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US 9,067,105 B2Granted
Golf ball having a cover layer with two different hardness values
AssigneeNIKE, Inc.
InventorNicholas Yontz
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Abstract
The disclosure relates to a golf ball having a cover layer including a first cover layer portion having one hardness values and a second cover layer portion having a second hardness value. The disclosure further relates to methods of making such a golf ball.
Claims20
A golf ball comprising:
- a core;
- a cover layer encompassing the core, the cover layer comprising a first hemispherical cover layer portion consisting of a first material having a first hardness and a second hemispherical cover layer portion consisting of a second material having a second hardness;
- and
- wherein the first hardness is different than the second hardness.
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A method of making a golf ball comprising:
- preforming a first cover layer hemisphere consisting of a first material having a first hardness value;
- preforming a second cover layer hemisphere consisting of a second material having a second hardness value;
- wherein the first hardness value is different from the second hardness value
- applying the first cover layer hemisphere and second cover layer hemisphere to an inner ball;
- and
- joining the first cover layer hemisphere and second cover layer hemisphere to form a cover layer that encompasses the inner ball.
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A method of making a golf ball comprising:
- forming a first cover layer hemisphere from a first material having a first hardness value:
- forming a second cover layer hemisphere from a second material having a second hardness value;
- wherein the first hardness value is different from the second hardness value
- applying the first cover layer hemisphere and the second cover layer hemisphere to an inner ball;
- and
- joining the first cover layer hemisphere and the second cover layer hemisphere to form a cover layer that encompasses the inner ball,
- wherein forming first cover layer portion and second cover layer portion and applying the cover layer portions to an inner ball occur simultaneously.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.