Acushnet Company

Baker Hughes Oilfield Operations LLC

Baker Hughes, a Ge Compnay, LLC

Cobra Golf Corporation

Baker Hughes Oilfield

John Morin

Charles Edward Golden

Noah De La Cruz

Uday V Deshmukh

Jonathan Hebreo

Marni D Ines

Jason Andrew Mata

Oswaldo Gonzalez

Andrew J Curtis

Thomas Orrin Bennett

Darryl C Galvan

Grant M Martens

Bradford Hughes Hartwell

Christopher D Harvell

Mark C Myrhum

Richard L Cleghorn

Nick Frame

Gentry R Ferguson

Stephen S Murphy

Gery Mel Zimmerman

Michael E Franz

Stephanie Bezilla

Gregory D Johnson

Noah DeLaCruz

Scott A Knutson

Kevin R Tassistro

Helene Hipp

Peter J Gilbert

Doug M Takehara

Xu Huang

Steven J Forshner

Nicholas Abbruzzese

Armin Kueck

Jason Mulherin

Christopher Savage

Ryan L Roach

Joshua G Breier

Douglas C Jorgensen

Ryan J A Ritchie

Kyle A Carr

Eduardo Mendoza

Stephen Duffy

Ryan Margoles

Helene Rick

Eliah Everhard

Edward Mendoza

Aaron Dill

John Abhishek Raj Bomidi

Franklin Guillermo Valbuena

Michael L Doster

Ahmed Hanafy

A golf club head including a striking face, a periphery portion surrounding and extending rearwards from the striking face, a support arm spaced from the rear surface of the striking face, the support arm extending from the periphery portion, wherein the support arm is affixed to the periphery portion at two distinct locations, a damping element residing between the support arm and the rear surface of the striking face, wherein the damping element comprises a front surface in contact with the rear surface of the striking face and a rear surface in contact with the support arm, wherein the support arm comprises a cradle abutting the damping element, a first portion extending from the back portion towards the cradle, and a second portion extending from the topline towards the cradle.

Golf club having a damping element for ball speed control

A viscous dampening component is provided for use with a drill bit. The viscous dampening component may include an inertial mass ring configured to surround a shank of a drill bit, a cover configured to surround the inertial mass ring and the shank to position and maintain the inertial mass ring on the shank, and a viscous fluid disposed between the inertial mass ring and the shank. When the inertial mass ring rotates relative to the shank of the drill bit, energy is dissipated within the viscous fluid.

Viscous dampening component for use with earth-boring rotary drill bits, and earth-boring rotary drill bits including a viscous dampening component

A nozzle or use in an earth-boring tool includes an inlet having a first size. The nozzle further includes an outlet having a second size different from the first size of the inlet. The nozzle also includes a fluid passage defined in the nozzle from the inlet to the outlet. The fluid passage includes a transition region configured to transition the fluid passage from the first size of the inlet to the second size of the outlet. The transition region includes a first arc curving inward and a second arc curving outward.

Earth-boring tools, nozzles, and associated structures, apparatus, and methods

A cutting element for an earth-boring tool includes a substrate and a volume of polycrystalline diamond on the substrate. The volume of polycrystalline diamond has exterior surfaces defining a front cutting surface, a peripheral edge, and at least a pair of angled tip surfaces defining at least one cutting tip between the pair of angled tip surfaces. The front cutting surface includes a first planar region and a second planar region, one or both of which may include a cutting tip. The front cutting surface may be characterized as generally concave. Earth-boring tools include a tool body and one or more such cutting elements secured to the tool body.

Cutting elements and geometries for reduced vibrations, earth-boring tools, and related methods

A golf club head including a striking face, a periphery portion surrounding and extending rearwards from the striking face, wherein the striking face comprises a front surface configured to strike a golf ball and a rear surface opposite the front surface, a support arm spaced from the rear surface of the striking face, the support arm extending from the periphery portion, wherein the support arm extends from the sole to the topline, a first damping element residing between the support arm and the rear surface of the striking face, a second damping element located between the support arm and the striking face, the second damping element in contact with the rear surface of the striking face and the support arm, and wherein the second damping element wraps around the support arm.

A system and methods of fitting golf clubs, and more particularly, the systems and methods related to wedge type golf clubs, having multiple sole configurations and/or bounce angles. More specifically, the present invention is directed to system and methods that enable a player to quantify the performance of the golf club's sole interaction with the ground and to determine the sole configuration and bounce angle that provides the most optimal shot performance.

Wedge golf club fitting system

A golf club with a multi-material face is disclosed herein. More specifically, the golf club head in accordance with the present invention has a striking face portion that is backed by a composite layer. The multi-material face disclosed in accordance with the present invention may generally be manufactured via a bladder molding process that applies hydrostatic forces to the composite layer to create a more consistent bond between the composite material and the metallic material.

Golf club head having multi-material face and method of manufacture

A golf club head including a striking face, a periphery portion surrounding and extending rearwards from the striking face, a damping element including a front surface and a rear surface, the rear surface of the damping element opposite the front surface of the damping element, wherein the striking face comprises a first portion having a substantially constant thickness, wherein the front surface of the damping element comprises a geometric center, wherein the striking face comprises a second portion, the second portion of the striking face located heelward of the center face plane, the second portion of the striking face having a thickness which tapers from a maximum thickness at a thick end of the second portion to a minimum thickness at a thin end of the second portion, wherein the thick end is located toeward of the thin end.

An earth-boring tool may include a blade having a face surface, a cutting edge, and a rotationally leading surface. The earth-boring tool may additionally include at least one fluid port extending through the blade, and a fluid port manifold having an opening at a first end and a plurality of openings along a length providing fluid communication between the at least one fluid port and a primary fluid passage of the earth-boring tool. An additional earth-boring tool may include a fluid port manifold located in the tool body and a plurality of fluid port sleeves, each fluid port sleeve of the plurality of fluid port sleeves extending into a corresponding opening of a plurality of openings along the length of the fluid port manifold.

Earth-boring tools with through-the-blade fluid ports, and related methods

A golf club head including a striking face; a periphery portion surrounding and extending rearwards from the striking face; wherein the striking face comprises a front surface configured to strike a golf ball and a rear surface opposite the front surface; a support arm spaced from the rear surface of the striking face; wherein the support arm abuts the periphery portion at two distinct locations; a damping element residing between the support arm and the rear surface of the striking face; wherein the damping element comprises a front surface in contact with the rear surface of the striking face and a rear surface in contact with the support arm.

A golf club head including a striking face, a periphery portion, and a support arm spaced from the rear surface of the striking face, a first damping element residing between the support arm and the rear surface of the striking face, wherein the first damping element comprises a front surface in contact with the rear surface of the striking face and a rear surface in contact with the support arm, wherein the periphery portion comprises a sole, and a second damping element located between the first damping element and the sole, a front portion of the second damping element in contact with the rear surface of the striking face, a rear surface of the second damping element in contact with the support arm.

A golf club head including a club head body comprising a back portion, a striking face, and an interior cavity formed between the back portion and the striking face, wherein the striking face includes a front surface configured to strike a golf ball and a rear surface opposite the front surface, a deformable member residing between the back portion and the rear surface of the striking face, wherein the deformable member includes a front surface in contact with the rear surface of the striking face, wherein the deformable member includes a rear surface in contact with the back portion, wherein the deformable member includes a free thickness and an installed thickness, and wherein the free thickness is at least 5% greater than the installed thickness.

A golf club head including a striking face, a periphery portion surrounding and extending rearwards from the striking face, wherein the striking face comprises a front surface configured to strike a golf ball and a rear surface opposite the front surface, a support arm spaced from the rear surface of the striking face, the support arm extending from the periphery portion, wherein the support arm is affixed to the periphery portion at two distinct locations, a damping element residing between the support arm and the rear surface of the striking face, wherein the damping element comprises a front surface in contact with the rear surface of the striking face and a rear surface in contact with the support arm, wherein the support arm extends substantially parallel a horizontal axis.

An earth-boring tool may include at least one blade including a shoulder region and a face. A plurality of cutting elements may be arranged on the face of the blade and at least one cutting element may be positioned in the shoulder region such that a cutting face of the at least one cutting element is spaced a distance behind the face of the blade. A recessed portion of the blade may extend under at least one of the plurality of cutting elements arranged on the face of the blade and extending to the at least one cutting element positioned in the shoulder region.

Earth-boring tool geometry and cutter placement and associated apparatus and methods

A golf club head including a club head body comprising a back portion, a striking face, and an interior cavity formed between the back portion and the striking face, wherein the striking face comprises a front surface configured to strike a golf ball and a rear surface opposite the front surface, wherein the back portion is spaced from the rear surface, wherein an aperture is formed through the back portion, a damping element comprising an exterior portion located behind the back portion of the club head body, a damping portion located within the interior cavity of the golf club head, wherein the damping portion comprises a front surface abutting the rear surface of the striking face and a rear surface abutting the back portion of the club head body.

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