ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,447,379, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to Acushnet Co. (Fairhaven, Mass.).
"Dimple patterns for golf balls" 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 generally directed to a dimple pattern for a golf ball. In one aspect, the present disclosure is directed to a specific arrangement of first and second domains each consisting of perimeter dimples and interior dimples. The dimples have at least three different dimple diameters, including a minimum dimple diameter, a maximum dimple diameter, and...