US Patent Issued to Acushnet on Sept. 15 for "Golf club head with improved striking face" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,734,415, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to Acushnet Co. (Fairhaven, Mass.).

"Golf club head with improved striking face" was invented by Darryl C. Galvan (San Diego) and Kyle A. Carr (Carlsbad, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A golf club head with improved striking face is disclosed. More specifically, the presently disclosed technology relates to a golf club head wherein the striking face portion includes a central opening and a face insert to cover said central opening. The face insert includes a thickened central region, a central transition region extending outward radially from the thickened central region, a thinned interm...