IP Library Granted Patent US 9,259,617
Granted Patent B2
US 9,259,617 · App. 13/079,850 · Granted Feb 16, 2016

Golf ball

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Patent No.
US 9,259,617
App. No.
13/079,850
Granted
Feb 16, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

An object of the present is to provide a golf ball having a high spin rate on approach shots under the wet condition and rough condition. The present invention provides a golf ball comprising a golf ball body, and a paint film formed on a surface of the golf ball body, wherein the paint film has a martens hardness of 2.0 mgf/μm 2 or less, and a ratio (50% modulus/10% modulus) of 50% modulus to 10% modulus of 1.6 or more.

Claims (38)

1. A golf ball comprising

a golf ball body, and

a paint film formed on a surface of the golf ball body,

wherein the paint film has a martens hardness of 2.0 mgf/μm 2 or less, has a ratio (50% modulus/10% modulus) of 50% modulus to 10% modulus of 1.6 or more, and contains a filler in a content ranging from 10 mass % to 50 mass % and wherein a base resin constituting the paint film is polyurethane obtained by a reaction between a polyol component and a polyisocyanate component, and the polyisocyanate component includes a biuret-modified product of hexamethylene diisocyanate.

2. The golf ball according to claim 1 , wherein the paint film has a 10% modulus of 100 kgf/cm 2 or less.

3. The golf ball according to claim 1 , wherein the paint film has a 10% modulus of 50 kgf/cm 2 or less.

4. The golf ball according to claim 1 , wherein the paint film has a 50% modulus of 30 kgf/cm 2 or more.

5. The golf ball according to claim 1 , wherein the filler includes at least one filler selected from the group consisting of titanium oxide, barium sulfate, talc, calcium carbonate, clay, and white carbon.

6. The golf ball according to claim 1 , wherein the golf ball has a cover with a Shore D hardness of 61 or less.

7. The golf ball according to claim 6 , wherein the cover has a thickness ranging from 0.3 mm to 1.0 mm.

8. The golf ball according to claim 1 , the paint film has a thickness ranging from 5 μm to 40 μm.

9. The golf ball according to claim 3 , wherein the paint film has a 10% modulus of 5 kgf/cm 2 or more.

10. The golf ball according to claim 4 , wherein the paint film has a 50% modulus of 200 kgf/cm 2 or less.

11. The golf ball according to claim 1 , wherein the paint film has a ratio (50% modulus/10% modulus) of 50% modulus to 10% modulus of 15 or less.

12. The golf ball according to claim 1 , wherein the polyol component has a hydroxyl value ranging from 10 mgKOH/g to 400 mgKOH/g.

13. The golf ball according to claim 1 , wherein the polyisocyanate component contains a mixture of the biuret-modified product of hexamethylene diisocyanate and an isocyanurate of isophorone diisocyanate.

14. The golf ball according to claim 13 , wherein a blending ratio of the biuret-modified product of hexamethylene diisocyanate and the isocyanurate of isophorone diisocyanate is such that the biuret-modified product of hexamethylene diisocyanate : the isocyanurate of isophorone diisocyanate is 1:0 to 0.7:0.3.

15. The golf ball according to claim 1 , wherein the polyisocyanate component has an isocyanate content (NCO %) ranging from 0.5 mass % to 45 mass %.

16. The golf ball according to claim 1 , wherein a molar ratio (NCO/OH) of the isocyanate group (NCO) of the polyisocyanate component to the hydroxyl group (OH) of the polyol component ranges from 1.0 to 1.4 in the reaction.

17. A golf ball comprising

a colored golf ball body, and

a paint film formed on a surface of the golf ball body,

wherein the paint film has a martens hardness of 2.0 mgf/μm 2 or less, a 10% modulus ranging from 5 kgf/cm 2 to 100 kgf/cm 2 , a 50% modulus ranging from 30 kgf/cm 2 to 200 kgf/cm 2 and a ratio (50% modulus/10% modulus) of 50% modulus to 10% modulus of 1.6 or more, and

wherein the paint film is a substantially transparent film containing a filler in a content ranging from 10 mass % to 50 mass % and wherein a base resin constituting the paint film is polyurethane obtained by a reaction between a polyol component having a weight average molecular weight ranging from 500 to 150,000 and a polyisocyanate component, and the polyisocyanate component includes a biuret-modified product of hexamethylene diisocyanate.

18. The golf ball according to claim 17 , wherein the paint film has a thickness ranging from 5 μm to 40 μm.

19. The golf ball according to claim 1 , wherein the golf ball has a cover with a Shore D hardness of 45 or less.

20. The golf ball according to claim 1 , wherein the polyol component has a weight average molecular weight ranging from 500 to 150,000.

21. The golf ball according to claim 20 , wherein the polyisocyanate component contains a mixture of a biuret-modified product of hexamethylene diisocyanate and an isocyanurate of isophorone diisocyanate having a blending ratio such that biuret-modified product of hexamethylene diisocyanate: isocyanurate of isophorone diisocyanate is in the range of 1:0 to 0.7:0.3.

22. A golf ball comprising

a golf ball body, and

a paint film formed on a surface of the golf ball body,

wherein the paint film has a martens hardness of 2.0 mgf/μm 2 or less, has a ratio (50% modulus/10% modulus) of 50% modulus to 10% modulus of 1.6 or more, and contains a filler in a content ranging from 10 mass % to 50 mass %;

wherein a base resin constituting the paint film is polyurethane obtained by a reaction between a polyol component and a polyisocyanate component, and the polyisocyanate component includes a biuret-modified product of hexamethylene diisocyanate;

wherein the filler includes at least one filler selected from the group consisting of titanium oxide, barium sulfate, talc, calcium carbonate, clay, and white carbon;

wherein the golf ball has a cover with a Shore D hardness of 61 or less;

wherein the cover has a thickness ranging from 0.3 mm to 1.0 mm;

wherein the polyisocyanate component contains a mixture of the biuret-modified product of hexamethylene diisocyanate and an isocyanurate of isophorone diisocyanate; and

wherein a blending ratio of the biuret-modified product of hexamethylene diisocyanate and the isocyanurate of isophorone diisocyanate is such that the biuret-modified product of hexamethylene diisocyanate: the isocyanurate of isophorone diisocyanate is 1:0 to 0.7:0.3.

Assignments (4)
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 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Dec 4, 2015
From: SRI SPORTS LIMITED
To: DUNLOP SPORTS CO. LTD.
Reel/Frame 037216/0601 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 5, 2011
From: TARAO, TOSHIYUKI; ISOGAWA, KAZUHIKO; HORIUCHI, KUNIYASU; OKAMOTO, HIROKAZU; SHIRAISHI, MASAHIKO
To: SRI SPORTS LIMITED
Reel/Frame 026076/0883 →