US Patent Issued to Acushnet on Jan. 20 for "Golf ball dimple plan shape defined by Clausen function" (Massachusetts, Rhode Island Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,527,994, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to Acushnet Co. (Fairhaven, Mass.).

"Golf ball dimple plan shape defined by Clausen function" was invented by Courtney N. Engle (Fall River, Mass.), Michael R. Madson (Easton, Mass.) and Nicholas M. Nardacci (Barrington, R.I.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure is directed to golf balls having improved aerodynamic performance due, at least in part, to the selection of the plan shapes of the dimples thereon. In particular, the present invention is directed to a golf ball that includes at least a portion of its dimples having a plan shape defined by a Clausen function of order 2 ma...