Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Dimple patterns for golf balls
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Application No.: US15935587Application Date: 2018-03-26
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Publication No.: US10293212B2Publication Date: 2019-05-21
- Inventor: Michael R. Madson , Nicholas M. Nardacci
- Applicant: Acushnet Company
- Applicant Address: US MA Fairhaven
- Assignee: Acushnet Company
- Current Assignee: Acushnet Company
- Current Assignee Address: US MA Fairhaven
- Agent Mandi B. Milbank
- Main IPC: A63B37/06
- IPC: A63B37/06 ; A63B37/00

Abstract:
The present invention provides a method for arranging dimples on a golf ball surface in which the dimples are arranged in a pattern derived from at least one irregular domain generated from a regular or non-regular polyhedron. The method includes choosing control points of a polyhedron, generating an irregular domain based on those control points, packing the irregular domain with dimples, and tessellating the irregular domain to cover the surface of the golf ball. The control points include the center of a polyhedral face, a vertex of the polyhedron, a midpoint or other point on an edge of the polyhedron and others. The method ensures that the symmetry of the underlying polyhedron is preserved while minimizing or eliminating great circles due to parting lines.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180207489A1 DIMPLE PATTERNS FOR GOLF BALLS Public/Granted day:2018-07-26
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