METHOD OF DIVIDING SPHERICAL SURFACE OF GOLF BALL, AND GOLF BALL HAVING SURFACE DIVIDED BY METHOD

    公开(公告)号:US20180345084A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-12-06

    申请号:US15937091

    申请日:2018-03-27

    申请人: VOLVIK INC.

    IPC分类号: A63B37/00

    摘要: In a golf ball, dimples are arranged on a spherical polyhedron formed by dividing a surface of a sphere using small circles and great circles only on the equator, without arranging the dimples on a spherical polyhedron formed by dividing a surface of a sphere using great circles. The formed spherical polyhedron includes two spherical regular hexagons centered on a pole, twelve near-pole spherical isosceles triangles, twelve near-equator spherical pentagons, and twelve near-equator spherical isosceles triangles, in which the dimples are arranged. Thus, a dimple area ratio may be improved by 2 to 4%, compared to the prior art in which dimples are arranged in spherical polygons of a cubeoctahedron (or an octahedron) divided by great circles.

    Dimple patterns for golf balls
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    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US09873020B2

    公开(公告)日:2018-01-23

    申请号:US15262234

    申请日:2016-09-12

    申请人: Acushnet Company

    IPC分类号: A63B37/06 A63B37/00

    摘要: The present invention provides a method for arranging dimples on a golf ball surface in which the dimples are arranged in a pattern derived from at least one irregular domain generated from a regular or non-regular polyhedron. The method includes choosing control points of a polyhedron, generating an irregular domain based on those control points, packing the irregular domain with dimples, and tessellating the irregular domain to cover the surface of the golf ball. The control points include the center of a polyhedral face, a vertex of the polyhedron, a midpoint or other point on an edge of the polyhedron and others. The method ensures that the symmetry of the underlying polyhedron is preserved while minimizing or eliminating great circles due to parting lines.

    Dimple patterns for golf balls
    3.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US09795833B2

    公开(公告)日:2017-10-24

    申请号:US15262213

    申请日:2016-09-12

    申请人: Acushnet Company

    IPC分类号: A63B37/12 A63B37/00

    摘要: The present invention provides a method for arranging dimples on a golf ball surface in which the dimples are arranged in a pattern derived from at least one irregular domain generated from a regular or non-regular polyhedron. The method includes choosing control points of a polyhedron, generating an irregular domain based on those control points, packing the irregular domain with dimples, and tessellating the irregular domain to cover the surface of the golf ball. The control points include the center of a polyhedral face, a vertex of the polyhedron, a midpoint or other point on an edge of the polyhedron and others. The method ensures that the symmetry of the underlying polyhedron is preserved while minimizing or eliminating great circles due to parting lines.

    GOLF BALL HAVING SURFACE DIVIDED BY SMALL CIRCLES

    公开(公告)号:US20170136306A1

    公开(公告)日:2017-05-18

    申请号:US15077079

    申请日:2016-03-22

    申请人: VOLVIK INC.

    IPC分类号: A63B37/00

    摘要: Provided is a golf ball having a surface divided by small circles. A surface of a sphere is divided by small circles to generate spherical polyhedrons in order to arrange dimples in the spherical polygons, instead of arranging dimples in spherical polyhedrons that are generated by dividing the surface of the sphere by great circles. According to one or more exemplary embodiments, a land surface of the golf ball, which is generated by arranging the dimples in the spherical polyhedrons, has a dimple area ratio higher than that of a spherical truncated icosahedron of which a surface is divided by great circles on which dimples are arranged. Therefore, a flight distance of the golf ball increases.