US 2011/0034274 A1 · GOLF BALL

Abstract

The golf ball 2 has a northern hemisphere N and a southern hemisphere S. The northern hemisphere N is adjacent to the southern hemisphere S across an equatorial line Eq. Each of the northern hemisphere N and the southern hemisphere S has a pole vicinity region 14 and an equator vicinity region 16. Each of the pole vicinity region 14 and the equator vicinity region 16 has a large number of dimples. The dimple pattern of the pole vicinity region 14 includes three units that are rotationally symmetrical to each other about a pole Po. The dimple pattern of the equator vicinity region 16 includes six units that are rotationally symmetrical to each other about the pole Po. The sum (Ps+Pp) of a peak value Ps and a peak value Pp of the golf ball 2 is equal to or greater than 600 mm.

A golf ball having a large number of dimples on a surface thereof, wherein

a ratio of a sum of areas of these dimples to a surface area of a phantom sphere of the golf ball is equal to or greater than 70%, and
a sum (Ps+Pp) of a peak value Ps and a peak value Pp is equal to or greater than 600 mm, the peak value Ps and the peak value Pp being obtained by the steps of:
(1) assuming a line connecting both poles of the golf ball as a first rotation axis;
(2) assuming a great circle which exists on a surface of the phantom sphere of the golf ball and is orthogonal to the first rotation axis;
(3) assuming two small circles which exist on the surface of the phantom sphere of the golf ball, which are orthogonal to the first rotation axis, and of which an absolute value of a central angle with the great circle is 30°;
(4) defining a region, of the surface of the golf ball, which is obtained by dividing the surface of the golf ball at the two small circles and which is sandwiched between the two small circles;
(5) determining 30240 points, on the region, which are arranged at intervals of a central angle of 3° in a direction of the first rotation axis and at intervals of a central angle of 0.25° in a direction of rotation about the first rotation axis;
(6) calculating a length L1 of a perpendicular line which extends from each point to the first rotation axis;
(7) calculating a total length L2 by summing 21 lengths L1 which are calculated on the basis of 21 perpendicular lines arranged in the direction of the first rotation axis;
(8) obtaining a first transformed data constellation by performing Fourier transformation on a first data constellation of 1440 total lengths L2 which are calculated along the direction of rotation about the first rotation axis;
(9) determining the peak value Ps and an order Fs of a maximum peak of the first transformed data constellation;
(10) assuming a second rotation axis orthogonal to the first rotation axis assumed at the step (1);
(11) assuming a great circle which exists on the surface of the phantom sphere of the golf ball and is orthogonal to the second rotation axis;
(12) assuming two small circles which exist on the surface of the phantom sphere of the golf ball, which are orthogonal to the second rotation axis, and of which an absolute value of a central angle with the great circle is 30°;
(13) defining a region, of the surface of the golf ball, which is obtained by dividing the surface of the golf ball at the two small circles and which is sandwiched between the two small circles;
(14) determining 30240 points, on the region, which are arranged at intervals of a central angle of 3° in a direction of the second rotation axis and at intervals of a central angle of 0.25° in a direction of rotation about the second rotation axis;
(15) calculating a length L1 of a perpendicular line which extends from each point to the second rotation axis;
(16) calculating a total length L2 by summing 21 lengths L1 which are calculated on the basis of 21 perpendicular lines arranged in the direction of the second rotation axis;
(17) obtaining a second transformed data constellation by performing Fourier transformation on a second data constellation of 1440 total lengths L2 which are calculated along the direction of rotation about the second rotation axis;
and
(18) determining the peak value Pp and an order Fp of a maximum peak of the second transformed data constellation.

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