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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 25, 2016
Filed:
Jun. 26, 2015
Bridgestone Sports Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Katsunori Sato, Chichibu, JP;
Bridgestone Sports Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A golf ball includes oval dimples arranged on the surface thereof. Each of the oval dimples has a long diameter DL and a short diameter DS in a planar shape thereof, a relationship between the long diameter and the short diameter being defined as a following formula (1).×1.2  (1) Each of the oval dimples further has a cross-sectional area DLA on the first cross section of the oval dimple along the long diameter DL and a cross-sectional area DSA on the second cross section of the oval dimple along the short diameter DS, the cross-sectional area DLA being surrounded by a line connecting both ends of the first cross section of the oval dimple and the bottom surface thereof, the cross-sectional area DSA being surrounded by a line connecting both ends of the second cross section of the oval dimple and the bottom surface thereof, a relationship between the cross-sectional area DLA and the cross-sectional area DSA being defined as a following formula (2).DLA≧DSA  (2) The surface coverage SR of all dimples on the surface of the golf ball is at least 70%.