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Title:
GOLF BALL AND EVALUATION METHOD OF GOLF BALL
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP2001212259
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:

To provide a golf ball with two or more kinds of many dimples, different in diameter and/or depth, arranged on the surface, the Eastdev value of which in the following equation is 2 or under.

Equation 1 (In the above equation, N is the total number of the dimples, subscripts i and j are ID numbers for the dimples, EA is an aerodynamic index of the dimple arrangement around the rotation axis specified in the parenthesis, α is a rotation axis of a golf ball determined by the straight line between the center of the dimple identified by a subscript and the center of gravity of the golf ball, θ is an angle between the straight line between the center of the dimple identified by a subscript and the center of gravity of the golf ball and the rotation axis α of the golf ball and S is a plane area formed by the edge of the dimple identified by a subscript). In the above structure the dimples can be arranged in a good symmetry and the golf ball can exercise a stable flying performance regardless of its hitting points.


Inventors:
MAEHARA KAZUTO
IHARA KEISUKE
KASASHIMA ATSUNORI
Application Number:
JP2000027096A
Publication Date:
August 07, 2001
Filing Date:
February 04, 2000
Export Citation:
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Assignee:
BRIDGESTONE SPORTS CO LTD
International Classes:
A63B37/00; A63B37/12; A63B37/14; (IPC1-7): A63B37/00
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Takashi Kojima (1 person outside)