US Patent Issued to Acushnet on Feb. 17 for "Molds for molding golf balls incorporating a thermoplastic polyurethane cover" (Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,552,079, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to Acushnet Co. (Fairhaven, Mass.).

"Molds for molding golf balls incorporating a thermoplastic polyurethane cover" was invented by Ajay Vora (Foxboro, Mass.), John M. Thornton (New Bedford, Mass.), Kevin J. Rice (Fairhaven, Mass.) and Donald A. Serino (Plymouth, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Golf ball methods and molds for quickly and efficiently eliminating air/gas from within a mold while better centering a subassembly in the mold during golf ball manufacture and the improved golf balls resulting therefrom."

The patent was filed on July 6, 2023, under Application No. 18/218,678.

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