IP Library Granted Patent US 9,242,147
Granted Patent B2
US 9,242,147 · App. 13/612,018 · Granted Jan 26, 2016

Golf ball

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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 9,242,147
App. No.
13/612,018
Granted
Jan 26, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

A golf ball has a non-uniform density. When the golf ball is divided into 10 layers whose volumes are the same and which are concentric with each other, a layer having the highest weight is any one of six layers including a first layer 28 from a center to a sixth layer 38 from the center. The layer having the highest weight may be two or more layers. The ratio of the distance between a point at which a local density is highest and the central point of the golf ball with respect to the radius of the golf ball is equal to or less than 85%.

Claims (8)

1. A golf ball having a non-uniform density, wherein the golf ball is divided into 10 layers, each of said layers having volumes which are the same and which are concentric with each other, and the layer having the highest weight is one or more layers among layers including the first layer from the central point of the golf ball to the sixth layer from the central point.

2. The golf ball according to claim 1 , wherein the layer having the highest weight is any one layer among the layers including the first layer from the central point of the golf ball to the sixth layer from the central point.

3. The golf ball according to claim 2 , wherein the layer having the highest weight is any one layer among layers including the first layer from the central point of the golf ball to the fifth layer from the central point.

4. The golf ball according to claim 1 , wherein the layer having the highest weight is one or more layers among layers including the second layer from the central point of the golf ball to the fourth layer from the central point.

5. A golf ball having a non-uniform density, wherein the golf ball is divided into 9 layers, each of said layers having volumes which are the same and which are concentric with each other, and the layer having the highest weight is one or more layers among layers including the first layer from the central point of the golf ball to the fifth layer from the central point.

6. The golf ball according to claim 5 , wherein the layer having the highest weight is any one layer among the layers including the first layer from the central point of the golf ball to the fifth layer from the central point.

7. The golf ball according to claim 6 , wherein the layer having the highest weight is any one layer among layers including the first layer from the central point of the golf ball to the fourth layer from the central point.

8. The golf ball according to claim 5 , wherein the layer having the highest weight is one or more layers among layers including the second layer from the central point of the golf ball to the fourth layer from the central point.

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 13, 2012
From: ONUKI, MASAHIDE
To: DUNLOP SPORTS CO. LTD.
Reel/Frame 028952/0527 →