Method of making golf ball with sintered layer
AssigneeNIKE, Inc.
InventorsSeisuke Tomita, Arthur Molinari, Takahisa Ono
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Abstract
A method of manufacturing a golf ball with a deposited layer is disclosed. The deposited layer is not produced by a molding process, such as injection molding or compression molding. Instead, the deposition process is produced by another process, such as sintering. The deposited layer may include partially fused particulate material. The deposited layer may be added to a golf ball design as one or more supplemental layers. The deposited layer may also be provided in a golf ball design as a substitute for one or more layers. A golf ball may further include a combination of one or more supplemental deposited layers and one or more substituted deposited layers.
Claims19
A method of making a golf ball, comprising:
- providing a golf ball component;
- and
- depositing a first layer onto the golf ball component by a sintering process;
- wherein the sintering process includes the steps of:
- coating the golf ball component with particulate material, and
- applying at least one of heat and pressure to the golf ball component coated with particulate material to partially fuse the particulate material together, wherein pores are voids located between adjacent particulates of partially fused particulate material.
A method of making a golf ball comprising:
- providing a golf ball component;
- depositing particles onto the golf ball component;
- and
- fusing the particles together by sintering, wherein the deposited particles include pores that are voids located between adjacent particulates of fused particulate material.
A method of making a golf ball, comprising:
- providing a golf ball component;
- coating the golf ball component with particulate material;
- and
- sintering the golf ball component and particulate material with at least one of heat and pressure to form a sintered layer;
- wherein the sintered layer includes partially fused particulate material and pores that are voids located between adjacent particulates of the partially fused particulate material.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.