Golf ball having oval dimples

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PATENT NO 9914020
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15278509

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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 and further having a depth DPL on a first cross section of the oval dimple along the long diameter DL and a depth DPS on a second cross section of the oval dimple along the short diameter DS, the depth DPL being a distance taken on the first cross section along the long diameter DL from a first line connecting both ends of the first cross section of the oval dimple to a deepest point of a dimple bottom surface, the depth DPS being a distance taken on the second cross section along the short diameter DS from a second line connecting both ends of the second cross section of the oval dimple to a deepest point of a dimple bottom surface, a relationship between the depth DPL and the depth DPS being defined as a following formula (1):

description='In-line Formulae' end='lead'DPS>DPL  (1).description='In-line Formulae' end='tail'

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BRIDGESTONE SPORTS CO LTD1-1 KYOBASHI 3-CHOME CHUO-KU TOKYO

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Sato, Katsunori Chichibu, JP 175 1444

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