Golf balls and methods to manufacture golf balls
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1. A golf ball comprising:
- an outside surface defined by a first hemispherical region and a second hemispherical region, the first and second hemispherical regions having eight triangular shaped quadrant regions having a first set of quadrant regions and a second set of quadrant regions, each hemispherical region having two quadrant regions of the first set of quadrant regions and two quadrant regions of the second set of quadrant regions;
a plurality of dimples, each dimple having a dimple diameter length, at least one dimple in each of the first and second set of quadrant regions being associated with a minimum dimple diameter length, and at least one dimple in each of the first and second set of quadrant regions being associated with a maximum dimple diameter length;
wherein the maximum dimple diameter length of the dimples in each quadrant region of the first set of quadrant regions is greater than the maximum dimple diameter length of the dimples in each quadrant region of the second set of quadrant regions;
wherein each side of each quadrant region of the first set of quadrant regions is adjacent to a side of a quadrant region of the second set of quadrant regions, andwherein two quadrant regions of the first set of quadrant regions and two quadrant regions of the second set of quadrant regions have a common vertex.
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Abstract
Embodiments of golf balls and methods to manufacture golf balls are generally described herein. In one example, a golf ball may include a plurality of round dimples and a plurality of non-round dimples. Each round dimple may have a dimple diameter, and each non-round dimple may have a dimple diagonal. Other examples and embodiments may be described and claimed.
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20 Claims
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1. A golf ball comprising:
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an outside surface defined by a first hemispherical region and a second hemispherical region, the first and second hemispherical regions having eight triangular shaped quadrant regions having a first set of quadrant regions and a second set of quadrant regions, each hemispherical region having two quadrant regions of the first set of quadrant regions and two quadrant regions of the second set of quadrant regions; a plurality of dimples, each dimple having a dimple diameter length, at least one dimple in each of the first and second set of quadrant regions being associated with a minimum dimple diameter length, and at least one dimple in each of the first and second set of quadrant regions being associated with a maximum dimple diameter length; wherein the maximum dimple diameter length of the dimples in each quadrant region of the first set of quadrant regions is greater than the maximum dimple diameter length of the dimples in each quadrant region of the second set of quadrant regions; wherein each side of each quadrant region of the first set of quadrant regions is adjacent to a side of a quadrant region of the second set of quadrant regions, and wherein two quadrant regions of the first set of quadrant regions and two quadrant regions of the second set of quadrant regions have a common vertex. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A golf ball comprising:
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an outside surface defined by a first hemispherical region and a second hemispherical region, the first and second hemispherical regions having eight triangular shaped quadrant regions having a first set of quadrant regions and a second set of quadrant regions, each hemispherical region having two quadrant regions of the first set of quadrant regions and two quadrant regions of the second set of quadrant regions; a plurality of dimples, each dimple having a dimple diameter length, at least one dimple in each of the first and second set of quadrant regions being associated with a minimum dimple diameter length, and at least one dimple in each of the first and second set of quadrant regions being associated with a maximum dimple diameter length; wherein the maximum dimple diameter length of the dimples in each quadrant region of the first set of quadrant regions is greater than the maximum dimple diameter length of the dimples in each quadrant region of the second set of quadrant regions; wherein each side of each quadrant region of the first set of quadrant regions is adjacent to a side of a quadrant region of the second set of quadrant regions, wherein two quadrant regions of the first set of quadrant regions and two quadrant regions of the second set of quadrant regions have a common vertex, and wherein the plurality of dimples comprise less than about 10% of non-round dimples. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14)
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15. A golf ball comprising:
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an outside surface defined by a first hemispherical region and a second hemispherical region, the first and second hemispherical regions having eight triangular shaped quadrant regions having a first set of quadrant regions and a second set of quadrant regions, each hemispherical region having two quadrant regions of the first set of quadrant regions and two quadrant regions of the second set of quadrant regions; a plurality of dimples, each dimple having a dimple diameter length, at least one dimple in each of the first and second set of quadrant regions being associated with a minimum dimple diameter length, and at least one dimple in each of the first and second set of quadrant regions being associated with a maximum dimple diameter length; wherein the maximum dimple diameter length of the dimples in each quadrant region of the first set of quadrant regions is greater than the maximum dimple diameter length of the dimples in each quadrant region of the second set of quadrant regions; wherein each side of each quadrant region of the first set of quadrant regions is adjacent to a side of a quadrant region of the second set of quadrant regions, wherein two quadrant regions of the first set of quadrant regions and two quadrant regions of the second set of quadrant regions have a common vertex, and wherein the plurality of dimples comprise less than about 325 dimples. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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