MULTI-LAYER GOLF BALL

• US 20090203470A1
• Filed: 04/20/2009
• Published: 08/13/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 10/07/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Callaway Golf Company
• Original Assignee: Callaway Golf Company
• Inventors: BINETTE, MARK K., TZIVANIS, MICHAEL J., KENNEDY, THOMAS J. III, MELANSON, DAVID M., SIMONDS, VINCENT J.
• Granted Patent: US 7,621,826 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 473/374
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 37/0031 Hardness
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 37/0043 Hardness
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 37/0061 Coefficient of restitution
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 37/0065 Deflection or compression
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 37/0076 Multi-piece balls, i.e. having two or more intermediate layers

Abstract

A golf ball comprises a molded core, one or more ionomer mantles, and a thermoset polyurethane cover. The core is a high cis-polybutadiene crosslinked with zinc diacrylate and may also comprise a halogenated thiophenol and metal thiosulfate. One or more of the ionomer mantles comprises an ionomer neutralized to 80% or greater.

Claims

1. A golf ball, comprising:

a core comprising a high cis-polybutadiene having a Mooney viscosity of from about 20 to about 70 and an Instron compression of greater than 0.0880, wherein the core further comprises pentachlorothiophenol in an amount of 0.2 to 1.0 parts by weight per one hundred parts by weight of cis-polybutiadene and disodium hexamethylene thiosulfate dehydrate in an amount of 0.5 to 1.5 parts by weight per one hundred parts by weight of cis-polybutiadene, wherein the core has a COR of from about 0.600 to about 0.850, and the core has a diameter ranging from 1.40 inches to 1.60 inches;

a mantle layer molded over the core, the mantle layer having a Shore D hardness of from about 30 to about 85; and

a cover molded over the mantle layer;

wherein the golf ball has a diameter of at least 1.68 inches.

2. The golf ball of claim 1 wherein mantle layer comprises a highly neutralized ionomer.

3. A golf ball, comprising:

a core comprising a high cis-polybutadiene having a Mooney viscosity of from about 20 to about 70 and an Instron compression of greater than 0.0880, wherein the core further comprises pentachlorothiophenol in an amount of 0.2 to 1.0 parts by weight per one hundred parts by weight of cis-polybutiadene and disodium hexamethylene thiosulfate dehydrate in an amount of 0.5 to 1.5 parts by weight per one hundred parts by weight of cis-polybutiadene, wherein the core has a COR of from about 0.600 to about 0.850, and the core has a diameter ranging from 1.40 inches to 1.60 inches;

an inner mantle layer comprising an HPF material, the inner mantle layer having a Shore D hardness of from about 30 to about 85;

an outer mantle layer disposed over the inner mantle layer, and

and a cover composed of a polyurea material.

4. A golf ball, comprising:

a core comprising a high cis-polybutadiene having a Mooney viscosity of from about 20 to about 70 and an Instron compression of greater than 0.0880, wherein the core further comprises pentachlorothiophenol in an amount of 0.2 to 1.0 parts by weight per one hundred parts by weight of cis-polybutiadene and disodium hexamethylene thiosulfate dehydrate in an amount of 0.5 to 1.5 parts by weight per one hundred parts by weight of cis-polybutiadene, wherein the core has a COR of from about 0.600 to about 0.850, and the core has a diameter ranging from 1.40 inches to 1.60 inches;

a mantle comprising an ionomer neutralized to 80% or more and a fatty acid, the mantle having a Shore D hardness of from about 30 to about 85; and

an outer mantle layer disposed over the inner mantle layer, the outer mantle layer composed of an ionomer material; and

a cover composed of a polyurea material.