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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7320651 | Golf ball Golf ball 2 has three or more different kinds of dimples 8. The total number of the dimples 8 is 300 or more. A ratio Pn of the number of the dimples 8 with a diameter of equal to or greater than 3.40 mm to the total number is equal to or... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7278932 | Golf ball dimple arrangement method A method for arranging dimples on a golf ball involves the steps of previously drawing a plurality of imaginary lines connecting one pole and the equator on one hemisphere to equally divide the hemispherical surface into a plurality of spherical isosceles triangle r... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7267624 | Golf ball dimple pattern A golf ball is provided with a dimple pattern comprising two substantially identical elongated dimple pattern elements which fit together to form the complete dimple pattern. The dimple pattern can contain 344 dimples covering about 70.4% of the golf ball surface or... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7229363 | Golf ball A golf ball having a plurality of dimples arranged on its surface is provided wherein the ball surface is free of a great circle that does not intersect with dimples, at least 7% of the total number of dimples are non-circular dimples, and some non-circular dimples ... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7083533 | Golf ball In a golf ball comprising an elastic solid core, a mantle layer, and a resin cover having a plurality of dimples, the difference in Shore D hardness between the cover and the mantle layer is at most 10, and the dimples have a total volume of 280–350 mm3... | 08/01/2006 |
| 6971962 | Golf ball The present invention is a golf ball which has a spherical surface which is integrally provided with a plurality of annular ridges. The annular ridges are effective for reducing the air resistance of the ball in flight and thus drastically improving the flight perfo... | 12/06/2005 |
| 6908403 | Golf ball Provided is a golf ball having a plurality of dimples that are arranged symmetrically even in a polygon of the polyhedron made by a new divided method of the spherical outer surface of the golf ball. The golf ball has an aerodynamic stability, so the landing point i... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6821215 | Golf ball A golf ball includes, on a surface thereof, a first dimple (1) having a diameter of 4.50 mm, a second dimple (2) having a diameter of 4.00 mm, a third dimple (3) having a diameter of 3.60 mm, a fourth dimple (4) having a diameter of 2.80 ... | 11/23/2004 |
| 6719647 | Golf ball By three great circle-shaped compacting lines (L) formed by projecting the sides of an inscribed regular octahedron, a surface of a golf ball is compared into eight spherical regular triangles (T1) to (T8). A dimple (1) is arranged over the surf... | 04/13/2004 |
| 6709348 | Two piece distance golf ball A two piece golf ball has a core compression in the range of 77 PGA to 87 PGA, a core diameter in the range of about 1.532 inches to 1.548 inches, a cover hardness in the range of 66 to 72 Shore D, and a dimple pattern based on the geometry of a truncated octahedron... | 03/23/2004 |
| 6624221 | Resin composition for golf ball and golf ball A resin composition comprising, in admixture, (A) a specific thermoplastic resin component, (B) at least one wax component selected from among (b-1) a fatty acid having 20-80 carbon atoms and/or a derivative thereof and (b-2) an oxidized natural wax and/o... | 09/23/2003 |
| 6595876 | Golf ball Disclosed is a golf ball including: a plurality of dimples arranged overall on the spherical surface of the golf ball by assuming the spherical surface of the golf ball as a spherical octahedron and using, as dimple arrangement units, eight spherical tria... | 07/22/2003 |
| 6540625 | Golf ball A surface is comparted into eight spherical regular triangles (T1 to T8) through twelve comparting lines formed by projecting twelve sides of a regular octahedron inscribed on the surface onto the surface. A dimple is arranged for each spherical regular t... | 04/01/2003 |
| 6530850 | Golf ball A surface is comparted into eight spherical regular triangles (T1 to T8) through twelve comparting lines formed by projecting, onto the surface, twelve sides of a regular octahedron inscribed on the surface. Dimples are arranged in the spherical regular t... | 03/11/2003 |
| 6527653 | Pentagonal hexecontahedron dimple pattern on golf balls Golf balls are disclosed having novel dimple patterns determined by a pentagonal hexecontahedron. A method of packing dimples according to a pentagonal hexecontahedron is also disclosed. For each disclosed dimple pattern, a pentagonal hexecontahedron exte... | 03/04/2003 |
| 6329458 | Golf ball cover compositions and golf balls An ionomer resin component containing (a) a ternary ionomer resin and optionally (b) a binary ionomer resin, optionally blended with (c) a non-neutralized olefin-unsaturated carboxylic acid random copolymer, is blended with (d) a metal soap of a fatty aci... | 12/11/2001 |
| 6241627 | Dimpled golf ball A golf ball has plural types of dimples on a spherical surface, which is assumed to be a regular icosahedron having twenty triangles. Apexes of five triangles join together at a vertex. Those dimples arranged in each triangle constitute an arrangement uni... | 06/05/2001 |
| 6206792 | Golf ball having elongated dimples and method for making the same A spherical ball and a method of making the spherical ball wherein the ball has a plurality of elongated dimples substantially covering the outer surface of the ball without any dimple overlap. The elongated dimples are of at least two types including a f... | 03/27/2001 |
| 6200232 | Golf ball and method of arranging dimples thereto A golf ball is molded in a mold comprising a pair of removably joined mold sections. The golf ball has a plurality of dimples, the dimples being arranged in a polyhedral arrangement. The golf ball is free of a great circle which does not intersect with th... | 03/13/2001 |
| 6183372 | Compressed gas powered putter A putter blade is attached to a pneumatic cylinder mounted in a putter head. Also attached to the head are a sealed hollow shaft (serving as a compressed gas reservoir) and a cleated foot. Mounted on the shaft are a pressure gauge, a pressure relief valve... | 02/06/2001 |
| 5957786 | Golf ball dimple pattern A golf ball having an outside surface with a plurality of dimples formed thereon that form at least four spherical-triangular regions. Each of the regions has a first set of dimples formed in a large triangle and a second set of dimples formed in a small ... | 09/28/1999 |
| 5906551 | Golf ball In a golf ball having a parting line formed at the junction between a pair of mold sections and a plurality of dimples some of which lie across the parting line and being free of a great circle which does not intersect with the dimples, the crossing dimpl... | 05/25/1999 |
| 5827135 | Golf ball In a golf ball having a multiplicity of dimples of the same type arranged thereon and an equator, 6-12 dimples are arranged along the equator at an equal spacing and centered at the equator. The remaining dimples are arranged such that a great circle whic... | 10/27/1998 |
| 5779564 | Solid golf ball In a solid golf ball comprising a solid core and a cover and having a weight of 41-44.5 grams, the cover has a Shore D hardness of 40-53 degrees. The relationship between core hardness and cover hardness is optimized for shots at low head speeds of less t... | 07/14/1998 |
| 5735756 | Golf ball and dimple pattern forming process A golf ball having an octahedral pattern about its surface with four identical quadrants in each hemisphere. Each quadrant includes a circular area which fills the quadrant as completely as possible without crossing the quadrant boundaries. A dimple is lo... | 04/07/1998 |
| 5709618 | Golf ball The present invention refers to an arrangement of dimples on a golf ball which has a plurality of dimples on its spherical surface, The arrangement of dimples is made by dividing sphere's surface of a golf ball by great circles to form an octahedron, maki... | 01/20/1998 |
| 5564708 | Golf ball The invention relates to a golfball having a plurality of dimples in its outer spherical surface The dimples have various sizes and depths and are configured in a pattern that is based upon dividing the golfball's surface into a spherical octahedron havin... | 10/15/1996 |
| 5415410 | Three parting line quadrilateral golf ball dimple pattern A golf ball having a spherical surface with a plurality of dimples formed therein, the spherical surface comprising eight spherical triangles delineated by three great circle parting lines not intersecting any dimples, said parting lines being formed by p... | 05/16/1995 |
| 5377989 | Golf balls with isodiametrical dimples In a golf ball, non-circular isodiametrical dimples provide increased efficiency of coverage of the surface of a golf ball (in comparison with the conventional circular dimples). Additionally, the aerodynamic properties of the ball are improved. The dimpl... | 01/03/1995 |
| 5156404 | Golf ball A golf ball has one great circle and four one-half great circles which all intersect no dimples. Eight end points which include two end points of each one-half great circle are formed at the one great circle. These end points do not coincide with each oth... | 10/20/1992 |
| 5145180 | Golf ball A golf ball has dimples arranged in eight spherical equilateral triangles obtained by projecting, on the imaginary spherical surface of the golf ball, the ridge lines of a regular octahedron inscribing the imaginary spherical surface. Three great circles ... | 09/08/1992 |
| 4960281 | Golf ball The golf ball has no three dimples in a row with edges aligned. This pattern produces a golf ball with reduced drag. The preferred golf ball has multiple sizes of dimples.... | 10/02/1990 |
| 4960282 | Golf balls A golf ball with a plurality of dimples in its spherical outer surface has at least 10% of said dimples so disposed relative to one another that any two adjacent dimples overlap. The minimum overlap width is greater than 0.02 inches (0.508 mm).... | 10/02/1990 |
| 4948143 | Golf ball A golf ball having dimples covering its surface and having four great circular paths on the surface of the golf ball where none of the paths intersect a dimple is disclosed. The four great circular paths are obtained by laying out an octahedron on the sur... | 08/14/1990 |
| 4877252 | Golf balls A golf ball (10) has a plurality of dimples in its outer surface. At least 10% of the dimples are so disposed relative to one another that any two adjacemt dimples overlap. The region of each overlap may have a maximum width of from 1% to 20% of the diame... | 10/31/1989 |
| 4720111 | Golf ball A golf ball which can achieve an extra distance at the low-speed range of its trajectory from the peak point to the ground to give an increased overall flight distance, said golf ball having a plurality of dimples formed in an exactly or substantially ide... | 01/19/1988 |
