Golf ball

• US 5,033,750 A
• Filed: 11/09/1989
• Issued: 07/23/1991
• Est. Priority Date: 11/16/1988
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Bridgestone Corporation
• Original Assignee: Bridgestone Corporation
• Inventors: Yamagishi, Hisashi, Kakiuchi, Shinichi, Tomita, Seisuke
• Primary Examiner(s): Marlo, George J.
• Application Number:
  US07/435,208
• Time in Patent Office: 621 Days
• Field of Search: 273/232, 273/213, 273/220, 40/327
• US Class Current: 473/384
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 37/0004 Surface depressions or protrusions
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 37/0006 Arrangement or layout of dimples
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 37/0018 Specified number of dimples
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 37/0019 Specified dimple depth
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 37/002 Specified dimple diameter
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 37/0031 Hardness
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 37/0033 Thickness
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 37/0074 Two piece balls, i.e. cover and core
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 37/008 Diameter
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 37/0083 Weight; Mass

Abstract

A golf ball with improved flight distance is disclosed. The golf ball has at least three pluralities of dimples in its spherical surface. The dimples of each plurality share the same diameter and depth characteristics, such characteristics varying from the corresponding diameter and depth characteristics of the dimples of the other pluralities of dimples. However, the ratio of the diameter to depth of the dimples of a particular plurality of dimples approximates the ratio of the dimples in every other plurality of dimples such that the difference between the ratio of the dimple of one plurality of dimples and any other plurality of dimples is less than 0.3.

Claims

1. A golf ball comprising at least three pluralities of dimples of different diameters each of said pluralities of dimples having a single type of dimple, said single type of dimple having a diameter, a depth, and a ratio of said diameter to said depth, said single type of dimple of one plurality of dimples differing in diameter from said single type of dimples of every other plurality of dimples, wherein the difference between the ratio corresponding to any one of said pluralities of dimples and the ratio corresponding to any other of said pluralities of dimples is no greater than 0.3.

2. A golf ball of claim 1 wherein the difference between the ratio corresponding to any one of said pluralities of dimples and the ratio corresponding to any other of said pluralities of dimples is no greater than 0.1.

3. The golf ball of claim 1, wherein, for any said single type of dimple of said pluralities of dimples, said diameter ranges from 2.7 to 4.4 mm, said depth ranges from 0.15 to 0.24 mm, and said ratio ranges between 10 to 35.

4. The golf ball of claim 1 wherein the number of pluralities of dimples present is an odd number m of at least 3 and the total of the number of dimples having the largest diameter and the number of dimples having the x largest diameter ranges from 50 to 90% of the total number of dimples of all said pluralities of dimples, with x being the ordinal number, corresponding to cardinal number determined by the equation, (m+1)/2.

5. The golf ball of claim 1 wherein the number of said pluralities of dimples present is an even number n of at least 4 and the total of the number of dimples having the largest diameter and the number of dimples having the x largest diameter ranges from 25 to 60% of the total number of dimples of all said pluralities of dimples, with x being the ordinal number, corresponding to the cardinal number determined by the equation, n/2.