Patents by Inventor John L. Nealon

John L. Nealon has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Golf ball
    Patent number: 5507493
    Abstract: A golf ball weighing no more than 1.62 ounces and having a mean outside diameter of at least 1.70 inches. The core compression of the ball and the cover hardness are selected so as to provide a finished ball having a P.G.A. compression of 80 or less and a coefficient of restitution from 0.780 to 0.825. The ball includes a dimple pattern covering at least 70.0 % of the surface of the ball.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 1995
    Date of Patent: April 16, 1996
    Assignee: Lisco, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael J. Sullivan, John L. Nealon, R. Dennis Nesbitt
  • Method of finishing a golf ball or the like
    Patent number: 5300325
    Abstract: A golf ball or similar game ball is made by providing an ionomer cover and a polyurethane top coat and uniting them with a special primer. First, a cover made of thermoplastic ionomer is provided. The cover is primed with a primer composition consisting essentially of from about 90% by weight to about 96% by weight of a water-borne dispersion of acrylic resin or polyurethane resin or both and from about 4% to about 10% by weight of a polyfunctional aziridine. The primed surface of the cover is coated with a polyurethane top coat. The polyurethane top coat is applied to the primed surface, forming an outer coating or top coat. Finally, the polyurethane top coat is cured while it remains in adherent relation to the primed surface. As a result, the golf ball polyurethane top coat is tightly adhered to the cover of the ball.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 1993
    Date of Patent: April 5, 1994
    Assignee: Lisco, Inc.
    Inventors: John L. Nealon, Thomas J. Kennedy
  • Golf ball core crosslinked with t-amyl peroxide and blends thereof
    Patent number: 5116060
    Abstract: Golf balls of improved coefficient of restitution provided by polymerizing an elastomer or admixture of elastomers in the presence of at least one metallic salt of an unsaturated carboxylic acid and t-amyl peroxide or blends thereof as a free radical initiator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 1991
    Date of Patent: May 26, 1992
    Assignee: Lisco, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael J. Sullivan, R. Dennis Nesbitt, John L. Nealon
  • Golf ball having improved playability properties
    Patent number: 4674751
    Abstract: Disclosed is a golf ball having improved short iron and wood playability and improved puttability relative to conventional, ionomer covered balls. The golf balls comprise a novel cover which is far more durable than balata-covered balls yet closely approach or exceed their playability characteristics. The cover comprises a blend of a thermoplastic urethane having a Shore A hardness less than 95 and an ionomer having a Shore D hardness greater than 55. The relative amounts of the urethane and ionomer are set so that the cover has a Shore C hardness within the range of 70 to 85, most preferably 72 to 76.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 1986
    Date of Patent: June 23, 1987
    Assignee: Spalding & Evenflo Companies, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert P. Molitor, Terence Melvin, John L. Nealon, David W. Dreifus