ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,667,757, issued on June 30, was assigned to Karsten Manufacturing Corp. (Phoenix).

"Golf club heads with energy storage characteristics" was invented by Martin R. Jertson (Phoenix), Eric J. Morales (Laveen, Ariz.), Cory S. Bacon (Scottsdale, Ariz.), Calvin Wang (Chandler, Ariz.), Xiaojian Chen (Phoenix), Travis D. Milleman (Cave Creek, Ariz.), Evan R. Greer (Peoria, Ariz.) and Murphy R. Alexander (Scottsdale, Ariz.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiments of golf club heads with energy storage characteristics are presented herein. In some embodiments, a golf club head comprises a hollow body comprising a strikeface, a heel region, a to...