ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,766,375, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to Karsten Manufacturing Corp. (Phoenix).

"Golf club heads with normalized impact response" was invented by Eric J. Morales (Laveen, Ariz.), Lance R. White (Phoenix), Joshua A. Degerness (Scottsdale, Ariz.) and Mitchell J. Simonet (Phoenix).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A wood-type golf club head having a normalized impact response across the entire face of the club. Components of the club head can provide structural rigidity to the club head at rest and during low-energy impacts and provide flexure during high-energy impacts."

The patent was filed on Sept. 21, 2023, under Application No. 18/472,...