JEFFREY L DALTON
Real Estate Appraisers in Dartmouth, MA

6658371, Dec 2, 2003

Feb 24, 2003

10/370721

Herbert C. Boehm - Norwell MA
Laurent Bissonnette - Portsmouth RI
Jeffrey L. Dalton - North Dartmouth MA
Steven Aoyama - Marion MA

Acushnet Company - Fairhaven MA

A63B 3714

702182, 702127, 473223, 473383, 473384

A simplified method of matching a golfer to a golf club and a golf ball by measuring the golfers club head speed and comparing that measured value to recorded sets of data which correlates a few key variables that can accurately match the golfer with the most suitable golf club and golf ball designed to achieve optimum driving performance.

6648776, Nov 18, 2003

Jun 22, 2000

09/598998

Herbert C. Boehm - Norwell MA
William E. Morgan - Barrington RI
Christopher Cavallaro - Lakeville MA
Jeffrey L. Dalton - North Dartmouth MA

Acushnet Company - Fairhaven MA

A63B 3706

473374, 264250

The present invention is directed towards a multilayer golf ball which comprises a core, an inner cover layer and an outer cover layer, wherein the outer cover layer comprises a castable reactive liquid material having a shore D hardness less than the shore D hardness of the material forming the inner cover layer. The present invention also relates to golf balls having improved adhesion between adjacent layers, as well as method for making golf balls having such improved adhesion. In particular, the outer surface of the core, an intermediate layer(s) or both the core and the intermediate layer(s) has a textured surface profile integrally molded in the outer surface thereof so that the surface profile promotes interfacial adhesion.

6508724, Jan 21, 2003

Sep 18, 2001

09/954253

Jeffrey L. Dalton - Dartmouth MA 02747

A63B 3706

473367, 264236

The present invention is directed toward more durable golf ball cores and more durable golf balls. The golf balls of this invention comprise a cover and a core wherein the core may further comprise a center and one or more layers of a mantle disposed between the center and the cover. The core, the mantle or the layers of the mantle, comprise a mixture of one or more thermoset rubber materials and at least one compatible, modified, non-ionic polyolefin. The non-ionic polyolefin that is modified may be a homopolymer, copolymer, terpolymer, block copolymer or a mixture thereof that is present at about 0. 5 to about 10 parts per hundred of the thermoset rubber material used in the core or core layer.

6812317, Nov 2, 2004

Feb 5, 2001

09/775793

Jeffrey L. Dalton - Dartmouth MA
Herbert C. Boehm - Norwell MA
Edmund A. Hebert - Fairhaven MA
William E. Morgan - Barrington RI
Christopher Cavallaro - Lakeville MA
Roman D. Halko - Mansfield MA

Acushnet Company - Fairhaven MA

A63B 3712

528 61, 528 65, 525261, 525264, 473357, 473360, 473365

A golf ball and a method of making a golf ball that includes a center formed from a material including polybutadiene and having a high resilience, at least one cover layer formed of a material including polyurethane, and at least one wound layer of a tensioned material windings between the center and the cover. The polyurethane composition is formed from the reaction product of at least a prepolymer of a polyisocyanate and a polyol, and a diamine curing agent. The polybutadiene composition includes a butadiene polymer with a resilience index greater than about 40 and a weight average molecular weight greater than about 200,000. Such golf balls can have a coefficient of restitution that is optimized for low swing speed players. The wound layer of the present invention may be applied to golf balls having liquid or solid centers to achieve desired golf ball characteristics.

6797097, Sep 28, 2004

Jan 3, 2003

10/336023

Herbert C. Boehm - Norwell MA
William E. Morgan - Barrington RI
Walter L. Reid - Mattapoisett MA
Christopher Cavallaro - Attleboro MA
Kevin M. Harris - New Bedford MA
Jeffrey L. Dalton - North Dartmouth MA

Acushnet Company - Fairhaven MA

B29C 3502

156146, 156228, 156245, 1563042, 264248, 473354

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.

6497630, Dec 24, 2002

Feb 3, 2000

09/497205

Edmund A. Hebert - Fairhaven MA
Jeffrey L. Dalton - North Dartmouth MA

Acushnet Company - Fairhaven MA

A63B 3706

473357, 473356, 473362

A wound golf ball comprising a center, a cover, and at least one wound layer disposed between the center and the cover, wherein the at least one wound layer is formed of a tensioned elastomeric thread having at least one ply, wound about the center with a tension of less than about 700 g, and wherein the center has a first deformation value, formed by applying a load to the center within the range from an initial load of 10 kg to a final load of 130 kg, and the golf ball has a second deformation value, formed by applying a load to the golf ball within the range from an initial load of 10 kg to a final load of 130 kg, such that a difference between the second deformation and the first deformation is less than 0. 4 mm.

7491137, Feb 17, 2009

Oct 10, 2007

11/907195

Laurent C. Bissonnette - Portsmouth RI, US
Jeffrey L. Dalton - North Dartmouth MA, US
Steven Aoyama - Marion MA, US

Acushnet Company - Fairhaven MA

A63B 37/12

473378

A golf ball with aerodynamic coefficient magnitude and aerodynamic force angle, resulting in improved flight performance, such as increased carry and flight consistency regardless of ball orientation. In particular, the present invention is directed to a golf ball having increased flight distance as defined by a set of aerodynamic requirements at certain spin ratios and Reynolds Numbers, and more particularly the golf ball has a low lift coefficient at a high Reynolds Number.

6174245, Jan 16, 2001

May 22, 1998

9/083152

Lawrence E. Stanton - Stoughton MA
Walter L. Reid - Mattapoisett MA
Stephen K. Scolamiero - Bristol RI
Jeffrey L. Dalton - North Dartmouth MA
Murali Rajagopalan - South Dartmouth MA

Acushnet Company - Fairhaven MA

A63F 3708

473354

The present invention is directed toward the novel use of thermoplastic materials to form center core shells for use in liquid filled golf balls. Golf balls of the present invention employ liquid filled centers formed from thermoplastic shells, preferably made of a polyether-ester, the shells having a tensile modulus of about 3 ksi to about 10 ksi, preferably a hardness of about 20 to about 80 shore D, preferably a flexural modulus of about 5. 5 ksi to about 8. 5 ksi, preferably a wound layer, and preferably a specific gravity of greater than 1. 5. The shell has a thickness of about 0. 005 inches to about 0. 5 inches.

7407450, Aug 5, 2008

May 2, 2005

11/118329

Jeffrey L. Dalton - Dartmouth MA, US
Herbert C. Boehm - Norwell MA, US
Christopher Cavallaro - Lakeville MA, US

Acushnet Company - Fairhaven MA

A63B 37/06, A63B 37/08, A63B 37/04

473361, 473364, 473370, 473373, 473374

A method for making a multilayer golf ball including a solid center having a center hardness, a plurality of laminates cut into a plurality of shapes formed around the center to create an inner ball, and a cover formed around the inner ball, wherein the plurality of layers can include at least a first layer having a hardness greater than the center hardness and a second layer having a hardness greater than the first layer hardness, and optionally a third layer disposed between the first and the second layers having a hardness greater than the first layer hardness.

6030296, Feb 29, 2000

Feb 26, 1999

9/258388

William E. Morgan - Barrington RI
Jeffrey L. Dalton - Dartmouth MA
Christopher Cavallaro - Lakeville MA

Acushnet Company - Fairhaven MA

A63B 3702, A63B 4500

473361

The present invention is directed towards a wound golf ball that includes a wound core surrounded with a cover material. The wound core is formed of a fluid-filled or solid center, and at least one wound layer segment surrounding the center. The wound layer segment includes a first untreated portion, a first impregnated portion, a second untreated portion and a second impregnated portion. The first impregnated portion is impregnated with a first material, such as latex. In one embodiment, the wound layer segment is formed of two layers, each having an untreated and an impregnated portion. Thus, the multi-layered wound layer segment has an impregnated portion between two untreated portions.