ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,357,880, issued on July 15, was assigned to Acushnet Co. (Fairhaven, Mass.).
"Dimple patterns for golf balls" was invented by Michael Madson (Easton, Mass.), Courtney Engle (Fall River, Mass.) and Nicholas Nardacci (Barrington, R.I.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Golf balls having dimple patterns arranged in dipyramid layouts are disclosed. The patterns may be arranged in triangular dipyramid, quadrilateral dipyramid, pentagonal dipyramid, or hexagonal dipyramid layouts. The dipyramid patterns have six, eight, ten, or twelve substantially identical dimple sections, where each dimple section is defined by a spherical triangle. The dimples...