	US 7,517,943 B2
	Golf ball layer compositions formed from oxirane functional endcapped polymers
Manjari Kuntimaddi, Plymouth, Mass. (US); Shenshen Wu, Shrewsbury, Mass. (US); Murali Rajagopalan, South Dartmouth, Mass. (US); Matthew F. Hogge, Plymouth, Mass. (US); Steven R. Zawacky, Pittsburgh, Pa. (US); and Michael A. Mayo, Pittsburgh, Pa. (US)
Assigned to Acushnet Company, Fairhaven, Mass. (US)
Filed on Dec. 06, 2005, as Appl. No. 11/294,616.
Prior Publication US 2007/0129510 A1, Jun. 07, 2007
Int. Cl. A63B 37/00 (2006.01); A63B 37/12 (2006.01); C08G 18/10 (2006.01); C08G 18/58 (2006.01)

U.S. Cl. 528—73 [528/59; 528/60; 528/61; 528/63; 528/64; 528/65; 525/454; 473/372; 473/373; 473/374; 473/378]

22 Claims

16. A golf ball comprising:

a core; and

a cover, wherein the cover is formed from a composition comprising an intermediate having at least one of the following structures:

wherein R and R₁independently comprise straight or branched hydrocarbon moieties, acyclic groups, cyclic groups, heterocyclic groups, aromatic groups, phenyl groups, hydrocarbylene group, or a mixture thereof; and

a curing agent.