Golf ball dimples defined by superposed curve with decaying feature
AssigneeAcushnet Company
InventorsCourtney N. Engle, Michael R. Madson, Nicholas M. Nardacci
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Abstract
A golf ball having a plurality of dimples on a surface thereof is disclosed herein. At least a first group of the plurality of dimples has a cross-sectional dimple profile defined by a superposed function resulting from a sum of at least a first function and a second function. The first function can be defined by at least one of: a circular arc or a catenary curve, and the second function can be defined by a decaying dual bell curve sinusoidal function.
Claims20
A golf ball having a plurality of dimples on a surface thereof, wherein at least a subset of the plurality of dimples has a cross-sectional dimple profile defined by a superposed function resulting from a sum of at least a first function and a second function,
- wherein the first function is defined by at least one of:
- a circular arc or a catenary curve, and
- wherein the second function is defined by a dual bell curve-driven decaying sinusoidal function.
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