US Patent Issued to Acushnet on June 2 for "Golf ball alignment and registration in a transportation system" (Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,643,020, issued on June 2, was assigned to Acushnet Co. (Fairhaven, Mass.).

"Golf ball alignment and registration in a transportation system" was invented by Michael McNamara (Fairhaven, Mass.), Jedediah H. James (Dighton, Mass.) and Edmund T. Maher (Fairhaven, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for transporting a golf ball on at least one track has a shuttle and a golf ball holder attached to the shuttle. The shuttle is configured to be attached to the track for movement along the track in a travel direction. The golf ball holder is configured to maintain an orientation of the golf ball. The system additionally has a registrat...