IP Library Granted Patent US 10,328,320
Granted Patent B2
US 10,328,320 · App. 15/855,240 · Granted Jun 25, 2019

Golf club grip and golf club

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Patent No.
US 10,328,320
App. No.
15/855,240
Granted
Jun 25, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

An object of the present invention is to provide a golf club grip comprising a grip end with improved abrasion resistance and a reduced weight. The present invention provides a golf club grip comprising a cylindrical grip body and a grip end attached to a bat-side end of the cylindrical grip body, wherein the grip end comprises a base polymer and a hollow glass filler.

Claims (22)

1. A golf club grip comprising a cylindrical grip body and a grip end attached to a bat-side end of the cylindrical grip body, wherein the grip end comprises a base polymer containing an acrylonitrile-butadiene based rubber and a hollow glass filler,

wherein the cylindrical grip body comprises a cylindrical inner layer, and wherein the cylindrical outer layer does not contain the hollow glass filler and a cylindrical outer layer covering the cylindrical inner layer.

2. The golf club grip according to claim 1 , wherein the hollow glass filler has a pressure resistance strength of 100 MPa or more.

3. The golf club grip according to claim 2 , wherein the hollow glass filler has a true density of 0.4 g/cm 3 or more and less than 0.8 g/cm 3 .

4. The golf club grip according to claim 1 , wherein the grip end comprises the hollow glass filler in an amount of 20 parts by mass or more and less than 60 parts by mass with respect to 100 parts by mass of the base polymer.

5. The golf club grip according to claim 1 , wherein the cylindrical inner layer is a porous layer.

6. The golf club grip according to claim 5 , wherein the porous layer is a foamed layer comprising a base rubber and microballoons.

7. The golf club grip according to claim 1 , wherein the cylindrical outer layer comprises a base rubber and a resin having a softening point in a range from 5° C. to 120° C.

8. The golf club grip according to claim 1 , wherein the hollow glass filler has a volume median particle size in a range from 16 μm to 65 μm.

9. The golf club grip according to claim 1 , wherein the cylindrical outer layer comprises a base rubber containing a carboxyl-modified acrylonitrile-butadiene rubber or a carboxyl-modified hydrogenated acrylonitrile-butadiene rubber, and the grip end comprises a base polymer containing a hydrogenated acrylonitrile-butadiene rubber.

10. The golf club grip according to claim 1 , wherein a grip end composition has a material hardness (JIS-A) in a range from 65 to 100, a grip composition constituting the cylindrical outer layer has a material hardness (JIS-A) in a range from 30 to 60.

11. The golf club according to claim 1 , wherein a grip end composition has a material hardness (JIS-A) in a range from 65 to 100, a grip composition constituting the cylindrical outer layer has a material hardness (JIS-A) in a range from 30 to 60.

12. A golf club comprising a shaft, a head provided on one end of the shaft, and a golf club grip provided on another end of the shaft, wherein the golf club grip comprises a cylindrical grip body and a grip end attached to a bat-side end of the cylindrical grip body, and wherein the grip end comprises a base polymer containing an acrylonitrile-butadiene based rubber and a hollow glass filler,

wherein the cylindrical grip body comprises a cylindrical inner layer and a cylindrical outer layer covering the cylindrical inner layer, and wherein the cylindrical outer layer does not contain the hollow glass filler.

13. The golf club according to claim 12 , wherein the hollow glass filler has a pressure resistance strength of 100 MPa or more.

14. The golf club according to claim 13 , wherein the hollow glass filler has a true density of 0.4 g/cm 3 or more and less than 0.8 g/cm 3 .

15. The golf club according to claim 12 , wherein the grip end comprises the hollow glass filler in an amount of 20 parts by mass or more and less than 60 parts by mass with respect to 100 parts by mass of the base polymer.

16. The golf club according to claim 12 , wherein the cylindrical inner layer is a porous layer.

17. The golf club according to claim 16 , wherein the porous layer is a foamed layer comprising a base rubber and microballoons.

18. The golf club according to claim 12 , wherein the cylindrical outer layer comprises a base rubber and a resin having a softening point in a range from 5° C. to 120° C.

19. The golf club according to claim 12 , wherein the hollow glass filler has a volume median particle size in a range from 16 μm to 65 μm.

20. The golf club according to claim 12 , wherein the cylindrical outer layer comprises a base rubber containing a carboxyl-modified acrylonitrile-butadiene rubber or a carboxyl-modified hydrogenated acrylonitrile-butadiene rubber, and the grip end comprises a base polymer containing a hydrogenated acrylonitrile-butadiene rubber.

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 Dec 28, 2017
From: GOJI, SHO; SHIGA, KAZUYOSHI
To: DUNLOP SPORTS CO. LTD.; SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
Reel/Frame 044501/0519 →