IP Library Granted Patent US 6,843,735
Granted Patent B2
US 6,843,735 · App. 10/360,656 · Granted Jan 18, 2005

Golf ball

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Patent No.
US 6,843,735
App. No.
10/360,656
Granted
Jan 18, 2005
Kind
B2
Abstract

A golf ball which includes a core, a cover having Shore D hardness of equal to or greater than 58, and numerous dimples formed on the surface of said cover, wherein a proportion R1 of number of dimples having a ratio (B/T), which is a ratio of a height B of a bottom of the dimple to a nominal thickness T of the cover, of equal to or less than 0.80 occupied in total number of the dimples is equal to or greater than 10%.

Claims (5)

1. A golf ball which comprises a core, a cover having Shore D hardness of equal to or greater than 58, and numerous dimples formed on the surface of said cover,

wherein a proportion R 1 of the number of dimples having a ratio (B/T), which is a ratio of a height B of a bottom of the dimple to a nominal thickness T of the cover, of equal to or less than 0.80 occupied in total number of the dimples is equal to or greater than 10%, and a proportion R 2 of the number of dimples having said ratio (B/T) of less than 0.40 occupied in total number of the dimples is equal to or less than 10%.

2. The golf ball according to claim 1 wherein a mean value of the ratio (B/T) for all the dimples is equal to or less than 0.86.

3. The golf ball according to claim 1 wherein said core comprises a center and a mid layer, and when the Shore D hardness of the mid layer is referred to as Hm and Shore D hardness of the cover is referred to as Hc, the value (Hc-Hm) is equal to or greater than 3.

4. The golf ball according to claim 3 wherein Shore D hardness of the mid layer is equal to or less than 60.

Assignments (2)
MERGER Recorded Apr 17, 2018
From: DUNLOP SPORTS CO. LTD.
To: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
Reel/Frame 045959/0204 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Apr 12, 2018
From: SRI SPORTS LIMITED
To: DUNLOP SPORTS CO. LTD.
Reel/Frame 045932/0024 →