Golf ball
First Claim
1. The method of making a family of golf balls, each ball having substantially identical carry characteristics in both the pole and seam hitting modes and having between 300 and 600 dimples arranged on the spherical surfaces thereof, comprising the steps of:
- projecting a cubic octahedron on the spherical surface of a said golf ball to provide four great circle paths thereon defining six spherical squares and eight spherical triangles on the said surface;
placing a plurality of dimples in said surface within said squares and triangles without intersecting said dimples and said great circle paths; and
selecting the number of dimples in each said square and triangle such that the total number of dimples on a said ball is a natural number satisfying one of the following formulae;
space="preserve" listing-type="equation">(4m×
6)+(3n×
8)
space="preserve" listing-type="equation">((4m+1)×
6)+(3n×
8)
space="preserve" listing-type="equation">(4m×
6)+((3n+1)×
8)
space="preserve" listing-type="equation">((4m+1)×
6)+((3n+1)×
8) where m is a natural number representative of the number of dimples within one spherical square and n is a natural number representative of the number of dimples within one spherical triangle.
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Abstract
The method of making a family of golf balls, each ball having substantially identical carry characteristics in both the pole and seam hitting modes and having between 300 and 600 dimples arranged on the spherical surfaces thereof, comprising the steps:
projecting a cubic octahedron (2) on the spherical surface of a said golf ball to provide four great circle paths (6) thereon defining six spherical squares (5) and eight spherical triangles (4) on the said surface;
placing a plurality of dimples in each said square and triangle without intersecting said dimples and said great circle paths; and
selecting the number of dimples in each said square and triangle such that the total number of dimples on said ball is a natural number satisfying one of the following formulae:
(4m×6)+(3n×8)
((4m+1)×6)+(3n×8)
(4m×6)+((3n+1)×8
((4m+1)×6)+((3n+1)×8)
where m is a natural number representative of the number of dimples within one spherical square and n is a natural number representative of the number of dimples within one spherical triangle.
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19 Claims
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1. The method of making a family of golf balls, each ball having substantially identical carry characteristics in both the pole and seam hitting modes and having between 300 and 600 dimples arranged on the spherical surfaces thereof, comprising the steps of:
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projecting a cubic octahedron on the spherical surface of a said golf ball to provide four great circle paths thereon defining six spherical squares and eight spherical triangles on the said surface; placing a plurality of dimples in said surface within said squares and triangles without intersecting said dimples and said great circle paths; and selecting the number of dimples in each said square and triangle such that the total number of dimples on a said ball is a natural number satisfying one of the following formulae;
space="preserve" listing-type="equation">(4m×
6)+(3n×
8)
space="preserve" listing-type="equation">((4m+1)×
6)+(3n×
8)
space="preserve" listing-type="equation">(4m×
6)+((3n+1)×
8)
space="preserve" listing-type="equation">((4m+1)×
6)+((3n+1)×
8)where m is a natural number representative of the number of dimples within one spherical square and n is a natural number representative of the number of dimples within one spherical triangle. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. The method of making a family of golf balls, each ball having substantially identical carry characteristics in both the pole and seam hitting modes and a number of dimples arranged on the spherical surface thereof ranging from 312 to 500 in increments of 24 dimples, comprising the steps of:
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projecting a cubic octahedron on the spherical surface of a said golf ball to provide four great circle paths thereon defining six spherical squares and eight spherical triangles on the said surface; placing a plurality of dimples in said surface within said squares and triangles without intersecting said dimples and said great circle paths; and selecting the number of dimples in each said square and triangle such that the total number of dimples on a said ball is a natural number satisfying the following formula;
space="preserve" listing-type="equation">(4m×
6)+(3n×
8)where m is a natural number representative of the number of dimples within one spherical square and n is a natural number representative of the number of dimples within one spherical triangle.
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17. The method of making a family of golf balls, each ball having substantially identical carry characteristics in both the pole and seam hitting modes and a number of dimples arranged on the spherical surface thereof ranging from 318 to 582 in increments of 24 dimples, comprising the steps of:
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projecting a cubic octahedron on the spherical surface of a said golf ball to provide four great circle paths thereon defining six spherical squares and eight spherical triangles on the said surface; placing a plurality of dimples in said surface within said squares and triangles without intersecting said dimples and said great circle paths; and selecting the number of dimples in each said square and triangle such that the total number of dimples on a said ball is a natural number satisfying the following formula;
space="preserve" listing-type="equation">((4m+1)×
6)+(3n×
8)where m is a natural number representative of the number of dimples within one spherical square and n is a natural number representative of the number of dimples within one spherical triangle.
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18. The method of making a family of golf balls, each ball having substantially identical carry characteristics in both the pole and seam hitting modes and a number of dimples arranged on the spherical surface thereof ranging from 320 to 584 in increments of 24 dimples, comprising the steps of:
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projecting a cubic octahedron on the spherical surface of a said golf ball to provide four great circle paths thereon defining six spherical squares and eight spherical triangles on the said surface; placing a plurality of dimples in said surface within said squares and triangles without intersecting said dimples and said great circle paths; and selecting the number of dimples in each said square and triangle such that the total number of dimples on a said bal is a natural number satisfying the following formula;
space="preserve" listing-type="equation">(4m×
6)+((3n+1)×
8)where m is a natural representative of the number of dimples within one spherical square and n is a natural number representative of the number of dimples within one spherical triangle.
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19. The method of making a family of golf balls, each ball having substantially identical carry characteristics in both the pole and seam hitting modes and a number of dimples arranged on the spherical surface thereof ranging from 302 to 590 in increments of 24 dimples, comprising the steps of:
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projecting a cubic octahedron on the spherical surface of a said golf ball to provide four great circle paths thereon defining six spherical squares and eight spherical triangles on the said surface; placing a plurality of dimples in said surface within said squares and triangles without intersecting said dimples and said great circle paths; and selecting the number of dimples in each said square and triangle such that the total number of dimples on a said ball is a natural number satisfying the following formula;
space="preserve" listing-type="equation">((4m+1)×
6)+((3n+1)×
8)where m is a natural number representative of the number of dimples within one spherical square and n is a natural number representative of the number of dimples within one spherical triangle.
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