Patents by Inventor Peter R Voorheis
Peter R Voorheis 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: 9120887Abstract: The invention provides a crosslinked composition formed by thermally treating a composition comprising at least the following: A) an ethylene-based polymer that has a density less than, or equal to, 0.910 g/cc; B) an olefin-based polymer that has a melt viscosity less than, or equal to, 20,000 cP, at 350° F.; and C) a crosslinking agent.Type: GrantFiled: June 21, 2011Date of Patent: September 1, 2015Assignee: Dow Global Technologies LLCInventors: Peter R. Voorheis, Brian W. Walther, Selim Yalvac
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Publication number: 20130096263Abstract: The invention provides a crosslinked composition formed by thermally treating a composition comprising at least the following: A) an ethylene-based polymer that has a density less than, or equal to, 0.910 g/cc; B) an olefin-based polymer that has a melt viscosity less than, or equal to, 20,000 cP, at 350° F.; and C) a crosslinking agent.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 21, 2011Publication date: April 18, 2013Applicant: DOW GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES LLCInventors: Peter R. Voorheis, Brian W. Walther, Selim Yalvac
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Patent number: 7888417Abstract: A golf ball comprising a core, an outer cover layer, and, optionally, an intermediate layer disposed between the core and the outer cover layer is provided. The core, intermediate layer, or cover layer includes a composition formed from a base polymer blend, a crosslink initiator, and at least one additive. The outer cover layer may comprise a polyurethane or polyurea composition. The base polymer blend preferably includes two or more rubber materials. The additive has at least one C—O—B linkage, the carbon in the linkage being a secondary or tertiary carbon and is selected from the group consisting of boranes, borates, boronates, borinates, heterocylic compounds having at least one boron atom as a ring member, boron-containing organosulfides, salts of such additives, and metal salts, organometallic salts, and non-metal salts of boron complexes.Type: GrantFiled: April 14, 2008Date of Patent: February 15, 2011Assignee: Acushnet CompanyInventors: Michael J. Sullivan, Kevin M. Harris, Peter R. Voorheis, Murali Rajagopalan, Brian Comeau, David A. Bulpett
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Patent number: 7888432Abstract: The present invention is directed to resilient golf balls and portions thereof including compositions containing zinc dimethacrylate and zinc pentachlorothiophenol, and methods for making same. In particular, the present invention is directed to a golf ball having at least one of a center, cover, or intermediate layer that includes a reaction product that includes a resilient polymer component, a free radical source, zinc dimethacrylate and at least one halogenated organosulfur compound having the following general formula I: where R1-R5 can be substituted or unsubstituted C1-C8 alkyl groups; halogen groups; thiol groups (—SH), carboxylated groups; sulfonated groups; and hydrogen; in any order.Type: GrantFiled: February 29, 2008Date of Patent: February 15, 2011Assignee: Acushnet CompanyInventor: Peter R. Voorheis
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Patent number: 7544744Abstract: Golf ball compositions including novel processing aids, e.g., metal salts of unsaturated fatty acids, high styrene resins, transpolyisoprene, and transpolybutadiene, for inclusion in rubber-based compositions that reduce safety risks, mixer down time, increase dispersion of the ingredients during processing, and increase component COR over that of a component formed with a conventional processing aid.Type: GrantFiled: June 4, 2007Date of Patent: June 9, 2009Assignee: Acushnet CompanyInventors: Peter R. Voorheis, Samuel A. Pasqua, Jr.
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Publication number: 20080227567Abstract: A golf ball comprises a core, an outer cover layer, and, optionally, an intermediate layer disposed between the core and the outer cover layer. The outer cover layer may comprise a polyurethane or polyurea composition. At least one portion of the golf ball comprises a composition that enhances physical properties and/or performance characteristics (e.g., coefficient of restitution) of the golf ball. Preferably, the coefficient of restitution of the core is 0.8 or greater.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 14, 2008Publication date: September 18, 2008Inventors: Michael J. Sullivan, Kevin M. Harris, Peter R. Voorheis, Murali Rajagopalan, Brian Comeau, David A. Bulpett
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Publication number: 20080214739Abstract: The present invention is directed to resilient golf balls and portions thereof including compositions containing zinc dimethacrylate and zinc pentachlorothiophenol, and methods for making same. In particular, the present invention is directed to a golf ball having at least one of a center, cover, or intermediate layer that includes a reaction product that includes a resilient polymer component, a free radical source, zinc dimethacrylate and at least one halogenated organosulfur compound having the following general formula I: where R1-R5 can be substituted or unsubstituted C1-C8 alkyl groups; halogen groups; thiol groups (—SH), carboxylated groups; sulfonated groups; and hydrogen; in any order.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 29, 2008Publication date: September 4, 2008Inventor: Peter R. Voorheis
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Patent number: 7388053Abstract: A perimeter weighted golf ball with a low compression core is provided. The core preferably comprises a diene polymer that has low cross-link density or not cross-linked with a reactive co-agent. This core has low compression and low specific gravity. The low specific gravity core is encased within a thin dense layer positioned outside of the centroid radius to provide the ball with a high moment of inertia. The same core can be encased within a plurality of intermediate layers having either increasing hardness or decreasing hardness to provide selective golf balls for either low swing speed players or advanced players. Alternatively, a thin layer of diene polymer highly cross-linked with reactive a co-agent may be incorporated into the ball to increase the hardness of the ball.Type: GrantFiled: October 21, 2005Date of Patent: June 17, 2008Assignee: Acushnet CompanyInventors: Michael J Sullivan, Derek A Ladd, Peter R. Voorheis
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Patent number: 7358309Abstract: A golf ball including a core and at least one layer disposed about the core, wherein the core or the layer includes a composition formed from a base polymer, a crosslink initiator, and at least one additive. The additive has at least one C—O—B linkage, the carbon in the linkage being a secondary or tertiary carbon. The additive is also selected from the group consisting of boranes, borates, boronates, borinates, heterocylic compounds having at least one boron atom as a ring member, boron-containing organosulfides, sulfur-containing silicocompounds, salts of such additives, and metal salts, organometallic salts, and non-metal salts of boron complexes.Type: GrantFiled: July 1, 2005Date of Patent: April 15, 2008Assignee: Acushnet CompanyInventors: Michael J. Sullivan, Kevin M. Harris, Peter R. Voorheis, Murali Rajagopalan, Brian Comeau, David A. Bulpett
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Patent number: 7358310Abstract: A golf ball comprising a core, an outer cover layer, and, optionally, an intermediate layer disposed between the core and the outer cover layer is presently disclosed. At least one layer of the golf ball is formed from a composition free of cystine and comprising at least one additive selected from the group consisting of aliphatic amino acids other than cystine, aromatic amino acids, halogenated amino acids, and amides thereof, peptides thereof, conjugates thereof, esters thereof, salts thereof, and isomers thereof having amine and acid groups. The outer cover layer may comprise a polyurethane or polyurea composition. At least one portion of the golf ball comprises a composition that enhances physical properties and/or performance characteristics (e.g., coefficient of restitution) of the golf ball. Preferably, the coefficient of restitution of the core is 0.8 or greater.Type: GrantFiled: July 1, 2005Date of Patent: April 15, 2008Assignee: Acushnet CompanyInventor: Peter R. Voorheis
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Patent number: 7342073Abstract: The present invention is directed to resilient golf balls and portions thereof including compositions containing zinc dimethacrylate and zinc pentachlorothiophenol, and methods for making same. In particular, the present invention is directed to a golf ball having at least one of a center, cover, or intermediate layer that includes a reaction product that includes a resilient polymer component, a free radical source, zinc dimethacrylate and at least one halogenated organosulfur compound having the following general formula I: where R1-R5 can be substituted or unsubstituted C1-C8 alkyl groups; halogen groups; thiol groups (—SH), carboxylated groups; sulfonated groups; and hydrogen; in any order.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2003Date of Patent: March 11, 2008Assignee: Acushnet CompanyInventor: Peter R. Voorheis
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Patent number: 7270610Abstract: The present invention is directed to golf balls having at least one layer formed from a rubber composition comprising a base rubber and from 5 to 100 parts of an oily substance, by weight per 100 parts of the base rubber. The rubber composition may be present in any one or more of a core layer, a cover layer, or an intermediate layer.Type: GrantFiled: May 17, 2006Date of Patent: September 18, 2007Assignee: Acushnet CompanyInventors: Michael J. Sullivan, Derek A. Ladd, Peter R. Voorheis
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Patent number: 7232384Abstract: A perimeter weighted golf ball with a low compression core is provided. The core preferably comprises a diene polymer that has low cross-link density or not cross-linked with a reactive co-agent. This core has low compression and low specific gravity. The low specific gravity core is encased within a thin dense layer positioned outside of the centroid radius to provide the ball with a high moment of inertia. The same core can be encased within a plurality of intermediate layers having either increasing hardness or decreasing hardness to provide selective golf balls for either low swing speed players or advanced players. Alternatively, a thin layer of diene polymer highly cross-linked with reactive a co-agent may be incorporated into the ball to increase the hardness of the ball.Type: GrantFiled: September 8, 2003Date of Patent: June 19, 2007Assignee: Acushnet CompanyInventors: Michael J Sullivan, Derek A Ladd, Peter R. Voorheis
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Patent number: 7226975Abstract: Golf ball compositions including novel processing aids, e.g., metal salts of unsaturated fatty acids, high styrene resins, transpolyisoprene, and transpolybutadiene, for inclusion in rubber-based compositions that reduce safety risks, mixer down time, increase dispersion of the ingredients during processing, and increase component COR over that of a component formed with a conventional processing aid.Type: GrantFiled: May 12, 2004Date of Patent: June 5, 2007Assignee: Acushnet CompanyInventors: Peter R. Voorheis, Samuel A. Pasqua, Jr.
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Patent number: 7211631Abstract: A golf ball comprising: a core comprising a polybutadiene rubber having a cis-content of greater than 90%, a crosslinking agent, and an initiator, the core having an ATTI compression of less than 20; an inner cover layer comprising ethylene, from 5 weight % to 30 weight % of an ?, ?-ethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acid, and from 5 weight % to 25 weight % of a softening comonomer; and a cover comprising ethylene and from 5 weight % to 35 weight % of an ?, ?-ethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acid; wherein 100% of the carboxylic acid groups of the inner cover layer are neutralized.Type: GrantFiled: September 12, 2005Date of Patent: May 1, 2007Assignee: Acushnet CompanyInventors: Peter R. Voorheis, Murali Rajagopalan
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Patent number: 7157514Abstract: Golf ball compositions including novel processing aids, e.g., metal salts of unsaturated fatty acids, high styrene resins, transpolyisoprene, and transpolybutadiene, for inclusion in rubber-based compositions that reduce safety risks, mixer down time, increase dispersion of the ingredients during processing, and increase component COR over that of a component formed with a conventional processing aid.Type: GrantFiled: May 12, 2004Date of Patent: January 2, 2007Assignee: Acushnet CompanyInventors: Peter R. Voorheis, Samuel A. Pasqua, Jr.
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Patent number: 7148279Abstract: A golf ball a core and a cover, wherein at least one of the core or the cover includes a blend of a highly neutralized ionomer formed from a reaction between an ionomer having acid groups, a suitable cation source, and a salt of an organic acid, the cation source being present in an amount sufficient to neutralized the acid by 80% or greater; and a crosslinked or vulcanized diene rubber.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2004Date of Patent: December 12, 2006Assignee: Acushnet CompanyInventors: Peter R. Voorheis, Michael J. Sullivan, Derek A. Ladd, Murali Rajagopalan
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Patent number: 7119127Abstract: A golf ball having at least a core and a cover, wherein at least a portion of the ball is formed from a material resulting from the isomerization of an amount of polybutadiene in solution to create a resulting polybutadiene having an increased content of trans-polybutadiene, is disclosed. Isomerization can be accomplished by mixing a photo-sensitizer into the polybutadiene solution and exposing the resulting mixture to a radiation source such as ultraviolet radiation. Isomerization can also be accomplished thermally by mixing nitrogen dioxide into a sufficiently heated solution of polybutadiene and maintaining the mixture at an elevated temperature for a sufficient period of time to increase the trans-polybutadiene content of the polymer. The resulting polybutadiene is recovered, mixed with other additives as desired and formed into one or more portions of a golf ball.Type: GrantFiled: March 24, 2004Date of Patent: October 10, 2006Assignee: Acushnet CompanyInventors: David A. Bulpett, Peter R. Voorheis
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Patent number: 7071253Abstract: A golf ball comprising a core formed from a polymer composition including a blend of a diene rubber, a halogenated organosulfur compound, and a salt of a mono- or poly-unsaturated long chain organic acid; and a cover having a thickness of about 0.05 inches or less and including a polymer containing an acid group fully-neutralized by a salt of an organic acid, a cation source, or a suitable base of the organic acid.Type: GrantFiled: May 26, 2004Date of Patent: July 4, 2006Assignee: Acushnet CompanyInventors: Peter R Voorheis, Murali Rajagopalan
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Patent number: 6998444Abstract: The present invention is directed to a golf ball having at least one of a center, cover, or intermediate layer that includes a reaction product that includes a resilient polymer component, a free radical source, at one of a metallic mercaptobenzothiazole and optionally one or more of a cis-to-trans catalyst, a crosslinking agent, or a filler.Type: GrantFiled: May 14, 2003Date of Patent: February 14, 2006Assignee: Acushnet CompanyInventors: Peter R. Voorheis, Murali Rajagopalan