Patent · US Expired

Solid golf ball

US5033748A · kind A · utility

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10Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateJan 9, 1990
Grant dateJul 23, 1991
Priority date
Expiry dateJan 9, 2010

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA63B37/0094
  • WIPO fieldFurniture, games
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

Disclosed is a solid golf ball (including a one piece solid golf ball and another type solid golf ball) which has excellent durability and a high impact resilience, as well as good feeling when struck. The solid golf ball of the present invention is characterized in that a hardness (H) of a rubber portion of the solid golf ball, when measured by a JIS-C hardness meter, decreases with distance from the surface to the center and satifies the following equation; EQU When 0.ltoreq.l.ltoreq.5 416-6l.ltoreq.5H.ltoreq.440-6l EQU When 5<l.ltoreq.r 77.ltoreq.H.ltoreq.82 wherein l is a distance in mm from the surface and r is the radius of the golf ball.

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