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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 14, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 15, 2013
Applicant:
Nike, Inc., Beaverton, OR (US);
Inventors:
Nicholas Yontz, Portland, OR (US);
Bradley C. Tutmark, Aloha, OR (US);
Yasushi Ichikawa, Tualatin, OR (US);
Hideyuki Ishii, Tualatin, OR (US);
Thomas J. Kennedy, III, Wilbraham, MA (US);
Assignee:
NIKE, Inc., Beaverton, OR (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A63B 37/14 (2006.01); A63B 37/00 (2006.01); C09D 175/04 (2006.01); A63B 45/00 (2006.01); C08G 18/78 (2006.01); C09D 175/06 (2006.01); C08G 18/42 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A63B 37/0022 (2013.01); A63B 37/0031 (2013.01); A63B 37/0074 (2013.01); A63B 37/0075 (2013.01); A63B 45/00 (2013.01); C08G 18/42 (2013.01); C08G 18/7831 (2013.01); C09D 175/04 (2013.01); C09D 175/06 (2013.01);
Abstract
A golf ball has a cover with a Shore D hardness of at least about 59 and a coating on the cover that has at least one of (a) a pencil hardness of 2 B or less, (b) a Sward hardness of about 40 or less, or (c) a Hit (Young's Modulus)<20 N/mmand h>0.55 micrometer.