Golf ball
First Claim
1. A golf ball comprising:
- a peripheral surface having the general shape of a sphere and a plurality of dimples provided in said peripheral surface, said dimples defining, by virtue of respective intersections between said dimples and said peripheral surface, circles of intersection distributed in a repeating pattern and generally bounded within elemental surfaces defined by arcs of six equatorial circles of said sphere;
said six equatorial circles being distributed into three groups of two equatorial circles, the two equatorial circles of each of said groups being associated, respectively, with one of three equatorial planes, said three equatorial planes intersecting, two by two, at right angles, along axes which themselves intersect, two by two, at right angles, at the center of said sphere, each of said two equatorial circles of said three groups of equatorial circles intersecting a respective one of said axes and being mutually symmetrical with a respective one of said equatorial planes, and each of the two equatorial circles of each of said three groups being angularly offset with respect to a respective equatorial plane by an angle α
which is greater than zero, less than 45°
, and not equal to 31°
43'"'"' 03", thereby defining said elemental surfaces as follows;
twelve identical first elemental surfaces in the form of spherical irregular pentagons;
eight identical second elemental surfaces in the form of spherical equilateral triangles; and
twelve identical third elemental surfaces in the form of spherical isosceles triangles.
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Abstract
A golf ball having a peripheral surface with dimples distributed essentially within a plurality of first identical elemental surfaces in the form of irregular spherical pentagons; a plurality of second identical elemental surfaces in the form of spherical equilateral triangles; and a plurality of third identical elemental surfaces in the form of spherical isosceles triangles, these elemental surfaces being defined by six equatorial circles of the sphere generally defining the peripheral surface of the golf ball. By a judicious choice in the relative positions of the equatorial circles, of the distribution, and of the diameters of the circles of intersection, the orientation of the ball with respect to impact therewith can be rendered relatively irrelevant.
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16 Claims
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1. A golf ball comprising:
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a peripheral surface having the general shape of a sphere and a plurality of dimples provided in said peripheral surface, said dimples defining, by virtue of respective intersections between said dimples and said peripheral surface, circles of intersection distributed in a repeating pattern and generally bounded within elemental surfaces defined by arcs of six equatorial circles of said sphere; said six equatorial circles being distributed into three groups of two equatorial circles, the two equatorial circles of each of said groups being associated, respectively, with one of three equatorial planes, said three equatorial planes intersecting, two by two, at right angles, along axes which themselves intersect, two by two, at right angles, at the center of said sphere, each of said two equatorial circles of said three groups of equatorial circles intersecting a respective one of said axes and being mutually symmetrical with a respective one of said equatorial planes, and each of the two equatorial circles of each of said three groups being angularly offset with respect to a respective equatorial plane by an angle α
which is greater than zero, less than 45°
, and not equal to 31°
43'"'"' 03", thereby defining said elemental surfaces as follows;twelve identical first elemental surfaces in the form of spherical irregular pentagons; eight identical second elemental surfaces in the form of spherical equilateral triangles; and twelve identical third elemental surfaces in the form of spherical isosceles triangles. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A golf ball comprising:
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a peripheral surface, generally having the shape of a sphere, said peripheral surface having a plurality of dimples, said dimples being arranged in predetermined patterns generally within a plurality of elemental surfaces defined by arcs of six equatorial circles of said sphere, said plurality of elemental surfaces comprising; a plurality of first elemental surfaces in the form of spherical irregular pentagons; a plurality of second elemental surfaces in the form of spherical equilateral triangles; and a plurality of third elemental surfaces in the form of spherical isosceles triangles. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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