Patent application number | Description | Published |
20110256944 | GOLF BALL TRAJECTORY SIMULATION METHOD - The invention is directed at a golf ball trajectory simulation method which sets up a golf ball model within a virtual airflow space where a grid has been generated, sets a weight for the ball model and applies initial conditions (initial velocity, launch angle, spin rate) to the ball model so as to cause the model to fly within the virtual airflow space, then calculates the lift coefficient and the drag coefficient for the golf ball from the air stream velocity, direction and pressure calculated in each grid cell, and calculates the flight distance and left-to-right dispersion for the golf ball from launch until landing by calculating, at predetermined short time intervals, the change in height, change in lateral direction, change in velocity and change in spin rate for the golf ball during flight. The trajectory simulation method divides the flight path of the golf ball model into two or three regions based on the criteria that Re=250,000 to 170,000 is a high-velocity region, Re=170,000 to 100,000 is a medium-velocity region and Re=100,000 and below is a low-velocity region, and sets up short time intervals Δta in the high-velocity region, short time intervals Δtb in the medium-velocity region and short time intervals Δtc in the low-velocity region such that Δta>Δtb>Δtc. | 10-20-2011 |
20120161363 | GOLF BALL MOLD AND GOLF BALL MANUFACTURING METHOD - The invention provides a golf ball mold that includes a mold body configured as a plurality of mold parts which have at least a parting surface that defines a parting line at a golf ball equator and removably mate to form a cavity having an inner wall with a plurality of dimple-forming protrusions thereon, and a support pin which has an end face with a plurality of dimple-forming protrusions thereon and is extendable into and retractable from the cavity. The support pin extends into the cavity to support a center sphere and, when in a retracted state, the end face thereof defines a portion of the inner wall of the cavity. The end face of the support pin includes a pole of the cavity and has a peripheral edge which intersects a parallel of latitude at 10 degrees from the pole. | 06-28-2012 |
20120277020 | PRACTICE GOLF BALL - A practice golf ball has a core and a cover. The core is made of a rubber composition which includes a base rubber, a co-crosslinking agent, a crosslinking initiator and a metal oxide. The base rubber is a mixture of polybutadiene with styrene-butadiene rubber and/or isoprene rubber, and the co-crosslinking agent is methacrylic acid. The core has a specific deflection under a specific load, and the ball has a specific initial velocity. The dimples on the surface of the ball have a volume ratio VR of from 0.95 to 1.7. | 11-01-2012 |
20120277021 | PRACTICE GOLF BALL - A practice golf ball has a core made of a rubber composition which includes a base rubber, a co-crosslinking agent, a crosslinking initiator and a metal oxide, and has a cover which encases the core and is made of a resin material. The co-crosslinking agent is methacrylic acid. The resin material has a breaking strength of 20 to 80 MPa and an elongation of 150 to 600%. The ball is endowed with the properties required of practice balls intended for long-term use, including better durability to cracking and durability of appearance than ordinary game balls, and also better durability to ball surface loss than the one-piece golf balls which are commonly used as practice balls. | 11-01-2012 |
20120277022 | PRACTICE GOLF BALL - A practice golf ball has a core and a cover. The core is made of a rubber composition which includes a base rubber, a co-crosslinking agent which is methacrylic acid, a crosslinking initiator and a metal oxide. The respective ingredients in the rubber composition are formulated in specific amounts, and the core has an optimized hardness profile. The cover is made of a resin component which is composed primarily of polyurethane. The cover has a thickness of 0.3 mm to 1.9 mm, and a material hardness, expressed as the Shore D hardness, of 30 to 57. The respective deflections of the core and the ball under a specific load, and the relationship therebetween, are optimized. | 11-01-2012 |
20120277023 | PRACTICE GOLF BALL - In a practice golf ball having a core and a cover encasing the core, the cover has a material hardness, expressed as the Shore D hardness, of from 30 to 57. The core has an initial velocity CV (m/s) and the ball has an initial velocity BV | 11-01-2012 |
20120277024 | PRACTICE GOLF BALL - A practice golf ball has a core and a cover. The core is made of a rubber composition which includes a base rubber, a co-crosslinking agent which is methacrylic acid, a crosslinking initiator and a metal oxide. The respective ingredients in the rubber composition are formulated in specific amounts, and the core has an optimized hardness profile. The cover includes a resin component which is composed primarily of polyurethane. The cover has a thickness of 0.3 mm to 1.9 mm, and a material hardness, expressed as the Shore D hardness, of 30 to 48. The respective deflections of the core and the ball under a specific load, and the relationship therebetween, are optimized. The volume ratio VR of dimples on the surface of the ball is optimized. | 11-01-2012 |
20120277025 | PRACTICE GOLF BALL - A practice golf ball with a core and a cover has, upon initial measurement, a deflection BH1 (mm) when compressed under a final load of 1,275 N from an initial load of 98 N and an initial velocity BV1 (m/s), and also has, when measured again after being left to stand for 350 days following initial measurement, a deflection BH2 (mm) when compressed under a final load of 1,275 N from an initial load of 98 N and an initial velocity BV2 (m/s), such that the difference BH2−BH1 is not more than 0.2 mm and the difference BV2−BV1 is not more than 0.3 m/s. The ball has excellent durability to cracking and durability of appearance, and also maintains a stable feel and flight performance over a long period of time. | 11-01-2012 |
20120277032 | GOLF BALL - A golf ball has a plurality of dimples, wherein: (1) the dimples have a peripheral edge with a radius of curvature R from 0.5 mm to 2.5 mm; (2) the surface coverage SR of the dimples, expressed as a percentage of the surface area of a hypothetical sphere representing the ball if it had no dimples, is from 60% to 74%; and (3) the ratio ER of a collective number of dimples RA having a radius of curvature R to diameter D ratio (R/D) of at least 20%, divided by a total number of dimples N on the surface of the ball, is from 15% to 95%. This combination of features enables damage to the paint film on the surface of the ball to be minimized, improves the durability of markings on the surface of the ball, and prevents a decline in ball performance. | 11-01-2012 |
20120302378 | GOLF BALL - The invention provides a golf ball having, on a surface thereof, a plurality of circular dimples, a plurality of non-circular dimples, and a land area which is a non-dimple region composed of a plurality of arcuate first lands, each formed along an edge of one of the circular dimples, and a plurality of second lands, each arranged so as to bridge between two neighboring circular dimples and having a shape that is recessed at a center portion thereof. The non-circular dimples have an edge shape defined by a plurality of the first lands in combination with a plurality of the second lands. In this golf ball, by fashioning the lands on the ball surface into a unique shape, the surface area of the lands is minimized and the dimple surface coverage is made even larger, increasing the aerodynamic performance and thus enabling the ball to travel even farther. | 11-29-2012 |
20130045819 | MULTI-PIECE SOLID GOLF BALL - The invention provides a multi-piece solid golf ball having a solid core, an inner cover layer and an outer cover layer, which outer cover layer has a plurality of dimples on a surface thereof. In the golf ball, the hardness relationship between the inner cover layer and the outer cover layer, the ratio of deflection between the solid core and a sphere composed of the solid core encased by the inner cover layer, and the dimple conditions are all optimized. This multi-piece solid golf ball is able to substantially reduce the distance traveled by the ball when struck at a high head speed, while at the same time holding down the decrease in distance when struck at a low head speed. | 02-21-2013 |
20130095955 | SOLID GOLF BALL - The invention provides a solid golf ball having a core and a cover, the core being formed of a rubber composition containing a base rubber, a co-crosslinking agent, a crosslinking initiator and a metal oxide. The base rubber is a mixture of polybutadiene and a styrene-butadiene rubber, the styrene-butadiene rubber having a styrene bond content of not more than 35 wt %. The co-crosslinking agent is methacrylic acid. The core deflection under specific loading and the VR value for dimples on the ball surface are set within specific ranges. | 04-18-2013 |
20130154156 | GOLF BALL MOLD AND GOLF BALL MANUFACTURING METHOD - A golf ball mold body having a plurality of mold parts with a parting surface defining a parting line along an equator and removably mating to form a cavity having an inner wall with dimple-forming protrusions, and a support pin extendable into and retractable from the cavity, the support pin extending into the cavity to support a center sphere. An end face of the support pin defines a portion of the cavity inner wall when the support pin is retracted. The support pin has a shape satisfying certain conditions, and the support pin and mold body have a gap therebetween set within a specific range. The invention minimizes formation of uneven flash caused by deflection or shifting of support pins, appearance defects caused by damage to the cavity inner wall and contamination by rubbing debris, and the life of the mold is extended. | 06-20-2013 |
20130172107 | SOLID GOLF BALL - The invention provides a solid golf ball having a core and a cover. The core is formed of a rubber composition containing a base rubber, a co-crosslinking agent, a crosslinking initiator and a metal oxide. The co-crosslinking agent is methacrylic acid, and the rubber composition includes a specific waste material in the form of a powder. The core deflection and the cover material are optimized. Utilizing a waste material in a solid golf ball conserves resources and thus is beneficial to the global environment. Even during prolonged use, the golf ball maintains its basic performance attributes (feel, flight, durability) at a high level. | 07-04-2013 |
20130172108 | SOLID GOLF BALL - The invention provides a solid golf ball having a core and a cover. The core is formed of a rubber composition containing a base rubber, a co-crosslinking agent, a crosslinking initiator and a metal oxide. The base rubber contains polybutadiene, a styrene-butadiene rubber and, optionally, an isoprene rubber. The co-crosslinking agent is methacrylic acid, and the rubber composition includes a specific waste material in the form of a powder. The core deflection and the cover material are optimized. Utilizing a waste material in a solid golf ball conserves resources and thus is beneficial to the global environment. Even during prolonged use, the golf ball maintains its basic performance attributes (feel, flight, durability) at a high level. | 07-04-2013 |
20130196790 | MULTI-PIECE SOLID GOLF BALL - The invention provides a multi-piece solid golf ball having a solid core, an inner cover layer and an outer cover layer, which outer cover layer has numerous dimples on a surface thereof. The ball is characterized both in that the core and the inner cover layer are formed so as to have a specific deflection ratio therebetween, and also by the combination of an inner cover layer formed to a specific material hardness and thickness, an outer cover layer formed to a specific material hardness, and dimples which satisfy specific conditions. This multi-piece solid golf ball is able to substantially reduce the distance traveled by the ball when struck at a high head speed, while at the same time holding down the decrease in distance when struck at a low head speed. | 08-01-2013 |
20140024477 | GOLF BALL - The invention provides a golf ball with a surface having a plurality of dimples formed thereon. Some or all of the dimples on the ball surface have a cross-sectional shape in which, letting a straight line passing through any one edge of the dimple and a foot of a perpendicular (pedal) dropped from an imaginary plane defined by a peripheral edge of the dimple to a deepest point of the dimple serve as a reference line, and establishing a plurality of specific regions on the reference line from the dimple edge as 0% to the pedal as 100%, the average depths of the dimple from the reference line in the respective established regions satisfy specific conditions. By reducing the air resistance during flight and thus enhancing the aerodynamic performance, this golf ball achieves a higher trajectory, enabling the ball to travel further. | 01-23-2014 |
20140024478 | GOLF BALL - The invention provides a golf ball with a surface having a plurality of dimples formed thereon. Some or all of the dimples on the ball surface have a cross-sectional shape in which, letting a straight line passing through any one edge of the dimple and a foot of a perpendicular (pedal) dropped from an imaginary plane defined by a peripheral edge of the dimple to a deepest point of the dimple serve as a reference line, and establishing a plurality of specific regions on the reference line from the dimple edge as 0% to the pedal as 100%, the average depths of the dimple from the reference line in the respective established regions satisfy specific conditions. By reducing the air resistance during flight and thus enhancing the aerodynamic performance, this golf ball achieves a higher trajectory, enabling the ball to travel further. | 01-23-2014 |
20140073461 | GOLF BALL - The invention provides a golf ball endowed with an improved distance and durability. The ball has a core and a cover, the core being formed of a rubber composition containing a base rubber, a co-crosslinking agent, a crosslinking initiator, a metal oxide and an organosulfur compound. The co-crosslinking agent is methacrylic acid, the metal oxide is zinc oxide, and the rubber composition contains the crosslinking initiator in an amount of from 1.2 to 5 parts by weight per 100 parts by weight of the base rubber. The finished ball has an initial velocity of at least 74.3 m/s. | 03-13-2014 |