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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 15, 2011
Filed:
Apr. 14, 2008
Michael J. Sullivan, Barrington, RI (US);
Kevin M. Harris, New Bedford, MA (US);
Peter R. Voorheis, New Bedford, MA (US);
Murali Rajagopalan, South Dartmouth, MA (US);
Brian Comeau, Berkley, MA (US);
David A. Bulpett, Boston, MA (US);
Michael J. Sullivan, Barrington, RI (US);
Kevin M. Harris, New Bedford, MA (US);
Peter R. Voorheis, New Bedford, MA (US);
Murali Rajagopalan, South Dartmouth, MA (US);
Brian Comeau, Berkley, MA (US);
David A. Bulpett, Boston, MA (US);
Acushnet Company, Fairhaven, MA (US);
Abstract
A golf ball comprising a core, an outer cover layer, and, optionally, an intermediate layer disposed between the core and the outer cover layer is provided. The core, intermediate layer, or cover layer includes a composition formed from a base polymer blend, a crosslink initiator, and at least one additive. The outer cover layer may comprise a polyurethane or polyurea composition. The base polymer blend preferably includes two or more rubber materials. The additive has at least one C—O—B linkage, the carbon in the linkage being a secondary or tertiary carbon and is selected from the group consisting of boranes, borates, boronates, borinates, heterocylic compounds having at least one boron atom as a ring member, boron-containing organosulfides, salts of such additives, and metal salts, organometallic salts, and non-metal salts of boron complexes.