Golf ball incorporating metallocene polymer blends
AssigneeAcushnet Company
InventorsKevin M. Harris, Murali Rajagopalan
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Abstract
The disclosed invention provides novel golf ball compositions which contain olefinic based ionomers and non-ionic olefinic copolymers produced by use of metallocene catalysts. These compositions exhibit improved mechanical properties such as tensile and flexural properties, and can be foamed or unfoamed. Golf balls that employ at least one layer of these blends in any of the golf ball cover, core, or a mantle situated between the cover and the core provide ball properties and performance similar to and in some cases better than the state of the art ionomer based golf balls.
Claims37
A golf ball comprising a cover and a core, the cover comprising a plurality of layers, wherein at least one of the layers comprises at least one metallocene catalyzed polymer blended with at least one of an ionomer or a non-ionomeric polymer.
A golf ball comprising a cover and a core and a mantle situated between the cover and the core, wherein the mantle comprises at least one layer, the layer formed of at least one metallocene catalyzed polymer blended with at least one of an ionomer or a non-ionomeric polymer.
A golf ball comprising a cover and a core, the core comprising at least one layer, wherein the at least one layer comprises at least one metallocene catalyzed polymer.
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