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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 11, 2025
Filed:
Nov. 11, 2021
Bridgestone Sports Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Hideo Watanabe, Chichibushi, JP;
Bridgestone Sports Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
In a multi-piece solid golf ball having a core, an intermediate layer encasing the core and a cover which encases the intermediate layer and has numerous dimples on an outside surface thereof, the core is formed of a rubber composition including the specific ingredient compounding ingredients, the intermediate layer is formed of a resin material, the cover is formed of a urethane resin material, the core has a diameter of at least 38.0 mm, the core has a deflection when compressed under a final load of 1,275 N (130 kgf) from an initial load of 98 N (10 kgf) of at least 3.9 mm, the sphere obtained by encasing the core with the intermediate layer (intermediate layer-encased sphere) has a surface hardness on the Shore D hardness scale of at least 69, the ball has a surface hardness on the Shore D hardness scale of 62 or less, and the (intermediate layer thickness)(core diameter) value is from 0.025 to 0.043, the (cover thickness)/(core diameter) value is from 0.014 to 0.027.