Low dimple coverage and low drag golf ball

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9839813
APP PUB NO 20170001076A1
SERIAL NO

15197548

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A golf ball has a lower drag than conventional golf balls due to the arrangement of dimples on the outer surface of the golf ball, which arrangement produces a correspondingly lower percentage of outer surface area that is covered by the dimples. In particular, dimple coverage area may be less than 70%, and more specifically between about 18.6% and about 60.8%, of the outer surface area. Various combinations of dimple characteristics can be combined to produce the low dimple coverage, low drag golf ball, such as the number of dimples, pattern and spacing of dimples, dimple diameter, dimple depth, and dimple shape. The dimple characteristics can be selected so that the golf ball meets the requirements of the United States Golf Association and other golf organizations.

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GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY2121 EYE STREET NW WASHINGTON DC 20052
ARIZONA BOARD OF REGENTS ON BEHALF OF ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY1475 N SCOTTSDALE ROAD SKYSONG - SUITE 200 SCOTTSDALE AS 85257

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Baralas, Elias Bethesda, US 1 6
Beratlis, Nikolaos Washington, US 2 7
Squires, Kyle Scottsdale, US 2 7

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