US 2015/0101425 A1Published application

Methods for providing a selection of a recommended golf ball

AssigneeNIKE, Inc.

InventorsHideyuki Ishii, Yasushi Ichikawa, Nicholas A. Leech, Arthur Parker Molinari

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Abstract

Methods for evaluating and providing selections of recommended golf balls, golf ball constructions, and configurations of golf ball construction components are provided. Such methods may involve obtaining or measuring spin measurements for a plurality of golf clubs for each of a plurality of golf balls. A linear relationship may be used to determine a spin slope for each golf ball on the basis of the set of spin measurements associated with that golf ball. In turn, a selection of a recommended golf ball, golf ball construction, or configuration of a ball construction component may be made based upon which golf ball has the larger spin slope.

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Dependent claims

A method for providing a selection of a recommended golf ball construction, the method comprising steps of:

(i) obtaining (a) a first set of measurements using a first golf ball having a first ball construction, including at least one ball spin measurement for each of a first golf club having a first club loft and a second golf club having a second club loft, and (b) a second set of measurements using a second golf ball having a second ball construction, including at least one ball spin measurement for each of the first golf club and the second golf club;
(ii) determining (a) a first linear relationship among the first set of measurements, and (b) a second linear relationship among the second set of measurements;
and
(iii) providing a selection of a recommended golf ball construction between the first ball construction and the second ball construction,
wherein the recommended golf ball construction is the first ball construction if a slope of the first linear relationship is larger than a slope of the second linear relationship, and the recommended golf ball construction is the second ball construction if the slope of the first linear relationship is not larger than the slope of the second linear relationship, and wherein the first ball construction is different from the second ball construction.

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A method for providing a selection of a recommended configuration of a golf ball construction component, the method comprising steps of:

(i) measuring (a) a first ball spin upon striking a first golf ball with a first golf club having a first club loft, (b) a second ball spin upon striking the first golf ball with a second golf club having a second club loft, (c) a third ball spin upon striking a second golf ball with the first golf club, and (d) a fourth ball spin upon striking the second golf ball with the second golf club;
(ii) determining (a) a first spin slope for the first golf ball, to include the ratio of (1) a difference between the second ball spin and the first ball spin to (2) a difference between the second club loft and the first club loft, and (b) a second spin slope for the second golf ball, to include the ratio of (1) a difference between the fourth ball spin and the third ball spin to (2) the difference between the second club loft and the first club loft;
and
(iii) providing a selection of a recommended configuration of a golf ball construction component on the basis of at least the first spin slope, the second spin slope, and a spin slope criteria;
wherein the configuration of the ball construction component of the second golf ball is different from the configuration of the ball construction component of the first golf ball.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 14/572,265Filed 16 Dec 2014
Priority: 23 Aug 2011
Published: 16 Apr 2015
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification18 codes

A63B 69/3605
For golf: golf club selection aids informing player of his average or expected shot distance for each club
A63B 37/0003
Solid balls; Rigid hollow balls; Marbles: golf balls
A63B 37/0006
Surface depressions or protrusions: arrangement or layout of dimples
A63B 37/0018
Surface depressions or protrusions: specified number of dimples

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Application61/526,660Us provisional application · filed 23 Aug 2011
Application13/591,068Continuation · filed 21 Aug 2012
Application14/572,265Continuation
US 2013/0213153 A1Published application
US 8,950,236 B2Related patent
US 9,480,883 B2Related patent
US 2015/0101425 A1This patent

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