IP Library Granted Patent US 9,352,192
Granted Patent B2
US 9,352,192 · App. 13/592,456 · Granted May 31, 2016

Golf ball polyurethane composition and golf ball

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Patent No.
US 9,352,192
App. No.
13/592,456
Granted
May 31, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

An object of the present invention is to provide a golf ball polyurethane composition excellent in resilience. Another object of the present invention is to provide a golf ball excellent in a shot feeling and resilience. The present invention provides a golf ball polyurethane composition comprising, as a resin component, a polyurethane elastomer including a polyisocyanate with one alicyclic hydrocarbon structure having 3 or more carbon atoms as a constituting component, and having a spin-lattice relaxation time (T 1 ) of 13 C nucleus of 8.9 seconds or less measured by a High resolution solid state nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) method.

Claims (12)

1. A golf ball comprising a constituting member formed from a golf ball polyurethane composition comprising, as a resin component, a polyurethane elastomer comprising 1,4-bis(isocyanatomethyl)cyclohexane containing a trans isomer in a content of 77 mole % or more and a polyol component having a number average molecular weight ranging from 2,000 to 3,000, and having a spin-lattice relaxation time (T 1 ) of 13 C nucleus of 8.9 seconds or less measured by a High resolution solid state nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) method, and wherein the golf ball polyurethane composition has a slab hardness ranging from 18 to 22 in Shore D hardness.

2. The golf ball according to claim 1 , wherein the resin component of the golf ball polyurethane composition contains the polyurethane elastomer in a content of 50 mass % or more.

3. The golf ball according to claim 1 , wherein 1,4-bis(isocyanatomethyl)cyclohexane contains the trans isomer in a content of 80 mole % or more.

4. The golf ball according to claim 1 , wherein the polyurethane elastomer contains polytetramethylene ether glycol as the polyol component, and 1,4-butanediol as a chain extender component.

5. The golf ball according to claim 1 , wherein the golf ball polyurethane composition has rebound resilience of 54% or more.

6. The golf ball according to claim 1 , comprising a one-piece golf ball body as the constituting member and the one-piece golf ball body is formed from the golf ball polyurethane composition.

7. The golf ball according to claim 1 , wherein the golf ball comprises a core composed of at least one layer and a cover covering the core as the constituting member, wherein at least one layer of the core is formed from the golf ball polyurethane composition.

8. A golf ball comprising a one-piece golf ball body formed from a golf ball polyurethane composition comprising, as a resin component, a polyurethane elastomer comprising 1,4-bis(isocyanatomethyl)cyclohexane containing a trans isomer in a content of 77 mole % or more, and having a spin-lattice relaxation time (T 1 ) of 13 C nucleus of 8.9 seconds or less measured by a High resolution solid state nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) method, and wherein the golf ball polyurethane composition has a slab hardness ranging from 18 to 22 in Shore D hardness.

9. The golf ball according to claim 8 , wherein the resin component of the golf ball polyurethane composition contains the polyurethane elastomer in a content of 50 mass % or more.

10. The golf ball according to claim 8 , wherein the 1,4-bis(isocyanatomethyl)cyclohexane contains the trans isomer in a content of 80 mole % or more.

11. The golf ball according to claim 8 , wherein the polyurethane elastomer contains polytetramethylene ether glycol having a number average molecular weight ranging from 1,000 to 3,000 as a polyol component, and 1,4-butanediol as a chain extender component.

12. The golf ball according to claim 8 , wherein the golf ball polyurethane composition has rebound resilience of 54% or more.

Assignments (2)
MERGER Recorded Apr 17, 2018
From: DUNLOP SPORTS CO. LTD.
To: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
Reel/Frame 045959/0204 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 18, 2012
From: SHIGA, KAZUYOSHI; MURAKAMI, RYO; TARAO, TOSHIYUKI; SHIGEMITSU, TAKAHIRO
To: DUNLOP SPORTS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 028981/0972 →