Patent ID: 8021590

Claim:
A mold-half of a golf-ball-cover casting mold, the mold-half comprising: a support member extending in x- and y-directions; at least one mold-cavity insert defining a respective, individual, substantially hemispherical ball-cover cavity; a respective mounting that couples each mold-cavity insert to the support member, the mounting providing individual floatability of the respective mold-cavity insert, relative to the support member, in at least x, y, and z degrees of freedom; and each mold-cavity insert comprising a respective self-centering device that is engageable with a corresponding self-centering feature of a mating mold-cavity insert on a facing support member to urge movement of the respective mold-cavity insert in any of the at least x, y, and z degrees of freedom as required to self-center the respective mold-cavity insert automatically with the mating corresponding mold-cavity insert, the self- centering motion of the respective mold-cavity insert being independent of such motion of any other mold-cavity insert mounted to the support member.