IP Library Granted Patent US 12,005,318
Granted Patent B1
US 12,005,318 · App. 18/102,289 · Granted Jun 11, 2024

Golf ball coatings formed from hydroxyurethane compositions

Inventors: Michael Michalewich (Norton, MA); Manjari Kuntimaddi (Raynham, MA)
Assignee: Acushnet Company
A63B37/00221A63B37/0074C09D175/12A63B37/0075A63B37/0076
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Patent No.
US 12,005,318
App. No.
18/102,289
Granted
Jun 11, 2024
Kind
B1
Abstract

Coating compositions including hydroxyurethane linkages, coating layers formed from such coating compositions, and golf balls including such coating layers.

Claims (35)

1. A golf ball, comprising:

a core;

a cover disposed on the core; and

a coating disposed on the cover, wherein the coating is formed from a two-part reactive composition comprising hydroxyurethane linkages and urethane linkages, wherein the two-part reactive composition comprises a first part comprising a first reaction product of at least one cyclic carbonate and at least one amine-terminated component and a second part comprising an isocyanate-containing component, and

wherein the ratio of hydroxyurethane linkages to urethane linkages is 50:1 to 2:1.

2. The golf ball of claim 1 , wherein the ratio of hydroxyurethane linkages to urethane linkages is 50:1 to 10:1.

3. The golf ball of claim 1 , wherein the amine-terminated component comprises a solvent.

4. The golf ball of claim 1 , wherein the cyclic carbonate comprises a five-membered cyclic carbonate, a six-membered cyclic carbonate, or a combination thereof.

5. The golf ball of claim 1 , wherein the amine-terminated component comprises two primary functional amines at terminal ends of a polyol backbone.

6. The golf ball of claim 5 , wherein the polyol backbone comprises a polyether polyol backbone.

7. The golf ball of claim 1 , wherein the amine-terminated component comprises three primary amine functional groups.

8. The golf ball of claim 1 , wherein the cyclic carbonate has a cyclocarbonate functionality of equal to or greater than 2.

9. The golf ball of claim 1 , wherein the isocyanate-containing component comprises a blocked isocyanate.

10. A golf ball, comprising:

a core;

a cover disposed on the core; and

a coating disposed on the cover, wherein the coating is formed from a two-part reactive composition comprising hydroxyurethane linkages and urea linkages, wherein the two-part reactive composition comprises a first part comprising a first reaction product of at least one cyclic carbonate and at least one amine-terminated component and a second part comprising an isocyanate-containing component, and

wherein the ratio of hydroxyurethane linkages to urea linkages is 50:1 to 2:1.

11. The golf ball of claim 10 , wherein the ratio of hydroxyurethane linkages to urea linkages is 50:1 to 10:1.

12. The golf ball of claim 10 , wherein the amine-terminated component comprises a solvent.

13. The golf ball of claim 10 , wherein the cyclic carbonate comprises a five-membered cyclic carbonate, a six-membered cyclic carbonate, or a combination thereof.

14. The golf ball of claim 10 , wherein the amine-terminated component comprises two primary functional amines.

15. The golf ball of claim 14 , wherein the two primary functional amines are at terminal ends of a polyol backbone.

16. The golf ball of claim 15 , wherein the polyol backbone comprises a polyether polyol backbone.

17. The golf ball of claim 10 , wherein the cyclic carbonate has a cyclocarbonate functionality of equal to or greater than 2.

18. The golf ball of claim 10 , wherein the isocyanate-containing component comprises a blocked isocyanate.

19. A golf ball, comprising:

a core;

a cover disposed on the core; and

a coating disposed on the cover, wherein the coating is formed from a two-part reactive composition comprising hydroxyurethane linkages and urethane and/or urea linkages,

wherein the two-part reactive composition comprises:

a first part comprising a first reaction product of at least one cyclic carbonate having cyclocarbonate functionality of equal to or greater than 2, and at least one amine-terminated component; and

a second part comprising an isocyanate-containing component, and

wherein the ratio of hydroxyurethane linkages to urethane and/or urea linkages is 50:1 to 2:1.

20. The golf ball of claim 19 , wherein the ratio of hydroxyurethane linkages to urethane and/or urea linkages is 50:1 to 10:1.

Assignments (3)
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Nov 22, 2025
From: ACUSHNET COMPANY
To: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.
Reel/Frame 073689/0441 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 10, 2024
From: KUNTIMADDI, MANJARI; MICHALEWICH, MICHAEL
To: ACUSHNET COMPANY
Reel/Frame 067674/0832 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 9, 2023
From: MICHALEWICH, MICHAEL; KUNTIMADDI, MANJARI
To: ACUSHNET COMPANY
Reel/Frame 062931/0656 →
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