US Patent Issued to Taylor Made Golf on Sept. 15 for "Golf club head" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,734,416, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to Taylor Made Golf Co. Inc. (Carlsbad, Calif.).

"Golf club head" was invented by Christopher John Harbert (Carlsbad, Calif.), Joseph Reeve Nielson (Vista, Calif.), Nathan T. Sargent (Oceanside, Calif.) and Christian Reber Wester (San Diego).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A golf club head includes a metal frame having a sole opening, a composite laminate crown joined to the frame, a composite laminate sole insert joined to the frame and overlying the sole opening, and a thermoplastic composite component overmolded on the sole insert. The composite component may include a weight track, ribs, suppo...