Golf ball dimple configuration process
OwnerJoseph F. Stiefel, Donald J. Bungerinventors
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Abstract
A dimple configuration for the surface of a golf ball is provided by selecting a fixed number of dimples, placing said dimples on a model of the ball in random, helter-skelter locations on one selected section without regard to the other dimples present, and identifying each dimple and the adjacent dimples which overlap it. For each dimple so identified, the aggregate component of overlap in the longitudinal and latitudinal directions is determined, the center of each dimple is relocated so as to minimize overlap, and the steps of identifying, determining, and relocating are repeated for each dimple until the aggregate overlap is reduced to a predetermined amount. The resultant ball provides a random dimple configuration which has no repeating patterns within the sections.
Claims7
A method of generating a dimple configuration on the surface of a golf ball comprising
- placing a predetermined number of dimples in helterskelter locations on the surface of said golf ball;
- determining the aggregate overlap for each dimple;
- relocating the center of each of said dimples so as to provide reduced dimple overlap of said predetermined number of dimples;
- and
- repeating said determining, and relocating steps until dimple overlap is reduced to a predetermined amount.
A method for generating a dimple configuration on the surface of a golf ball comprising
- selecting a preselected number of dimples;
- placing all of said dimples on a model of said golf ball in random locations without regard to the other dimples present;
- identifying each dimple and the adjacent overlapping dimples;
- for each dimple so identified, determining the aggregate component of overlap with each adjacent dimple in the latitudinal and longitudinal directions;
- relocating the center of each dimple so as to reduce said overlap;
- and
- repeating the steps of identifying, determining, and relocating for each dimple until the aggregate overlap of all dimples is reduced to a predetermined minimum.
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