ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,357,884, issued on July 15, was assigned to Topgolf Callaway Brands Corp. (Carlsbad, Calif.).
"Methods of joining metal golf club components using solid state processes" was invented by Alex Power (Carlsbad, Calif.), Irina Ivanova (San Marcos, Calif.) and Joshua D. Westrum (San Diego).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods of joining dissimilar metal, non-cylindrical golf club components, and particularly golf club bodies and faces, using one or more solid state processes are disclosed herein. One method includes the steps of preparing a first non-cylindrical golf club component made of a first metal material, preparing a second non-cylin...