IP Library Granted Patent US 10,569,139
Granted Patent B2
US 10,569,139 · App. 15/786,071 · Granted Feb 25, 2020

Golf Ball

Inventors: Kazuya Kamino (Kobe, JP); Hidetaka Inoue (Kobe, JP); Toshiyuki Tarao (Kobe, JP)
Assignee: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
A63B37/0022A63B37/008A63B37/0012A63B37/0019A63B37/0031A63B37/0033A63B37/0043A63B37/0045A63B37/0064A63B37/0073A63B37/0074A63B37/0075A63B47/008B32B25/08B32B25/16C08J7/047G01N3/42A63B37/0076B32B2307/536C08J2323/08C08J2351/04C08J2475/08
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Patent No.
US 10,569,139
App. No.
15/786,071
Granted
Feb 25, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

A golf ball 2 includes a main body 4 and a paint layer 6 positioned outside the main body 4 . The main body 4 includes a spherical core 8 , a mid layer 10 positioned outside the core 8 , and a cover 12 positioned outside the mid layer 10 . An indentation depth, measured when the paint layer 6 in a cross-section along a plane passing through a central point of the golf ball 2 is pressed by a force of 30 mgf in a direction perpendicular to the cross-section, is not less than 300 nm and not greater than 3000 nm. The paint layer 6 preferably has a thickness of not less than 5 μm and not greater than 50 μm.

Claims (31)

1. A golf ball comprising a main body and a paint layer positioned outside the main body, wherein

the paint layer is formed from a polyurethane paint which contains a polyol composition which contains a urethane polyol,

the urethane polyol is formed from a polyisocyanate component and a polyether diol component which has a number average molecular weight of not less than 550 and not greater than 650, and

when the paint layer is pressed in a direction perpendicular to a cross-section along a plane passing through a central point of the golf ball, the measured paint layer indentation depth is not less than 300 nm and not greater than 1500 nm.

2. The golf ball according to claim 1 , wherein the measured indentation depth is not less than 400 nm and not greater than 1500 nm.

3. The golf ball according to claim 1 , wherein the paint layer has a thickness of not less than 5 μm and not greater than 50 μm.

4. The golf ball according to claim 1 , wherein

the main body includes a core and a cover positioned outside the core,

the paint layer is laminated on the cover,

the cover has a Shore D hardness of not less than 20 and not greater than 50, and

the measured indentation depth is not less than 400 nm and not greater than 1500 nm.

5. The golf ball according to claim 1 , wherein

the main body includes a core and a cover positioned outside the core,

the paint layer is laminated on the cover,

the cover has a Shore D hardness of not less than 50 and not greater than 80, and

the measured indentation depth is not less than 300 nm and not greater than 1500 nm.

6. The golf ball according to claim 1 , wherein the content of the polyether diol in the urethane polyol is not less than 60% by weight.

7. The golf ball according to claim 1 , wherein

the paint layer is formed from a polyurethane paint which contains a polyisocyanate composition which contains a triisocyanate compound, and

the proportion of triisocyanate compound to all polyisocyanate components in the polyisocyanate composition is not less than 50% by weight.

8. The golf ball according to claim 1 , wherein

the main body includes a core, a mid layer positioned outside the core, and a cover positioned outside the mid layer, and

the mid layer has a Shore D hardness of not less than 40 and not greater than 80.

9. The golf ball according to claim 1 , wherein

the main body includes a core, a mid layer positioned outside the core, and a cover positioned outside the mid layer, and

the mid layer has a thickness of not less than 0.2 mm and not greater than 2.5 mm.

10. The golf ball according to claim 1 , wherein

the main body includes a core, a mid layer positioned outside the core, and a cover positioned outside the mid layer, and

the mid layer has a specific gravity of not less than 0.90 and not greater than 1.10.

11. The golf ball according to claim 4 , wherein the cover has a thickness of not less than 0.1 mm and not greater than 2.0 mm.

12. The golf ball according to claim 5 , wherein the cover has a thickness of not less than 0.5 mm and not greater than 3.0 mm.

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 Oct 18, 2017
From: KAMINO, KAZUYA; INOUE, HIDETAKA; TARAO, TOSHIYUKI
To: DUNLOP SPORTS CO. LTD.
Reel/Frame 043897/0158 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2016-232270 · Nov 30, 2016 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20180147451A1 · May 31, 2018