发明名称 Highly neutralized polymeric compositions for golf ball layers
摘要 Compositions for golf balls including modified highly neutralized polymeric compositions that have improved processability including improved melt flow index and improved performance characteristics when included in a layer of a golf ball. In addition, the compositions of the invention have less moisture transmission and higher flexural modulus than non-modified highly neutralized polymers.
申请公布号 US8784238(B2) 申请公布日期 2014.07.22
申请号 US200812123949 申请日期 2008.05.20
申请人 Acushnet Company 发明人 Rajagopalan Murali;Sullivan Michael J.;Arnold Pamela V.
分类号 A63B37/06 主分类号 A63B37/06
代理机构 Smith, Gambrell & Russell, LLP 代理人 Smith, Gambrell & Russell, LLP
主权项 1. A golf ball comprising: a core having a diameter of about 1.50 inches to about 1.62 inches and a compression of about 120 atti or less formed of a composition comprising: a copolymer of ethylene and an α, β-unsaturated carboxylic acid, wherein greater than about 70 percent of the acid groups in the copolymer are neutralized with a cation; anda flow modifier present in an amount of 50 parts per hundred to 75 parts per hundred based on a hundred parts of the copolymer, wherein the flow modifier comprises a fatty acid salt, wherein the composition has a melt flow index of at least 10.3 g/10 min or greater at 190° C. using a 2160 gram weight; wherein the fatty acid salt comprises erucic acid, linoleic acid or dimerized derivatives thereof and a cation selected from the group consisting of barium, lithium, sodium, zinc, bismuth, chromium, cobalt, copper, potassium, strontium, titanium, tungsten, magnesium, cesium, iron, nickel, silver, aluminum, tin, and calcium; andwherein the composition has a Shore D hardness of about 40 to about 48 and a flexural modulus of about 23,300 psi to about 29,500 psi;a cover having a thickness of about 0.03 to about 0.09 inches.
地址 Fairhaven MA US