IP Library Granted Patent US 6,884,183
Granted Patent B2
US 6,884,183 · App. 10/779,153 · Granted Apr 26, 2005

Golf ball with varying land surfaces

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Patent No.
US 6,884,183
App. No.
10/779,153
Granted
Apr 26, 2005
Kind
B2
Abstract

A golf ball comprising a substantially spherical outer surface and a plurality of polygonal dimples formed thereon is provided. The dimples are arranged such that the sides of adjacent dimples are substantially parallel to each other, and wherein the outer surface comprises first spacings and second spacings between adjacent dimples. The first spacings and the second spacings have substantially constant width between any two adjacent dimples and the width of the first spacings is different than the width of the second spacings.

Claims (16)

1. A golf ball comprising:

a substantially spherical outer surface and a plurality of polygonal dimples formed thereon, said dimples are arranged in dicernable groupings such that the sides of adjacent dimples are substantially parallel to each other, and wherein the outer surface comprises first inter-dimple spacings and second inter-sectional spacings between adjacent dimples, the inter-sectional spacings defining the discernable groupings, wherein the first spacings and the second spacings have substantially constant width between any two adjacent dimples and wherein the width of the first spacings is different than the width of the second spacings

wherein the inter-dimple spacings vary within at least one discernable grouping.

2. The golf ball of claim 1 , wherein the polygonal dimples are arranged in a polyhedron based pattern, and at least some of the inter-sectional spacings form a single great circle.

3. The golf ball of claim 2 , wherein the polyhedron based pattern comprises an icosahedron pattern, which comprises twenty identifiable triangular sections.

4. The golf ball of claim 1 , wherein the inter-dimple spacings are constant within one discernable grouping.

5. The golf ball of claim 1 , wherein the inter-sectional spacings are constant on the outer surface of the golf ball.

6. The golf ball of claim 1 , wherein the inter-sectional spacings vary on the outer surface of the ball, and at least some of the inter-sectional spacings form two orthogonal great circles.

7. The golf ball of claim 1 , wherein the inter-sectional spacings form a linear pattern on the outer surface of the ball.

8. The golf ball of claim 7 , wherein the linear pattern comprises an equatorial pattern.

9. A golf ball comprising a substantially spherical outer surface and a plurality of polygonal dimples formed thereon, said dimples are arranged in dicernable groupings such that the sides of adjacent dimples are substantially parallel to each other, and wherein the outer surface comprises first inter-dimple spacings and second inter-sectional spacings between adjacent dimples, the inter-sectional spacings defining the discernable groupings, wherein the first spacings and the second spacings have substantially constant width between any two adjacent dimples and wherein the width of the first spacings is different than the width of the second spacings, wherein the inter-sectional spacings form a linear pattern on the outer surface of the ball comprising an equatorial pattern and wherein the linear pattern further comprises a pattern orthogonal to the equatorial pattern.

10. The golf ball of claim 1 , wherein the inter-sectional spacings form a non-linear pattern on the outer surface of the ball.

11. The golf ball of claim 10 , wherein the non-linear pattern comprises a zigzag pattern.

12. A golf ball comprising a substantially spherical outer surface and a plurality of polygonal dimples formed thereon, said dimples are arranged in dicernable groupings such that the sides of adjacent dimples are substantially parallel to each other, and wherein the outer surface comprises first inter-dimple spacings and second inter-sectional spacings between adjacent dimples, the inter-sectional spacings defining the discernable groupings, wherein the first spacings and the second spacings have substantially constant width between any two adjacent dimples and wherein the width of the first spacings is different than the width of the second spacings, wherein the inter-dimple spacings have a width of substantially zero.

13. The golf ball of claim 12 , wherein the inter-sectional spacings have a width of about 0.001 inch to about 0.040 inch.

14. The golf ball of claim 1 , wherein the inter-sectional spacings have a width of about 0.002 inch to about 0.030 inch.

Assignments (1)
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST IN PATENTS PREVIOUSLY RECORDED AT REEL/FRAME (027331/0725) Recorded Sep 7, 2016
From: KOREA DEVELOPMENT BANK, NEW YORK BRANCH
To: ACUSHNET COMPANY
Reel/Frame 039938/0923 →