Golf ball dimple plan shape defined by a roulette
AssigneeAcushnet Company
InventorsNicholas M. Nardacci, Courtney N. Engle
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Abstract
Various aspects of a dimple pattern for a golf ball are disclosed herein. In one aspect, the golf balls disclosed herein can include dimples having a plan shape that is defined by a roulette. In specific aspects, the golf balls disclosed herein can include dimples having a plan shape that is defined by an epitrochoid or a hypotrochoid.
Claims16
A golf ball having a generally spherical surface and comprising a plurality of dimples on the surface, wherein at least a portion of the plurality of dimples have a non-circular plan shape defined by a roulette where a trajectory of a fixed point relative to a moving curve traces a closed curve as the moving curve travels along a stationary curve, and the closed curve defines the non-circular plan shape.
A golf ball having a generally spherical surface and comprising a plurality of dimples on the surface, wherein at least a portion of the plurality of dimples have a non-circular plan shape defined by either:
- (i) an epitrochoid, or (ii) a hypotrochoid, such that a trajectory of a fixed point relative to a moving curve traces a closed curve as the moving curve travels along a stationary curve, and the closed curve defines the non-circular plan shape.
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