Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Golf ball
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Application No.: US14856721Application Date: 2015-09-17
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Publication No.: US09849340B2Publication Date: 2017-12-26
- Inventor: Kohei Mimura , Takahiro Sajima , Hyoungchol Kim
- Applicant: DUNLOP SPORTS CO. LTD.
- Applicant Address: JP Kobe-shi, Hyogo
- Assignee: DUNLOP SPORTS CO. LTD.
- Current Assignee: DUNLOP SPORTS CO. LTD.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Kobe-shi, Hyogo
- Agency: Birch, Stewart, Kolasch & Birch, LLP
- Priority: JP2014-203655 20141002
- Main IPC: A63B37/06
- IPC: A63B37/06 ; A63B37/00

Abstract:
A golf ball 2 has a large number of dimples 10 on a surface thereof. The contours of the dimples 10 are non-circular. A standard deviation of areas of the dimples 10 is equal to or less than 1.7 mm2. A ratio of a total area of the dimples 10 relative to a surface area of a phantom sphere of the golf ball 2 is equal to or greater than 80%. By comparting lines CS obtained by projecting sides of a regular dodecahedron, which is inscribed in the phantom sphere, onto the phantom sphere, a surface of the phantom sphere can be divided into 12 units Ut each of which meets the following mathematical formula (I): −2≦(Nt/12)−Nu≦2 (I), where Nt represents the total number of the dimples 10 and Nu represents the number of the dimples 10 on one unit.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160096076A1 GOLF BALL Public/Granted day:2016-04-07
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