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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 19, 2019
Filed:
Mar. 27, 2018
Acushnet Company, Fairhaven, MA (US);
David A. Bulpett, Boston, MA (US);
Robert Blink, Newport, RI (US);
Mark L. Binette, Mattapoisett, MA (US);
Brian Comeau, Berkley, MA (US);
Michael J. Sullivan, Old Lyme, CT (US);
Acushnet Company, Fairhaven, MA (US);
Abstract
A golf ball including a core; an inner cover layer formed from a thermoplastic composition and having a thickness of about 0.005 inches to 0.40 inches and a surface hardness of about 60 Shore D or greater; and an outer cover layer formed from a thermoset material and having a thickness of about 0.01 inches to 0.05 inches and a surface hardness of about 60 Shore D or less. The thermoplastic composition has a first melt flow index at 280° C. under a 10-kg load of less than about 35 g/10 min and a second melt flow index at 265° C. under a 5-kg load of less than about 10 g/10 min.