US Patent Issued to Acushnet on June 2 for "Induction heating of golf ball mold for consistent durability and increased knit strength" (Rhode Island Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,643,016, issued on June 2, was assigned to Acushnet Co. (Fairhaven, Mass.).

"Induction heating of golf ball mold for consistent durability and increased knit strength" was invented by Edward Costa (Providence, R.I.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A retractable pin injection molding assembly is used to make a golf ball layer in an injection mold. The injection mold has an induction coil and a mold cavity defining a cavity surface. In a molding process, a golf ball subassembly is positioned in the mold cavity and an injection material is supplied to an injection port of a runner system disposed in the injection mold. The injection material i...