IP Library Granted Patent US 10,357,690
Granted Patent B2
US 10,357,690 · App. 15/592,835 · Granted Jul 23, 2019

Golf ball

Inventors: Hidetaka Inoue (Kobe, JP); Toshiyuki Tarao (Kobe, JP); Kuniyasu Horiuchi (Kobe, JP)
Assignee: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
A63B37/0022A63B37/0077C08B37/0015C08G18/246C08G18/4202C08G18/4277C08G18/792C08G83/007C08L5/16C09D131/04C09D175/06C09D175/08
View Patent ↗
Loading inventors, assignments & file history…
Monitor This Case
Get email alerts when status or documents change.
Order Certified Copies
Most orders are placed with the USPTO same day — all within 24 business hours.
Order via The Patent Place →
Pre-filled with this patent's details
Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 10,357,690
App. No.
15/592,835
Granted
Jul 23, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

An object of the present invention is to provide a golf ball showing improved controllability on approach shots for less than 40 yards, in particular, on approach shots around the green (about 10 yards to 20 yards) and improved controllability on approach shots from the rough, and showing excellent shot feeling. The present invention provides a golf ball comprising a golf ball body and a paint film covering the golf ball body, wherein a loss tangent tan δ has a peak temperature of 50° C. or less and a peak height of less than 0.8, obtained by measuring dynamic viscoelasticity of the paint film under the following conditions: <Measuring conditions> Measuring mode: tensile mode Measuring temperature range: from −100° C. to 150° C. Temperature rising rate: 4° C./min Oscillation frequency: 10 Hz Measuring strain: 0.1%.

Claims (31)

1. A golf ball comprising a golf ball body and a paint film covering the golf ball body,

wherein the golf ball body comprises a core and a cover covering the core, and the cover has a hardness of 70 or less in Shore D hardness,

wherein the paint film contains a polyurethane as a resin component, and the polyurethane comprises, as a constituent component, (A) a polyisocyanate component containing an isocyanurate of hexamethylene diisocyanate and (B) a polyol component containing a polyrotaxane, and

wherein a loss tangent tanδ has a peak temperature of 50° C. or less and a peak height of less than 0.8, obtained by measuring dynamic viscoelasticity of the paint film under the following conditions:

Measuring mode: tensile mode;

Measuring temperature range: from -100° C. to 150° C.;

Temperature rising rate: 4° C/min;

Oscillation frequency: 10 Hz; and

Measuring strain: 0.1%.

2. The golf ball according to claim 1 , wherein the paint film has a storage modulus (E′) ranging from 5.0×10 6 dyn/cm 2 to 1.0×10 9 dyn/cm 2 at 23° C.

3. The golf ball according to claim 1 , wherein the paint film has a loss modulus (E″) ranging from 1.0×10 5 dyn/cm 2 to 6.0×10 7 dyn/cm 2 at 23° C.

4. The golf ball according to claim 1 , wherein the paint film has a 10% modulus of elasticity ranging from 2 kgf/cm 2 to 130 kgf/cm 2.

5. The golf ball according to claim 1 , wherein the golf ball has a coefficient of friction of 0.48 or more, calculated using a contact force tester.

6. The golf ball according to claim 1 , wherein the golf ball has a wet paper slit coefficient of friction of 0.18 or more, calculated using a contact force tester.

7. The golf ball according to claim 1 , wherein the polyrotaxane has a cyclodextrin, a linear molecule piercing through the cyclic structure of the cyclodextrin, and blocking groups located at both terminals of the linear molecule to prevent disassociation of the cyclodextrin, and at least a portion of hydroxyl groups of the cyclodextrin is modified with a caprolactone chain via —O—C 3 H 6 —O— group.

8. The golf ball according to claim 7 , wherein the linear molecule of the polyrotaxane is polyethylene glycol, and the blocking group of the polyrotaxane is an adamantyl group.

9. The golf ball according to claim 1 , wherein (B) the polyol component further contains at least one selected from the group consisting of a polyether polyol, a polyester polyol, a polycaprolactone polyol, a polycarbonate polyol, and an acrylic polyol.

10. The golf ball according to claim 1 , wherein (B) the polyol component contains the polyrotaxane in an amount ranging from 10 mass % to 100 mass %.

11. The golf ball according to claim 1 , wherein the paint film further contains a vinyl chloride-vinyl acetate copolymer and/or a modified product thereof as a resin component.

12. The golf ball according to claim 11 , wherein an amount of the vinyl chloride-vinyl acetate copolymer and/or the modified product thereof in the resin component constituting the paint film ranges from 4 mass % to 50 mass %.

13. The golf ball according to claim 1 , wherein the paint film further contains a modified silicone.

14. The golf ball according to claim 13 , wherein the paint film contains the modified silicone in an amount ranging from 0.01 part by mass to 10 parts by mass, with respect to 100 parts by mass of the resin component.

15. The golf ball according to claim 1 , wherein the paint film further contains a vinyl chloride-vinyl acetate copolymer and/or a modified product thereof as a resin component, and further contains a modified silicone.

16. The golf ball according to claim 15 , wherein the paint film contains the modified silicone in an amount ranging from 0.01 part by mass to 10 parts by mass, with respect to 100 parts by mass of the resin component, and an amount of the vinyl chloride-vinyl acetate copolymer and/or the modified product thereof in the resin component constituting the paint film ranges from 4 mass % to 50 mass %.

17. The golf ball according to claim 1 , wherein

the paint film has

a storage modulus (E′) ranging from 5.0×10 6 dyn/cm 2 to 1.0×10 9 dyn/cm 2 at 23° C.,

a loss modulus (E″) ranging from 1.0×10 5 dyn/cm 2 to 6.0×10 7 dyn/cm 2 at 23° C., and

a 10% modulus of elasticity ranging from 2 kgf/cm 2 to 130 kgf/cm 2 ; and the golf ball has

a coefficient of friction of 0.48 or more, calculated using a contact force tester, and

a wet paper slit coefficient of friction of 0.18 or more, calculated using a contact force tester.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 4, 2018
From: HORIUCHI, KUNIYASU
To: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
Reel/Frame 047669/0740 →
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 May 12, 2017
From: INOUE, HIDETAKA; TARAO, TOSHIYUKI
To: DUNLOP SPORTS CO. LTD.
Reel/Frame 042352/0381 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2016-104568 · May 25, 2016 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20170340922A1 · Nov 30, 2017