a body retainer, and a top portion, selectively attachable to the bottom portion and including pressure applicators spaced apart about the top portion. Each one of the pressure appl...