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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 18, 2025
Filed:
Nov. 02, 2022
Applicant:
Acushnet Company, Fairhaven, MA (US);
Inventors:
Manjari Kuntimaddi, Raynham, MA (US);
Edward Costa, East Providence, RI (US);
Erin McDermott, Providence, RI (US);
Assignee:
Acushnet Company, Fairhaven, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B29B 11/10 (2006.01); B29B 11/02 (2006.01); B29B 13/04 (2006.01); A63B 37/00 (2006.01); B29L 31/54 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B29B 11/10 (2013.01); B29B 11/02 (2013.01); B29B 13/04 (2013.01); A63B 37/0051 (2013.01); B29L 2031/546 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present disclosure provides methods of reducing center shifting of golf ball components, which, in turn, improves concentricity of the resulting golf balls. The methods include extruding a golf ball component material through an extruder to form an extrudate having a first temperature, cutting the extrudate at a second temperature to form a component prep, and molding the component prep into the golf ball component. The preps formed by the methods of the present disclosure include surfaces having reduced or no concavity.