Golf ball

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9440117-B2
Application number	US-201414581455-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 23, 2014
Priority date	Dec 27, 2013
Publication date	Sep 13, 2016
Grant date	Sep 13, 2016

Abstract

An object of the present invention is to provide a golf ball which shows a high spin rate on approach shots and an excellent stain resistance. The present invention provides a golf ball comprising a golf ball body and a paint film formed on a surface of the golf ball body, wherein a base resin constituting the paint film is a polyurethane obtained by a reaction between a polyol composition and a polyisocyanate composition, the polyol composition contains a urethane polyol including a polyether diol having a number average molecular weight from 800 to 3000 as a constituent component, the paint film has a 10% elastic modulus of 100 kgf/cm 2 or less, and the 10% elastic modulus (kgf/cm 2 ) (Y) of the paint film and a molar ratio (NCO/OH) (X) of NCO of the polyisocyanate composition to OH of the polyol composition satisfy a following equation (1).

Y ≦200× X −75  (1)

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A golf ball comprising a golf ball body and a paint film formed on a surface of the golf ball body,
wherein a base resin constituting the paint film is a polyurethane obtained by a reaction between a polyol composition and a polyisocyanate composition,
the polyol composition contains a urethane polyol including a polyether diol having a number average molecular weight from 800 to 3000 as a constituent component,
the urethane polyol has a weight average molecular weight ranging from 5000 to 9135,
the paint film has a 10% elastic modulus of 100 kgf/cm 2 or less, and
the 10% elastic modulus (kgf/cm 2 ) of the paint film and a molar ratio (NCO/OH) of the isocyanate group (NCO) of the polyisocyanate composition to the hydroxyl group (OH) of the polyol composition satisfy a following equation (1);
Y≦ 200 ×X− 75  (1)

in the equation, Y represents the 10% elastic modulus (kgf/cm 2 ) of the paint film, X represents the molar ratio (NCO/OH) of the isocyanate group (NCO) of the polyisocyanate composition to the hydroxyl group (OH) of the polyol composition.

2. The golf ball according to claim 1 , wherein the molar ratio (NCO/OH) of the isocyanate group (NCO) of the polyisocyanate composition to the hydroxyl group (OH) of the polyol composition is more than 0.5 and 1.2 or less.

3. The golf ball according to claim 1 , wherein a content of the urethane polyol in a polyol compound contained in the polyol composition is 60 mass % or more.

4. The golf ball according to claim 1 , wherein the urethane polyol has a hydroxyl value ranging from 10 mgKOH/g to 200 mgKOH/g.

5. The golf ball according to claim 1 , wherein the urethane polyol includes a triol component as a constituent component.

6. The golf ball according to claim 5 , wherein a polyol component constituting the urethane polyol includes the triol component and a diol component in a mixing ratio (triol component/diol component) of the triol component to the diol component ranging from 0.2 to 6.0 in a mass ratio.

7. The golf ball according to claim 1 , wherein a content of the polyether diol having a number average molecular weight from 800 to 3000 in the urethane polyol is 70 mass % or more.

8. The golf ball according to claim 1 , wherein the polyisocyanate composition contains a triisocyanate compound.

9. The golf ball according to claim 8 , wherein a content of the triisocyanate compound in a polyisocyanate compound contained in the polyisocyanate composition is 50 mass % or more.

10. The golf ball according to claim 1 , wherein the golf ball has a coefficient of friction calculated using a contact force tester is 0.35 or more and 0.60 or less.

11. The golf ball according to claim 1 , wherein the paint film has a thickness of 5 μm or more and 50 μm or less.

12. The golf ball according to claim 1 , wherein the golf ball body comprises a core and a cover covering the core, and an absolute value of a difference between the 10% elastic modulus (kgf/cm 2 ) of the paint film and a 10% elastic modulus (kgf/cm 2 ) of the cover is 65 kgf/cm 2 or less.

13. The golf ball according to claim 12 , wherein the 10% elastic modulus of the cover is less than 120 kgf/cm 2 .

14. The golf ball according to claim 12 , wherein the cover has a slab hardness of 60 or less in Shore D hardness.

15. The golf ball according to claim 12 , wherein the cover is formed from a cover composition containing a polyurethane.

16. The golf ball according to claim 1 , wherein the golf ball body comprises a core and a cover covering the core, and the cover has a 10% elastic modulus of 120 kgf/cm 2 or more.

17. The golf ball according to claim 16 , wherein the 10% elastic modulus of the cover is 280 kgf/cm 2 or less.

18. The golf ball according to claim 16 , wherein the cover has a slab hardness of more than 60 in Shore D hardness.

19. The golf ball according to claim 16 , wherein the cover is formed from a cover composition containing an ionomer resin and/or a polyamide.

Assignees

• Dunlop Sports Co Ltd
• Dunlop Sports Co Ltd

Inventors

• Tarao Toshiyuki
• Horiuchi Kuniyasu

Classifications

• A63B37/0031

  Hardness · CPC title

• C08G18/00

  Polymeric products of isocyanates or isothiocyanates · CPC title

• A63B37/0024

  Materials other than ionomers or polyurethane · CPC title

• A63B37/0022 Primary

  Coatings, e.g. paint films; Markings · CPC title

• A63B37/0029 Primary

  Physical properties · CPC title