US 12,239,885 B2
Dimple patterns for golf balls
Courtney N. Engle, Fall River, MA (US); Michael R. Madson, Easton, MA (US); and Nicholas M. Nardacci, Barrington, RI (US)
Assigned to Acushnet Company, Fairhaven, MA (US)
Filed by Acushnet Company, Fairhaven, MA (US)
Filed on Mar. 14, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/183,434.
Application 18/183,434 is a continuation in part of application No. 17/550,007, filed on Dec. 14, 2021, granted, now 11,602,673.
Application 17/550,007 is a continuation in part of application No. 17/081,425, filed on Oct. 27, 2020, granted, now 11,207,570, issued on Dec. 28, 2021.
Application 17/081,425 is a continuation in part of application No. 16/785,622, filed on Feb. 9, 2020, granted, now 10,814,174, issued on Oct. 27, 2020.
Application 16/785,622 is a continuation in part of application No. 16/417,565, filed on May 20, 2019, granted, now 10,758,782, issued on Sep. 1, 2020.
Application 16/417,565 is a continuation in part of application No. 15/797,038, filed on Oct. 30, 2017, granted, now 10,376,740, issued on Aug. 13, 2019.
Application 15/797,038 is a continuation of application No. 15/242,336, filed on Aug. 19, 2016, granted, now 9,808,674, issued on Nov. 7, 2017.
Application 15/242,336 is a continuation in part of application No. 13/973,237, filed on Aug. 22, 2013, granted, now 9,468,810, issued on Oct. 18, 2016.
Application 13/973,237 is a continuation of application No. 12/894,827, filed on Sep. 30, 2010, abandoned.
Application 12/894,827 is a continuation in part of application No. 12/262,464, filed on Oct. 31, 2008, granted, now 8,029,388, issued on Oct. 4, 2011.
Prior Publication US 2023/0256300 A1, Aug. 17, 2023
Int. Cl. A63B 37/06 (2006.01); A63B 37/00 (2006.01)
CPC A63B 37/0006 (2013.01) [A63B 37/0004 (2013.01); A63B 37/0007 (2013.01); A63B 37/0018 (2013.01); A63B 37/002 (2013.01)] 7 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A golf ball having an outer surface comprising a plurality of dimples disposed thereon, wherein the dimples are arranged in multiple copies of a first domain and a second domain, the first domain and the second domain being tessellated to cover the outer surface of the golf ball in a uniform pattern having no dimple-free great circles and consisting of four first domains and four second domains, and wherein:
the dimple pattern within the first domain is different from the dimple pattern within the second domain;
the plurality of dimples comprises dimples having three or more different dimple diameters including a minimum dimple diameter, a maximum dimple diameter, and one or more additional dimple diameters;
the dimples of the first domain comprise dimples having three or more different diameters;
the dimples of the second domain comprise dimples having three or more different diameters; and
the difference between ΣSD1 and ΣSD2 is 15 or greater, where ΣSD1 is the total number of dimples positioned in the first domain and ΣSD2 is the total number of dimples positioned in the second domain.