Kit for a driver and golf ball that provides optimum performance

a golf ball and driver technology, applied in the field of golf balls, can solve the problems of adding cost and complexity to the golf ball manufacturing process, unable to provide the loft of conventional drivers, and most golfers have no idea how to determine the best fit of golf balls and golf clubs, etc., to achieve the effect of improving or optimizing the distance that golf balls travel when hi

Inactive Publication Date: 2013-04-11
AERO X GOLF
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Benefits of technology

The patent describes a golf ball with a special dimple pattern that improves its distance and trajectory when hit by a golf club. The ball has less dimple volume in a band around the equator and more in the polar regions, which creates a preferred spin axis that reduces hooking and slicing. The ball also has a tilted preferred spin axis, which further enhances its performance. Overall, the special dimple pattern and tilted axis make the ball more effective in correcting hooks and slices.

Problems solved by technology

Golf balls designed in accordance with the techniques described in these applications have been demonstrated to reduce hooks and slices; however, because such balls exhibit low lift, they tend to not fly as far as a normal golf ball struck with a normal club, such as a conventional driver.
However, these drivers are actually higher loft than they are labeled because the golf industry is aware that many golfers aspire to use the same equipment that professional golfers use, which are drivers with a loft of <9 degrees so the manufacturers purposely mislabel the actual loft on a driver.
But most golfers have no idea how to determine the best fit of golf ball and golf club, or golf club parameters.
Moreover, e.g., conventional drivers may not provide the needed loft, as conventional clubs are designed for conventional or high lift balls and are marketed to appeal to a golfer's desire to be like the pros.
A golf ball's preferred or selected spin axis may also be established by placing high and low density materials in specific locations within the core or intermediate layers of the golf ball, but has the disadvantage of adding cost and complexity to the golf ball manufacturing process.
If the ball is oriented on the tee so that the “preferred axis” or axis through the poles is pointing up and down (pole over pole or POP orientation), it is less effective in correcting hooks and slices compared to being oriented in the PH orientation when struck.
If the ball is tilted 45 degrees to the left it reduces or prevents hook dispersion, but does not reduce or prevent slice dispersion as much.
When the ball is oriented so that the preferred axis is pointing up and down on the tee (POP orientation for a preferred spin axis in the PH orientation), the ball is much less effective in correcting hooks and slices compared to being oriented in the PH orientation.

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first embodiment

[0160]FIG. 1 illustrates one hemisphere of a non-conforming or non-symmetrical golf ball 10 having a first dimple pattern, hereinafter referred to as dimple pattern design 28-1, or “28-1 ball”. The dimple pattern is designed to create a difference in moment of inertia (MOI) between poles horizontal (PH) and other orientations. The dimple pattern of the 28-1 ball has three rows of shallow truncated dimples 12 around the ball's equator, in each hemisphere, so the ball has a total of six rows of shallow truncated dimples. The polar region has a first set of generally larger, deep spherical dimples 14 and a second set of generally smaller, deep spherical dimples 15, which are dispersed between the larger spherical dimples 14. There are no smaller dimples 15 in the two rows of the larger spherical dimples closest to the band of shallow truncated dimples 12. This arrangement removes more weight from the polar areas of the ball and thus further increases the MOI difference between the ball...

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[0164]FIG. 2 illustrates one hemisphere of a ball 16 having a different dimple pattern, hereinafter referred to as 25-1, which has three rows of shallow truncated dimples 18 around the ball's equator in each hemisphere and deep spherical dimples 20 in the polar region of the ball. The deep dimples closest to the pole also have smaller dimples 22 dispersed between the larger dimples. The overall dimple pattern in FIG. 2 is similar to that of FIG. 1, but the total number of dimples is less (386). Ball 16 has the same number of truncated dimples as ball 10, but has fewer spherical dimples of less volume than the spherical dimples of ball 10 (see Table 2 of the '013 application). Each hemisphere of ball 16 has 92 truncated dimples and 101 spherical dimples 20 and 22. The main difference between patterns 28-1 and 25-1 is that the 28-1 ball of FIG. 1 has more weight removed from the polar regions because the small dimples between deep dimples are larger in number and volume for dimple pat...

third embodiment

[0166]FIG. 3 illustrates a mold 23 having one hemisphere of a compression molding cavity 24 designed for making a ball having a different dimple pattern, identified as dimple pattern or ball 2-9. The cavity 24 has three rows of raised, flattened bumps 25 designed to form three rows of shallow, truncated dimples around the ball's equator, and a polar region having raised, generally hemispherical bumps 26 designed to form deep, spherical dimples in the polar region of a ball. The resultant dimple pattern has three rows of shallow truncated dimples around the ball's equator and deep spherical dimples 2 in the polar region of the ball in each hemisphere of the ball. As illustrated in FIG. 3 and shown in Table 3 of the '013 application, there is only one size of truncated dimple and one size of spherical dimple in the 2-9 dimple pattern. The truncated dimples are identified as dimple #1 in Table 3 of the '013 application, and the spherical dimples are identified as dimple #2 in Table 3 o...

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Abstract

A kit comprising a golf ball having a lower trajectory than a conventional golf ball such as the ProV1 or TopFlight XL Straight golf balls and a golf club with a loft that is selected in order to increase and optimize the distance that the golf ball travels when hit. The ball may be conforming or non-conforming ball having a plurality of dimple areas designed to generate low lift, or a golf ball with higher drag, higher weight, or smaller size than a standard ball.

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RELATED APPLICATIONS INFORMATION[0001]The application claims the benefit under 35 U.S.C. 119(e) to U.S. Provisional Patent Application Ser. No. 60 / 543,764, filed Oct. 5, 2011, entitled “A Kit for a Driver and Golf Ball That Provides Optimum Performance,” which is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety as if set forth in full.[0002]This application is also related to U.S. patent application Ser. No. 12 / 765,762, filed Apr. 22, 2010, entitled “A Low Lift Golf Ball,” and is also related to U.S. patent application Ser. No. 13 / 423,028, filed Mar. 16, 2012, entitled “Anti-Slice Golf Ball Construction,” and is also related to U.S. patent application Ser. No. 13 / 097,013, filed Apr. 28, 2011, entitled “A Nonconforming Anti-Slice Ball,” all of which are incorporated herein by reference in their entirety as if set forth in full.BACKGROUND[0003]1. Field of the Invention[0004]The embodiments described herein relate generally to golf balls and are specifically concerned with a kit for a ...

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IPC IPC(8): A63B37/14
CPCA63B37/0003A63B45/00A63B37/0035A63B37/0045A63B37/0047A63B37/0064A63B37/0066A63B37/0077A63B37/0083A63B37/009A63B37/0091A63B53/0466A63B37/0006A63B37/0012A63B37/0016A63B37/0019A63B37/002A63B37/0076A63B37/0089A63B37/0096A63B43/002A63B37/0033A63B60/00A63B37/00065A63B37/00773
InventorFELKER, DAVID L.STONE, ROBERTWINFIELD, DOUGLAS C.
OwnerAERO X GOLF