Patents by Inventor Samuel A. Pasqua, Jr.
Samuel A. Pasqua, Jr. 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: 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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Patent number: 7351370Abstract: A method of making a golf ball core comprising the steps of providing a first polybutadiene pre-impregnated with at least about 50 weight percent of a first filler; providing a second polybutadiene substantially free of the first filler; providing a free radical initiator and a crosslinking agent; mixing the second polybutadiene, the free radical initiator, and the crosslinking agent with the first polybutadiene to form a polybutadiene blend; and molding the polybutadiene blend into the golf ball core.Type: GrantFiled: December 4, 2002Date of Patent: April 1, 2008Assignee: Acushnet CompanyInventors: Samuel A. Pasqua, Jr., Christopher Cavallaro, William Morgan
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Patent number: 7255657Abstract: The invention relates to a solid golf ball having a diameter of less than about 1.70 inches, including a core formed from a rubber base material having a resilience index of at least about 40 and an outer diameter of at least about 1.58 inches, and a cover disposed about the core formed of a material having a Shore D hardness of less than about 65.Type: GrantFiled: December 6, 2002Date of Patent: August 14, 2007Assignee: Acushnet CompanyInventors: Christopher Cavallaro, Jeffrey L. Dalton, Michael D. Jordan, Herbert C. Boehm, Samuel A. Pasqua, Jr.
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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: 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: 7148262Abstract: The present invention relates to an apparatus and method for reusing waste material generated during the manufacturing of golf ball cores. More specifically, the present invention relates to a method and apparatus for drying the waste material in order lower its moisture content. In addition, the present invention relates to golf balls and golf ball components that utilize waste material, and in particular swarf.Type: GrantFiled: February 4, 2004Date of Patent: December 12, 2006Assignee: Acushnet CompanyInventors: Richard S. Danner, Richard K. Brown, Samuel A. Pasqua, Jr.
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Patent number: 7041007Abstract: The present invention encompasses a golf ball having a diameter and being comprised of a core and a cover, wherein the core is further comprised of a fluid mass at the center of the ball, a first mantle layer surrounding the fluid mass and a second, solid, non-wound mantle layer surrounding and abutting the first mantle layer, wherein the first mantle layer comprises a polymer material selected from the group consisting of a thermoset rubber, plastic and thermoplastic elastomeric material and the second mantle layer comprises a polymer material selected from the group consisting of a thermoset rubber material and thermoplastic elastomeric material, and wherein the cover comprises polyurethane, polyurea, or a polyurea/polyurethane hybrid.Type: GrantFiled: September 26, 2003Date of Patent: May 9, 2006Assignee: Acushnet CompanyInventors: Herbert C. Boehm, William E. Morgan, Walter L. Reid, Jr., Samuel A. Pasqua, Jr., Christopher Cavallaro, Kevin M. Harris, Jeffrey L. Dalton, Michael J. Sullivan
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Patent number: 7033532Abstract: A multi-layer golf ball and methods for preparing a portion thereof including a core having at least one core layer, a mantle having at least one layer including an amount of reinforcing polymer component and a resilient polymer component disposed concentrically adjacent the core, and at least one cover layer disposed concentrically adjacent the mantle, wherein the layer of the mantle is sufficiently rigid to inhibit the resilient polymer component from substantially altering shape prior to crosslinking. The invention also includes an elastomeric composition including a polybutadiene having a high molecular weight average and a predominantly 1,4-cis content, a free-radical initiator, and a reinforcing polymer component having a sufficiently low viscosity at a mixing temperature to permit substantially uniform dispersion of the polymer component with the polybutadiene and having a crystalline melting point sufficiently low to permit mixing while avoiding substantial crosslinking.Type: GrantFiled: November 25, 2003Date of Patent: April 25, 2006Assignee: Acushnet CompanyInventors: Laurent C. Bissonnette, Antonio U. Desimas, Samuel A. Pasqua, Jr.
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Patent number: 6982301Abstract: A golf ball comprising a solid core and a cover disposed about the core, wherein the core is formed from a polybutadiene blend comprising a) a first polybutadiene having a first Mooney viscosity between about 50 and about 150, and b) a second polybutadiene having a second Mooney viscosity between about 30 and about 100, wherein the first Mooney viscosity is greater than the second Mooney viscosity, and wherein the blend has a greater weight percentage of the first polybutadiene than that of the second polybutadiene.Type: GrantFiled: August 12, 2003Date of Patent: January 3, 2006Assignee: Acushnet CompanyInventors: Peter R. Voorheis, Samuel A. Pasqua, Jr., Michael J. Sullivan, David A. Bulpett, Derek A. Ladd
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Patent number: 6797097Abstract: The invention provides a method for making a golf ball. Two cups are molded from an elastomer separately from an inner sphere. In one embodiment of the method, the cups are molded on both sides of a single mold part with hemispherical protrusions that form cavities in the cups. An inner sphere is placed within the cavities, and the cups are joined, by preferably crosslinking the cups together or applying adhesive there between. To retain the characterisitics of the cup material where the cups meet, an embodiment of the cups can be formed with nonplanar mating surfaces that mesh with each other. The nonplanar mating surfaces preferably have a pattern that is symmetrical about the inner sphere, such as concentric ridges, for example a tongue and a groove.Type: GrantFiled: January 3, 2003Date of Patent: September 28, 2004Assignee: Acushnet CompanyInventors: Herbert C. Boehm, William E. Morgan, Walter L. Reid, Samuel A. Pasqua, Jr., Christopher Cavallaro, Kevin M. Harris, Jeffrey L. Dalton
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Patent number: 6774187Abstract: A golf ball comprising a solid core and a cover disposed about the core, wherein the core is formed from a polybutadiene blend comprising a) a first polybutadiene having a first Mooney viscosity between about 50 and about 150, and b) a second polybutadiene having a second Mooney viscosity between about 30 and about 100, wherein the first Mooney viscosity is greater than the second Mooney viscosity, and wherein the blend has a greater weight percentage of the first polybutadiene than that of the second polybutadiene.Type: GrantFiled: June 7, 2002Date of Patent: August 10, 2004Assignee: Acushnet CompanyInventors: Peter R. Voorheis, Samuel A. Pasqua, Jr., Michael J. Sullivan, David A. Bulpett, Derek A. Ladd
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Patent number: 6679789Abstract: A multi-layer golf ball and methods for preparing a portion thereof including a core having at least one core layer, a mantle having at least one layer including an amount of reinforcing polymer component and a resilient polymer component disposed concentrically adjacent the core, and at least one cover layer disposed concentrically adjacent the mantle, wherein the layer of the mantle is sufficiently rigid to inhibit the resilient polymer component from substantially altering shape prior to crosslinking. The invention also includes an elastomeric composition including a polybutadiene having a high molecular weight average and a predominantly 1,4-cis content, a free-radical initiator, and a reinforcing polymer component having a sufficiently low viscosity at a mixing temperature to permit substantially uniform dispersion of the polymer component with the polybutadiene and having a crystalline melting point sufficiently low to permit mixing while avoiding substantial crosslinking.Type: GrantFiled: December 10, 2002Date of Patent: January 20, 2004Assignee: Acushnet CompanyInventors: Laurent C. Bissonnette, Antonio U. Desimas, Samuel A. Pasqua, Jr.
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Patent number: 6635133Abstract: The invention provides a method for making a golf ball. Two cups are molded from an elastomer separately from an inner sphere. In one embodiment of the method, the cups are molded on both sides of a single mold part with hemispherical protrusions that form cavities in the cups. An inner sphere is placed within the cavities, and the cups are joined, by preferably crosslinking the cups together or applying adhesive there between. To retain the characteristics of the cup material where the cups meet, an embodiment of the cups can be formed with nonplanar mating surfaces that mesh with each other. The nonplanar mating surfaces preferably have a pattern that is symmetrical about the inner sphere, such as concentric ridges, for example a tongue and a groove.Type: GrantFiled: January 14, 2000Date of Patent: October 21, 2003Assignee: Acushnet CompanyInventors: Herbert C. Boehm, William E. Morgan, Walter L. Reid, Samuel A. Pasqua, Jr., Christopher Cavallaro, Kevin M. Harris, Jeffrey L. Dalton
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Patent number: 6575846Abstract: A golf ball comprising a substantially spherical core having an inner sphere comprising a solid outer surface, at least one bonded mantle layer including a plurality of mantle layer parts that are made of a thermoset elastomer and that are arranged around the inner sphere, and an adhesive disposed between and bonding the mantle layer parts to each other; and a cover disposed about the core.Type: GrantFiled: May 17, 1999Date of Patent: June 10, 2003Assignee: Acushnet CompanyInventors: Herbert C. Boehm, William E. Morgan, Walter L. Reid, Samuel A. Pasqua, Jr., Christopher Cavallaro, Kevin M. Harris, Jeffrey L. Dalton
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Patent number: 6517451Abstract: The invention relates to a solid golf ball having a diameter of less than about 1.70 inches, including a core formed from a rubber base material having a resilience index of at least about 40 and an outer diameter of at least about 1.58 inches, and a cover disposed about the core formed of a material having a Shore D hardness of less than about 65.Type: GrantFiled: March 8, 2001Date of Patent: February 11, 2003Inventors: Christopher Cavallaro, Jeffrey L. Dalton, Michael D. Jordan, Herbert C. Boehm, Samuel A. Pasqua, Jr.
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Patent number: 6494791Abstract: A multi-layer golf ball and methods for preparing a portion thereof including a core having at least one core layer, a mantle having at least one layer including an amount of reinforcing polymer component and a resilient polymer component disposed concentrically adjacent the core, and at least one cover layer disposed concentrically adjacent the mantle, wherein the layer of the mantle is sufficiently rigid to inhibit the resilient polymer component from substantially altering shape prior to crosslinking. The invention also includes an elastomeric composition including a polybutadiene having a high molecular weight average and a predominantly 1,4-cis content, a free-radical initiator, and a reinforcing polymer component having a sufficiently low viscosity at a mixing temperature to permit substantially uniform dispersion of the polymer component with the polybutadiene and having a crystalline melting point sufficiently low to permit mixing while avoiding substantial crosslinking.Type: GrantFiled: October 4, 2000Date of Patent: December 17, 2002Assignee: Acushnet CompanyInventors: Laurent C. Bissonnette, Antonio U. Desimas, Samuel A. Pasqua, Jr.
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Patent number: 6218453Abstract: A low compression golf ball comprising a core formed from a mixture, substantially free of zinc oxide, said mixture comprising polybutadiene, a metal salt of a material selected from the group consisting of diacrylates, dimethacrylates, and monomethacrylates, and calcium oxide, wherein the amount of the calcium oxide is sufficient to provide a core compression of less than 70, and a cover having a Shore D hardness of less than 65.Type: GrantFiled: February 23, 1998Date of Patent: April 17, 2001Assignee: Acushnet CompanyInventors: Herbert C. Boehm, Samuel A. Pasqua, Jr.
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Patent number: 6172161Abstract: A multi-layer golf ball and methods for preparing a portion thereof including a core having at least one core layer, a mantle having at least one layer including an amount of reinforcing polymer component and a resilient polymer component disposed concentrically adjacent the core, and at least one cover layer disposed concentrically adjacent the mantle, wherein the layer of the mantle is sufficiently rigid to inhibit the resilient polymer component from substantially altering shape prior to crosslinking. The invention also includes an elastomeric composition including a polybutadiene having a high molecular weight average and a predominantly 1,4-cis content, a free-radical initiator, and a reinforcing polymer component having a sufficiently low viscosity at a mixing temperature to permit substantially uniform dispersion of the polymer component with the polybutadiene and having a crystalline melting point sufficiently low to permit mixing while avoiding substantial crosslinking.Type: GrantFiled: April 19, 1999Date of Patent: January 9, 2001Assignee: Acushnet CompanyInventors: Laurent C. Bissonnette, Antonio U. Desimas, Samuel A. Pasqua, Jr.
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Patent number: 6093357Abstract: A multi-layer golf ball and methods for preparing a portion thereof including a core having at least one core layer, a mantle having at least one layer including an amount of reinforcing polymer component and a resilient polymer component disposed concentrically adjacent the core, and at least one cover layer disposed concentrically adjacent the mantle, wherein the layer of the mantle is sufficiently rigid to inhibit the resilient polymer component from substantially altering shape prior to crosslinking. The invention also includes an elastomeric composition including a polybutadiene having a high molecular weight average and a predominantly 1,4-cis content, a free-radical initiator, and a reinforcing polymer component having a sufficiently low viscosity at a mixing temperature to permit substantially uniform dispersion of the polymer component with the polybutadiene and having a crystalline melting point sufficiently low to permit mixing while avoiding substantial crosslinking.Type: GrantFiled: March 26, 1998Date of Patent: July 25, 2000Assignee: Acushnet CompanyInventors: Laurent C. Bissonette, Antonio U. Desimas, Samuel A. Pasqua, Jr.
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Patent number: 5965669Abstract: A multi-layer golf ball comprising a core, a cover layer and a mantle layer disposed between the core and the cover. The cover layer consists essentially of at least a first and a second ionomer resin. The first resin is a copolymer of 16 to 35% by weight of an alpha, beta-unsaturated carboxylic acid and 84 to 65% by weight of an olefin, wherein about 10 to about 90% of the carboxyl groups of the copolymer are neutralized with a metal ion. The second resin is a terpolymer of 9 to 12% by weight of an alpha, beta-unsaturated carboxylic acid, 1 to 50% by weight n-alkyl acrylate or methacrylate and 38 to 90% by weight of an olefin, wherein about 10 to about 90% of the carboxyl groups of the terpolymer are neutralized with a metal ion. The mantle layer comprises a thermoplastic material, said thermoplastic material consisting essentially of polyetherester block copolymer.Type: GrantFiled: November 17, 1997Date of Patent: October 12, 1999Assignee: Acushnet CompanyInventors: Christopher Cavallaro, Murali Rajagopalan, Herbert C. Boehm, Kevin M. Harris, Samuel A. Pasqua, Jr.