Patent ID: 6943217
Filing Date: 2005-09-13
Classification: A63B

Abstract:
1. A golf ball comprising: a core formed from a composition comprising a metal salt of an unsaturated organic acid and at least one co-curing agent comprising an unsaturated organic imide or a metallic derivative thereof selected from the group consisting of 1,1′-(methylenedi-4,1-phenylene) bismaleimide; N,N′-(1,1′-biphenyl-4,4′-diyl) bismaleimide; 1,1′-(3,3′-dimethyl-1,1′-biphenyl-4,4′-diyl) bismaleimide; N,N′ethylenedimaleimide; N,N′hexamethylenedimaleimide; N,N′-decamethylenedimaleimide, N,N′-dodecamethylenedimaleimide; N,N′-oxydipropylenedimaleimide, ethylenedioxy bis(N-propylmaleimide); N,N′-metaphenylenedimaleimide; N,N′-paraphenylenedimaleimide; N,N′-oxy(diparaphenylene) dimaleimide; N,N′-methylene(diaparaphenylene)dimaleimide; N,N′ethylene(diparaphenylene)dimaleimide; N,N′-sulfo(diparaphenylene)-dimaleimide; N,N′-metaphenylene-bis(paraoxphenylene)dimaleimide; N,N′-methylene(di-1,4-cyclohexylene)-dimaleimide; N,N′-isopropylidene(di-1,4-cyclohexene)dimaleimide; 2,5-oxadiazolylenedimaleimide; N,N′-paraphenylene(dimethylene) dimaleimide; N,N′-2-methylparatolulene dimaleimide; N,N′-hexamethylenedicitraconimide; N,N′-thio(diphenylene)dicitraconimide; N,N′-methylene(diparaphenylene)-bis-(chloromaleimide); and N,N′-hexamethylenebis(cyanomethylmaleimide); and a cover layer, wherein the metal salt of an unsaturated organic acid is present in an amount between about 10 pph and about 25 pph and the composition further comprises a halogenated di-tertiary alkyl peroxide comprising C