Patents by Inventor Masataka Imoto

Masataka Imoto 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).

  • Patent number: 7238120
    Abstract: A rubber compound for solid golf balls which includes (A) a base rubber, (B) a filler, (C) an organic peroxide, and (D) a co-crosslinking agent coated with a coating rubber in which the ratio of the co-crosslinking agent to the coating rubber is from 100/1 to 100/20 by weight. A solid golf ball with good flight performance and uniform quality which is formed from the rubber compound. The rubber compound contains a co-crosslinking agent (a metal salt of unsaturated carboxylic acid) finely dispersed therein and also permits processing with good workability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2007
    Assignee: Fujifilm Corporation
    Inventors: Nobuyuki Kataoka, Atsushi Nanba, Hiroshi Higuchi, Kazuhiko Nakamura, Masataka Imoto
  • Publication number: 20050137031
    Abstract: A rubber compound for solid golf balls which includes (A) a base rubber, (B) a filler, (C) an organic peroxide, and (D) a co-crosslinking agent coated with a coating rubber in which the ratio of the co-crosslinking agent to the coating rubber is from 100/1 to 100/20 by weight. A solid golf ball with good flight performance and uniform quality which is formed from the rubber compound. The rubber compound contains a co-crosslinking agent (a metal salt of unsaturated carboxylic acid) finely dispersed therein and also permits processing with good workability.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2004
    Publication date: June 23, 2005
    Inventors: Nobuyuki Kataoka, Atsushi Nanba, Hiroshi Higuchi, Kazuhiko Nakamura, Masataka Imoto