US Patent Issued to Acushnet on July 8 for "Golf ball dimple profile defined by piecewise function" (Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,350,553, issued on July 8, was assigned to Acushnet Co. (Fairhaven, Mass.).

"Golf ball dimple profile defined by piecewise function" was invented by Courtney N. Engle (Fall River, Mass.) and Michael R. Madson (Easton, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A golf ball dimple half profile is disclosed herein that can be defined by a piecewise function. The sub-functions that define the piecewise function can include, for example, a catenary function and a Gabriel's horn function. A transition between the sub-functions defining the piecewise function is smooth. The sub-functions can have opposing concavities, and at least one of the sub-funct...