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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 31, 1998
Filed:
Mar. 07, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Kouhei Takemura, Nara, JP;
Akihiro Nakahara, Ibaraki, JP;
Assignee:
Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd., Hyogo-ken, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C08F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
525105 ; 524908 ; 473372 ; 473377 ;
Abstract
The present invention provides a solid golf ball which is superior in shot feel and attains long flight distance. The solid golf ball comprises a core and a cover covering the core, wherein the core is prepared by vulcanizing a rubber composition comprising a base rubber obtained by mixing silicone rubber and a diene rubber under conditions wherein crosslinking of the diene rubber does not occur but crosslinking of the silicone rubber does occur, and wherein the mixing ratio of silicone rubber to the diene rubber is within the range of 5:95 to 45:55 by weight.