IP Library Granted Patent US 7,371,193
Granted Patent B2
US 7,371,193 · App. 11/151,252 · Granted May 13, 2008

Golf ball

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Patent No.
US 7,371,193
App. No.
11/151,252
Granted
May 13, 2008
Kind
B2
Abstract

The object of the present invention is to provide a golf ball having a paint film which is obtained from an environment-friendly aqueous paint and is excellent in the impact-resistance and the wear-resistance. The present invention provides a golf ball having a paint film on a surface of a golf ball body, wherein the paint film is obtained from an aqueous paint, and the paint film has an elongation at break of 80% or more and maximum stress of 170 kgf/cm 2 (16.7 MPa) or more.

Claims (16)

1. A golf ball having a paint film on a surface of a golf ball body, wherein

the paint film is obtained by curing a two-component curing type aqueous urethane paint containing an aqueous polyol and an aqueous polyisocyanate,

the aqueous polyol is a mixture of an aqueous polyester polyol and an aqueous acrylic polyol wherein the mass ratio of the aqueous polyester polyol to the aqueous acrylic polyol ranges from 4:1 to 10:1, and

the paint film has an elongation at break of 80% or more and maximum stress of 170 kgf/cm 2 (16.7 MPa) or more.

2. The golf ball according to claim 1 , wherein the two-component curing type aqueous urethane paint contains an aqueous polyol and an aqueous polyisocyanate at a molar ratio of an isocyanate group of the aqueous polyisocyanate to a hydroxyl group of the aqueous polyol (NCO/OH) of from 1.2 to 2.0.

3. The golf ball according to claim 1 , wherein the aqueous polyisocyanate is an aqueous hexamethylene diisocyanate.

4. The golf ball according to claim 1 , wherein the aqueous polyol has hydroxyl value of from 25 mgKOH/g to 100 mgKOH/g (exclusive).

5. The golf ball according to claim 1 , wherein the aqueous polyol has a weight average molecular weight of 4,000 to 20,000.

6. The golf ball according to claim 1 , wherein the two-component curing type aqueous urethane paint contains a solvent.

7. The golf ball according to claim 6 , wherein the solvent is a film forming additive.

8. The golf ball according to claim 1 , wherein the golf ball body comprises a cover containing a urethane resin as a base resin.

9. A golf ball having a paint film on a surface of a golf ball body, wherein

the paint film is obtained by curing a two-component curing type aqueous urethane paint containing an aqueous polyol and an aqueous polyisocyanate at the molar ratio of an isocyanate group of the aqueous polyisocyanate to a hydroxyl group of the aqueous polyol (NCO/OH) of from 1.2 to 2.0,

the paint film has an elongation at break of 80% or more and maximum stress of 170 kgf/cm 2 (16.7 MPa) or more, and

the aqueous polyol is a mixture of an aqueous polyester polyol and an aqueous acrylic polyol at a mass ratio of the aqueous polyester polyol to the aqueous acrylic polyol equal to 4:1 to 10:1.

10. The golf ball according to claim 9 , wherein the golf ball body has a cover containing a urethane resin as a base resin.

Assignments (3)
MERGER Recorded Apr 17, 2018
From: DUNLOP SPORTS CO. LTD.
To: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
Reel/Frame 045959/0204 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Apr 12, 2018
From: SRI SPORTS LIMITED
To: DUNLOP SPORTS CO. LTD.
Reel/Frame 045932/0024 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 14, 2005
From: ISOGAWA, KAZUHIKO; FUJISAWA, KOICHI; YABUKI, YOSHIKAZU
To: SRI SPORTS LIMITED
Reel/Frame 016691/0892 →