Golf ball having multiple identical staggered parting lines

Abstract

A golf ball having multiple sets of identical hemispheres created by multiple non-planar parting lines symmetrically arranged. The hemispheres are identical relating to dimple volume, distribution and location. The highest amplitude of a parting line, when measured from an equator, is less than 11% of the largest dimple diameter.

1 . A golf ball comprising multiple symmetrical identical non-planar parting lines creating multiple hemispheres that are nominally identical in terms of dimple shape, size, volume, distribution, and location. 
     
     
         2 . The golf ball according to  claim 1 , wherein the number of the parting lines is three and the number of the hemispheres is six. 
     
     
         3 . The golf ball according to  claim 2 , wherein the dimple pattern is octahedral. 
     
     
         4 . The golf ball according to  claim 2 , wherein no polar region dimples have been modified in shape or cross-sectional profile. 
     
     
         5 . The golf ball according to  claim 2 , wherein no polar region dimples are elliptical in shape with a nonzero eccentricity. 
     
     
         6 . The golf ball according to  claim 1 , wherein the number of the parting lines is four and the number of the hemispheres is eight. 
     
     
         7 . The golf ball according to  claim 6 , wherein the dimple pattern is cuboctahedral. 
     
     
         8 . The golf ball according to  claim 6 , wherein no polar region dimples have been modified in shape or cross-sectional profile. 
     
     
         9 . The golf ball according to  claim 6 , wherein no polar region dimples are elliptical in shape with a nonzero eccentricity. 
     
     
         10 . The golf ball according to  claim 1 , wherein the number of the parting lines is six and the number of the hemispheres is twelve. 
     
     
         11 . The golf ball according to  claim 10 , wherein the dimple pattern is icosidodecahedral. 
     
     
         12 . The golf ball according to  claim 10 , wherein no polar region dimples have been modified in shape or cross-sectional profile. 
     
     
         13 . The golf ball according to  claim 10 , wherein no polar region dimples are elliptical in shape with a nonzero eccentricity. 
     
     
         14 . The golf ball according to  claim 1 , wherein the number of the parting lines is ten and the number of the hemispheres is twenty. 
     
     
         15 . The golf ball according to  claim 14 , wherein no polar region dimples have been modified in shape or cross-sectional profile. 
     
     
         16 . The golf ball according to  claim 14 , wherein no polar region dimples are elliptical in shape with a nonzero eccentricity. 
     
     
         17 . The golf ball according to  claim 1 , wherein the number of the parting lines is at least three and the number of the hemispheres is twice the number of the parting lines. 
     
     
         18 . The golf ball according to  claim 17 , wherein no polar region dimples have been modified in shape or cross-sectional profile. 
     
     
         19 . The golf ball according to  claim 17 , wherein no polar region dimples are elliptical in shape with a nonzero eccentricity. 
     
     
         20 . The golf ball according to  claim 1 , wherein the maximum amplitude of the real parting line when measured from the equator is less than 53% of the largest adjacent dimple diameter or span D MAX . 
     
     
         21 . The golf ball according to  claim 1 , wherein the maximum amplitude of a real parting line when measured from the equator is less than 26% of the largest adjacent dimple diameter or span D MAX . 
     
     
         22 . The golf ball according to  claim 1 , wherein the maximum amplitude of a real parting line when measured from the equator is less than 11% of the largest adjacent dimple diameter or span D MAX .