Patents by Inventor Kazuyoshi Shiga
Kazuyoshi Shiga 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).
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Patent number: 10737156Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a golf club grip having good anti-slipping performance at hitting and improved head speed. The present invention provides a golf club grip comprising a cylindrical portion for inserting a shaft, wherein the cylindrical portion is formed from a rubber composition containing a base rubber and a crosslinking agent, the base rubber contains a nonpolar rubber in an amount of 50 mass % or more, and the cylindrical portion has a surface on which a plurality of minute projections having a height (h) of 0.07 mm or more and a minimum width (w1) at the bottom in a range from 0.2 mm to 0.8 mm are formed.Type: GrantFiled: October 30, 2018Date of Patent: August 11, 2020Assignee: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Sho Goji, Kazuyoshi Shiga
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Publication number: 20200197754Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a novel golf ball having excellent spin performance on approach shots. The present invention provides a golf ball comprising a golf ball body and a paint film composed of at least one layer and formed on a surface of the golf ball body, wherein a base resin constituting an outermost layer of the paint film is a polyurethane obtained by a reaction between (A) a polyol composition and (B) a polyisocyanate composition, and a loss modulus (E?) at the temperature of ?50° C. obtained by measuring a dynamic viscoelasticity of the polyurethane is 1.00×108 Pa or more.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 18, 2019Publication date: June 25, 2020Applicant: Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Yasuo NAITO, Yuko OKA, Shimpei OYAMA, Tetsuro ABE, Kazuyoshi SHIGA
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Publication number: 20200190289Abstract: A rubber composition for a tennis ball includes a base rubber and a high-flatness filler. The high-flatness filler has an average particle diameter D50 of not less than 1 ?m and not greater than 50 ?m. A degree of flatness DL is not less than 40 and not greater than 200. An amount of the high-flatness filler per 100 parts by weight of the base rubber is not less than 5 parts by weight and not greater than 100 parts by weight. A ratio (E2/E1) of a tensile elastic modulus E2 in a tensile strain range from 70% to 100% to a tensile elastic modulus E1 in a tensile strain range from 10% to 30%, of a vulcanized rubber obtained by vulcanizing the rubber composition, is not less than 0.60 and less than 1.00. The tennis ball includes a hollow core formed from the rubber composition.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 3, 2019Publication date: June 18, 2020Applicant: Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Takehiko HYODO, Masanori TAGUCHI, Kazuyoshi SHIGA, Fumiya SUZUKI, Hiroaki TANAKA, Kunio NIWA
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Patent number: 10661124Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a golf ball exhibiting an excellent shot feeling and resilience, and a constituent material thereof. The present invention provides a golf ball resin composition having a bending stiffness (M3-12) ranging from 300 kgf/cm2 to 24,000 kgf/cm2 at a bending angle from 3° to 12°, a ratio (M3-12/M24-30) of the bending stiffness (M3-12) at the bending angle from 3° to 12° to a bending stiffness (M24-30) at a bending angle from 24° to 30° ranging from 0.20 to 2.00, and a slab hardness ranging from 30 to 65 in Shore D hardness.Type: GrantFiled: August 21, 2018Date of Patent: May 26, 2020Assignee: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Kazuyoshi Shiga, Masanori Taguchi, Takahiro Shigemitsu, Hiroshi Tadaoka
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Publication number: 20200157321Abstract: A rubber composition for a tennis ball includes a base rubber and a filler having a degree of flatness DL of not less than 50, the degree of flatness DL being obtained by dividing an average particle diameter D50 (?m) of the filler by an average thickness T (?m) of the filler. An amount of the filler per 100 parts by weight of the base rubber is not less than 1 part by weight and not greater than 150 parts by weight. A gas permeability coefficient GPS and a loss tangent tan ?S of the rubber composition and a gas permeability coefficient GPL and a loss tangent tan ?L of a rubber composition obtained by replacing the filler with kaolin clay having a degree of flatness DL of 20 satisfy (1): GPL/GPS?1.02 and (2): |tan ?L?tan ?S|?0.03. A tennis ball 2 includes a core 4 formed using the rubber composition.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 29, 2018Publication date: May 21, 2020Applicant: Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Takehiko HYODO, Masanori TAGUCHI, Kazuyoshi SHIGA, Hiroaki TANAKA, Kunio NIWA, Fumiya SUZUKI
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Publication number: 20200129815Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a golf ball having excellent durability. The present invention provides a golf ball comprising a spherical core composed of an inner core layer and an outer core layer, and at least one cover covering the spherical core, wherein the inner core layer is formed from an inner core layer rubber composition containing (a) a base rubber, (b) an ?,?-unsaturated carboxylic acid having 3 to 8 carbon atoms and/or a metal salt thereof as a co-crosslinking agent, (c) a crosslinking initiator, and (d) a terpene-based resin.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 29, 2019Publication date: April 30, 2020Applicant: Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Kai HAYASHI, Kazuyoshi SHIGA, Hikaru NAGAKURA, Takahiro SHIGEMITSU
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Publication number: 20200129813Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a golf ball having excellent resilience performance. The present invention provides a golf ball comprising a constituent member, wherein at least a part of the constituent member is formed from a rubber composition containing (a) a base rubber, (b) a co-crosslinking agent, (c) a crosslinking initiator, and (d) an organic sulfur compound, wherein (d) the organic sulfur compound contains at least one member selected from the group consisting of a thiophenol having a halogenated sulfanyl group, a metal salt of a thiophenol having a halogenated sulfanyl group, and a diphenyl disulfide having a halogenated sulfanyl group.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 29, 2019Publication date: April 30, 2020Applicant: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Ayaka Shindo, Takumi Kaneko, Hiroshi Tadaoka, Kazuyoshi Shiga
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Publication number: 20200109318Abstract: An aqueous adhesive for a tennis ball includes rubber latex and a sulfenamide-based vulcanization accelerator. When a solid content in the aqueous adhesive is measured at a temperature of 150° C. by a curelastometer, a 10% torque time t10 is preferably not shorter than 3 minutes and preferably not longer than 15 minutes, and a ratio (t10/t90) of the 10% torque time t10 to a 90% torque time t90 is preferably not less than 0.60 and preferably not greater than 0.95. A tennis ball includes a hollow core obtained by two semi-spherical half cores being adhered by using the aqueous adhesive.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 23, 2019Publication date: April 9, 2020Applicant: Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Takehiko HYODO, Masanori TAGUCHI, Hiroaki TANAKA, Kazuyoshi SHIGA, Fumiya SUZUKI, Kohei MIMURA, Kunio NIWA
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Publication number: 20200101354Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a golf ball having excellent shot feeling on driver shots. The present invention provides a golf ball comprising a core and at least one cover covering the core, wherein the core is formed from a core rubber composition containing (a) a base rubber containing a polybutadiene, (b) an ?,?-unsaturated carboxylic acid having 3 to 8 carbon atoms and/or a metal salt thereof as a co-crosslinking agent, (c) a crosslinking initiator, and (d) a terpene-based resin.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 27, 2019Publication date: April 2, 2020Applicant: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Hikaru Nagakura, Kazuyoshi Shiga, Ryota Sakamine
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Publication number: 20200101353Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a golf ball having excellent shot feeling on driver shots. The present invention provides a golf ball comprising a core and at least one cover covering the core, wherein a material for forming the core has a loss tangent difference ? tan ? (tan ??80?tan ??40) of 0.12 or more between a loss tangent tan ??80 at ?80° C. and a loss tangent tan ??40 at ?40° C.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 27, 2019Publication date: April 2, 2020Applicant: Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Hikaru Nagakura, Kai Hayashi, Kazuyoshi Shiga, Takahiro Shigemitsu
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Patent number: 10590259Abstract: A golf ball includes a spherical core, and a cover covering the spherical core. The spherical core is formed from a rubber composition including a base rubber, a co-cross-linking agent, a cross-linking initiator, and an unsaturated fatty acid and/or a metal salt thereof, the co-cross-linking agent includes ?,?-unsaturated carboxylic acid having 3 to 8 carbon atoms and/or a metal salt thereof, the unsaturated fatty acid and/or metal salt thereof excludes an ?,?-unsaturated carboxylic acid having 3 to 8 carbon atoms and a metal salt thereof, an unsaturated aliphatic carboxylic acid that forms the unsaturated fatty acid and/or metal salt thereof has a functional group other than a carboxy group and a carbon-carbon unsaturated bond, and the rubber composition further includes a metal compound when the co-cross-linking agent is only an ?,?-unsaturated carboxylic acid having 3 to 8 carbon atoms.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2017Date of Patent: March 17, 2020Assignee: DUNLOP SPORTS CO. LTD.Inventors: Chiemi Mikura, Kazuyoshi Shiga, Hikaru Nagakura, Ryota Sakamine
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Patent number: 10562919Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: December 21, 2017Date of Patent: February 18, 2020Assignee: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Hiroshi Tadaoka, Kazuyoshi Shiga
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Publication number: 20200001137Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a golf ball having excellent resilience. The present invention provides a golf ball comprising a spherical core and at least one cover covering the spherical core, wherein the spherical core is formed from a rubber composition containing (a) a base rubber, and (b) a co-crosslinking agent containing (b1) a carboxylic acid represented by a structural formula (1) and/or a metal salt thereof. [In the formula (1), A1 to A4 each independently represents a nitrogen atom or a carbon atom. X1 represents a single bond or a divalent organic group. R1 represents a hydrogen atom or a monovalent organic group. It is noted that at least one of A1 to A4 is the carbon atom, and X1 and R1 bond to the carbon atom. n represents an integer of 0 to 3. When n is 2 or more, a plurality of R1 may be identical to or different from each other, and a plurality of R1 may bond to each other to form a ring structure.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 26, 2019Publication date: January 2, 2020Applicant: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Ryota Sakamine, Hiroshi Tadaoka, Chiemi Mikura, Kazuyoshi Shiga
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Patent number: 10519170Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a novel complex having at least two carbon-carbon double bonds and/or carbon-carbon triple bonds. The present invention provides a complex represented by a structural formula (2): [In the structural formula (2), M1 to M4 are identical to or different from each other and represent a metal atom, R1 to R6 are identical to or different from each other and represent 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 at least two of R1 to R6 are the alkenyl group having 2 to 18 carbon atoms or the alkynyl group having 2 to 18 carbon atoms.].Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2017Date of Patent: December 31, 2019Assignee: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Hiroshi Tadaoka, Kazuyoshi Shiga
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Publication number: 20190389885Abstract: 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, and having at least one Diels-Alder reactive functional group such as tetrazine. The present invention provides a complex represented by a formula (1): [M4O(RCOO)6]p??(1) wherein in the formula (1), at least one of R is an alkenyl group having 2 to 18 carbon atoms or an alkynyl group having 2 to 18 carbon atoms, and at least one of R is a monovalent group represented by a structural formula (2), wherein in the structural formula (2), A1 to A4 each independently represent a nitrogen atom or a carbon atom, X1 represents a single bond or a divalent organic group, and R1 represents a hydrogen atom or a monovalent organic group.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 24, 2019Publication date: December 26, 2019Applicant: Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Hiroshi TADAOKA, Chiemi MIKURA, Kazuyoshi SHIGA
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Publication number: 20190389884Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a novel complex having at least two carbon-carbon double bonds and/or carbon-carbon triple bonds. The present invention provides a complex represented by a structural formula (2): [In the structural formula (2), M1 to M4 are identical to or different from each other and represent a metal atom, R1 to R6 are identical to or different from each other and represent a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group having 1 to 24 carbon atoms, an alkenyl group having 2 to 18 carbon atoms or an alkynyl group having 2 to 18 carbon atoms, at least two of R1 to R6 are the alkenyl group having 2 to 18 carbon atoms or the alkynyl group having 2 to 18 carbon atoms, and at least one of R1 to R6 is the alkyl group having 6 to 24 carbon atoms].Type: ApplicationFiled: June 24, 2019Publication date: December 26, 2019Applicant: Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Hiroshi TADAOKA, Chiemi MIKURA, Kazuyoshi SHIGA
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Patent number: 10376742Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a golf ball having an excellent flight performance on driver shots. The present invention provides a golf ball comprising a spherical core and at least one cover covering the spherical core, wherein the spherical core is formed from a rubber composition containing (a) a base rubber, (b) an ?,?-unsaturated carboxylic acid having 3 to 8 carbon atoms and/or a metal salt thereof as a co-crosslinking agent, (c) a crosslinking initiator, and (d) an unsaturated fatty acid and/or a metal salt thereof excluding an ?,?-unsaturated carboxylic acid having 3 to 8 carbon atoms and/or a metal salt thereof, and provided that the rubber composition further contains (f) a metal compound if only an ?,?-unsaturated carboxylic acid having 3 to 8 carbon atoms is present as (b) the co-crosslinking agent.Type: GrantFiled: September 9, 2016Date of Patent: August 13, 2019Assignee: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Hikaru Nagakura, Kazuyoshi Shiga, Chiemi Mikura, Takahiro Shigemitsu, Ryota Sakamine
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Publication number: 20190201747Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a golf ball having excellent impact durability. 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 core rubber composition containing (a) a base rubber, (b) an ?,?-unsaturated carboxylic acid having 3 to 8 carbon atoms and/or a metal salt thereof as a co-crosslinking agent, (c) a crosslinkable compound having two or more polymerizable unsaturated bonds in the molecule, and (d) a crosslinking initiator.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 27, 2018Publication date: July 4, 2019Applicant: Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Hikaru NAGAKURA, Kazuyoshi SHIGA, Ryota SAKAMINE
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Publication number: 20190202095Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a method for obtaining a golf ball having excellent impact durability. The present invention provides a method for producing a golf ball, comprising a first step of kneading (a) a base rubber, (b) an ?,?-unsaturated carboxylic acid having 3 to 8 carbon atoms and/or a metal salt thereof as a co-crosslinking agent, (c) a crosslinkable compound having two or more polymerizable unsaturated bonds in a molecule thereof, and (d) a crosslinking initiator to prepare a core rubber composition; a second step of producing the spherical core from the core rubber composition at a molding temperature in a range from 100° C. to 150° C.; and a third step of molding the at least one cover layer covering the spherical core on the spherical core.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 27, 2018Publication date: July 4, 2019Applicant: Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Ryota SAKAMINE, Kazuyoshi SHIGA, Hikaru NAGAKURA
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Patent number: 10328320Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: December 27, 2017Date of Patent: June 25, 2019Assignee: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Sho Goji, Kazuyoshi Shiga