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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 05, 2007
Filed:
May. 04, 2004
Yang Hwan Park, Seoul, KR;
Kyung Jung Kang, Kyoenggi-do, KR;
Gwang Hee Lee, Kyoenggi-do, KR;
Jung Gyu Moon, Tigard, OR (US);
Chun Bae Ryu, Seoul, KR;
Yang Hwan Park, Seoul, KR;
Kyung Jung Kang, Kyoenggi-do, KR;
Gwang Hee Lee, Kyoenggi-do, KR;
Jung Gyu Moon, Tigard, OR (US);
Chun Bae Ryu, Seoul, KR;
Fantom Company, Ltd., Seoul, KR;
Abstract
Disclosed is a thermochromic golf ball with a one- or multi-piece structure, which comprises a thermochromic compound. The thermochromic golf ball reversibly changes between two different color states with temperature. The thermochromic golf ball may be white when it is warmed to higher than a thermochromic temperature point, but shows a characteristic color when it is cooled to lower than the point. In a two-piece or three-piece ball, the thermochromic compound is present in either the outer cover or a transparent coat applied to the cover. The thermochromic pigment changes color when a critical point temperature is reached, thereby alerting the golfer that the current temperature of the golf ball may have power performance characteristics.