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Granted Patent B2
US 11,173,348 · App. 16/203,093 · Granted Nov 16, 2021

Golf ball

Inventors: Toshiyuki Tarao (Kobe, JP); Mami Tanaka (Kobe, JP); Hidetaka Inoue (Kobe, JP)
Assignee: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
A63B37/0022A63B37/0031A63B37/0033A63B37/0075C08G18/4833C08G18/6484C08G18/792C08G83/007C09D175/04
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Patent No.
US 11,173,348
App. No.
16/203,093
Granted
Nov 16, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

An object of the present invention is to provide a golf ball having enhanced controllability on approach shots from the rough and excellent stain resistance and shot feeling. The present invention provides a golf ball comprising a golf ball body having a cover, and a paint film covering the golf ball body, wherein a 10% elastic modulus of the paint film is 75 kgf/cm 2 or less, a storage modulus (E′ 150 ) at 150° C. of the paint film obtained by measuring dynamic viscoelasticity of the paint film is 1.0×10 7 Pa or more, an indentation depth of the paint film measured under a specific measuring condition in a state that the paint film is formed on the surface of the golf ball body is 1250 nm or more, and a material hardness of the cover is less than 50 in Shore D hardness.

Claims (47)

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

a 10% elastic modulus of the paint film is 75 kgf/cm 2 or less,

a storage modulus (E′ 150 ) at 150° C. of the paint film obtained by measuring dynamic viscoelasticity of the paint film is more than 1.0×10 7 Pa,

an indentation depth of the paint film measured with a nanoindenter in a state that the paint film is formed on the surface of the golf ball body is 1250 nm or more, and

a material hardness of the cover is less than 50 in Shore D hardness,

wherein

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

wherein the (A) polyisocyanate component consists of an isocyanurate of hexamethylene diisocyanate and an isocyanurate of isophorone diisocyanate, and

wherein a mixing ratio (HDI isocyanurate/IPDI isocyanurate) of the isocyanurate of hexamethylene diisocyanate to the isocyanurate of isophorone diisocyanate ranges from 45/55 to 90/10 in a mass ratio.

2. The golf ball according to claim 1 , wherein a loss tangent tan δ of the paint film obtained by measuring dynamic viscoelasticity of the paint film has a peak temperature of 60° C. or less.

3. The golf ball according to claim 1 , wherein a storage modulus (E′ 120 ) at 120° C. of the paint film is 1.0×10 7 Pa or more.

4. The golf ball according to claim 1 , wherein the 10% elastic modulus of the paint film is 2 kgf/cm 2 or more.

5. The golf ball according to claim 1 , wherein the polyurethane is a reaction product obtained under a reaction condition that a molar ratio (NCO/OH) of isocyanate group (NCO) of (A) the polyisocyanate component to hydroxyl group (OH) of (B) the polyol component is 0.95 or more and 2 or less.

6. The golf ball according to claim 1 , wherein the polyrotaxane comprises 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, wherein at least a part of the cyclodextrin hydroxyl groups is modified with a caprolactone chain via a —O—C 3 H 6 —O— group.

7. The golf ball according to claim 6 , wherein the linear molecule of the polyrotaxane is polyethylene glycol, and the blocking group of the polyrotaxane is an adamantyl group.

8. 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 %.

9. The golf ball according to claim 1 , wherein

the storage modulus (E′ 150 ) at 150° C. of the paint film obtained by measuring dynamic viscoelasticity of the paint film is 1.2×10 7 Pa or more.

10. The golf ball according to claim 1 , wherein the golf ball has a color difference ΔE=[(ΔL) 2 +(Δa) 2 +(Δb) 2 ] 1/2 determined by a following method of 20 or less;

immersing the golf ball for 30 seconds in an aqueous solution of tincture of iodine,

wiping off the extra aqueous solution of tincture of iodine adhered on the surface of the golf ball that is taken out from the aqueous solution, and

measuring color tones (L, a, b) of the golf ball before and after the immersion using a color difference meter.

11. The golf ball according to claim 1 , wherein the polyurethane comprises, as a constituent component, a polyamine component.

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

a 10% elastic modulus of the paint film is 75 kgf/cm 2 or less,

a storage modulus (E′iso) at 150° C. of the paint film obtained by measuring dynamic viscoelasticity of the paint film is more than 1.0 x10 7 Pa,

an indentation depth of the paint film measured with a nanoindenter in a state that the paint film is formed on the surface of the golf ball body is 1250 nm or more,

the golf ball diameter ranges from 40 mm to 45 mm, and

the golf ball compression deformation amount is 3.0 mm or less when applying a load from 98 N as an initial load to 1275 N as a final load to the golf ball,

wherein

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

wherein the (A) polyisocyanate component consists of an isocyanurate of hexamethylene diisocyanate and an isocyanurate of isophorone diisocyanate, and

wherein a mixing ratio (HDI isocyanurate/IPDI isocyanurate) of the isocyanurate of hexamethylene diisocyanate to the isocyanurate of isophorone diisocyanate ranges from 45/55 to 90/10 in a mass ratio.

13. The golf ball according to claim 12 , wherein a loss tangent tan δ of the paint film obtained by measuring dynamic viscoelasticity of the paint film has a peak temperature of 60° C. or less.

14. The golf ball according to claim 12 , wherein a storage modulus (E′ 120 ) at 120° C. of the paint film is 1.0×10 7 Pa or more.

15. The golf ball according to claim 12 , wherein the 10% elastic modulus of the paint film is 2 kgf/cm 2 or more.

16. The golf ball according to claim 12 , wherein the polyurethane is a reaction product obtained under a reaction condition that a molar ratio (NCO/OH) of isocyanate groups (NCO) of (A) the polyisocyanate component to hydroxyl groups (OH) of (B) the polyol component is 0.95 or more and 2 or less.

17. The golf ball according to claim 12 , wherein the polyrotaxane comprises 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, wherein at least a part of the cyclodextrin hydroxyl groups is modified with a caprolactone chain via a —O—C 3 H 6 —O— group.

18. The golf ball according to claim 17 , wherein the linear molecule of the polyrotaxane is polyethylene glycol, and the blocking group of the polyrotaxane is an adamantyl group.

19. The golf ball according to claim 12 , wherein (B) the polyol component contains the polyrotaxane in an amount ranging from 10 mass % to 100 mass %.

20. The golf ball according to claim 12 , wherein

the storage modulus (E′ 150 ) at 150° C. of the paint film obtained by measuring dynamic viscoelasticity of the paint film is 1.2×10 7 Pa or more.

21. The golf ball according to claim 12 , wherein the golf ball has a color difference ΔE=[(ΔL) 2 +(Δa) 2 +(Δb) 2 ] 1/2 determined by a following method of 20 or less;

immersing the golf ball for 30 seconds in an aqueous solution of tincture of iodine,

wiping off the extra aqueous solution of tincture of iodine adhered on the surface of the golf ball that is taken out from the aqueous solution, and

measuring color tones (L, a, b) of the golf ball before and after the immersion using a color difference meter.

22. The golf ball according to claim 12 , wherein the polyurethane comprises, as a constituent component, a polyamine component.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 29, 2018
From: TARAO, TOSHIYUKI; TANAKA, MAMI; INOUE, HIDETAKA
To: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
Reel/Frame 047625/0080 →
Priority Claims (3)
JP JP2017-229720 · Nov 29, 2017 · national
JP JP2017-229723 · Nov 29, 2017 · national
JP JP2018-180088 · Sep 26, 2018 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20190160340A1 · May 30, 2019