ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,383,807, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to Topgolf Callaway Brands Corp. (Carlsbad, Calif.).

"Methods of joining metal golf club components with projection resistance welding" was invented by Alex Power (Carlsbad, Calif.) and Joshua D. Westrum (San Diego).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of joining dissimilar metal, golf club components, and particularly golf club bodies, hosels, and faces, using a projection resistance welding process is disclosed herein. The method may include the step of applying an interlayer material before the projection resistance weld process occurs."

The patent was filed on Dec. 21, 2023, under Applicati...