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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 01, 2006
Filed:
Apr. 02, 2004
Applicants:
Murali Rajagopalan, South Dartmouth, MA (US);
Pamela V. Arnold, Fairhaven, MA (US);
Inventors:
Murali Rajagopalan, South Dartmouth, MA (US);
Pamela V. Arnold, Fairhaven, MA (US);
Assignee:
Acushnet Company, Fairhaven, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A63B 37/12 (2006.01); A63B 37/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A golf ball including a core having a first outer surface; a cover; and an intermediate layer disposed between the core and the cover, the intermediate layer including a non-ionic hydrophobic stiff fluoropolymer having a surface energy of less than about 75 dyne/cmand having a second outer surface; wherein at least one of the first or second outer surfaces are treated with an functional silane such that a sufficient number of surface amine, hydroxyl, carboxylic acid, or epoxy groups are available for binding to an adjacent layer.