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Title:
PROCESS FOR MAKING THERMOPLASTIC GOLF BALL MATERIAL AND GOLF BALL WITH THERMOPLASTIC MATERIAL
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2014/149220
Kind Code:
A3
Abstract:
A thermoplastic golf ball material is made by combining and reacting (a) an unneutralized copolymer of ethylene and at least one of acrylic acid and methacrylic acid, which has from about 5 to about 12 percent by weight acid monomer; (b) a metallocene-catalyzed copolymer of ethylene and octene; (c) an unsaturated fatty acid; and (d) a metal cation in an amount sufficient to neutralize from about 65 to about 90% of the acid groups, to produce an ionomeric thermoplastic material. The ionomeric thermoplastic material may be used in a core, a cover, or a layer between a core and a cover of a golf ball.

Inventors:
KENNEDY III THOMAS J (US)
Application Number:
PCT/US2014/015280
Publication Date:
January 15, 2015
Filing Date:
February 07, 2014
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Assignee:
NIKE INTERNATIONAL LTD (US)
NIKE INC (US)
International Classes:
A63B45/00; A63B37/08
Foreign References:
US20060189733A12006-08-24
US7156755B22007-01-02
US20090247323A12009-10-01
US20080026873A12008-01-31
US8106125B22012-01-31
Other References:
See also references of EP 2969068A4
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
BUDDE, Anna M. (350 East Michigan AvenueSuite 30, Kalamazoo Michigan, US)
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