US Patent Issued to TAYLOR MADE GOLF on Sept. 2 for "Automated system and method for forming a laminated structure" (Taiwanese, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,403,684, issued on Sept. 2, was assigned to TAYLOR MADE GOLF COMPANY INC. (Carlsbad, Calif.).

"Automated system and method for forming a laminated structure" was invented by Mark Greaney (Vista, Calif.), Todd Beach (San Diego), Stephen Kraus (Kaohsiung, Taiwan), Connie Hsiao (Kaohsiung, Taiwan), Tyson Hsiao (Kaohsiung, Taiwan) and Pei-yao Lin (Kaohsiung, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of removing a backing layer from a panel, made of an uncured pre-impregnated fiber-reinforced polymer, comprises a step of orienting the panel into a backing-separation orientation relative to an edge-engagement tool. The method also compris...