ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,564,769, issued on March 3, was assigned to Acushnet Co. (Fairhaven, Mass.).

"Golf club head with separable aft body" was invented by Sang Yi (Carlsbad, Calif.) and Richard L. Cleghorn (Oceanside, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A golf club head that is capable improving on the inertia properties of a golf club head all while also improving the Center of Gravity (CG) location is disclosed herein. More specifically, the golf club head in accordance with the present invention achieves a relative low Moment of Inertia (MOI) about the Z-axis (MOI-Z) as well as a relatively low MOI about the Shaft-axis (MOI-SA), all combined with a high...