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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:
Nov. 09, 1999
Filed:
May. 19, 1993
Applicant:
Inventors:
Hidenori Hiraoka, Kobe, JP;
Akihiko Hamada, Kakogawa, JP;
Assignee:
Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C08L / ; C08L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
524525 ; 524524 ; 524526 ; 524271 ; 524274 ; 525227 ; 525232 ; 525240 ;
Abstract
A rubber composition suitable for use in grips of articles such as golf clubs, tennis rackets, bicycles and tools, comprising (1) a rubber component containing an ethylene-propylene-diene rubber (EPDM), and (2) 5 to 100 parts by weight of a polyisobutylene having a viscosity average molecular weight of 6,000 to 50,000, which provides grips having good feeling of touch, good non-slipping properties in both fine and rainy weather, and giving a small feeling of impact to mis-shot of golf balls as compared with conventional grips.