发明名称 GOLF BALL HAVING REDUCED SURFACE HARDNESS
摘要 A golf ball comprising a core and at least one cover layer disposed about the core; the core comprising a geometric center and an outer surface, the core further comprising an untreated region extending radially from the geometric center a distance DUTr and a treated region disposed about the untreated region and extending inward from the outer surface a depth DTr, said treated region having been exposed to and comprising a fatty acid and/or fatty acid salt composition, the core further comprising an intermediate untreated region disposed about the untreated region and adjacent the treated region, the intermediate untreated region having a third hardness, wherein the first hardness is different than the second hardness and the third hardness, wherein the core comprises a first core layer extending radially from the geometric center and a second core layer disposed about the first core layer, and wherein the first core layer comprises the untreated region and the intermediate untreated region, and wherein the second core layer comprises the treated region. In another embodiment, the core comprises a first core layer extending radially from the geometric center, a second core layer disposed about the first core layer and a third core layer disposed about the second core layer, wherein the first core layer comprises the untreated region, the second core layer comprises the intermediate untreated region, and the third core layer comprises the treated region. The golf ball may alternatively comprise a core and a cover, the core comprising a geometric center and an outer surface, the outer surface comprising a fatty acid and/or fatty acid salt composition, the geometric center having a hardness (Hg) and the outer surface having an extrapolated hardness (HE) and an actual hardness (HOS) wherein HE is derived from a five point extrapolation within three quarters of an outer core diameter and HOS as measured on the curved surface of the core, and the cover has a hardness (HC), wherein HC<HE>Hg>HOS.
申请公布号 US2011237350(A1) 申请公布日期 2011.09.29
申请号 US201113153535 申请日期 2011.06.06
申请人 SULLIVAN MICHAEL J;BINETTE MARK L;CAMEAU BRIAN 发明人 SULLIVAN MICHAEL J.;BINETTE MARK L.;CAMEAU BRIAN
分类号 A63B37/06 主分类号 A63B37/06
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