Multi-Color Urethane Golf Ball for Visibility and Putting Alignment
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Solution Overview
Problem
The playability of golf balls can be adversely affected by visibility conditions, and players often struggle to determine if a putted ball has a true roll.
Innovation Solution
A multi-color golf ball design featuring cast polyurethane or polyurea cover layers with contrasting colors uniformly present throughout, including seams and circumferential stripes for enhanced visibility and alignment, facilitated by specific color additives and manufacturing processes.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Illumination intensity
If a single-color golf ball is used, then the manufacturing process is simple, but the visibility under various lighting conditions is poor
Solution Approach 1:
The golf ball is divided into multiple color segments or zones, with different portions of the ball featuring different colors. This segmentation allows the ball to provide enhanced visibility across various lighting conditions while maintaining a manageable manufacturing process through systematic color application methods.
2Ease of operation
If a multi-color design is implemented, then visibility and alignment are improved, but the manufacturing complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
Alignment features such as circumferential stripes and color-coded zones are pre-integrated into the ball's structure during the manufacturing process. This preliminary action ensures that alignment markers are precisely positioned and permanently attached, eliminating the need for separate alignment aid attachments and simplifying the overall manufacturing workflow.
3Reliability
If contrasting colors are used throughout the cover layer, then putting feedback is enhanced, but the material composition becomes more complex
Solution Approach 1:
Different regions of the cover layer are assigned different colors based on their specific functional requirements. For example, the area visible during putting strokes uses contrasting colors to provide feedback, while other areas may use different color schemes for visibility or alignment. This local differentiation of color properties enhances putting feedback without requiring complex materials throughout the entire ball.
Data Source
AI summary
A golf ball that includes at least one core, and a cover layer formed from a cast polyurethane or polyurea, wherein the cover layer defines a first surface area portion of a uniform first color and a second surface area portion of a uniform second color, and a seam between the first surface area portion and the second surface area portion, wherein the first color is different than the second color.