Patents Assigned to Dunlop Sports Co. Ltd.
  • Publication number: 20180178090
    Abstract: A golf club head according to the present invention is provided with a face portion, a crown portion and a sole portion, the crown portion including a first area extending in a toe-heel direction along at least part of the face portion and a second area arranged further to a back side than the first area, a sloped surface that extends in the toe-heel direction and slopes downward approaching the back side being formed between the first area and the second area, and a transfer sheet that is formed in a shape corresponding to the sloped surface and is a different color from the first area and the second area being stuck to the sloped surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2017
    Publication date: June 28, 2018
    Applicant: DUNLOP SPORTS CO. LTD.
    Inventor: Kazuhiro HAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20180178091
    Abstract: A golf club head according to the present invention includes a face portion, a crown portion, and a sole portion. The face portion has a thin-walled portion on a peripheral edge on a toe side. The sole portion has an easily deformable portion extending in a toe-to-heel direction, on at least a heel side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2017
    Publication date: June 28, 2018
    Applicant: DUNLOP SPORTS CO. LTD.
    Inventor: Naruhiro MIZUTANI
  • Publication number: 20180178074
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a golf ball having good spin performance on approach shots and good shot feeling as well as excellent stain resistance by precisely controlling physical properties of a paint film actually formed on a surface of a golf ball body. The present invention provides a golf ball comprising a golf ball body and a paint film formed on a surface of the golf ball body, wherein the paint film is such that a linear approximation curve obtained by a least square method has a slope in an absolute value ranging from 0.0001 to 0.0020 when a loss tangent tan ? thereof measured by a nanoindentation method is plotted as a vertical axis against a measuring frequency (Hz) as a horizontal axis, and that an elastic modulus thereof measured by a nanoindentation method ranges from 0.040 GPa to 0.600 GPa.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2017
    Publication date: June 28, 2018
    Applicant: Dunlop Sports Co. Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshiyuki TARAO, Kazuya KAMINO, Mami TANAKA, Hidetaka INOUE
  • Publication number: 20180178097
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a golf club grip comprising a grip end with improved abrasion resistance and a reduced weight. The present invention provides a golf club grip comprising a cylindrical grip body and a grip end attached to a bat-side end of the cylindrical grip body, wherein the grip end comprises a base polymer and a hollow glass filler.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2017
    Publication date: June 28, 2018
    Applicants: Dunlop Sports Co. Ltd., Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Sho GOJI, Kazuyoshi SHIGA
  • Publication number: 20180178071
    Abstract: A golf ball 2 includes a main body 4 and a paint layer 6 positioned outside the main body 4. The main body 4 includes a spherical core 8, a mid layer 10 positioned outside the core 8, and a cover 12 positioned outside the mid layer 10. The paint layer 6 includes an inner layer 14 and an outer layer 16 positioned outside the inner layer 14. When an indentation depth (nm) is measured on a cross-section along a plane passing through a central point of the golf ball 2 when a force of 30 mgf is applied to the cross-section in a direction perpendicular to the cross-section, an indentation depth Di on a cross-section of the inner layer 14 is lower than an indentation depth Do on a cross-section of the outer layer 16.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2017
    Publication date: June 28, 2018
    Applicant: DUNLOP SPORTS CO. LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuya KAMINO, Hidetaka INOUE, Toshiyuki TARAO
  • Publication number: 20180178075
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a golf ball having good spin performance on approach shots and good shot feeling as well as excellent stain resistance by precisely controlling physical properties of a paint film actually formed on a surface of a golf ball body. The present invention provides a golf ball comprising a golf ball body and a paint film formed on a surface of the golf ball body, wherein the paint film is such that a linear approximation curve obtained by a least square method has a slope in a range from 0.0015 to 0.0045 when a storage modulus (GPa) thereof measured by a nanoindentation method is plotted as a vertical axis against a measuring frequency (Hz) as a horizontal axis, and that an elastic modulus thereof measured by a nanoindentation method ranges from 0.040 GPa to 0.600 GPa.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2017
    Publication date: June 28, 2018
    Applicant: DUNLOP SPORTS CO. LTD.
    Inventors: Toshiyuki TARAO, Kazuya Kamino, Mami Tanaka, Hidetaka Inoue
  • Publication number: 20180178089
    Abstract: A golf club head with a hollow therein includes a head main body and a crown member. The head main body includes a face portion having a hitting face, a crown portion provided with an opening and a peripheral region forming around the opening, wherein the opening is covered with the crown member. The peripheral region of the opening includes a mounting portion for mounting the crown member with an interior surface and an exterior surface thereof. The mounting portion, at least, includes a face-side mounting portion, a toe-side mounting portion and a heel-side mounting portion. The crown member includes a face-side peripheral portion fixed to the interior surface of the face-side mounting portion, a toe-side peripheral portion fixed to the exterior surface of the toe-side mounting portion and a heel-side peripheral portion fixed to the exterior surface of the heel-side mounting portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2017
    Publication date: June 28, 2018
    Applicant: DUNLOP SPORTS CO. LTD.
    Inventors: Yuki MOTOKAWA, Daisuke KOHNO
  • Publication number: 20180178079
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a rubber composition from which a crosslinked rubber molded product excellent in the resilience performance can be obtained. The present invention provides a rubber composition containing (a) a base rubber, (b) a co-crosslinking agent and (c) a crosslinking initiator, wherein (b) the co-crosslinking agent contains a complex represented by a general formula (1). ((RCOO)8M5(OH)2)n ??(1) [In the formula (1), M is a metal atom, R is a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group having 1 to 18 carbon atoms, an alkenyl group having 2 to 18 carbon atoms or an alkynyl group having 2 to 18 carbon atoms, and n is an integer of 1 or more. A plurality of R and M may be identical to or different from each other. At least one of R is the alkenyl group having 2 to 18 carbon atoms or the alkynyl group having 2 to 18 carbon atoms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2017
    Publication date: June 28, 2018
    Applicants: Dunlop Sports Co. Ltd., Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi TADAOKA, Kazuyoshi SHIGA
  • Publication number: 20180178082
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a golf ball excellent in resilience performance. The present invention provides a golf ball comprising a spherical core and at least one cover layer covering the spherical core, wherein the spherical core is formed from a rubber composition containing (a) a base rubber, (b) a compound represented by a formula (1) as a co-crosslinking agent and (c) a crosslinking initiator. (R1OCO)M(COOR2)m??(1) [In the formula (1), M represents a metal atom, R1 and R2 represent an alkenyl group having 2 to 30 carbon atoms, an alkynyl group having 2 to 30 carbon atoms, an alkyl group having 1 to 30 carbon atoms or an aryl group having 6 to 30 carbon atoms, and m represents 1 or 2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2017
    Publication date: June 28, 2018
    Applicant: Dunlop Sports Co. Ltd.
    Inventors: Kai HAYASHI, Masatoshi YOKOTA, Toshiyuki TARAO
  • Publication number: 20180178081
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a golf ball exhibiting good shot feeling and excellent resilience. The present invention provides a golf ball comprising a spherical core and one or more cover layers disposed outside the spherical core, wherein at least one layer of the cover layers contains: (A) a base resin containing (a-1) an ionomer resin and having a material hardness of 59 or more in Shore D hardness; and (B) a polyrotaxane having a cyclodextrin with at least a part of hydroxyl groups of the cyclodextrin being modified with a caprolactone chain via —O—C3H6—O— group, a linear molecule piercing through a cyclic structure of the cyclodextrin, and blocking groups located at both terminals of the linear molecule to prevent disassociation of the cyclodextrin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2017
    Publication date: June 28, 2018
    Applicant: Dunlop Sports Co. Ltd.
    Inventors: Mami TANAKA, Toshiyuki TARAO
  • Publication number: 20180178072
    Abstract: A golf ball 2 includes a core 4, a cover 8 positioned outside the core 4, and a paint film 10 positioned outside the cover 8. The paint film 10 includes an inner layer 12 and an outer layer 14 positioned outside the inner layer 12. A 10% modulus Mo of the outer layer 14 is lower than a 10% modulus Mi of the inner layer 12. A difference (Mi-Mo) between the modulus Mi and the modulus Mo is not less than 25.0 kgf/cm2. The cover 8 has a Shore D hardness Hc of not less than 50 and not greater than 65. The cover 8 has a thickness Tc of not less than 0.80 mm and not greater than 1.80 mm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2017
    Publication date: June 28, 2018
    Applicant: DUNLOP SPORTS CO. LTD.
    Inventors: Kohei MIMURA, Toshiyuki TARAO, Hidetaka INOUE
  • Publication number: 20180178076
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a golf ball comprising a cover excellent in color development over a long period of time. The present invention provides a golf ball comprising a core and a cover covering the core, wherein the cover is formed from a resin composition containing a first base resin and a fluorescent pigment, the fluorescent pigment is a dispersion having a fluorescent dye dispersed in a second base resin, and an absolute value (|SP1?SP2|) of a difference between a solubility parameter value (SP1) ((cal/cm3)0.5) of the first base resin and a solubility parameter value (SP2) ((cal/cm3)0.5) of the second base resin is 6 or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2017
    Publication date: June 28, 2018
    Applicant: Dunlop Sports Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kai HAYASHI, Masatoshi YOKOTA
  • Publication number: 20180178085
    Abstract: A racket frame has an inner thick part (28) having an outer surface (12), an inner surface (14) and a pair of middle surfaces (16) each positioned between the outer surface (12) and the inner surface (14). A thickness (Ti) of the inner surface (14) is greater than a thickness (To) of the outer surface (12). A thickness of the inner thick part (28) gradually increases toward the inside. Consequently, the middle surface (16) is inclined with respect to an X direction. A distance (Ld) between an outer end and an inner end in a thickness direction of the middle surface (16) is equal to or greater than 0.5 mm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2017
    Publication date: June 28, 2018
    Applicant: DUNLOP SPORTS CO. LTD.
    Inventor: YOSUKE YAMAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20180179230
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a novel complex having at least one carbon-carbon double bond and/or carbon-carbon triple bond. The present invention provides a complex represented by formula (1): ((RCOO)8M5(OH)2)n ??(1) wherein in the formula (1), M is a metal atom, R is a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group having 1 to 18 carbon atoms, an alkenyl group having 2 to 18 carbon atoms or an alkynyl group having 2 to 18 carbon atoms, a plurality of R may be identical to or different from each other, at least one of R is the alkenyl group having 2 to 18 carbon atoms or the alkynyl group having 2 to 18 carbon atoms, and n is an integer of 1 or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2017
    Publication date: June 28, 2018
    Applicants: Dunlop Sports Co. Ltd., Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi TADAOKA, Kazuyoshi SHIGA
  • Publication number: 20180178086
    Abstract: A golf club includes a head 200, a shaft 300, and a tip engagement part RT having a reverse-tapered shape and being disposed at a tip end portion of the shaft 300. The tip engagement part RT includes a sleeve 400 having a reverse-tapered shape and being fixed to the tip end portion of the shaft 300, and a spacer 500 having a reverse-tapered shape and being externally fitted to the sleeve 400. The spacer 500 has a divided structure. The hosel part 202 includes a hosel hole 204. The hosel hole 204 includes a reverse-tapered hole 206 corresponding to the shape of the outer surface of the tip engagement part RT. The hosel hole 204 allows the sleeve 400 to pass through the hosel hole 204. The tip engagement part RT is fitted to the reverse-tapered hole 206, and the sleeve 400 is fitted inside the spacer 500.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2017
    Publication date: June 28, 2018
    Applicants: DUNLOP SPORTS CO. LTD., SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Masahide ONUKI, Hiroshi HASEGAWA, Naruhiro MIZUTANI, Yuki MOTOKAWA
  • Publication number: 20180178080
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a golf ball having excellent shot feeling and resilience as well as improved durability and abrasion resistance. The present invention provides a golf ball comprising a spherical core and one or more cover layers disposed outside the spherical core, wherein at least one layer of the cover layers contains: (A) a base resin containing (a-1) an ionomer resin and having a material hardness of 58 or less in Shore D hardness; and (B) a polyrotaxane having a cyclodextrin with at least a part of hydroxyl groups thereof being modified with a caprolactone chain via —O—C3H6—O— group, a linear molecule piercing through a cyclic structure of the cyclodextrin, and blocking groups located at both terminals of the linear molecule to prevent disassociation of the cyclodextrin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2017
    Publication date: June 28, 2018
    Applicant: Dunlop Sports Co. Ltd.
    Inventors: Mami TANAKA, Toshiyuki TARAO
  • Publication number: 20180169479
    Abstract: A golf ball 2 includes a core 4, a mid layer 6, and a cover 8. A hardness H75 at a point to which a distance from a central point of the core 4 is 75% of a radius of the core 4 is greater than a hardness H0 at the central point of the core 4. A difference D1=(H75?H0) is not less than 10.0 and not greater than 27.0 in Shore C hardness. A hardness Hs at a surface of the core 4 is greater than the hardness H75. A difference D2=(Hs?H75) is not less than 0 and not greater than 6.5 in Shore C hardness. The hardness H75 is less than a Shore C hardness HmC of the mid layer 6. A Shore D hardness HmD of the mid layer 6 is greater than a Shore D hardness Hc of the cover 8.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2017
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Applicant: DUNLOP SPORTS CO. LTD.
    Inventors: Hidetaka INOUE, Kazuya KAMINO
  • Patent number: D821511
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2018
    Assignee: DUNLOP SPORTS CO. LTD.
    Inventors: Keith F. Dolezel, Mika Becktor
  • Patent number: D821515
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2018
    Assignee: DUNLOP SPORTS CO. LTD.
    Inventors: Keith F. Dolezel, Mika Becktor
  • Patent number: D821516
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2018
    Assignee: DUNLOP SPORTS CO. LTD.
    Inventor: Mika Becktor