Patents by Inventor Sho GOJI
Sho GOJI 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: 11865419Abstract: A golf club grip having great anti-slipping performance in the material itself constituting the grip includes an outermost surface layer, wherein at least a part of the outermost surface layer is formed from a rubber composition containing (A) a base rubber and (B) a tackifier having a softening point in a range of from 5° C. to 120° C., and a portion formed from the rubber composition has a loss tangent (tan?) (30° C., 10 Hz) and a complex elastic modulus (E*) (30° C., 10 Hz) satisfying a relationship of 0.070?tan?/(E*)02?0.098.Type: GrantFiled: October 5, 2020Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Assignee: Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Sho Goji, Kazuyoshi Shiga
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Publication number: 20230338799Abstract: An object of the present disclosure is to provide a golf club grip comprising an inner layer that is hard to collapse and has excellent weather resistance. The present disclosure provides a golf club grip comprising a cylindrical portion having a cylindrical inner layer and a cylindrical outer layer provided outside the cylindrical inner layer, wherein the cylindrical inner layer is formed from an inner layer rubber composition containing an acrylonitrile-butadiene based rubber as (A1) a base rubber, and the inner layer rubber composition has a maximum torque value of 0.5 Nm or more in a vulcanization curve measured at a temperature of 165° C. and an amplitude angle of one degree.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 17, 2023Publication date: October 26, 2023Applicant: Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Sho GOJI, Kazuyoshi SHIGA
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Patent number: 11771967Abstract: [Problem] To provide a golf club grip having excellent anti-slipping performance, and feeling when the grip is wet, and further to provide a golf club grip having excellent durability and an improved head speed. [Solution] The golf club grip comprises a cylindrical portion for inserting a shaft, wherein the golf club grip has a narrow groove region comprising narrow grooves in an occupation ratio of 35% or more per 25 mm2 at at least a part of a surface of the cylindrical portion, and the narrow groove has a width (w) of from 0.1 mm to 0.7 mm and a depth (h) of from 0.1 mm to 1.0 mm. In addition, an interval (d) between the narrow grooves are preferably 1.5 mm or less.Type: GrantFiled: June 19, 2019Date of Patent: October 3, 2023Assignee: Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Sho Goji, Kazuyoshi Shiga
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Publication number: 20230293949Abstract: An object of the present disclosure is to provide a golf ball having an increased spin rate when being hit with an 8-iron while suppressing rise in a spin rate when being hit with a driver. The present disclosure provides a golf ball comprising a spherical core having an inner core and an outer core, and a cover positioned outside the spherical core, wherein A×a is 12,200 or less and B×b is 20,400 or more, where “a” represents an average hardness (Shore C) of a hardness (H2.5) at a point of 2.5 mm from a center of the spherical core and a hardness (H5) at a point of 5 mm from the center of the spherical core, “b” represents an average hardness (Shore C) of a hardness (H7.5) at a point of 7.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 14, 2023Publication date: September 21, 2023Applicant: Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Sho GOJI, Kazuyoshi SHIGA
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Publication number: 20220389208Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a golf club grip having high tensile strength in the outer layer and little entrainment of air between the outer layer and the inner layer. The present invention provides a golf club grip comprising a cylindrical portion composed of a cylindrical inner layer and a cylindrical outer layer covering the inner layer, wherein a ratio (E?23/E?60) of a storage modulus (E?23) at 23° C. of the outer layer to a storage modulus (E?60) at 60° C. of the outer layer, measured with a dynamic viscoelasticity measuring apparatus under measuring conditions of an oscillation frequency: 10 Hz, a strain amplitude: 0.05%, and a tensile mode, ranges from 1.20 to 1.32.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 1, 2022Publication date: December 8, 2022Applicant: Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Sho GOJI, Kazuyoshi SHIGA
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Publication number: 20220314080Abstract: An object of the present disclosure is to provide a golf ball from which stains are easily removed. The present disclosure 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 an outermost layer of the paint film contains, as a base resin, a polyurethane obtained by a reaction between a polyisocyanate composition and a polyol composition, and the outermost layer of the paint film has tackiness of less than 0.294 N measured with a friction tester.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 1, 2022Publication date: October 6, 2022Applicant: Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Yasuo NAITO, Kazuya KAMINO, Kazuyoshi SHIGA, Mariko HASHINOKUCHI, Hidetaka INOUE, Sho GOJI
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Publication number: 20220314079Abstract: An object of the present disclosure is to provide a golf ball having excellent spin performance on approach shots. The present disclosure 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 an outermost layer of the paint film contains, as a base resin, a polyurethane obtained by a reaction between a polyisocyanate composition and a polyol composition, and the outermost layer of the paint film has tackiness of 0.294 N or more measured with a friction tester.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 1, 2022Publication date: October 6, 2022Applicant: Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Yasuo NAITO, Kazuya KAMINO, Kazuyoshi SHIGA, Mariko HASHINOKUCHI, Hidetaka INOUE, Sho GOJI
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Publication number: 20220280841Abstract: The aqueous adhesive for a tennis ball includes rubber latex. The rubber latex is a mixture of liquid rubber latex and solid rubber latex. A ratio of liquid rubber to an entire rubber component contained in the rubber latex is greater than 20% by weight and less than 90% by weight in terms of solid content. The tennis ball includes a seam formed of the aqueous adhesive for a tennis ball.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 2, 2022Publication date: September 8, 2022Applicant: Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Sho GOJI, Takehiko HYODO, Kazuyoshi SHIGA
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Publication number: 20220282131Abstract: The aqueous adhesive for a tennis ball includes rubber latex. The rubber latex is a mixture of liquid rubber latex and solid rubber latex. When a solid content in the aqueous adhesive is measured at a temperature of 140° C. by a curelastometer, a torque is not less than 0.26 N·m after 10 minutes from start of heating. The tennis ball includes a seam portion formed of the aqueous adhesive for a tennis ball.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 2, 2022Publication date: September 8, 2022Inventors: Sho GOJI, Takehiko HYODO, Kazuyoshi SHIGA
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Publication number: 20210268350Abstract: [Problem] To provide a golf club grip having excellent anti-slipping performance, and feeling when the grip is wet, and further to provide a golf club grip having excellent durability and an improved head speed. [Solution] The golf club grip comprises a cylindrical portion for inserting a shaft, wherein the golf club grip has a narrow groove region comprising narrow grooves in an occupation ratio of 35% or more per 25 mm2 at at least a part of a surface of the cylindrical portion, and the narrow groove has a width (w) of from 0.1 mm to 0.7 mm and a depth (h) of from 0.1 mm to 1.0 mm. In addition, an interval (d) between the narrow grooves are preferably 1.5 mm or less.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 19, 2019Publication date: September 2, 2021Applicant: Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Sho GOJI, Kazuyoshi SHIGA
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Publication number: 20210106890Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a golf club grip having great anti-slipping performance in the material itself constituting the grip. The present invention provides a golf club grip comprising an outermost surface layer, wherein at least a part of the outermost surface layer is formed from a rubber composition containing (A) a base rubber and (B) a tackifier having a softening point in a range of from 5° C. to 120° C., and a portion formed from the rubber composition has a loss tangent (tan ?) (30° C., 10 Hz) and a complex elastic modulus (E*) (30° C., 10 Hz) satisfying a relationship of 0.070?tan ?/(E*)0.2?0.098.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 5, 2020Publication date: April 15, 2021Applicant: Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Sho GOJI, Kazuyoshi SHIGA
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Patent number: 10792545Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a golf club grip having excellent abrasion resistance and a high coefficient of friction.Type: GrantFiled: October 26, 2018Date of Patent: October 6, 2020Assignee: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Sho Goji, Kazuyoshi Shiga
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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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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
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Patent number: 10286269Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a grip for sporting goods containing an acrylonitrile-butadiene based rubber as a base rubber and having an excellent grip performance and sustainability of grip performance under a wet condition. The present invention provides a grip for sporting goods comprising an outermost surface layer formed from a surface layer rubber composition, wherein the surface layer rubber composition contains (A) a base rubber and (B) a resin having a softening point in a range from 5° C. to 120° C., (A) the base rubber contains an acrylonitrile-butadiene based rubber, and (B) the resin is at least one type selected from the group consisting of a hydrogenated rosin ester, a disproportionated rosin ester, an ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer, a coumarone resin, a phenol resin, a xylene resin and a styrene resin.Type: GrantFiled: December 23, 2016Date of Patent: May 14, 2019Assignee: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Hidetaka Inoue, Sho Goji, Kuniyasu Horiuchi, Kazuyoshi Shiga, Chiemi Mikura, Hitoshi Oyama, Toshiyuki Tarao, Hiroshi Hasegawa
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Patent number: 10279234Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a golf club grip having excellent grip performance under a wet condition. The present invention provides a golf club grip having an outermost surface layer, wherein the outermost surface layer contains (A) a crosslinked rubber and (B) a silica, and has, at at least a part thereof, a region where a spherical silica secondary particle with a particle size of 3 ?m or more exists in an amount of at least two particles/mm2. If a spherical silica secondary particle with a particle size of 3 ?m or more exists in a given amount at at least a part of the outermost surface layer, the golf club grip has an improved grip performance under a wet condition.Type: GrantFiled: August 11, 2017Date of Patent: May 7, 2019Assignee: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Sho Goji, Kazuyoshi Shiga
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Publication number: 20190126111Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a golf club grip having excellent abrasion resistance and a high coefficient of friction.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 26, 2018Publication date: May 2, 2019Applicant: Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Sho GOJI, Kazuyoshi SHIGA
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Publication number: 20190126114Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: October 30, 2018Publication date: May 2, 2019Applicant: Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Sho GOJI, Kazuyoshi SHIGA
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Patent number: 10065092Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a golf club grip having excellent adhesion between the grip body and the grip end thereof, and excellent durability. The present invention provides a golf club grip comprising a cylindrical grip body having a cylindrical inner layer and a cylindrical outer layer covering the cylindrical inner layer, and a grip end provided on an butt side end of the cylindrical grip body, wherein the cylindrical outer layer is interposed in at least a part of a space between a butt side end edge of the cylindrical inner layer and the grip end.Type: GrantFiled: May 20, 2016Date of Patent: September 4, 2018Assignee: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Sho Goji, Chiemi Mikura, Kazuyoshi Shiga, Kuniyasu Horiuchi, Toshiyuki Tarao, Hidetaka Inoue, Hitoshi Oyama, Hiroshi Hasegawa
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Publication number: 20180178097Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: December 27, 2017Publication date: June 28, 2018Applicants: Dunlop Sports Co. Ltd., Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Sho GOJI, Kazuyoshi SHIGA