ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,782,123, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to Acushnet Co. (Fairhaven, Mass.).
"Multi-energy x-ray system and method for golf ball inspection" was invented by Paul Furze (Tiverton, R.I.) and Brian Comeau (Berkley, Mass.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods for measuring the concentricity of golf balls using filter pairs to gather and analyze data on concentricity."
The patent was filed on Jan. 16, 2024, under Application No. 18/413,187.
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