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Three-piece solid golf ball

US5899822A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateNov 21, 1997
Grant dateMay 4, 1999
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Expiry dateNov 21, 2017

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA63B37/0075
  • WIPO fieldFurniture, games
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

In a three-piece solid golf ball of the three layer structure consisting of a solid core, an intermediate layer, and a cover, the solid core has a distortion of at least 2.5 mm under a load of 100 kg. The Shore D hardness of the intermediate layer is at least 13 degrees higher than the Shore D hardness of the cover. The ball as a whole has an inertia moment of at least 83 g-cm.sup.2. The desirable properties of spin, feel, control and rolling are obtained.

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