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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 22, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 11, 2013
Applicant:
Acushnet Company, Fairhaven, MA (US);
Inventors:
Murali Rajagopalan, Fairhaven, MA (US);
Michael J. Sullivan, Fairhaven, MA (US);
Assignee:
Acushnet Company, Fairhaven, MA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A63B 37/04 (2006.01); C08K 5/45 (2006.01); A63B 37/00 (2006.01); A63B 45/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A63B 37/0077 (2013.01); A63B 37/0024 (2013.01); A63B 37/0027 (2013.01); A63B 37/0051 (2013.01); A63B 37/0063 (2013.01); A63B 37/0076 (2013.01); A63B 37/0093 (2013.01); A63B 45/00 (2013.01); C08K 5/45 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present invention is directed to a golf ball and, more particularly, a golf ball core having a curable core composition comprising a dithiane compound, a rubber based compound comprising cis-1,4-polybutadiene rubber, a crosslinking agent comprising a metallic salt of unsaturated carboxylic acid in an amount between 10 to 50 parts per hundred of rubber (pphr), a peroxide initiator, one or more filler materials, and optionally an organ sulfur compound, are used to provide soft and resilient cores.