Polyurethane covered golf ball
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1. A golf ball comprising a core and a cover;
- wherein at least said cover comprises a polyurethane material formed from the reaction of at least one diisocyanate, at least one polyether polyol comprising a homopolymer of propylene oxide having a number average molecular weight of 100 to 5 10,000, and at least one hydroxy or amine functional chain extender.
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Abstract
Disclosed herein is a golf ball comprising a polyurethane component formed by the reaction of an isocyanate, and a polyether polyol comprising homopolymers of ethylene oxide or propylene oxide or copolymers thereof, and a curing agent/chain extender. Another preferred form of the invention is directed to a golf ball cover comprising an isocyanate component and an ethylene/propylene oxide polyether polyol polyurethane component that is formed by reaction injection molding.
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23 Claims
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1. A golf ball comprising a core and a cover;
wherein at least said cover comprises a polyurethane material formed from the reaction of at least one diisocyanate, at least one polyether polyol comprising a homopolymer of propylene oxide having a number average molecular weight of 100 to 5 10,000, and at least one hydroxy or amine functional chain extender. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A golf ball comprising a core and a cover, said cover comprising a polyurethane elastomer comprising the reaction product of:
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a. at least one diisocyanate monomer;
b. at least one polyether polyol that is a homopolymer of propylene oxide having a number average molecular weight greater than 1,000; and
c. at least one hydroxy of amine functional chain extender, wherein the ratio of equivalents of the chain extender plus polyol to equivalents of isocyanate is at least 0.5;
1, and wherein the cover possesses high shear resistance and good resilience. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A method of making a golf ball comprising
d. a core, and e. a cover comprising a polyurethane elastomer, wherein the method comprises molding around a pre-made core a cover composition comprising the reactants necessary to produce said polyurethane elastomer, said reactants comprising essentially of: -
i. at least one diisocyanate monomer;
ii. at least one polyether polyol having a number average molecular weight greater than 1,000 and selected from the group consisting of homopolymers of propylene oxide and copolymers thereof; and
,iii. at least one hydroxy or amine functional chain extender. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23)
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