ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,685,907, issued on July 21, was assigned to Karsten Manufacturing Corp. (Phoenix).
"Golf club head or other ball striking device with face having modulus variance" was invented by Robert M. Boyd (Double Oak, Texas), Mark J. Perry (Hillard, Ohio) and Jay R. Sayre (New Albany, Ohio).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A ball striking device, such as a golf club head, includes a face having a ball striking surface, an inner surface opposite the ball striking surface, and a thickness defined between the ball striking surface and the inner surface, and a body connected to the face and extending rearward from the face. The face has a modulus gradien...