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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:
May. 13, 2003
Filed:
Aug. 15, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Bridgestone Sports Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A63B 3/706 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A63B 3/706 ;
Abstract
A golf ball includes a core made from a rubber composition containing polybutadiene as a main rubber component and also an organic sulfur compound; and a cover made from a cover material mainly containing an ionomer resin composed of an Li ion neutralized type ionomer resin and a Mg ion neutralized ionomer resin, and also an inorganic filler having a specific gravity of 3.50 or more. A flexural amount of the core, measured by applying a load of 980 N thereto, is in a range of 4.0 to 5.5 mm. A specific gravity of the cover material is in a range of 1.020 to 1.110, and a Shore D hardness of the cover is in a range of 55 to 65. Such golf ball exhibits high durability and very high resilience.