Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Golf ball having oval dimples
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Application No.: US15278509Application Date: 2016-09-28
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Publication No.: US09914020B2Publication Date: 2018-03-13
- Inventor: Katsunori Sato
- Applicant: BRIDGESTONE SPORTS CO., LTD.
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Bridgestone Sports Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Bridgestone Sports Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Sughrue Mion, PLLC
- Priority: JP2014-132372 20140627
- Main IPC: A63B37/06
- IPC: A63B37/06 ; A63B37/00

Abstract:
A golf ball includes oval dimples arranged on the surface thereof. Each of the oval dimples has a long diameter DL and a short diameter DS in a planar shape thereof and further having a depth DPL on a first cross section of the oval dimple along the long diameter DL and a depth DPS on a second cross section of the oval dimple along the short diameter DS, the depth DPL being a distance taken on the first cross section along the long diameter DL from a first line connecting both ends of the first cross section of the oval dimple to a deepest point of a dimple bottom surface, the depth DPS being a distance taken on the second cross section along the short diameter DS from a second line connecting both ends of the second cross section of the oval dimple to a deepest point of a dimple bottom surface, a relationship between the depth DPL and the depth DPS being defined as a following formula (1): DPS>DPL (1). Each of the oval dimples further having a cross-sectional area DLA on the first cross section of the oval dimple along the long diameter DL and a cross-sectional area DSA on the second cross section of the oval dimple along the short diameter DS, the cross-sectional area DLA being surrounded by the first line connecting both ends of the first cross section of the oval dimple and the bottom surface thereof, the cross-sectional area DSA being surrounded by the second line connecting both ends of the second cross section of the oval dimple and the bottom surface thereof, a relationship between the cross-sectional area DLA and the cross-sectional area DSA being defined as a following formula (2): DLA≧DSA (2).
Public/Granted literature
- US20170014685A1 GOLF BALL HAVING OVAL DIMPLES Public/Granted day:2017-01-19
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