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Limited flight golf ball with embedded RFID chip

  • US 9,707,454 B1
  • Filed: 10/23/2015
  • Issued: 07/18/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/24/2014
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for manufacturing a limited flight golf ball with an embedded RFID chip, the method comprisingplacing a first half-slug of the core material in a mold half;

  • placing a RFID chip on a surface of the first half-slug;

    placing a second half-slug on the RFID chip;

    molding the first half-slug, the RFID chip, and the second half-slug using a hot cure compression process to form a golf ball core with an embedded RFID chip;

    molding a cover over the golf ball core to generate a golf ball with an embedded RFID chip;

    wherein a density of the core is adjusted in relation to a mass of the RFID chip;

    wherein the golf ball has a diameter of 1.684 inches, a mass of 45.4 grams, a COR of 0.770 and a deflection of 0.080 inch under a load of 200 pounds.

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