Golf ball
AssigneeAcushnet Company
InventorSteven Aoyama
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Abstract
The golf ball has no three dimples in a row with edges aligned. This pattern produces a golf ball with reduced drag. The preferred golf ball has multiple sizes of dimples.
Claims13
A golf ball having a spherical surface with a plurality of dimples formed therein and no three dimples in a row having edges that align.
A golf ball having a spherical surface with a plurality of dimples formed therein, no three dimples in a row having edges that align, and four parting lines which do not intersect any dimples, the dimples being arranged by dividing the surface of the golf ball into eight equilateral triangles and six squares, said eight triangles and six squares being formed by inscribing an octahedron in said spherical surface, locating the midpoint on each edge of said octahedron and forming four great circular paths on said spherical surface wherein each great circular path passes through six midpoints, said four parting lines corresponding to said four great circular paths and said dimples being arranged in said eight equilateral triangles and six squares such that the dimples do not intersect the four parting lines.
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