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Golf balls containing a halogenated organosulfur compound and resilient regrind
   
Document Number
US Patent 6835779
Issued Date
December 28, 2004
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Inventors
Bosanko; Ryan W (Mattapoisett, MA)
Ladd; Derek A (Fairhaven, MA)
Rajagopalan; Murali (South Dartmouth, MA)
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A golf ball consisting of a core and a cover. The core has a diameter of between about 1.54 and about 1.58 inches and a compression of between about 22 and about 50. Additionally, the core includes a polybutadiene rubber having a Mooney viscosity of less than about 50 and a halogenated organosulfur compound present in an amount of at least about 2.2 parts per hundred parts of polybutadiene rubber, the halogenated organosulfur compound having the formula: ##STR1## where R.sub.1 -R.sub.5 are C.sub.1 -C.sub.8 alkyl groups; halogen groups; thiol groups; carboxylated groups; sulfonated groups; or hydrogen; and a regrind filler present in an amount of from about 5 parts to about 26.5 parts per hundred parts of polybutadiene rubber. The cover has a thickness of between about 0.05 inches and about 0.1 inches and consisting essentially of a first ionomeric material and a second ionomeric material. The golf ball has a coefficient of restitution of at least about 0.813 when measured at 125 ft/s.
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Owner
Acushnet Company (Fairhaven, MA)
Published
December 28, 2004
Application Number
10/308,537
Filed
December 3, 2002
US Classification
525/193   473/377 525/261 525/274
Int'l Classification
A63B   37/00   (20060101)  
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CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS This application is a continuation-in-part of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 09/951,963, filed Sep. 13, 2001, now U.S. Pat. No. 6,635,716, the disclosure of which is incorporated herein, in its entirety, by express reference thereto.
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