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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 26, 2003
Filed:
Mar. 05, 2001
Douglas C. Winfield, Mattapoisett, MA (US);
Acushnet Company, Fairhaven, MA (US);
Abstract
Golf balls are disclosed having novel dimple patterns determined by polyhedrons and intersecting great circles that connect points on the polyhedral segments. A method of packing dimples according to positions of the polyhedron and the intersecting great circles is also disclosed. For each disclosed dimple pattern, dimples of varying size are positioned along the edges of a polyhedron and then dimples of varying size are positioned where great circles that connect points on the edges of the polyhedral segments intersect. Any remaining space on the golf ball surface is filled with dimples. This results in a golf ball having a dimple pattern that has some uniformity but also some variance.