Dot geometry for a golf ball surface
A golf ball with an aerodynamic design is disclosed herein. The aerodynamic design has a protrusion at a center of a hex geometry representing an increase in ball radius greater than 0.0005 inches from a minimum ball radius. The minimum ball radius is located between 0.01 and 0.04 inch (11%-46%) from the center of the hex geometry.
1. A golf ball comprising:
a core;
a cover layer disposed over the core, the cover layer having a thickness ranging from 0.010 inch to 0.100 inch, the cover layer having a plurality of multi-faceted polygons defined by a plurality of lattice members, each of the plurality of multi-faceted polygons having a protrusion extending upward from a center of each multi-faceted polygon, wherein the protrusion represents an increase in a ball radius greater than 0.0005 inch from a minimum ball radius, wherein the minimum ball radius is a lowest surface point of each multi-faceted polygon of the plurality of multi-faceted polygons;
wherein the golf ball has a diameter of at least 1.68 inches.
2. The golf ball according to claim 1 wherein the minimum ball radius is located between 0.01 inch and 0.04 inch from a center of each multi-faceted polygon.
3. The golf ball according to claim 1 wherein each of the plurality of lattice members has an apex with a width less than 0.00001 inch.
4. The golf ball according to claim 1 wherein the each of the plurality of multi-faceted polygons is either a hexagon or a pentagon.
5. The golf ball according to claim 1 wherein the plurality of multi-faceted polygons consists of 332 multi-faceted polygons.
6. The golf ball according to claim 1 wherein the each of the plurality of multi-faceted polygons has at least twenty-four facets.
7. The golf ball according to claim 6 wherein each of the plurality of multi-faceted primary polygons comprises a plurality of inner facets and a plurality of outer facets.
8. A golf ball comprising:
a core;
a boundary layer disposed over the core;
a cover layer disposed over the boundary layer, the cover layer having a thickness ranging from 0.010 inch to 0.100 inch, the cover layer having a plurality of multi-faceted polygons defined by a plurality of lattice members, each of the multi-faceted polygons having at least fourteen facets, each of the plurality of multi-faceted polygons having a protrusion extending upward from a center of each multi-faceted polygon, wherein the protrusion represents an increase in a ball radius greater than 0.0005 inch from a minimum ball radius, wherein the minimum ball radius is a lowest surface point of each multi-faceted polygon of the plurality of multi-faceted polygons and is 0.833 inch;
wherein the golf ball has a diameter of at least 1.68 inches.
9. The golf ball according to claim 8 wherein the cover layer is composed of a polyurethane material.
10. The golf ball according to claim 9 wherein the cover layer is formed by reaction injection molding.
11. The golf ball according to claim 9 wherein the cover layer is formed by casting.
12. The golf ball according to claim 8 wherein the cover layer is composed of a blend of ionomer materials.
13. The golf ball according to claim 12 wherein the cover layer is formed by injection molding.
14. The golf ball according to claim 8 wherein the core comprises a center and a mantle layer disposed around the center.
15. The golf ball according to claim 8 wherein the mantle layer is composed of a blend of ionomer materials.
16. The golf ball according to claim 8 wherein the golf ball further comprises a thread layer disposed around the core.
17. The golf ball according to claim 8 wherein the cover layer has a thickness ranging from 0.015 inch to 0.030 inch.