US Patent Issued to Acushnet on July 7 for "Multi-axis holding device for golf ball orienting and printing" (Massachusetts Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,673,242, issued on July 7, was assigned to Acushnet Co. (Fairhaven, Mass.).

"Multi-axis holding device for golf ball orienting and printing" was invented by Richard Westgate (Rochester, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A holding device includes a support mechanism configured to contact and hold the golf ball, a first motion device configured to move the golf ball and at least a portion of the support mechanism in a translational direction along an axis, a second motion device configured to move the golf ball and at least a portion of the support mechanism in a rotational direction around the axis, and a securing mechanism configured t...