Golf ball
AssigneeBridgestone Sports Co., Ltd.
InventorsAtsuki Kasashima, Keisuke Ihara, Kazuto Maehara
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Abstract
Disclosed is a golf ball including: a plurality of dimples arranged overall on the spherical surface of the golf ball by assuming the spherical surface of the golf ball as a spherical octahedron and using, as dimple arrangement units, eight spherical triangles constituting the spherical octahedron, on each of which a specific number of the dimples are arranged. In this golf ball, at least the four dimples are arranged on each of three sides of the spherical triangle; there is no great circle with which none of the dimples intersects; and the total number of the dimples is in a range of 380 to 450.
Claims5
A golf ball comprising:
- a plurality of dimples arranged overall on the spherical surface of said golf ball by assuming the spherical surface of said golf ball as a spherical octahedron and using, as dimple arrangement units, eight spherical triangles constituting said spherical octahedron, on each of which a specific number of said dimples are arranged;
- wherein at least four of said dimples are arranged on each of three sides of said spherical triangle;
- there is no great circle with which any one of said dimples does not intersect;
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- the total number of said dimples is in a range of 380 to 450.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.