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US20130324317A1
US20130324317A1 US13/886,291 US201313886291A US2013324317A1 US 20130324317 A1 US20130324317 A1 US 20130324317A1 US 201313886291 A US201313886291 A US 201313886291A US 2013324317 A1 US2013324317 A1 US 2013324317A1
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Takahiro Sajima
Hidetaka INOUE
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
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  • the present invention relates to golf balls.
  • Examples of the metal compound (f) include metal hydroxides such as magnesium hydroxide, zinc hydroxide, calcium hydroxide, sodium hydroxide, lithium hydroxide, potassium hydroxide, and copper hydroxide; metal oxides such as magnesium oxide, calcium oxide, zinc oxide, and copper oxide; and metal carbonates such as magnesium carbonate, zinc carbonate, calcium carbonate, sodium carbonate, lithium carbonate, and potassium carbonate.
  • metal hydroxides such as magnesium hydroxide, zinc hydroxide, calcium hydroxide, sodium hydroxide, lithium hydroxide, potassium hydroxide, and copper hydroxide
  • metal oxides such as magnesium oxide, calcium oxide, zinc oxide, and copper oxide
  • metal carbonates such as magnesium carbonate, zinc carbonate, calcium carbonate, sodium carbonate, lithium carbonate, and potassium carbonate.
  • a compound that includes a bivalent metal is preferred.
  • the compound that includes the bivalent metal reacts with the co-crosslinking agent (b) to form metal crosslinks.
  • the metal compound (f) is particularly preferably a zinc compound
  • the organic cation has a carbon chain.
  • Examples of the organic cation include organic ammonium ions.
  • Examples of organic ammonium ions include primary ammonium ions such as stearylammonium ion, hexylammonium ion, octylammonium ion, and 2-ethylhexylammonium ion; secondary ammonium ions such as dodecyl(lauryl)ammonium ion, and octadecyl(stearyl)ammonium ion; tertiary ammonium ions such as trioctylammonium ion; and quaternary ammonium ions such as dioctyldimethylammonium ion, and distearyldimethylammonium ion. Two or more types of organic cations may be used in combination.
  • preferable carboxylates include a potassium salt, a magnesium salt, an aluminum salt, a zinc salt, an iron salt, a copper salt, a nickel salt, or a cobalt salt of caprylic acid (octanoic acid), lauric acid, myristic acid, palmitic acid, stearic acid, oleic acid, or behenic acid.
  • Zinc salts of carboxylic acids are particularly preferred.
  • Specific examples of preferable carboxylates include zinc octoate, zinc laurate, zinc myristate, and zinc stearate.
  • a particularly preferable carboxylate is zinc octoate.
  • Examples of the organic sulfur compound represented by the chemical formula (4) include thiophenol zinc salt; thiophenol zinc salts substituted with halogen groups, such as 4-fluorothiophenol zinc salt, 2,5-difluorothiophenol zinc salt, 2,4,5-trifluorothiophenol zinc salt, 2,4,5,6-tetrafluorothiophenol zinc salt, pentafluorothiophenol zinc salt, 4-chlorothiophenol zinc salt, 2,5-dichlorothiophenol zinc salt, 2,4,5-trichlorothiophenol zinc salt, 2,4,5,6-tetrachlorothiophenol zinc salt, pentachlorothiophenol zinc salt, 4-bromothiophenol zinc salt, 2,5-dibromothiophenol zinc salt, 2,4,5-tribromothiophenol zinc salt, 2,4,5,6-tetrabromothiophenol zinc salt, pentabromothiophenol zinc salt, 4-iodothiophenol zinc salt, 2,5-diiodothio
  • Two or more ionomer resins may be used in combination for the inner cover 6 .
  • An ionomer resin neutralized with a monovalent metal ion, and an ionomer resin neutralized with a bivalent metal ion may be used in combination.
  • the content of the styrene component in the styrene block-containing thermoplastic elastomer is preferably equal to or greater than 10% by weight, more preferably equal to or greater than 12% by weight, and particularly preferably equal to or greater than 15% by weight.
  • the content is preferably equal to or less than 50% by weight, more preferably equal to or less than 47% by weight, and particularly preferably equal to or less than 45% by weight.
  • the golf ball may include a center formed from a rubber composition that does not include the acid and/or the salt (d), an inner envelope layer formed from a rubber composition that does not include the acid and/or the salt (d), and an outer envelope layer formed from a rubber composition that includes the acid and/or the salt (d).
  • the rubber composition of the outer envelope layer is the same as the rubber composition of the inner envelope layer 12 shown in FIG. 1 . A hardness distribution of the outer envelope layer is appropriate.
  • the golf ball may include a center formed from a rubber composition that includes the acid and/or the salt (d), an inner envelope layer formed from a rubber composition that includes the acid and/or the salt (d), and an outer envelope layer formed from a rubber composition that includes the acid and/or the salt (d).
  • the rubber composition of the center is the same as the rubber composition of the inner envelope layer 12 shown in FIG. 1 .
  • a hardness distribution of the center is appropriate.
  • the rubber composition of the inner envelope layer is the same as the rubber composition of the inner envelope layer 12 shown in FIG. 1 .
  • a hardness distribution of the inner envelope layer is appropriate.
  • the rubber composition of the outer envelope layer is the same as the rubber composition of the inner envelope layer 12 shown in FIG. 1 .
  • a hardness distribution of the outer envelope layer is appropriate.

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