Patent ID: 9181408
Filing Date: 2015-11-10
Classification: A63B,B29B,B29C,B29D,B29K,B29L,C08F,C08J,C08K

Abstract:
1. A method of forming a golf ball or a part of a golf ball, comprising (a) forming a first thermoplastic hemispherical shell and a second thermoplastic hemispherical shell from a mixture comprising an elastomer, a first initiator, a second initiator, and a member selected from the group consisting of unsaturated carboxylic acids, metal salts of unsaturated carboxylic acids, and combinations thereof, wherein each of the first and second hemispherical shells has a cavity for receiving a spherical component and an edge that mates to the other of the hemispherical shells; (b) positioning a spherical component between diametrically opposed first and second hemispherical shells; (c) compression molding the first and second hemispherical shells around the spherical component to form a unitary layer of cured elastomer surrounding the spherical component,