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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 31, 2010
Filed:
Mar. 26, 2007
Michael Scott Burnett, Carlsbad, CA (US);
Peter J. Gilbert, Carlsbad, CA (US);
Bruce R. Pettibone, Carlsbad, CA (US);
Scott A. Knutson, Escondido, CA (US);
Michael Scott Burnett, Carlsbad, CA (US);
Peter J. Gilbert, Carlsbad, CA (US);
Bruce R. Pettibone, Carlsbad, CA (US);
Scott A. Knutson, Escondido, CA (US);
Acushnet Company, Fairhaven, MA (US);
Abstract
A process for the custom design and automated, custom manufacture of golf clubs. According to a first embodiment, a computer user interface, preferably a graphical user interface (GUI), guides a user's selection of preferred golf club design parameters. According to a second embodiment, input data about a golfer's style of play and golf club performance needs are captured from data collection systems, and analyzed by black box algorithms, preferably fuzzy logic algorithms, to infer golf club design parameters. After preferences for, or inferences about, golf club design parameters are developed in accordance with the two embodiments, a computer aided (CA) system is used to design and manufacture the desired golf clubs.